The tap-dancing for Mumble in particular was provided by Savion Glover who was also co-choreographer for the dance sequences. Mumble (Elijah Wood), son of Memphis (Hugh Jackman) and Norma Jean (Nicole Kidman), is the worst singer in the world but he is a brilliant tap dancer. But every time Mumble raises his voice in "song," all that emerges is a screechy, piercing off-key shriek.

studio president Alan Horn with an early rough draft of the film's screenplay, and asked them to read it while he and Miller flew back to Australia.The Amigos unsuccessfully attempt to help Mumble win her affection by having Ramón sing a Spanish version of " My Way" behind Mumble, with the latter lip syncing. Inside our copy, with a funky festive sparkly snowflake-covered slipcase featuring Mumble in a Santa hat, we also had a voucher for a "kids go free" offer at Sealife centres/sanctuaries. With no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model, Mumble gives up all hope of passing his passion onto his son.

Joined by his Adelie Amigos and an all-knowing Rockhopper penguin named Lovelace, Mumble embarks on an epic journey and ultimately proves that by being true to yourself, you can make all the difference in the world! All adrift in a lonely hostile world, he meets The Amigos, a wise-cracking comedy crew of Latino Adelie penguins led by Ramon (Williams), who think Mumble's smooth dance moves are 'accidentally cool' and a great way to impress the chicas. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This was actually on TV over Christmas but the DVD offers some cool bonuses, including two new fully-animated additional sequences (Mumble Meets a Blue Whale and a Happy Feet Moment), a private dance lesson with Savion Glover where you'll "Dance Like a Penguin : Stomp to the Beat", a behind-the-scenes feature and the music video for Brittany Murphy's "Somebody To Love". On review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 76% approval rating based on 170 reviews, with an average rating of 6.

An international co-production between the United States and Australia, the film was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros. Meanwhile his feet do all the talking in tippety, tappety, hippety, hoppety groovy funkadelic style. Produced by SimEx-Iwerks, the 4D experience premiered in March 2010 at the Drayton Manor Theme Park.

channel Dolby Digital sound (with Dolby EX enhancement) presents the film's soundtrack effectively and with proper dynamics and detail. The video transfer is as good as can be expected on a standard DVD, with some anti-aliasing and other MPEG artifacts visible in some scenes such as those with a lot of snow and light colors. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. As I told you last week ( here), Warner Brothers totally spoiled us over Christmas, delivering a huge Santa sack stuffed full of DVDs to watch with the family.The filmmaker behind the 'Mad Max' and 'Babe' franchises turns his attention to musical fowl" Archived 19 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. According to Miller, the environmental message was not a major part of the original script, but "In Australia, we're very, very aware of the ozone hole," he said, "and Antarctica is literally the canary in the coal mine for this stuff. Happy Feet (2006) - Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman" Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

When a girl attempts to interact with Mumble by tapping the glass, he starts dancing, which attracts a large crowd. It was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature and the Saturn Award for Best Animated Film, both losing to Cars.It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Wii. Reminiscent of films such as Baz Luhrmann's " Moulin Rouge," "Happy Feet" effectively incorporates full songs and snippets from many popular tunes from the 1970s to today. And the flightless fowl did it again in 2006 with "Happy Feet" taking home the Oscar for best animated film. Production was slated to begin sometime after the completion of the fourth Mad Max film, Fury Road, but geo-political complications pushed Happy Feet to the forefront in early 2003. Miller said, "You can't tell a story about Antarctica and the penguins without giving that dimension.