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7.7/10
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A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Jean Martin
- L'oiseau
- (voice)
Pascal Mazzotti
- Le roi
- (voice)
Agnès Viala
- La bergère
- (voice)
Renaud Marx
- Le ramoneur
- (voice)
Roger Blin
- L'aveugle
- (voice)
Philippe Derrez
- Le liftier
- (voice)
- …
Albert Médina
- Le belluaire
- (voice)
- …
Jerry Di Giacomo
- The King
- (English version)
- (voice)
- …
Steve Gadler
- The Bird
- (English version)
- (voice)
Patricia Kessler
- The Shepherdess
- (English version)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJapanese director Hayao Miyazaki has cited the film as a major influence.
- Alternate versionsThe film was originally published in 1952 under the title "The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird". This 62 minute version was incomplete and was published against the wishes of Grimault and Prevert. Later Grimault attained the rights to the movie for the now definitive 1980 final cut.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
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I heard about this movie because it was listed on The thief and the cobbler's wikipedia page as another movie which took a long time to make. The story behind this movie is very interesting and I find it very touching the Paul Grimault managed to complete his vision (unlike Richard Williams). The soundtrack was incredible and fit the scenes perfectly, but the sound effects are a bit lacking (but just in a few scenes). The only complaint I have with this movie is the animation. The scenes were animated decades apart, and this is a problem because the styles do not go together well, because the older animation is leagues better than the new one. That being said I can ignore this problem because even in the new animation the backgrounds are very beautiful. The dialog is also very creative, feeling more like poetry than actual dialog (this should not surprise anyone because it was all written by Jaques Prèvert) I recommend this movie to everyone
- niki-ravasi
- Jan 18, 2014
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- The King and Mister Bird
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $27,513
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,721
- Nov 23, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $167,451
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The King and the Mockingbird (1980) officially released in Canada in English?
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