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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
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- 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 saw The King and the Bird ~25 years ago in the Soviet Union, professionally translated and dubbed. The movie, ironically, fits very well the Soviet ideology (the poor get explored by the rich, the rich living in sky-scraper-like palaces etc). Apparently the movie is not available in the US with English subtitles. The movie fascinated me as a ~7 year old, but also disturbed me quite profoundly. After I watched it again in 2010 I have realized that I remember ~50% of the movie quite literally 25 years later. Some scenes still don't make sense to me, just like the didn't back in the early 80s, e.g. the king from the painting getting rid of the real king 15 min into the movie and taking over the rest of the show. Some parts of the story and some scenes in the animation itself could have more attention to detail, they stand out. E.g. the lion scene is showing very abstract lions; and later I learned that the scene was added ~30 years later.
- runcyclexcski
- Nov 26, 2010
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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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