Mr. Men is a 1967 comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Roger Hargreaves and starring the ensemble cast of Peter Sellers, David Niven, Jack Watson, Kenny Baker and others. The film follows the skits of Mr. Men and the Little Misses on their lives.
Produced by Hargreaves' production company Gidney/Blanko Productions, the film premiered at the Radio City Music Hall on 21 January 1967 and in the United States on 25 January, and was released in the United Kingdom on 3 February, to critical and commercial success. Grossing $93 million against a $21 million budget in the box office, its success has prompted the film to spawn a series of children's books and animated television series. At the 21st British Academy Film Awards, Mr. Men was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Film.
For the original mix, Norman Wanstall, Harry Miller, Colin Miller, John Peverill, Peter Pennell, Jim Hopkins, Chris Greenham, Jim Shields, Richard Best Jr., Brian Hickin and Nicholas Stevenson contributed as Dubbing Editors. For the 2008 5.1 Surround sound mix, Wong Sound Effects Studio provided Post-Production Sound Services; Jenny Zeng served as Sound Designer. Magriet van der Byl and Benny Lee were the Supervising Sound Editors, Kwan Ka-Wai and Brandon Burton were the Sound Effects Editors, while Tim Lehmann and Amy Gu served as Re-Recording Mixers and Travis Liu and Hung Wing Sze performed Foley edited by Cedric Sartorius.
Storyline
The adventures of the Mr. Men and the Little Misses featuring British actors Peter Sellers, David Niven, Kenny Baker, Woody Allen, Brian Blessed, Tracy Reed, Lois Maxwell and Audrey Hepburn.
Sound Effects Used
Original Mix
- Audio Fidelity, Chinese Gong
- Audio Fidelity, Heavy Duty Motors (With Circuit Breakers Closing)
- Bee Trumpet
- Benny the Cab Revving
- Benny the Cab Skidding
- BBC Records, Dalek Gun (3 Blasts)
- Cartoon Slide Whistle 2
- Cinesound Electronic Sound
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 1
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 2
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 4
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 5
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 6
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 8
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 10
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 11
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 16
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 17
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 19
- CINESOUND GUNSHOT 01
- Cinesound Klaxon Sound 1/Roger Rabbit Ahooga Sound
- CINESOUND MALE SCREAM 01
- CINESOUND MALE SCREAM 02
- Cinesound Slide Whistle Sound
- Cinesound Xylophone Sound
- Disney - CRI-KEE CHIRPING (debut)
- Disney - FLIT CHIRPS (debut)
- Disney - HAPPY BELLS
- Disney - MORPH CRYING (debut)
- Disney Sci-Fi Humming Sound (debut)
- Disney - V.I.N.CENT. BEEPS (debut)
- H-B BOING, CARTOON - RICCO-BOING
- H-B CARTOON - TAKE OFF (Used for gun shots.)
- H-B CARTOON - TRIP AND CRASH
- H-B CARTOON - ZING IN AND CRASH
- H-B CRASH, CARTOON - BIG CRASH 01
- H-B CRASH, CARTOON - BIG CRASH 02
- H-B CRASH, CARTOON - HEAVY METAL JUNK CRASH (Used twice for explosions near the end of the film.)
- H-B FALL, CARTOON - HOYT'S LONG FALL 01
- H-B RUN, CARTOON - WILD SCRAMBLE
- H-B SCI FI - ROCKET BY, NOISY
- H-B SPLAT, CARTOON - PAINT FIGHT GLOP 10
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - DOUBLE ZIP
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - ECHOEY ZIP
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - FAST TAKE OFF
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - HIGH FIDDLE ZIP UP
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - HIGH WHISTLE ZING IN
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - HIGH WHISTLE ZING OUT
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - HIGH XYLO ZIP DOWN
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - LOW FIDDLE ZIP DOWN
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - LOW FIDDLE ZIP UP
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - LOW WHISTLE ZING IN
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - LOW WHISTLE ZING OUT
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - LOW WHISTLE ZING OUT, LONG
- Hollywoodedge, Bell Gong With Funny Whi CRT033006
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Creaks Machine FS015801
- JERRY SCREAM
- KATNIP SCREAM
- Looney Tunes Cartoon Fall Sound
- Looney Tunes Explosion Sound 1
- Looney Tunes Explosion Sound 2
- Looney Tunes Explosion Sound 3
- Lucifer Yawn
- MGM CRASH, CARTOON - SHARP BASS, DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH, MUSIC, PERCUSSION 02
- MGM SIREN - STUKA SIREN
- Percy Whistle
- R-B EXPLOSION - CANNON FIRING
- R-B SCI FI, CARTOON - GIDNEY AND CLOYD'S APPEARANCES
- RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 08
- RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 09
- RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 12
- RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 15
- RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 26
- RICOCHET - LONG WARBLY FALLING RICCO
- Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, JET - ROCKY THE SQUIRREL WHIZZES BY
- Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, PROP - LONG DIVE 02
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - DRUM WITH WACKY TAKE
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - SINGLE TIMP DOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - THIN WOOD BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - TIMP RISE AND BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOUNCE, CARTOON - SINGLE TIMPANI BOUNCE 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - BIG FIGHT AND RUCKUS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - BIG FIGHT COMMOTION
