October 22, 2011 (Brussels)
October 25, 2011 (United Kingdom)
October 26, 2011 (New Zealand)
December 21, 2011 (United States)
The Adventures of Tintin (also known as The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn) is a 2011 animated epic action-adventure film based on Hergé's comic book series of the same name. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, who produced the film with Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy. Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, and Joe Cornish wrote the screenplay for the film. It stars Jamie Bell as Tintin, Andy Serkis, and Daniel Craig. In the film, Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock (Serkis) search for the treasure of the Unicorn, a ship once captained by Haddock's ancestor Sir Francis Haddock, but they face dangerous pursuit by Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine (Craig), who is the descendant of Sir Francis's nemesis Red Rackham.
Spielberg and Hergé admired each other's work; the director acquired the film rights to The Adventures of Tintin after the author's death in 1983, and re-optioned them in 2002. Filming was due to begin in October 2008 for a 2010 release, but the release was delayed to 2011 after Universal Pictures backed out of producing the film with Paramount Pictures, which had provided $30 million in pre-production; Columbia Pictures replaced Universal as co-financer. The delay resulted in Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who was originally cast as Tintin, departing and being replaced by Bell. The film draws inspiration from the Tintin volumes The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941), The Secret of the Unicorn (1943) and Red Rackham's Treasure (1944). Principal photography began in January 2009 and finished that July, with a combination of voice acting, motion capture and traditional computer animation being used.
The Adventures of Tintin premiered in Brussels, Hergé's home region, on 22 October 2011. It was theatrically released in Europe by Sony Pictures Releasing International on 26 October and in the United States by Paramount on 21 December 2011 in Digital 3D and IMAX 3D formats. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the stylised motion capture animation (particularly the faithful character designs to Hergé's works), visual effects, action sequences, cast performances and musical score. The film was positively compared to Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). The Adventures of Tintin was also a commercial success, grossing over $374 million, and received numerous awards and nominations, including being the first motion-captured animated film (and first non-Pixar film) to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, while John Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. A sequel directed by Jackson has been announced, but has since stalled in development hell.
Storyline[]
While shopping at an outdoor market, young reporter Tintin (Steven Spielberg), accompanied by his faithful dog, Snowy, buys a model of an old ship called the Unicorn. A shady character named Sakharine (Edgar Wright) and later an American named Barnaby (Peter Jackson) try to buy the model from him, but Tintin refuses. The lad discovers that the ship contains a clue about a hidden treasure, but before he can locate it, Tintin is kidnapped and given over to the custody of drunken Capt. Haddock (Steven Moffat).
Sound Effects Used[]
- Disney Ricochet
- Hollywoodedge, 1967 Plym Dopp Horn By PE738303
- Hollywoodedge, Bone Crunch Hard WetB PE247201
- Hollywoodedge, Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007/Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601
- Hollywoodedge, Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601
- Hollywoodedge, Single Bullet Impact PE236401
- Hollywoodedge, Trying To Swallow Wb CRT026804 (Last gulps)
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM (high pitched)
- SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 01
- SKYWALKER BUMP SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER, CRACK - ROCK OR EARTH CRACKING
- SKYWALKER GRENADE LAUNCHING SOUND
- SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND
- SKYWALKER, HIT - HEAVY METALLIC IMPACT
- SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT, SCREECHING CLANK
- SKYWALKER, METAL - TRANSFORMER CLANGING
- SKYWALKER POWERLINE SNAPPING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, RUBBLE - BRICKS COLLAPSING WITH CRUMBLING
- SKYWALKER, WATER - SINGLE SPLASH
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - JUMP LUNGE
- Sound Ideas, ANVIL - SINGLE HIT ON ANVIL WITH HAMMER, METAL 01/02
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, TAWNY OWL - TAWNY OWL, STRIX ALUCO, BIRD, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM (normal and higher-pitched edits)
- Sound Ideas, DOG, MIXED BREED - LARGE DOG, WHINING, ANIMAL 01
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 01/Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SLICK RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, LEVER, RATCHET - LARGE CRANK OR LEVER: RATCHETING, 10 TAKES (10th take only.)
- Sound Ideas, LEVERS - LEVER, LARGE: RAILROAD COUPLER LIFT BAR, SINGLE THROW, SLACK, CLOSE, OPEN, THEN OPEN, THEN CLOSE
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - LONG SHELL SCREAM RICCO/CARTOON RICCO 08
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SLICK RICCO 02
- WB CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM, LONG (normal and higher-pitched edits)