Gaturro (film)

Gaturro
Directed by Gustavo Cova
Produced by Fernando de Fuentes
Jose C. Garcia de Letona
Ruiz de Velasco Gonzalo
P. Jayakumar
José Luis Massa
Yadira Orozco
Screenplay by Cristian Dzwonik
Esteban Garrido
Adriana Lorenzón
Mariano Podesta
Belén Wedeltoft
Valeria Gómez
Based on Gaturro created by Cristian Dzwonik
Starring Mariano Chiesa
Agustina Gonzalez Cirulnik
Agustina Crulink
Pablo Gandolfo
Leto Dugakin
Gustado Dardés
Ándres Sala Rigler
Mimicha René Sagastume
Gustavo Bonfigli
Lucila Gómez
Mara Campanelli
Edited by Andrés Fernández
Production
company
Distributed by Distribution Company S.A.(Argentina)
Santo Domingo Films (Mexico)
Viva Pictures (United States)
Release dates
  • September 10, 2010 (Argentina)
  • April 27, 2012 (Mexico)
Running time
 87 minutes
Country Argentina
Mexico
India
Language Spanish
English
Budget $6 million[1]
Box office $2,157,494[2]

Gaturro (simply known as Gaturro, The Movie) is a 3D Argentine-Mexican-Indian CGI animated film based on the popular Argentine comic book of the same name created by Cristian Dzwonik. The film is produced by Illusion Studios, Toonz Animation, and co-produced by Ánima Estudios.[3]

It was released in theaters September 21, 2010 in Argentina and was a box-office success. This film is also the first Indian-Latin American animated co-production.[4]

The film was later released in Mexico on April 27, 2012 and was a huge box-office disappointment.[5]

International rights are currently held by Voltage Pictures. The film is set to be released in the United States, distributed by Viva Pictures.[6] The release date is yet unknown.

Plot

Gaturro is a mischievous cat that wants to conquer Agatha, the kitten of his life, but every time he tries to conquer, Max stands. Agatha is impressed with Max because Max has things are better than they have Gaturro. Agatha asks Gaturro how the cat in his life and imagines him, Max always wins. Then Agatha tells Gaturro that marrying Max and it did not please Gaturro.

After Gaturro thought to impress Agatha ought to be on television. After Michou, the cat that acts as a superhero on TV, resignation so the producer had to find a replacement, then when Gaturro saw that ad was auditioning, she met a mouse named Rat Pit, who sang to solve their problems and to help him in the audition, but it ruined Max throwing Gaturro dog fleas because he did not want to come out on TV so they do not impress Agatha. But after the producer came up with an idea and Gaturro hired to make a superhero on TV and that made him famous, but fame so could not spend much time with Agatha and greatly saddened that Gaturro, but Max exploded with joy.

Agatha After also began to miss Gaturro but Max told him that when the wedding will be among them, but Agatha did not know if he wanted to marry. Once was with Agatha, Gaturro to hang out at the park, but the producer had found him and took him to a company in Cosmogatilan. There, a sexy cat named Gatalina Yoli and kisses Gaturro on the cheek. Agatha sees it and gets frustrated, so she decided to make the wedding. He gave invitations to Max, but Max hid the invitation to Gaturro, and just the day of the wedding, was OSCAT Awards and has nominated Gaturro.

Later in the day of the OSCAT Awards, Gaturro asked Rat Pit to bring your collar but Max tried to grab a Rat Pit. Fortunately, Max could not grab him and escaped Rat Pit. Then, Rat Pit told Gaturro about the wedding of Agatha and Max the owner of Michou, Mimicha, has kidnapped Gaturro because his fame stole Michou. After seeing that she is carrying him in a bag, Rat Pit calls Gaturro's friends for help. Later, Mimicha left Gaturro locked in his house and he meets Gaturro Michou, so the two work together to escape. After Gaturro and his friends jump to the car on the tow truck, Mimicha sees them and goes after them on a pizza motorcycle, but could not reach them.

Then when Agatha was about to marry Max, Gaturro comes and interrupts the wedding. Gaturro tries to convince Agatha not to marry Max and Agatha did not know what to say. But after Agatha found out that Max had kept Gaturro's invitation, Gatalina shows up and reveals to the audience that Max paid her to kiss Gaturro and then Agatha longer wanted to marry, but Max had not surrendered because he did appear a mechanical robot, which Gaturro and his friends manage to destroy the remote that controls it.

After Max is defeated, Gatalina's brother takes away Max. The next day, Gaturro manages to help Rat Pit become famous again, and finally, Gaturro said if Agatha accepts his love and ends everywhere with Gaturro surprised and happy off-screen, with Agatha saying, "I hope I don't change my mind tomorrow", and Gaturro crashes into the screen.

Voice cast

Spanish cast
English cast

The English-language version was found in the special features in the Argentine and Mexican DVD releases.

Cultural references

This film makes a number of references to popular Hollywood figures and movies.[5]

Animation

The character designs and post-production services were done by Toonz India Ltd, while the majority of the animation was done by Illusion Studios in Argentina.[7] The film's special effects and backgrounds were done by Ánima Estudios in Mexico.[8]

Release

This film was released in 2D and 3D in Argentina on September 21, 2010. The 3D version was never shown internationally. Santo Domingo Films released the film in Mexico on April 27, 2012.[5]

Box office

It became a box office success in Argentina, opening #1 at the domestic box-office, grossing $2,268,283 pesos ($460,098 USD).[4] The film grossed a total of $10,342,696 pesos ($2,097,910 USD).[9]

In Mexico, however, this film was a huge disappointment at the Mexican box office, opening at #18 and only earning $1,023,760 pesos ($80,040 USD).[10] This was due to the lack marketing and publicity, an unsuccessful competition with the Mexican releases of successful blockbusters such as The Avengers, Titanic 3D and The Lorax, and the fact that the comic book series and the character were unfamiliar with Mexican audiences.

On 16 April 2015, Animation World Network has announced that Viva Pictures has picked up the distribution rights for a United States release.[6] Victor Elizalde, president of Viva Pictures said, “The landscape for quality animated content is changing quickly and Imira is in leading the way by using globally recognized brands like Speed Racer and Gaturro along with visually stimulating animation."[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bhushan, Nyay (21 May 2009). "Toonz ties with Illusion for 'Gaturro'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gaturro, la pelicula (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Toonz making final touches for ‘Gaturro’ 3D animation Movie". Technopark Today. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Gaturro-First Indo-Latin American animation film tops Argentina box-office". Calcutta Tube. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Llega "Gaturro. La película" a salas de cine de la Ciudad de México". 27 April 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Wolfe, Jennifer (16 April 2015). "Imira Entertainment’s ‘The Aviators’ Flies to North America". Animation World Network (Animation World Network). Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Toonz Animation woos global audience". The Hindu. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Mexicanos dibujarán a Gaturro" (in Spanish). Informador. 28 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  9. ↑ GATURRO, LA PELICULA
  10. ↑ Mexico Box Office - April 27–29, 2012

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