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The Triplets of Belleville by Sylvain Chomet
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DVD detailsActor: Béatrice Bonifassi, Jean-Claude Donda, Michèle Caucheteux, Michel Robin, Monica Viegas Director: Sylvain Chomet Brand: Sony Pictures Writer: Sylvain Chomet Editor: Chantal Colibert Brunner Editor: Dominique Brune Editor: Dominique Lefever Producer: Colin Rose Producer: Didier Brunner Producer: Paul Cadieux Producer: Regis Ghezelbash Producer: Viviane Vanfleteren DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.78:1 Running Time: 78 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-05-04 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of The Triplets of BellevilleDVD Review: Different! Better than I anticipated. Summary: 4 Stars
It would be a good idea not to miss the beginning of "The Triplets of Belleville." It looked like a Max Fliescher cartoon and it got funny moments (i.e., fat ladies squeezing out of the limos and carrying skinny men like rags, this guy stuck on the fat lady's behind, and the really, really, BIG FAT ONE at the end of the part). Then we get introduced to the main characters: Madame Souza, Champion and the dog named Bruno. Eventually, while on the Tour de France race, Champ and a couple of bike riders got taken away by the French mafia. Souza then realizes she had to find Champ. Bruno helps her out. And on it goes. The elderly Triplets later appear and helped them out. Imagine, retired singers that become heroines. They could even fight (at least one of them gave this ticked-off looking balding guy a head-butt)! And what about that "bikes-and-movie" contraption during the chase seen (you would know what I mean if you've seen the movie). What a way to travel! Better animated movie than I anticipated. There are enough funny moments in "Triplets" that makes it worth watching. It wouldn't matter if you understand French or not since not much talking was done anyway.Notice the PG-13 rating. The only other PG-13-rated animated movie I saw was, "Beavis & Butt-head Do America." "Triplets" I prefer over that Beavis & Butt-head movie. Beavis & Butt-head did have enough funny moments to make it worth whatching once(I'm being kinda positive about that movie considering that I'm not a fan of these guys). I wouldn't mind seeing "Triplets" on the big screen, if I had a chance. "Triplets" is more like PG compared to "Beavis & Butt-head." I observed a couple of scenes that must've earned "Triplets" a PG-13 rating. One is from 2:05 to 2:36 where Josephene Baker appeared topless. Another was shortly after Madame Souza and Bruno arrived at Belleville where this guy got ticked off at Bruno for messing up his box of money. When they walked away from him, you could see the middle finger for about a second at 36:47. Outside of the two scenes, "Triplets" is very much like PG. ALMOST family oriented. I notice the way things look when time passes. For instance, when Champ was a young boy, the times could be the 60s (one hint is Glenn Gould on TV and I know the fact that the recording of the piece was made in the 60s). Time passed, Champion was now an adolescent or in his 20s and it STILL looked as though it could be the 50s or 60s. As I thought about it, maybe it was some sort of cartoon time warp. That's something I found odd. But hey, it doesn't matter how realistic the movie is. Anyway, here's some things I've observed and taken note of in the movie: The first minute or two after the arrival at Belleville: The FAT statue was holding up an ice cream cone like a torch and her other hand was holding the hamburger. Boy is she FAT! And notice how FAT some people are in Belleville. Souza was disguised as a blind lady. She was trying to make Bruno lead because he's supposed to act as her seeing-eye dog. You could see Bruno at a fire hydrant with a hind leg up. Later, this boy scout (a fat one, of course) tried to help Souza cross the road. Imagine, trying to communicate with a blind person without talking. She hits him with the stick time and again. 7 times altogether. 45:17-45:55 -- Souza sings a song while "playing" the piano. Speaking (mostly the starting points): 4:00, 11:39, 20:55, 21:32, 24:08, 24:43, 25:35, 28:17, 36:25 (with that guy and that middle finger. Did he also cursed in French???), 37:45, 41:32, 41:56, 42:55 ("wo-wo-wo"), 46:21, 47:12, 48:13 ("dessert"), 48:29 (kinda saying "no-no-no"), 48:53 ("nyu-nyu-nyu-nyu-nyu-nyu" as in "no-no-no-no-no-no"), 49:30 ("op-op-op-op-op-op"), 50:16, 54:44 ("zhoot") 55:00, 1:02:05, 1:02:23, 1:04:05, 1:04:27, 1:08:36, 1:11:08, 1:13:39 (a French word), 1:15:17 One of the Triplets goes "pop": -- 42:12, 43:02, 43:24 (sort of), 55:10 Souza blowing the whistle: 10:11, 11:59, 21:58, 23:13, 28:01, 28:35, 1:07:45 The Bach Prelude in C Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: 4:25-5:05 (played by Glenn Gould), 24:55-25:23, 25:52-26:13, 27:05-27,:30 40:38-40:50, 53:52-55:00 (jazzy) "Belleville Rondez-Vous": 1:26 39:52 42:18 (in background) 1:07:20 (a little bit) 1:15:41 When Bruno was dreaming: 19:52 (when Bruno riding this machine on the train track, looks into the window of his house and saw humans. The one that looked like a dog barked as Bruno would a passing train), 23:00, 42:18, 56:30 When Bruno barks at a train: 6:39 (at a toy train), 8:57 (with a slow motion "wwwooofff"), 11:25 (again, with a slow motion "wwwooofff" AND the passenger holding a newspaper looked like a dog), 14:15, 18:15 (you would hear it then see for a short while), 42:44, 43:08, 43:30, 44:50, 45:33, 45:48, 46:27 (also barking at the frogs), 46:55, 49:58, 51:34 (window closes), 1:01:28 (very short), 1:12:22 (during the chase scene). During the chase scene: 3 turns were made on that "bikes & movie" contraption when one of the Triplets grabs a street lamp. The last scene after the ending credits: 1:20:37 Boy, I may not have gotten everthing, but that's a lot. By the way, if you've seen that movie, chances are, you could have "Belleville Rondez-Vous" stuck in your mind.
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Description of The Triplets of BellevilleYou've never seen anything like The Triplets of Belleville, a wildly inventive and highly original animated feature crowded with colorful characters and fantastic imagery. Kidnapped by mysterious, square-shouldered henchmen, a Tour de France cyclist named Champion is spirited across the ocean to the teeming metropolis of Belleville. His grandmother and faithful dog follow his trail and are taken in by a trio of eccentric jazz-era divas. The motley sleuths follow the clues to an Underground betting parlor and now the chase is on! Richly imagined, wildly inventive and acclaimed as one of the best films of the year, "Triplets is terrific!" - Richard Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE. Words cannot capture the delights of The Triplets of Belleville, an astonishing animated movie from the mind of French director Sylvain Chomet. In fact, there are only a few spoken sentences in the entire film; most of the soundtrack is a mix of squeaks, barks, and the jazzy music of Benoit Charest. A bicyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious gangsters; his grandmother travels to the city of Belleville (which has a sardonic version of the Statue of Liberty in its harbor), where she tracks him down with the help of a musical trio gone to seed, the Belleville Triplets. This hand-drawn movie is unlike anything you'll see from Disney; every scene mixes the silent comedy of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton--in which the world of objects subtly fights with living beings for mastery--and the bouncy hop of Betty Boop. Unique and mesmerizing. --Bret Fetzer
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