A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)

A sea turtle, who was hatched in 1959, spends the next fifty years travelling the world, while it is being changed by global warming.

Directors:

Ben Stassen, Mimi Maynard

Writers:

Ben Stassen (story), Domonic Paris (story)

Stars:

Anthony Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., Pat Carroll

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Anthony Anderson	...	Ray (voice)
Ed Begley Jr.	...	GreenPeace Worker (voice)
Pat Carroll	...	Old Female Turtle (voice)
Stacy Keach	...	Grandpa Sammy (voice)
Yuri Lowenthal	...	Young Sammy / Ollie (voice)
Kathy Griffin	...	Vera (voice)
Melanie Griffith	...	Snow (voice)
Jenny McCarthy	...	Shelly (voice)
Gigi Perreau	...	Whale (voice)
Darren Capozzi	...	Robbie (voice)
Scott Menville	...	Jacko / Additional Voices (voice)
Kierstin Koppel	...	Female Turtle #2 (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pamela Adlon	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Pam Adlon)
Gemma Arterton	...	Shelly (voice)
Sydney Hope Banner	...	Loggerhead Turtle (voice)

Storyline

A sea turtle, who was hatched in 1959, spends the next fifty years travelling the world, while it is being changed by global warming.

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Plot Keywords:

sea turtle | animal protagonist | friendship | journey | 3 dimensional | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild peril

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Studio Canal [France]

Country:

France Belgium USA

Language:

English Danish

Release Date:

13 July 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$71,594,792

Company Credits

Production Co:

nWave Pictures, Illuminata Pictures, uFilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Greenpeace, one of the sponsors of this movie, had their rescue ship featured as fighting a whaling ship.

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Quotes

Fluffy the Cat: You don't want to end up like my last ami... zee chicken.
Sammy: The chicken?
Fluffy the Cat: Apsulimo, who's pen do you think this is?
Sammy: She eats animals?
Fluffy the Cat: Don't let the hippy-dippy attitude fool you. She will stuff you like a goose. Then its "heeekkkkkkkk!", throat slicing gesture , patee for everyone. Shhhh, here she comes now.

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Connections

Followed by A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2012)

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Soundtracks

Talking To The Moon
Written by Ari Levine, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Albert Winkler
Performed by Bruno Mars

User Reviews

Simple, but very enjoyable

This is a beautiful animation with fun 3D sequences. It has a simple story with an ecological message but as the movie is aimed at kids that is actually a good thing. The story and message will not fly over the little ones' heads.

The characters are likable and the story's pace go on the right speed, not dragging itself or going too fast.

Good fun for kids and parents as well.

I've watched a dubbed version on Brazilian Portuguese so I can't speak for the original voice work, but this version I watched was very well done.

The English version features the voices of stars like Melanie Grifith and Tim Curry.

I highly recommend the 3D version as the movie has many sequences that will not be as entertaining and good looking on the 2D version.