Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) (V)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Raman Hui

Writers:

Todd Berger (screenplay)
Jed Diffenderfer (story)
(more)

Release Date:

9 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Action | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Po's All-New Adventure!

Plot:

Ordered to teach a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens, Po tells stories of each of the Furious Five's pasts.

Plot Keywords:

Kung Fu | Teaching | Martial Arts | Rabbit | Crane

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Jack Black	...	Po (voice)
Dustin Hoffman	...	Shifu (voice)
Will Shadley	...	Nerdy Bunny (voice)
Eamon Pirruccello	...	Impatient Bunny (voice)
Grace Rolek	...	Shy Bunny (voice)
Max Koch	...	Mantis (voice)
Tom Owens	...	Ladybug (voice)
Carol Kane	...	Sheep (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Gorilla / Crocodile (voice)
Stephen Kearin	...	Crocodile #2 (voice)
James Sie	...	Viper Dad / Pig (voice)
Meredith Scott Lynn	...	Viper Mom (voice)
Jessica Di Cicco	...	Young Viper (voice)
Stephanie Lemelin	...	Mei Ling (voice)
David Cross	...	Crane (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	The Instructor (voice)
Tara Strong	...	Young Tigress (voice)
Jaycee Chan	...	Young Monkey (voice)
Randall Duk Kim	...	Oogway (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elizabeth Ann Bennett	...	Ant / Bunny

Directed by
Raman Hui

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Todd Berger		screenplay
Jed Diffenderfer		story concept
Paul McEvoy		screenplay

Produced by
Melissa Cobb	....	executive producer
Karen Foster	....	producer
Hameed Shaukat	....	associate producer

Film Editing by
John Venzon

Production Management
Mary Bills	....	production manager
Corrie Coughlin	....	production supervisor
Kate Crossley	....	post-production supervisor
Pete Herzog	....	production manager
Suzannah Szabo	....	production manager

Art Department
Stephan Franck	....	storyboard artist
Steve Hickner	....	storyboard artist
Dan Krall	....	background painter

Sound Department
Bryan Bowen	....	sound effects editor
Laurent Kossayan	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
John Anderholm	....	technical director
Ulysses Argetta	....	digital compositor
Brent M. Bowen	....	digital compositor
Scott Brisbane	....	matte painting supervisor
Jason Brubaker	....	compositor
Laura Bussinger	....	animation coordinator
Christopher Buzon	....	lighting artist
Frédéric Côté	....	animator: Reel FX (as Fred Cote)
Rod Douglas	....	cloth artist
Rod Douglas	....	layout artist
Richard Gouge	....	lighter & compositor
Michael P. Hamler	....	lead lighter
Andy Jolliff	....	compositor
Tom M. Jordan	....	modeler
Steve Kolbe	....	visual effects supervisor
John Nesselrodt	....	lighter & compositor
Andrew Pearce	....	director of reseach and development
Richard Ramazinski	....	compositor
Wonchan Song	....	lighter
Julie Terrell	....	texture artist
Erik Tillmans	....	compositor
Michael A. Wallace	....	cloth artist
Michael A. Wallace	....	layout artist

Stunts
Xihuaru Kilcher	....	stunt performer

Animation Department
Kent Alfred	....	animator
James Baxter	....	animator
Aja Bogdanoff	....	animator
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio	....	key clean-up artist
Tony Bonilla	....	animator
Ernesto Bottger	....	animator
Jason Brubaker	....	assistant animator
Sylviane Burnet	....	assistant animator
Ray Chase	....	character animator
Sandro Cleuzo	....	animator
Mick De Falco	....	layout artist
Frank Dietz	....	clean-up animator
Eric Drobile	....	animator
Bryan Engram	....	animation department head: Reel FX
Sean Ermey	....	animator
Andre Forni	....	animator
Shaun Freeman	....	animator
Ryan Hobbiebrunken	....	animator
Jay Jackson	....	animator
Joseph P. Johnston	....	animator
Ramya Kuruppu Black	....	clean-up animator
Marisa Ledina	....	animation checking supervisor
Frank Molieri	....	animator
Scott O'Brien	....	animator
Ruel Pascual	....	animator
Pierre Perifel	....	animator
Philip Pignotti	....	additional character design
Philip Pignotti	....	character animator
Richard Ramazinski	....	assistant animator
Jason William Scheier	....	background artist
Jason William Scheier	....	background designer
Dan Segarra	....	character animator
Chad Sellers	....	animator
Chris Sonnenberg	....	animation supervisor
Trevor Tamboline	....	head of clean-up
Erik Tillmans	....	assistant animator
Dave Vallone	....	animation supervisor
David B. Vallone	....	animation supervisor
Vitor Vilela	....	animator
Andreas Wessel-Therhorn	....	animator

Editorial Department
James Beshears	....	editorial and post-production executive
Lauren Lear	....	assistant editor
Peter Lonsdale	....	additional editor
Paul Neal	....	editor: high definition

Music Department
Jack Dolman	....	technical score assistant
Peter Oso Snell	....	assistant music editor

Other crew
Karla M. Alvarado	....	production assistant
Tim Archer	....	post supervisor: Reel FX
Oliver Benavidez	....	production assistant
Allison Bernardi	....	media coordinator
Christopher Ell	....	production coordinator
Sean Ellis	....	network engineer
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production office supervisor
Cohl Klop	....	adr voice (as Cohl Kenneth Klop)
Rob Renshaw	....	production accountant
Tina Tseng	....	production accountant
Jon Young	....	media coordinator

Production Companies

• DreamWorks Animation
• Reel FX Creative Studios

Distributors

• Paramount (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Australia:G

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Trivia:

Jaycee Chan, who voices the young Monkey, is in real life the son of Jackie Chan, who voices Master Monkey in the movie; and James Sie, the voice of Viper's father, is best known in the role of Jackie Chan in the animated series "Jackie Chan Adventures" (2000).

Quotes:

Shifu: Tigress? I am Shifu. I am...
Young Tigress: Afraid?
Shifu: No.
Young Tigress: Well you should be! I am Tigress. Tigress the monster. A monster no one wants.
Shifu: You are not a monster. You're just a little girl.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

An entertaining celebration of great virtues

This short animation is about Master Po teaching Kung Fu to a group of young bunnies.

I am positively surprised by this short. It tells the story of each of the Furious Five, and a virtue that each has learned through Kung Fu. Each story is fun and inspiring in a unique way. It teaches great virtues of human beings in an entertaining way, without being preachy.

The animation is great, especially the bunnies who are so cute and cuddly! I am also impressed that all the Chinese characters in the film are all correct. Usually Chinese characters in animations are simply jumbled up strokes.

There is a lot of positivity in "Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five". I really enjoyed watching it.