Free Jimmy
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| Directed by | Christopher Nielsen |
| Produced by | Lars Andreas Hellebust |
| Written by | Christopher Nielsen English script by Simon Pegg |
| Starring | Woody Harrelson Kyle MacLachlan Simon Pegg Samantha Morton Jay Simpson David Tennant |
| Release date(s) | March 17, 2006 |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million |
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Free Jimmy (No: Slipp Jimmy fri) is a Norwegian film released in 2006. It is Norway's first computer animated feature film, the second most costly Norwegian film to date, having cost in excess of 100 million Norwegian kroner (app. 16 million USD) and is the second fully computer animated film to target an adult audience (the first being Terkel in Trouble). The film is written and directed by Norwegian Christopher Nielsen, with English screenplay by Simon Pegg. Voice actors include Woody Harrelson, Kyle MacLachlan, Samantha Morton, Simon Pegg, David Tennant and Jay Simpson. A different set of actors will do the voices for the Norwegian edition.
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[edit] Plot
Jimmy, an aging elephant, is the main attraction at the run-down Circus Stromowskij. His keeper has made a drug addict of him by giving him pills to help him perform better and cope with life at the circus. When Jimmy decides to run away one day, he finds himself chased by anti-drug animal-rights activists, the Sami mafia, and drunken hunters. A moose, also hunted, becomes his friend.
[edit] Awards
- Won an Amanda in the category "Best Film"
