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Overview
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Release Date:
8 June 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
Hang six Summer 2007. more
Plot:
A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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15 nominations
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(60 articles)
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(From Popsugar. 20 November 2009, 1:00 PM, PST)
"March Of The Penguins" DVD Set Includes New Documentary
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"March Of The Penguins" DVD Set Includes New Documentary
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"...and you're sittin' on top of the world..."
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Shia LaBeouf | ... | Cody Maverick (voice) |
 | Jeff Bridges | ... | Zeke 'Big Z' Topanga / 'Geek' (voice) |
 | Zooey Deschanel | ... | Lani Aliikai (voice) |
 | Jon Heder | ... | Chicken Joe (voice) |
 | James Woods | ... | Reggie Belafonte (voice) |
 | Diedrich Bader | ... | Tank 'The Shredder' Evans (voice) |
 | Mario Cantone | ... | Mikey Abromowitz (voice) |
 | Kelly Slater | ... | Kelly (voice) |
| Rob Machado | ... | Rob (voice) |
| Sal Masekela | ... | SPEN Announcer (voice) |
| Ash Brannon | ... | Filmmaker (voice) |
| Chris Buck | ... | Filmmaker (voice) |
 | Brian Posehn | ... | Glen Maverick (voice) |
| Dana Belben | ... | Edna Maverick (voice) (as Dana L. Belben) |
| Reed Buck | ... | Arnold (voice) |
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85 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:G |
UK:PG |
Ireland:G |
South Africa:A |
Canada:G (all jurisdictions) |
USA:PG (certificate #41481) |
Malaysia:U |
Portugal:M/6 (original version) |
Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) |
Mexico:AA |
Germany:o.Al. |
Argentina:Atp |
Chile:TE |
South Korea:All |
Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) |
Netherlands:AL |
Brazil:Livre |
Taiwan:GP |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl |
Denmark:A |
Norway:A |
Australia:G |
Italy:T
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UFOs are placed all around the movie in various scenes like "Z is for Zurfing" and where viewers meet Chicken Joe's dead father. This is revealed in one of the Easter Eggs on the DVD.
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Continuity: After the argument with Big Z, Cody rips his big Z necklace off and during his walk to the line up its clearly seen that he's no longer wearing it, However in the long shot of the line up, you can see that Cody has the necklace on..and then in the following closeup its gone again.
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Filmmaker: Quiet on the set. And we're rolling. Cody Maverick interview, take one.
Cody Maverick: So why are you guys here to interview me?
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Filmmaker: Quiet on the set. And we're rolling. Cody Maverick interview, take one.
Cody Maverick: So why are you guys here to interview me?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Dinkum Didge
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Where does Cody Maverick get his name from?What are the names of some of the background characters
Is there not a CD soundtrack of the score?
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Cody Maverick(Shia LeBouf), a rock-hopper penguin and native of Shiverpool, Antarctica, truly lives up to his surname, unlike his highly domestic mother and brother. He seems quite talented as far as finding his own way--he surfs when others fish, surfs when others sit on eggs, he surfs because that's who he is. The legend of Big Z, the emperor penguin who changed surfing forever, helped to make Maverick a maverick. So when neurotic event liaison bird Mikey Abromowitz (Mario Cantone) appears with a chance to compete in the annual "Big Z Memorial" competition, Cody literally jumps into the chance. Along the way, he meets characters such as Joe (Jon Heder, well-cast once again), a surfing chicken from Michigan, and Lani Aliikai (Zooey Deschanel), a lifeguard penguin who also knows a thing or two about Big Z. Like most other heroes of animated film, Cody learns something about what really matters, but don't let that put you off. This is some true summer fun, kept low-key, which, hopefully, will make this the sleeper hit of summer. Everyone is nicely cast, and the characters are easy to care about (that's saying a lot for modern cinema right there). The film looks wonderful as well--nice character design almost gets dwarfed by the environments, as the folks at Sony Animation show that they have successfully taught computers the difference between freezing, harsh Antarctic Ocean and beautiful, blue, tropical ocean. Truly stunning.
I feel I should also mention the soundtrack; no Beach Boys, but still appropriate. If you've been waiting to hear Incubus, Green Day, or Lauryn Hill in more film soundtracks, now's your chance. The mockumentary approach makes it even more engaging while amping the laughs. Christopher Guest would be proud. All in all, if you're looking for a break from all the holler and hoopla that summer movies bring, and as Big Z says, you're ready to just have some fun, catch a wave...