Snowtime!

Snowtime!

Film poster
La Guerre des tuques 3D
Directed by Jean-François Pouliot
Written by Normand Canac-Marquis
Roger Cantin
Danyèle Patenaude
Paul Risacher
Starring

French version:

English version:[1]

Release date
  • November 13, 2015 (2015-11-13)
Running time
 80 minutes
Country Canada
Language French
English
Box office $3.36 million (Canada)[2]
CN¥31.5 million (China)[3]

Snowtime! (originally La Guerre des tuques 3D and La Bataille géante de boules de neige in France, released on DVD in the UK as Cleo[4][5]) is a Canadian film from Quebec, released in 2015.[6] Directed by Jean-François Pouliot, it is an animated remake of the 1984 film The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques).[7]

Plot

The film centres on a group of children, led by Luke (Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier / Angela Galuppo) and Sophie (Mariloup Wolfe / Lucinda Davis), who plan and stage a giant snowball fight during the Christmas holidays.[6]

Production

Having earned $3,359,425 in 2015, the film was the highest-grossing Canadian film at the domestic box office during the calendar year, thus winning the Cineplex Golden Screen Award conferred by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.[8][9] It had its American premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[10] The film was released in English Canada on February 12, 2016 and the United States on February 19, 2016.[2]

The soundtrack features songs by various artists, including two recordings of "L'hymne" by Celine Dion, one English rendition as a solo artist and one French rendition recorded as a duet with Fred Pellerin.

Characters

Characters Voiced by
Original International Original International
Luc Luke Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier Angela Galuppo
Sophie Mariloup Wolfe Lucinda Davis
François Les Lunettes Four-eyed Frankie Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc Sandra Oh[11]
Pierre Piers Sébastien Reding Ross Lynch[12][13]
Lucie Lucy Sophie Cadieux Galuppo[14]
Maranda Manolo[15] Anne Casabonne Sonja Ball
Jacques Jack[16] Catherine Trudeau
Henri Leroux Henry André Sauvé Heidi Lynne Weeks
Georges Leroux George
Chabot Chuck Gildor Roy Don W. Shepherd[17]
Ti-Guy La Lune Nicky Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque or Aline Pinsonneault Elisabeth MacRae[18][19]
France Fran Aline Pinsonneault Jenna Wheeler[20]
Daniel Blanchette de Victoriaville Daniel Blanshire from Victoriaville Esther Poulin Holly Gauthier[21]

Reception

The film has grossed CN¥31.5 million in China.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Linda Barnard (11 February 2016). "Snowtime! packs a message: review". Toronto Star. Retrieved 22 February 2016. With the voices of Sandra Oh, Angela Gallupo, Lucinda Davis and Ross Lynch.
  2. 1 2 Etan Vlessing (February 2, 2016). "Canadian Screen Awards to Honor 'Snowtime!' as Biggest Homegrown 2015 Box-Office Hit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "冰雪大作战（2017）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cleo-DVD-Ross-Lynch/dp/B018VSW3IO/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdt_img_sims?ie=UTF8
  5. ↑ "Cleo (2015)". British Board of Film Classification. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  6. 1 2 "La guerre des tuques 3D réussit son pari". Ici Radio-Canada, November 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ "La Guerre des Tuques takes aim at a new generation". Q, December 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ Barry Hertz (4 February 2016). "A Canadian box-office battle between Snowtime! and Brooklyn". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Brooklyn Tops Canadian Box Office". Northernstars. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Animated La Guerre des Tuques 3D will screen at Sundance Film Festival". Montreal Gazette, September 9, 2015.
  11. ↑ Linda Barnard (12 February 2016). "Snowtime! movie lets Sandra Oh get animated". Toronto Star. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Maxime Demers (4 November 2015). "À la conquête du monde". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Brendan Kelly (11 November 2015). "Movie review: La guerre des tuques 3D reanimates spirit of original". Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  14. ↑ Scott Tobias (28 January 2016). "Sundance Film Review: ‘Snowtime!’". Variety. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  15. ↑ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-manolo.html
  16. ↑ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-jack.html
  17. ↑ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-chuck.html
  18. ↑ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-nicky.html
  19. ↑ Sheri Linden (19 January 2016). "'Snowtime!': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  20. ↑ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-fran.html
  21. ↑ http://www.snowtimemovie.com/about-daniel.html
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