Astro Kid
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Astro Kid | |
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French | Terra Willy, planète inconnue |
Directed by | Éric Tosti |
Written by | David Alaux Éric Tosti Jean-François Tosti |
Produced by | Jean-François Tosti |
Starring | |
Edited by | Jean-Christian Tiassy Hélène Blanchard |
Music by | Oliver Cussac[1] |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | BAC Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes[2] |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $4.3 million[3] |
Astro Kid (
Synopsis
Following the destruction of their ship, a 10-year-old boy called Willy is separated from his parents with whom he traveled through space. His rescue capsule lands on a wild and unexplored planet. With the help of Buck, a survival robot, he will have to hold on until the arrival of a rescue mission. Meanwhile, they meet an eight legged lizard-like alien named Flash, with whom they become friends, and together they discover the planet, its fauna, its flora... but also its dangers.
Voice cast
English Dub
- Landen Beattie as Willy
- Jason Canning as Buck
- Susan Myers as Probe
- Laura Post as Willy's Mother
- Keith Sliverstein as Willy's Father
French Dub
- Timothé Vom Dorp as Willy
- Édouard Baer as Buck
- Barbara Tissier as Probe
- Marie-Eugénie Maréchal as Willy's Mother
- Guillaume Lebon as Willy's Father
Production
Terra Willy is the second feature film from the Toulouse-based studio TAT Productions to be released in theatres, [clarification needed] after The Jungle Bunch. Shortly after his previous film release in July 2017, TAT announced its production of Astro Kid with a team of 70 people and having a budget of 6,000,000 euros.
The movie was animated using
Reception
The film received generally positive reviews from critics,[5][6] and on Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% from 11 reviews.[7]
Tom Cassidy of Common Sense Media gave the film four stars out of five, saying "an animated alien adventure has learning, empathy, teamwork."[8]
See also
- List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
- The Jungle Bunch (film)–the previous feature film by TAT Productions
References
- ^ Toulouse. Olivier Cussac, as de la musique de film, 11 July 2018. ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 13 March 2021. (in French)
- ^ Astro Kid at the British Board of Film Classification. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Astro Kid at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Morain, Odile (1 June 2018) "Terra Willy", le petit frère des "As de la jungle" en gestation à Toulouse. Culturebox. Retrieved 13 March 2021. (in French)
- ^ a b Felperin, Leslie (21 August 2019) Astro Kid review – little boy lost on a planet far far away. The Guardian.
- ^ Astro Kid review — lost in space with only a red robot to hear you scream. TheTimes.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Terra Willy". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Cassidy, Tom. "Terra Willy Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Astro Kid at IMDb