In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
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Luc Jacquet
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Title: March of the Penguins (2005)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Charles Berling | ... | Le père (voice) | |
| Romane Bohringer | ... | La mère (voice) | |
| Jules Sitruk | ... | Le bébé (voice) | |
| Morgan Freeman | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Amitabh Bachchan | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Jose Coronado | ... | Emperor Father (voice) | |
| Sky du Mont | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Gösta Ekman | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Fiorello | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| Sofie Gråbøl | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Hikari Ishida | ... | Haha-Penguin (voice) |
| Ryûnosuke Kamiki | ... | Ko-Penguin (voice) | |
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Adrian Killian | ... | Penguin Baby (voice) |
| Marek Kondrat | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Andrea Kathrin Loewig | ... | Penguin Mother (voice) |
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At the end of each Antarctic summer, the emperor penguins of the South Pole journey to their traditional breeding grounds in a fascinating mating ritual that is captured in this documentary by intrepid filmmaker Luc Jacquet. The journey across frozen tundra proves to be the simplest part of the ritual, as after the egg is hatched, the female must delicately transfer it to the male and make her way back to the distant sea to nourish herself and bring back food to her newborn chick. Written by Jwelch5742
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father son relationship | do or die | life cycle | moon | lonliness |Taglines:
In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a wayParents Guide:
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Country:
FranceRelease Date:
22 July 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
March of the Penguins See more »Filming Locations:
Terre Adélie, AntarcticaEdit
Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$2,383,709 (France), 28 January 2005Opening Weekend USA:
$137,492, 26 June 2005, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$77,437,223Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$127,392,693Company Credits
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Narrator: [narrating voice over] There are few places hard to get to in this world. But there aren't any where it's harder to live.
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During the 2005 Houston Art Car Weekend - a 1981 Datsun 210 station wagon was created using the film's theme as a promotional/marketing tool - the art car theme was titled "Ant-CAR-tica - The March of the Penguins". This art car was used as a promotion for the film's release in the Houston, TX area. After the film's release, the art car sculpture was dismantled. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: [narrating voice over] There are few places hard to get to in this world. But there aren't any where it's harder to live.
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If this comes to your town, do yourself a favor and see it on the big screen. I never realized how difficult life is for these amazing creatures. The fact that they continue to exist at all is something of a miracle. The movie doesn't anthropomorphize the penguins and yet there are times when the audience I attended with identified with them almost on a human level. The audience I saw it with giggled and said "Awww" many times with varying degrees of audibility. There are even some times when the audience fell dead silent in quiet reflection such as when, for one or two penguins, the long march was in vain.
Also, bring the family to this one! I saw it with my mother, sister, and grandfather and we all came out talking about our favorite parts and how amazing penguins are. My mom said she liked Winged Migration more, but I actually liked this one more.
P.S. I noticed in the credits that there were digital effects artists who worked on March of the Penguins. I'm not sure what digital effects were done. If anyone has any information on this, please send me a private message.