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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