i love the music and the art...what is the movie?...the music reminds me a little bit of the tune greensleeves which was my favorite tune to hum when i was 7 years old onward...i remembered it from a children's movie, a dog flick maybe?...then later in an elvis flick...when people would ask what my favorite song was then i would hum because i had no idea
https://youtu.be/P5ItNxpwChE
@Shaka The King and the Mockingbird is a 1980 traditionally animated feature film directed by Paul Grimault. Begun in 1948 as The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (loosely based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen), the film was a collaboration between Grimault and popular French poet and screenwriter, Jacques Prévert. However the film suddenly stopped production and was released unfinished by its producer, without the approval of either Grimault or Prévert...
@Shaka ...Through the course of the 1960s and 1970s, Grimault obtained the rights to the film and was able to complete a new version they originally intended and was finished over 30 years after it was started.
The film is by some today regarded as a masterpiece of French animation and has been cited by the Japanese directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata as an influence. The film has had poor availability in English. But during 2014 it was released on DVD...
@Shaka ... Previously, the film had been often shared by animation fans online. A low-budget English-language release of the 1952 version, dubbed The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird, is in the public domain and available for free online. In that version, Peter Ustinov narrates and voices the main role of the bird.
@vomitsunami I was so sad when I finally had downloaded the entire thing it was in french, no subs.. :/ I'm off hunting again. :D Glad you enjoyed it. :D
12 Comments (since 8 Sep 2015)
philipnareike
That's a lovely piece I have to say
Avante
@philipnareike Thank you.. and also for the Smoking explanation. :D
debutch
A beautiful piece Birgitta
Shaka
i love the music and the art...what is the movie?...the music reminds me a little bit of the tune greensleeves which was my favorite tune to hum when i was 7 years old onward...i remembered it from a children's movie, a dog flick maybe?...then later in an elvis flick...when people would ask what my favorite song was then i would hum because i had no idea https://youtu.be/P5ItNxpwChE
Avante
@debutch Thank you. :D
Avante
@Shaka The King and the Mockingbird is a 1980 traditionally animated feature film directed by Paul Grimault. Begun in 1948 as The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (loosely based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen), the film was a collaboration between Grimault and popular French poet and screenwriter, Jacques Prévert. However the film suddenly stopped production and was released unfinished by its producer, without the approval of either Grimault or Prévert...
Avante
@Shaka ...Through the course of the 1960s and 1970s, Grimault obtained the rights to the film and was able to complete a new version they originally intended and was finished over 30 years after it was started. The film is by some today regarded as a masterpiece of French animation and has been cited by the Japanese directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata as an influence. The film has had poor availability in English. But during 2014 it was released on DVD...
Avante
@Shaka ... Previously, the film had been often shared by animation fans online. A low-budget English-language release of the 1952 version, dubbed The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird, is in the public domain and available for free online. In that version, Peter Ustinov narrates and voices the main role of the bird.
vomitsunami
Wow...this is incredible...thanks for digging this up--! I can't wait to watch the movie...
iMatthew_
really gorgeous
Avante
@vomitsunami I was so sad when I finally had downloaded the entire thing it was in french, no subs.. :/ I'm off hunting again. :D Glad you enjoyed it. :D
Avante
@iMatthew_ Thank you I'm happy you liked it. :D