The Smurfs - the movie
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The Smurfs Film, cataloged as an animation and comedy genre for families, will be screened in cinemas across Italy starting September 16, 2011.
The screenplay is a subject by Raja Gosnell and is inspired by the cartoon and comic series of the same name, The Smurfs (the smurfs in the French original).
The film is a Belgian and American production based on the comic books of the same name by the designer Peyo and distributed by Warner Bros Picture Italia (as regards the distribution in our country).
The film is a live-action that mixes both 3D computer graphics and live action.
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The initial idea
The cinematic history of this film is very long, in fact the rights were obtained by Jordan Kerner after years of bargaining, in 2002; the project was developed with the help of Paramount Pictures and in 2008 was transferred to Columbia Pictures.
Kerner thus developed his idea of a film in computerized and above all three-dimensional graphics.
Kerner had intended to create a trilogy of the Smurfs series, to try to analyze and make known to the general public the most obnoxious character in the cartoon series, namely Gargamel.
Kerner wanted to give a reason to the story of the Smurfs, to explain what happened in the medieval castle where it all began and where a very powerful wizard lived.
Jordan Kerner's intentions were to make the story known as the drafting and production of the trilogy continued, in order to keep the public's attention high also for the sequels. Unfortunately, things went differently from his initial project and when it passed from the top of Paramount Pictures to those of Columbia Pictures, Sony also joined the project, whose CEO Michael Lynton, who has always followed the animated series of the Smurfs, he wanted to participate in the development of the film.
From there was born the idea of mixing real actions, with live footage of real actors, with the characters drawn and built with three-dimensional computer graphics in which the little blue monsters come to life and move.
The screenplay was then entrusted to the Californian director Raja Gosnell, so the final shooting of the Smurfs film began in March 2010.
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The story of the film
The plot is set in an unspecified period of the Middle Ages and tells the adventures of the Smurfs, small blue creatures who live in the woods in mushroom-shaped houses, inside a small village that is led by the wise and elderly Papa Smurf, who is a little bit the father of all the Smurfs.
The Papa Smurf is the only Smurf in the whole village to have a red hat and trousers instead of white, and the only Smurf to have a white beard, which symbolizes his wisdom.
The Smurfs live in peace with nature, respecting it, but they have only one great enemy: the evil wizard Unfortunately for Gargamel the Smurfs' village is impenetrable, hidden and impossible to find, and when the little blue men are in their village, they are safe from the clutches of the evil wizard.
One day the magician Gargamel, accompanied by his faithful cat Birba, who has always been trained to hunt the Smurfs, discovers the place where the village of the peaceful blue men is located, who run away to save themselves.
During the mad rush, a group of Smurfs get lost in the woods and Clumsy Smurf accidentally discovers a cave.
Only later will he understand that it is the "forbidden cave", a magical portal that functions as a time transport between the age of the Smurfs and ours.
Clumsy Smurf and the friends who followed him find themselves teleported to New York and catapulted into the frenetic traffic of Central Park.
Along with the Clumsy Smurf there will also be Papa Smurf, Brawny Smurf, Brotolone Smurf, and Smurfette, the only female creature that lives in the Smurf village.
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Smurfette
Smurfette, according to the animated series, was a creature of Gargamel; the evil wizard had created the Smurf to trap his eternal enemies, and in fact the Smurfette was originally a wicked and wicked creature under the wizard's orders.
Only later, after a spell from Papa Smurf, who had discovered Gargamel's plan, Smurfette is transformed into the sweet, sweet and romantic blonde creature who will begin to live in peace in the Smurf village.
The Smurfs in New York
Amazed and amazed by what they see, the Smurfs must try in every way to save themselves in the asphalt jungle that is New York today: they, little creatures accustomed to the woods who have never seen modern technology, find themselves disoriented. and afraid.
Even the city of New York is frightened by the presence of the Smurfs, creatures that seem alien and that you cannot understand where they come from and what they want.
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The Smurfs happen by accident, hidden in a box at the home of Patrick and Grace Winslow, who are initially frightened by the little blue creatures, who they believe want to attack them.
Even more afraid and wary of what they have learned from the news, Grace and Patrick do not dare to trust the sympathy of the Smurfs, fearing that it is only a tactic.
At first a furious fight breaks out between the two spouses and the Smurfs, but in the end Grace lets herself be moved by the little blue men, realizing that their sympathy and tenderness is not a fiction.
Thanks to the couple of new friends, the little Smurfs will look for a way to return to their time and to their village, before Gargamel also finds them in New York where he continues to chase them.
The scene in which the blonde Smurfette emits air on a grid emits the famous scene of Marylin Monroe with a pleated skirt rising up her legs pushed by the air is wonderful.
The Smurfs, while they find a way out of their tragicomic situation, thanks also to Grace and Patrick, begin to discover the place where they happened to be and to learn about the technology of the twentieth century.
Credits
Trailers for the film were initially released on June 16, 2010, attached to copies of the Toy Story 3 movie.
The release of the film in America was postponed 2 times, from December 2010 it was postponed to July 2011, and then definitively released, after many delays, in American cinemas only on August 3, 2011.
The film lasts 103 minutes and is played by an exceptional Hank Azaria who superbly plays the role of the evil Gargamel.
Neil Patrick Harris instead plays Patrick Winslow, while Jayma Mays plays Patrick's wife, Grace Winslow.
Other performers of the film are Sofía Vergara who plays Odile, Tim Gunn who plays the role of Henri, Madison McKinley and Meg Philips who impersonate the models, Julie Chang, Roger Clark and Mark Doherty.
The screenwriters of the film, in addition to Peyo who made the comic from which the film is based, are J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick, David Ronn, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
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Original title: |
The Smurfs |
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Country: |
USA Belgium |
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Year: |
2011 |
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Gender: |
3D animation, live-action |
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Duration: |
102 ' |
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Directed by: |
Raja Gosnell |
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Production: |
Columbia Pictures, Kerner Entertainment Company, Sony Pictures Animation |
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Distribution: |
Sony Pictures Releasing Italy |
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Exit date: | September 16, 2011 | <
The Smurfs movie is copyright Peyo, Columbia Pictures, Kerner Entertainment Company, Sony Pictures Animation. All rights reserved. Property of Fox. |
