Panique au village (2009)

Directors:

Stéphane Aubier
Vincent Patar

Writers:

Stéphane Aubier (screenplay)
Vincent Patar (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 June 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

They came... They saw... They panicked...

Plot:

Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian's plan to...

Plot Keywords:

Horse | Cowboy | Cowboy And Indian | Underwater | Flood

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Stéphane Aubier	...	Coboy (voice)
Jeanne Balibar	...	Madame Longrée (voice)
Nicolas Buysse	...	Mouton / Jean-Paul (voice)
Véronique Dumont	...	Janine (voice)
Bruce Ellison	...	Indien (voice)
Christine Grulois	...	Vache / Étudiante (voice)
Frédéric Jannin	...	Gendarme / Gérard / Livreur de briques (voice)
Bouli Lanners	...	Facteur / Simon / Vache (voice)
Brian Lykke	...	Hest (voice: Danish Version)
Christelle Mahy	...	Poule (voice)
Eric Muller	...	Rocky Gaufres / Étudiant chorle 1 (voice)
Vincent Patar	...	Cheval (voice)
Franco Piscopo	...	Ours (voice)
Benoît Poelvoorde	...	Steven (voice)
Alexandre von Sivers	...	Scientifique 1 (voice)

Directed by
Stéphane Aubier
Vincent Patar

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stéphane Aubier		screenplay
Vincent Patar		screenplay

Produced by
Xavier Diskeuve	....	co-producer
Philippe Kauffmann	....	producer
Guillaume Malandrin	....	associate producer
Adriana Piasek-Wanski	....	associate producer
Stéphane Roelants	....	co-producer
Vincent Tavier	....	producer
Arlette Zylberberg	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Jan Vandenbussche

Film Editing by
Anne-Laure Guégan

Production Management
Adriana Piasek-Wanski	....	post-production director

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marianne Chazelas	....	assistant director
Ben Tesseur	....	director help

Art Department
Geoffrey Druard	....	props
Jean-Philippe Dugand	....	storyboard artist
Laurence Gavroy	....	props
Laure Marganne	....	props
Andre Odwa	....	props
Christine Polis	....	props
Laurent Talbot	....	props
Manu Talbot	....	props
Pierre Wilock	....	props

Sound Department
Benoît Biral	....	sound mixer
Bertrand Boudaud	....	sound effects
Valène Leroy	....	supervising sound editor
Frédéric Piet	....	sound editor (as Fred Piet)
Franco Piscopo	....	sound mixer
Fabien Pochet	....	adr re-recording mixer
Ingrid Simon	....	assistant sound editor
Luc Thomas	....	foley recordist

Visual Effects by
Fernandez Cyril	....	visual effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Antoine Bellem	....	gaffer

Animation Department
Stéphane Aubier	....	animator
Eric Blessin	....	background artist
Marion Charrier	....	animator
Marion Charrier	....	background artist
Marion Charrier	....	character designer
Gilles Cuvelier	....	background designer
Steven de Beul	....	animation director
Zoé Goethgheluck	....	animator
Zoé Goethgheluck	....	background artist
Zoé Goethgheluck	....	character designer
Pascal Gérard	....	background artist
Florence Henrard	....	animator
Marc Nis	....	background artist
Vincent Patar	....	animator
Olivier Pesch	....	background artist

Editorial Department
Peter Bernaers	....	colorist
Arnout Deurinck	....	on-line editor
Cristophe Lebrun	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
French Cowboy	....	composer: additional music
Dionysos	....	composer: theme music

Production Companies

• La Parti Productions
• Made in Productions
• Mélusine Productions
• Beast Productions
• Beast Production
• Canal+ Horizons
• Canal+
• Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique
• Fonds National de Soutien à la Production Audiovisuelle du Luxembourg
• Gébéka Films
• Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique
• Les Films du Grognon
• Made in PM
• Mélusine
• Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
• Région Wallone
• Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds
• Wallimage

Distributors

• Cinéart (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Gébéka Films (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Nutopia (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Zeitgeist Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Angel Films (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• Frenetic Films (2009) (Switzerland) (all media)
• JinJin Pictures (2009) (South Korea) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (all media)
• Media International Pictures (2010) (United Arab Emirates) (all media)
• Optimum Releasing (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Paris Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Suraya Filem (2009) (Malaysia) (all media)
• Suraya Filem (2009) (Singapore) (all media)
• Suraya Filem (2009) (Vietnam) (all media)
• Twin Pics (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Videorama (2009) (Greece) (all media)

Also Known As:

"A Town Called Panic" - International (English title)
"Cowboy, indianer og hest - the Movie!" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"Ena horio pou to lene paniko" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Kaos i landsbyen" - Norway (imdb display title)
"Pánico en la granja" - Spain (Castilian title) (imdb display title)
"Pánikfalva" - Hungary
"Panico al villaggio" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Paniek in het dorp" - Netherlands (informal literal title)
"Panik i byn" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Panikoupoli" - Greece (new title)
"Uma Cidade Chamada Pânico" - Brazil (DVD title)

Runtime:

USA:75 min

Country:

Belgium | Luxembourg | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | UK:PG (DVD) | Australia:PG | Sweden:Btl

Company:

La Parti Productions

Quotes:

Steven:Have you seen the state of my tractor!
Steven:Come on animals!

Movie Connections:

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A Great Work of Art. A Must See For Any Visionaries

I do remember a while back reading an article somewhere about this film, and then I ended up seeing it this week. After watching it, I can tell you that this film is a fantastic piece of art. The stop motion is incredible, and displays a professional and unique quality throughout. The character development is surprisingly great. Horse serves as your typical father/leader figure, while Cowboy and Indian are his somewhat cocky sidekicks, which leads to a great plot. Steven is especially my favorite secondary character for his often times violent and hilarious outbursts, which is great comic relief. Sure, there are some plot holes here and there, but this movie isn't very plot based. However, it is a great slapstick comedy in every way. I've never seen anything quite like it before. And to also note, this movie is perfect in French. I had no problem at all reading the subtitles, and made the movie seem that much more sophisticated. Dubbing this film in English would really destroy most of the dialog, which is also great. In a nutshell, this was a pleasant surprise, and I would recommend it to anyone who basks in the strange and ordinary.