Mumble narrowly escapes the hungry birds by falling into a crevice. One day, Mumble encounters a group of hostile skua, with a leader who is tagged with a yellow band, which he says is from an alien abduction. Nevertheless, he is enamored with Gloria, a female penguin who is regarded as the most talented of her age. The resulting chick, Mumble, is unable to sing but can tap dance. While the males struggle through the harsh winter, Memphis briefly drops the egg. They lay an egg, which Memphis cares for while Norma Jean leaves with the other females to fish. Norma Jean, a female penguin, falls for Memphis, a male penguin and they become mates. If the male penguin's heartsong matches the female's song, the two penguins mate. A sequel, Happy Feet Two, was released on November 18, 2011, but it was unable to replicate the critical and commercial success of the original film.Įvery emperor penguin attracts a mate by singing a unique 'heartsong'. It was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature and the Saturn Award for Best Animated Film, both losing to Cars.

It earned the recipient of the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, and the fourth non- Disney or Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Happy Feet received generally positive reviews from critics with praised for its visuals, storyline and songs, and grossed $384 million against its $100 million production budget. However, Warner Bros., the film's production company, was on too tight a budget to release Happy Feet in IMAX digital 3D. The studio had hinted that a future IMAX 3D release was a possibility. The film was simultaneously released in both conventional theatres and in IMAX 2D format. Though primarily an animated film, the film does incorporate motion capture of live action humans in certain scenes. After being exiled from Emperor Land by Noah the Elder, Mumble befriends the Amigos, who help him rediscover himself. Set in the cold land of Antarctica, the film follows on Mumble, an emperor penguin who, despite his lacking the ability to sing the heartsong to attract a soul mate, is able to tap dance brilliantly. It is the first animated film produced by Kennedy Miller and Animal Logic. 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., Village Roadshow Pictures, and Kingdom Feature Productions, and was released in North America theaters on November 17, 2006, and in Australia theaters on December 26, 2006. It stars the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, and E.G. Happy Feet is a 2006 computer-animated jukebox musical comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller.

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