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - BIG HIT AND PAINFUL YELL
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - CRAZY DRIVER RACE AROUND AND CRASH, AUTO
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - 'DO THE PLUNGER'
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - FAST ANVIL FALL AND IMPACT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - FAST, HEAVY FALL WITH EXPLOSIVE IMPACT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - FRED AND BARNEY FIGHT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - FRED AND BARNEY RUCKUS, FIGHT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - FRED AND WILMA FIGHT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - HERE'S YOUR PAPER MR. FLINTSTONE!, HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - KNOCK ON DOOR, DOOR CREAKS OPEN, TIME BOMB EXPLODES, EXPLOSION (time bomb click and explosion only)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - LOSING YOUR MIND 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - MISSY AND TIM FIGHTING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - STEP ON RAKE AND FALL TO GROUND, HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - VIBRATING WOODEN SPRONG
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CRASH - HEAVY ROCK CRASH AND TUMBLE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CRASH - LARGE JUNK CRASH 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, DOOR - DOOR SLAM
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, EXPLOSION - POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE BLAST
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, FALL - WOODEN BOARD FALL ON FLOOR 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, FALL - WOODEN BOARD FALL ON FLOOR 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HICCUP - DOUBLE HICCUP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - BIG ANVIL HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - HEAVY METALLIC CLANK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - SWISH AND BIG WHAP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, PIANO - PIANO HIT, MUSIC
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SCREAM - BIG YELLING SCREAM, HORROR
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SCREAM - SHORT TERROR SCREAM, HORROR
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SLIDE - BAGPIPE SLOW DOWN 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SMASH - LARGE GLASS PANE HIT AND BREAK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - RESIN SQUEAK, STRETCH 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, STRETCH - BIG STRETCHING SQUEAKS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, STRETCH - GUITAR BEND: LONG STRETCH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, STRETCH - GUITAR BEND: SHORT PULL
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - LONG SWISH BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TELEPHONE - DIAL SINGLE NUMBER
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TELEPHONE - PICK UP RECEIVER
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - WOBBLING TWANG
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, VIBRAPHONE - DREAMY VIBES EFFECT, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Heard in the Columbia Pictures or Warner Bros. logo at the very beginning of the film.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FAST ZIP IN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FLUTTERING WHISTLE UP AND DOWN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - LONG ZIP BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: FAST ZIP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: FAST ZIP UP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: QUICK ZIP DOWN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: QUICK ZIP UP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: ZIP UP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHIZZ - FAST WHIZZ BY
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - BIG METAL CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - BOING AND BIG CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - HEAVY TUMBLING CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - CRAZY BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH, MUSIC, PERCUSSION 02
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - KEN'S BASS, DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - LARGE JUNK CRASH 01
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - SHORT IMPACT CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - ZING AND CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, GLASS - GLASS CRASH 04
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, GLASS - LARGE GLASS CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, WOOD - LARGE WOOD CRUNCH 01
- Sound Ideas, CROWD, PANIC - PANIC CROWD SCREAMS AND YELLS, SHORT 01
- Sound Ideas, CROWD, PANIC - PANIC CROWD SCREAMS AND YELLS, SHORT 02
- Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - OPEN 02 (H-B)
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 03 (H-B)
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - MEDIUM EXPLOSION
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - MEDIUM EXPLOSION 01 (H-B)
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - MINE EXPLOSION
- Sound Ideas, FALL, BODY - HEAVY BODY FALL, HUMAN
- Sound Ideas, FALL, BODY - BODY FALL ON CONCRETE, HUMAN 01
- Sound Ideas, FALL, CARTOON - TRIP AND FALL 01
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - MACHINE GUN BULLET RICOCHETS OF CONCRETE
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - MACHINE GUN RICOCHETS, BULLET 01
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RIFLE - SINGLE SHOT 01 (H-B)
- Sound Ideas, GUN, SHOT GUN - ONE BLAST
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BIG HEAD BONK
