- The book " Le Petit Prince " is a token of affection given by director Mark Osborne from his wifein a long-distance relationship when he started his animation production studies at university in the 1990s ;
- The director set the protagonist of this animated film as a little girl because of his own little daughter and other factors ;
- Both the director and his wife grew up in a single-parent family. These experiences influenced the role of the father of the little girl who was absent from beginning to end in the film to a certain extent ;
- In the movie, the fox looks similar to its English voice actor James Franco, but the creators did not deliberately do it;
- Rayleigh Osborne, who voiced Le Petit Prince in the film, is the director's son;
- During the dubbing process of the English version, all the main creators went to dubbing separately and never got together ;
- Many details in the film are influenced by classic French films, and there are some tribute elements that can only be discovered by fans. For example, the little girl’s house refers to the design of the house in Jacques Tati’s " My Uncle ", while the world of adults is more influenced by " Play Time ". Big; there is a little girl's play that pays tribute to François Truffaut 's " Four Hundred Strikes " .
- Hans Zimmer, who scored the film, worked with director Osborne in the 2008 film "Kung Fu Panda" .
The Little Prince behind the scenes gags
2022-01-03 08:02
Extended Reading
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[first lines]
The Aviator: [narrating] Once, when I was six years old, I read a book about the primeval forest. The book said, "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it."
[makes ravaging and shallowing sounds]
The Aviator: I pondered this deeply. And then, I did my first drawing. I showed my masterpiece to grown-ups and asked if the drawing frightened them.
Grown-up: Frightened? Why should anyone be frightened of a hat?
The Aviator: Grown-ups. They never understand anything by themselves.
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The Aviator: [to the little girl upon being pulled over] Do you have a driver's license?
The Little Girl: No.
The Aviator: A learner's permit?
The Little Girl: No.
The Aviator: How old are you?