A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

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A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Directed byBen Stassen
Screenplay byDomonic Paris
Produced by
  • Gina Gallo
  • Mimi Maynard
  • Domonic Paris
  • Ben Stassen
  • Caroline Van Iseghem
Starring
Edited by
  • Julien Ducenne
  • Aurelie Rosman
Music by
nWave Pictures

Illuminata Pictures
Distributed byStudioCanal (France)
Release dates
  • 12 June 2010 (2010-06-12) (California)
  • 11 August 2010 (2010-08-11) (France)
Running time
86 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
LanguagesEnglish
French
Dutch
Box office$70,627,617[1]

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (known as Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage in the progress) is a 2010 Belgian-French

computer-animated romantic adventure film co-produced and directed by Ben Stassen. The film was released on 12 June 2010 in California, and on 11 August 2010 in France. The British version features the voice talents of Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton, John Hurt, Kayvan Novak, and Robert Sheehan; the U.S. version features the voice talents of Yuri Lowenthal, Anthony Anderson, Tim Curry, Kathy Griffin, Melanie Griffith, and Jenny McCarthy
.

Plot

In October 1959, Sammy, a

seagull. He manages to escape along with another hatchling sea turtle named Shelly who was caught by another seagull. Sammy falls onto an old raft and gets carried into the Tasman Sea
, losing Shelly. He spends the next 50 years traveling the world changed by global warming into the Tasman Sea.

The day after he hatches, Sammy befriends a

day octopus, but they are forced to take shelter from an oil spill, caused by an oil tanker shipwreck. As Sammy and Ray grow bigger and bigger, and the raft begins losing parts, the raft suddenly collapses, leaving Sammy and Ray without their home. While they argue, Sammy, Ray and hundreds of fish are caught in trawler nets and separated. Hours later, Sammy is thrown back into the sea unconscious, but is saved by a dolphin
.

Sammy makes it to shore and the next day finds himself in an enclosure, taken in by human

British shorthair named Fluffy. Eventually Sammy shares the enclosure with a larger turtle named Vera, however Vera is released into sea when the Hippies realise the two are not mating. Not long after that, the unauthorized hippies are evicted from their beach by the police
, leaving Sammy behind due to Fluffy’s tricks.

Sammy returns to the ocean and is rejoined by Vera. On a search for food, Sammy and Vera rescue a female turtle, who turns out to be Shelly. Sammy and Shelly travel the oceans and ask around in search of the secret passage Sammy heard of. Finally the two turtles brave the dangers of the

lock. Sammy follows her trail to the Antarctic, where he is picked up by Ecologists and taken to California
where he is reunited with Snow (who now works as an Ecologist) and Fluffy once again.

Soon after he is released back into the ocean, two female leatherbacks ask Sammy to help a trapped turtle in a container. His rescue is none other than his old friend Ray. With help from Ray's partner Rita, Sammy explores a wrecked

hatchlings
and gives the little one a nudge towards its own journey.

Cast

Character Voice actor
United Kingdom United States
Sammy Dominic Cooper Yuri Lowenthal (young)
Billy Unger (hatchling)
Shelly Gemma Arterton[2] Jenny McCarthy (young)
Isabelle Fuhrman (hatchling)
Ray Robert Sheehan Anthony Anderson (young)[2]
Carlos McCullers II (hatchling)
Fluffy Kayvan Novak Tim Curry
Sandra
Christine Bleakley
 Sophi Bairley
Snow Melanie Cooper Melanie Griffith
Jacko Geoff Searle Scott Menville
Slim Kayvan Novak Charlie Adler
Vera Anjella Mackintosh Kathy Griffin
Ben Ben Bishop Al Rodriego
Rita Sohm Kapila Roxanne Reese
Robbie Kayvan Novak Darren Capozzi
Jacko Geoff Searle Scott Menville
Ollie Ben Bishop Yuri Lowenthal
Sandra
Christine Bleakley
 Sophi Bairley
Old Sammy / Narrator John Hurt Stacy Keach
Penguins Ben Kroll Bill Tom
Old Female Turtle Pat Carroll
Seals Stacy Matt Johnny Kroll
Eagles Ben Searle Bill Reese

Music

Music for the film was composed by

Fibes, Oh Fibes, and "Shark in the Water" by V V Brown
.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 44% of 18 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.5/10.[3]

Sequel

A sequel to the film, entitled A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise, also known as Sammy's Great Escape in the UK, was released in Belgium on 15 August 2012.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ a b Bradshaw, Peter (24 March 2011). "A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. ^ "A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 6 October 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "ILLUMINATA PICTURES INC". Illuminata Pictures. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  5. ^ "SAMMY 2 : ESCAPE FROM PARADISE – Première Image Et Détails !!". Anima-Films. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

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