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BIG HEAD HIT
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - GEDUNK
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HEAVY TIMP RISE
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - KABLAM
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - KABONG
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON FOOT, CARTOON
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 01
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 02
- Sound Ideas, POUR - BOTTLE OPEN AND POUR
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 02
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 03
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 04
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 05
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 06
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - RICCO AND WHINE 01
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - RICCO AND WHINE 02
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - RICCO AND WHINE 03
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - RICCO AND WHINE 04
- Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - WIND WHISTLE SCAT
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - ROSEY'S ROBOT MOTOR
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SPACE OSCILLATIONS
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - WEIRD FALL, FORWARD
- Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BIG LONG SKID
- Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID
- Sound Ideas, SMASH, GLASS - WINDOW SMASH
- Sound Ideas, SMASH, POTTERY - SMALL CERAMIC POT BREAK 01
- Sound Ideas, SMASH, POTTERY - SMALL CERAMIC POT BREAK 02
- Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, WHEEL - SMALL SQUEAKY WHEEL TURNING, CARTOON
- Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - RESIN STRING STRETCH
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - SINGLE SWISH
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - METALLIC RULER VIBRATE
- Sound Ideas, ZAP, CARTOON - BIG KAZAM
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING IN
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT, HIGH
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - TAKE ZIP
- Sound Ideas, WIND, UNDERGROUND - EMPTY SPACE WIND: LIGHT RUSHING UNDERGROUND OR LEAKY WIND, HEAVY WHISTLING
- Space Lightning 01
- Space Lightning 02
- TECHNICOLOR EXPLOSION 01
- TECHNICOLOR GLASS SHATTER 01
- TOP GUN Flyby 1 (debut)
- UNIVERSAL MALE SCREAM 01
- WB CARTOON, AIRPLANE - JET: PASS BY 02
- WB CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM, LONG
- WB CARTOON, MONSTER - WILD MONSTER SCREAM, CREATURE 03
- WB CARTOON, SCREAM - MALE HORROR SCREAM
- WB CARTOON, SMASH - SMALL GLASS OR POTTERY BREAK
- WB CARTOON, SWISH - ARROW SWISH
- WB CARTOON, WATER - BIG SPLASH
- WB FALL, BODY - BODYFALL WITH GRUNT 01
- WB FALL, BODY - BODYFALL WITH GRUNT 02
- WB SHOTGUN BLAST 01 (debut)
- WB SIREN - STUKA SIREN HOWL
Remastered Mix
- Hollywoodedge, 9mm Uzi Automatic Fir PE095701
- Hollywoodedge, Animal Stinger Fast SDT035901
- Hollywoodedge, Crowd Med Shock PE961301/Crowd Reaction Shock PE142501
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Large OilO PE097401
- Hollywoodedge, Large Explosion With Lon PE280201
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Explosion With Fi PE280301
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - HOTH BLASTER RICOCHET
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - OMNIDROID LASER GUN, SCREAM-LIKE
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - PROBE DROID BLASTER, SCI-FI
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - RAPID, LASER-LIKE RICOCHETS
- SKYWALKER, DOINK - MR. D.N.A. DOINKING
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 02
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 03
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 14
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 15
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 20
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE EXPLOSION, LOUD, HYPER-REALISTIC
- SKYWALKER, METAL - AT-AT LEG ROAR
- SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL
- SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG VEHICLE CRASH
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LEVER PULL
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LIGHT CRACKLE AND SQUEAK
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LID CLANGING 01
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LID CLANGING 02
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LID CLANGING 02
- SKYWALKER, METAL - RAPID, SQUEAKY RATTLE
- SKYWALKER, METAL - ROBOT PROBE'S EYE CLOSE, LID
- SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT, HEAVY METALLIC GROAN 01
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI - ROBOT PROBE'S EYE SENSOR
- SKYWALKER, SCI FI GUN - AT-AT GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - LUKE'S BLASTER GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - PADME'S BLASTER PISTOL
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN
- SKYWALKER, STRETCH - MR. D.N.A. STRETCHING AND SNAP
- SKYWALKER, THUNDER - DEEP, LOW CRACKLE
- SKYWALKER TOY ALIENS SQUEAKING
- SKYWALKER TOY DUCK QUACKING
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - MUFFLED SWISH
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - BOULDER EXPLOSION 01
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - ENERGY BLAST, ELECTRONIC
- Sound Ideas, KNIFE, THROW - KNIFE THROW AND HIT 01
- Sound Ideas, MUD, SPLASH - GIANT GLOP & BUBBLE BLAST
- Sound Ideas, WIND - BLAST, MODULATION & HOWL, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, WIND - WIND WHISTLES: MULTI LAYERED WHISTLING, WEATHER
- WB EXPLOSION 01
- WB GLASS BREAK 01
- WB JUMBO JET PLANE TAKE OFF 01
- WB WOMAN SCREAM 01