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DVD

A town called Panic

Call Number

  • DVD ANIMATION (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

In French, with optional subtitles in English.

Performers

Voices: Stéphane Aubier, Bruce Ellison, Vincent Patar, Jeanne Balibar, Benoît Poelvoorde.

Publication Information

[United States] : Zeitgeist Films, 2010.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Summary

A stop-motion animated film about toys come to life, based on the Belgian television series with the same title. Cowboy and Indian give Horse a homemade brick barbecue for his birthday, but too many bricks arrive and they destroy their house. Surreal adventures follow as the trio travels to the center of the earth, treks across frozen tundra, and discovers a parallel underwater universe where dishonest creatures live. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier-mâché town, will Horse and his girlfriend ever be alone?

Notes

DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.

Based on the Belgian television series.

Subjects