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Happy Feet

  • 2006
  • PG
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, and Hugo Weaving in Happy Feet (2006)
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Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

  • Directors
    • George Miller
    • Warren Coleman
    • Judy Morris
  • Writers
    • George Miller
    • John Collee
    • Judy Morris
  • Stars
    • Elijah Wood
    • Brittany Murphy
    • Hugh Jackman
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    193K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,564
    177
    • Directors
      • George Miller
      • Warren Coleman
      • Judy Morris
    • Writers
      • George Miller
      • John Collee
      • Judy Morris
    • Stars
      • Elijah Wood
      • Brittany Murphy
      • Hugh Jackman
    • 625User reviews
    • 124Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 20 wins & 26 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Elijah Wood
    Elijah Wood
    • Mumble
    • (voice)
    Brittany Murphy
    Brittany Murphy
    • Gloria
    • (voice)
    Hugh Jackman
    Hugh Jackman
    • Memphis
    • (voice)
    Robin Williams
    Robin Williams
    • Ramon
    • (voice)
    • …
    Carlos Alazraqui
    Carlos Alazraqui
    • Nestor
    • (voice)
    Lombardo Boyar
    Lombardo Boyar
    • Raul
    • (voice)
    Jeffrey Garcia
    Jeffrey Garcia
    • Rinaldo
    • (voice)
    • (as Jeff Garcia)
    Johnny A. Sanchez
    Johnny A. Sanchez
    • Lombardo
    • (voice)
    • (as Johnny Sanchez III)
    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Norma Jean
    • (voice)
    Hugo Weaving
    Hugo Weaving
    • Noah the Elder
    • (voice)
    Elizabeth Daily
    Elizabeth Daily
    • Baby Mumble
    • (voice)
    • (as E.G. Daily)
    Magda Szubanski
    Magda Szubanski
    • Miss Viola
    • (voice)
    Miriam Margolyes
    Miriam Margolyes
    • Mrs. Astrakhan
    • (voice)
    Fat Joe
    Fat Joe
    • Seymour
    • (voice)
    Alyssa Shafer
    Alyssa Shafer
    • Baby Gloria
    • (voice)
    Cesar Flores
    • Baby Seymour
    • (voice)
    Anthony LaPaglia
    Anthony LaPaglia
    • Boss Skua
    • (voice)
    Danny Mann
    Danny Mann
    • Dino
    • (voice)
    • …
    • Directors
      • George Miller
      • Warren Coleman
      • Judy Morris
    • Writers
      • George Miller
      • John Collee
      • Judy Morris
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Initially, Prince refused to allow the use of his song, "Kiss", for the film. However, after seeing footage of the film, he not only changed his mind and allowed the song to be used, but also wrote an additional original song for the film to use in the closing credits.
    • Goofs
      (at around 11 mins) When Memphis and Norma Jean find each other in the crowd (when the females are returning), one penguin in the center of the screen walks through another penguin.
    • Quotes

      Leopard Seal: Come here, sausage. I take you with ketchup!

      Ramón: Yeah, but first you gotta catch up!

      [laughing]

    • Crazy credits
      Mumble, Gloria, Memphis, Norma Jean, Noah, Ramón, Lovelace, Mrs. Astrakhan and a baby penguin can be seen tap dancing under the credits while Song of the Heart by Prince is playing.
    • Connections
      Edited into Happy Feet: European Premiere Special (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Golden Slumbers
      Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

      Published by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC

      Produced by T Bone Burnett

      Performed by k.d. lang

      Courtesy of Nonesuch Records

    User reviews625

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Feets don't fail me now!
    Happy Feet, directed by the man who gave us both Babe: Pig in the City and Mad Max, is just the kind of feel-good animated film that works on a few different levels; it'll make you laugh, it'll make you cry, and it'll inevitably, unquestionably, make you tap your toes or bounce your leg, right there in the theater. It's charming and exquisitely detailed, and it succeeds where it really counts: It makes you really feel for the lovable lead penguin, Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood).

    Mumble is an unfortunate penguin, you see, because was born with no singing ability, and in his penguin tribe one attracts a mate through the use of song. The poor flightless bird can only look on helplessly as his fellow hatchlings croon their little hearts out. Amazingly, though, Mumble can tap dance, a big no-no in the penguin community. Soon, with no heart song to guide him, Mumble isn't permitted to graduate from school, to the chagrin of his Elvis-like dad (Hugh Jackman) and his songbird-like mom (Nicole Kidman).

    Mumble heart belongs to the best singer in his age group, Gloria (Brittany Murphy), but without the gift of song he can't hope to woo her. Worse, with the penguins' food supply running out, some of the other birds begin to blame Mumble's foot-tapping, that somehow he is angering the great god Guin. The sad-sack penguin is then drummed out of the penguin corps, shunned for his lack of song and strength of feet, and he runs into another penguin colony, one that uses pebbles to woo their females instead of song, and makes new friends - a Latino-sounding quartet that's high on life, full of zest and pizazz and charisma, everything that Mumble's old group isn't.

    Then Mumble hears from some predator birds of mysterious "aliens" who probe and attach tags to their victims. Mumble thinks these aliens might have something to do with the lack of fishies for everyone to munch on, so he and his new pals head off on a Quest to find these aliens and ask them to stop stealing all the fish.

    Some of the scenes are beautifully imagined, including attacks by sea lions (quite harrowing, actually, until its denouement), vultures, and killer whales, not to mention every time Mumble and/or his posse leap off a cliff and slide down the side like avian sleds. Or through ice tunnels. Or through the water itself, shooting like streaming jetliners with mile-long contrails. Gorgeous animation.

    At its heart, the movie is about how it's okay to Be Different. It's about how older folks sometimes hold prejudices that are as illogical as they are insulting, and how they'll often pass along those prejudices to their children, sometimes through direct actions and sometimes by dint of their inaction when wrongs are being perpetuated.

    Robin Williams takes on four roles in this movie: the Narrator (where he's excellent and not at all hammy), Ramon and Cletus (two of the feisty new penguins), and Lovelace, a self-professed penguin guru to whom penguins go to have their problems solved. On the one hand, Williams is delightful doing what he does best, improvising rapid-fire comic patter to get laughs; on the other hand, he's Robin Williams, and although there are differences between his voice characterizations, they all bear a strong resemblance to one another. As with most animated films, the movie is well-cast; Jackman is particular has an appealing Southern drawl (ironically, he and Kidman are Aussies playing penguins with southern accents).

    In the wake of the phenomenal, surprise success of March of the Penguins, Happy Feet makes your heart soar from start to finish. It'll be very difficult not to shed a tear at the mistreatment of Mumble by his peers and his elders, and it'll be near impossible to thoroughly enjoy this dazzling animated offering.
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    • Nov 19, 2006

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    • Is the adolescent penguin at the end the offspring of Mumble and Gloria?
    • Are the short penguins hispanic?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 17, 2006 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Australia
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Happy Feet: The IMAX Experience
    • Filming locations
      • Disney Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Village Roadshow Pictures
      • Kennedy Miller Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $100,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $198,000,317
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $41,533,432
      • Nov 19, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $384,336,108
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital EX
      • DTS-ES
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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