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film is adapted from Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater's children's book of the same name published in 1938. This book named "Mr. Pope's Penguin" is a well-known and well-known work in the United States. The novel shaped the story of a painter named Pope in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Pope lives in a place called Stillwater. He imagined that he could travel the world one day and sent a letter of tribute to his idol, an explorer. Later, the explorer gave Pope a surprise, this is a male penguin. Later, the penguin became thinner because of loneliness, and Pope asked for help from the aquarium. The aquarium replied that their only female penguin had the same symptoms, and then sent that penguin to Pope. The two penguins were like glue together, and soon gave birth to ten little penguins. In order to feed these little animals, Pope took them to New York to perform. By mistake, Pope became a sinner. In order to let the penguins live healthy, he had to take his "family" on an "expedition trip" to release penguins in the Arctic. To this day, "Mr. Pope's Penguin" is still a recommended extracurricular reading for elementary school students in grades 2, 3, and 4 in the United States.
In fact, it is not easy to put such a classic work on the screen. Because the novel tells the story of a blue-collar class during the Great Depression, he finally got rid of the mediocre life and realized his dream-this is a theme with obvious "American Dream" characteristics. Therefore, to put such a story on the modern screen, hoping to get a good response and box office, only a drastic adaptation of the novel will do. Film director Mark S. Waters said: "After confirming that Kim Carey will be the lead role in the film, I decided to highlight his personal characteristics. In other words, I hope to produce a traditional Kim Carey movie. The style of the film. Therefore, we have made a lot of changes to the script and the original story. We added a lot of jokes to the story and highlighted Kim Carrey’s body language." In addition to highlighting Kim Carrey’s personal characteristics , The film also added a lot of "advancing with the times" elements, such as the financial crisis, such as professional managers who tighten their nerves every day, and so on. Waters said: "The addition of these content is very natural, because the original book is a story that happened during the Great Depression, and now it happens to be the financial crisis, so it is natural to make such an adaptation. Moreover, It’s appropriate to let Kim Carey play a person who is driven to be a bit nervous by his career and life."
For this film, Kim Carey said: "The film is very fun and the story is very interesting. My role is a loss. The person who has become the focus of life. But after the arrival of the penguin, he has found the motivation for life again. Although life has changed, he has found the happiness of life again. I don't think I am the real protagonist of this movie, those penguins are only Yes. Many times, the jokes and burdens of the film are done by Penguin himself, and I may just be a supporting role with them. He is responsible for making the jokes, and I am only responsible for delivering the jokes to the screen. Especially when we are in the later stage. Some CG shots were made, and some of the penguins' actions and behaviors made them look more like protagonists and superstars."
Penguin selling cute
Whether you love animals and nature or not, as long as you see a penguin that is black and white like a panda, you will never be able to take back your sight. This cute animal is quite rare and can only be seen in aquariums or zoos in big cities. In the movie "Mr. Pope's Penguins", the producers, in order to make the penguins appear more authentic and reliable, they specially "rented" six Gentoo penguins from the aquarium to participate in the filming.
Acting with animals was originally a difficult task, and now that the partner is the super cute penguin, this is a huge test for the actors' performance. Kim Carey said: "It should be said that penguins are a great creature and a wonderful species. I have only seen this animal in the aquarium before. When I saw them on the set, I was stunned. The first is the opportunity to touch them with my hands, and the second is to look at their cute looks. I don't know what to do. The innocent and helpless look in their eyes can easily evoke the love in their hearts. It’s amazing to play with these animals.” Because he is the biggest star in the film, during the shooting, the entire studio was transformed into a huge “refrigerator” to ensure that it can adapt to the low temperature environment of penguin life. Moreover, in order to ensure the safety of penguins and actors and avoid cross-infection of human and animal diseases, the crew must implement strict disinfection measures before working every day. And the penguin keeper will make recipes for the penguins every day, and take care of these animals on the set every day. In order to avoid any accidents, the crew deliberately focused on shooting the scenes involving penguins. These shots were completed in a short time. Director Waters said: "It is indeed a wonderful thing to shoot with penguins, because these animals are very peculiar. For the sake of animals, we took a short time to shoot the scene with penguin shots. Let the penguins return to the aquarium. But the whole crew was still very interested, and then we went to the aquarium to see these stars. "Because penguins are a kind of bird, it is not an object for domestication, and its IQ is far Unlike a parrot, there is no way to make any acrobatic actions, so the producer adopted the method of actual shooting and post-CG processing to film the "interaction" and "emotional communication" between the penguins and Mr. Pope.
In the film, Kim Carrey returns to the acting style that he is famous for-exaggerated movements, exaggerated expressions and exaggerated character. After trying to shoot thrillers, horror films, and gay-themed films, he finally returned to mainstream family comedy. This is a great thing for fans of Kim Carey. Director Waters said: "Jim Carrey is a very good actor. It is no exaggeration to say that he can do any role. Acting in such a family comedy is just the Kerry that his strengths and fans are most looking forward to. In this movie, Kerry performed very well. It can be said that he has continued his usual acting style and style. Many of his fans will cheer again this time. His performance in the film is very good. A supporting role, such as Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury and the little actor who played Kerry’s child, played very well. It can be said that this is a movie dominated by group dramas. Of course, the biggest film The selling point is the penguin." The
tidbits
·The film was shot using a combination of real Gentoo penguins and CG animation.
·During the filming period, the entire studio was transformed into a large ice library.
·The film is adapted from the children's book of the same name published in 1938.
·The film was launched in October 2010 and finished in January 2011.
During the preparation of the film, Jack Black and Owen Wilson were both candidates to play Mr. Pope.
·The film was originally set to star in Ben Stiller and director Noah Baumbach, but both of them later opted out
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