Capture the Flag (2015)

A young surfer rallies his friends to stop a billionaire from rewriting history as a way to hoard Helium 3, the clean energy of the future.

Director:

Enrique Gato

Writers:

Jordi Gasull (escrita por), Javier López Barreira (escrita por) (as Javier Barreira)

Stars:

Dani Rovira, Michelle Jenner, Carme Calvell

4 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dani Rovira	...	Richard Carson (voice)
Michelle Jenner	...	Amy González (voice)
Carme Calvell	...	Mike Goldwing (voice)
Javier Balas	...	Marty Farr (voice)
Camilo García	...	Frank Goldwing (voice)
Toni Mora	...	Scott Goldwing (voice)
Marta Barbará	...	Samantha Goldwing (voice)
Fernando García Cabrera	...	Steve Gigs (voice) (as Fernando Cabrera)
Xavier Casan	...	Bill Gags (voice)
Oriol Tarragó	...	Igor (voice)
Ramon Canals	...	Jack Farr (voice)
Jordi Royo	...	Jay Lemmon (voice)
Margarita Cavero	...	Tess (voice)
Alba Sola	...	Presidenta (voice)
Juan Miguel Valdivieso	...	Patrullero 1 (voice)

Storyline

Mike Goldwing, a plucky, determined 12-year old boy, is the son and grandson of NASA astronauts. His grandfather Frank, a once revered, but now forgotten retired astronaut, lives his days isolated from his family after missing out on his big chance to fly to the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as a part of the Apollo XI mission. When an eccentric billionaire sets an evil plan to fly to the moon, steal the moon's vast mineral resources, and destroy the American flag planted by the Apollo XI team, Mike embarks on a magnificent adventure as a stowaway on the space shuttle. Accompanied by his grandfather, best friends Amy and Marty, and a clever chameleon, Mike blasts off to the moon to capture the flag and reunite his family.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action, language and some thematic elements

Details

Country:

Spain USA

Language:

Spanish Catalan English

Release Date:

28 August 2015 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Una familia espacial

Filming Locations:

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€12,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Animation, 4 Cats Pictures, Ikiru Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On the fake "found footage" of the first moon landing you can see that the director (the janitor) looks like Stanley Kubrick. The idea that Kubrick actually directed the 1969 landing was shown in the mockumentary Les mercredis de l'histoire: Dark Side of the Moon (2002).

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Goofs

Wasn't it convenient that an Apollo capsule keeps two kid-sized space suits handy, just in case? Maybe the test chimps left them behind?

Keep in mind that all these plot holes were kind of essential to making the movie work at all, and it was an entertaining film.

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Quotes

Marty Farr: [watching the former astronauts walk by] I thought dinosaurs were extinct.

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Crazy Credits

After the first half of the end credits, there's a scene with Carson and Gigs.

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Connections

Spoofs The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)

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Soundtracks

I'll Reach You (Te Sigo)
Written by Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, Ander Pérez Nemowave
Performed by Auryn
Courtesy of Warner Music Spain

User Reviews

Amusing and charming adventure about a little boy who travels outer space and lands in moon

Great movie that contains brilliant and enticing animated pieces that have the rare quality of appealing both , youngsters and adults but on different levels . Good animation movie in magnificent visual style about the amazing adventures of three kiddies who aboard a space shuttle in NASA . It stars Mike (voice by Danny Rovira) a valiant 12 years old boy who embarks on a fantastic moon trip to defeat a nasty and ambitious villain . Accompanied by his grandfather , a forgotten retired astronaut ,and his sweetheart Amy (voice by Michelle Jenner) and an amusing chameleon with delusion of giant monster-like grandeur, arrive in the moon to take the US Flag and join his family. Meanwhile,the headstrong surfer Mike has to confront a ruthless billionaire who is planning a scheme to rewrite history and excise the feats of the Apolo XI and the moon landing.

This is a high quality picture plenty of adventures,funny incidents , humor with tongue in cheek and fantasy.The film includes as technical advisers, the known astronauts Alan Bean and Miguel Lopez Alegria who was the first Spanish astronaut to go the outer space. The animation movie has some very funny scenes , emotion, entertainment and amusement .Top-notch production ,lavishly and colorfully realized similarly to a Hollywood product.Sensational and fantastic tale with noisy action , surprising situations and results to be big fun.

The motion picture was very well directed by Enrique Gato . Being advisable to see for children and adults who appeal the splendid computer generator animation. Gato is an excellent animation filmmaker. He has directed splendid films , firstly he made short movie in 2004 Tadeo Jones ,and its sequel Tadeo Jones and the basement doom . Later on , he filmed long run film 2012 Adventures Tadeo Jones . And in post production a new sequel 2017 Tadeo Jones and the secret of King Midas Rating: Better than average . Well worth watching.