Belgium-Luxemborg-France
2009/35mm/76mins – French language with English subtitles PG
Special Family Screenings
SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 4.00 PM – Dendy
SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2.00 PM – Dendy
Made for an audience of any age, and a smash hit with the adults in Cannes, this animation is a deliriously wild and totally charming ride from start to finish, as Cowboy, Indian and Horse charge all over the world in a whimsical assault of fun.
Forget stop-motion animation – this is non-stop — the fast, zany and highly imaginative adventures of a group of plastic toys who speak French with phony American accents. Starting with the disastrous events of Horse’s birthday, in which best friends Cowboy and Indian nearly destroy their town, the action moves to the North Pole, the centre of the earth, and then to a parallel underwater universe full of pointy-headed bad guys. While the panic rages, Horse just wants a bit of time with his new girlfriend – the music teacher. Animators Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar make madness an art form.
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Festival screenings include Cannes, Toronto and Melbourne.
“There’s really very little to say about this film beyond that it’s absolutely brilliant” Peter Brunette, The Hollywood Reporter
“Proves you don’t need fancy CGI techniques, 3-D, or stunt voice casting to make a sparkly little gem” Leslie Felperin, Variety
A TOWN CALLED PANIC
(PANIQUE AU VILLAGE)
Writer/Director Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar Associate Producer Adriana Piasek-Wanski Cast Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Bruce Ellison Print Source Madman Australia
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The online booking system from dendy appears to have a rune time failure when booking the festival tickets. I have bene trting all day yo book seeks on saturday for a town called panic. I can see any way to report faults. Normal dendy bookings seem to work ok.
Thanks for the feedback. We’ll alert Dendy. For future reference, they have a contact form at the link following:
http://www.dendy.com.au/contact.asp