Moomins and the Comet Chase
| Moomins and the Comet Chase | |
|---|---|
The Moomins by Tove Jansson | |
| Produced by | Tom Carpelan |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Max von Sydow |
| Cinematography | Maria Lindberg |
| Edited by | Maria Lindberg |
| Music by |
Heitor Pereira |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Languages | English Finnish |
| Budget | €974,893 |
| Box office | €9,300,000 |
Moomins and the Comet Chase is a 2010 3D
Plot
One day
build a raft and head out on a challenging journey to the observatory in the Lonely Mountains hoping to find out more from the wise professors there. The friends have to overcome several adversities in order to make it there. When they arrive, they find the professors deep in calculations. They reveal that a comet will reach the Earth in four days, four hours, four minutes and 44 seconds.The group decides to get back home as fast as they can to share the news. On the journey home, they encounter more dangerous creatures and obstacles as well as some old and new friends, including
Eventually they make it back home to the Moominhouse and discover another shocking detail: the comet is supposed to land right in their own garden that very night. Ultimately, the big question is if they can get everybody to safety in time.[4]
Cast
(International / Finnish)
- Max von Sydow / Tapani Perttu as The Narrator
- Moominpappa
- Moomintroll
- Peter Stormare / Taneli Mäkelä as Snufkin
- Mads Mikkelsen / Ilpo Mikkonen as Sniff
- Snork Maiden
- Moominmamma
- Arthur Holden / Jarmo Koski as Snork
- Hemulen
- Terrence Scammell / Jarmo Koski as Muskrat
Soundtrack
- "The Comet Song" – Björk and Sjón Sigurdsson
Release
The film was released theatrically on 6 August 2010 by Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab and was later broadcast on the MTV3 channel. It was also released on DVD by NonStop Sales and opened the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010.
Music
Icelanders Björk and Sjón, both big fans of the Moomin franchise, composed "The Comet Song" for the film's soundtrack.[5] Antonia Ringbom, a Finnish director, producer, animator and illustrator who specializes in children's programming, is working on the project's title sequence, which combines her animation with the theme song performed by Björk.[6] Bjork said: "I read the books as a child and then I read them for my children. I guess I realised that I still like them just as much. They probably stand for something Nordic, I think there's something quite stark, a certain kind of simplicity. You could speculate and say, 'because there are fewer plants there, and fewer animals, fewer buildings, so it's kind of more minimal. I've sometimes compared it to Scandinavian furniture , compared to Italian furniture. Italian - hundreds of little details, curls and curves and decoration - and Scandinavian furniture is kind of naked. And it's funny and sad at the same time. And the relationship to nature Tove Jansson has, that's very important to me. And everybody's allowed to be just as eccentric as they are, they don't have to conform. Reading to my children I actually noticed some kind of anti-authority aspect in it – there's no hierarchy between the characters, they are all equal. I like that a lot."[7]
References
- ^ "All-star cast comes together for Moomins 3D adventure". Rogers & Cowan. March 19, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ^ "Wonderful actors starring in new Moomin movie (translated)". MTV3.fi. March 23, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ^ "Moomin Home Studio - Business Cooperation (translated)". Infront Finland Oy. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ^ "Moomins and the Comet Chase synopsis". Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ^ "Björk Writes New Song for Freaky Finnish Children's Movie". Pitchfork Media Inc. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Moomins and the Comet Chase: Collaborators". Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ^ Bjork, speaking on BBC Radio 4, Front Row, 4 August 2010
