Creature Comforts America - The Complete Season One
by Dave Osmand, Merlin Crossingham
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Actor: Julie Dove, The Great American PublicDirector: Dave Osmand, Merlin Crossingham
Brand: Sony
Producer: David Sproxton
Producer: Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
Producer: Gareth Owen
Producer: Kenny Micka
Producer: Kit Boss
Writer: Kit Boss
Producer: Miles Bullough
Producer: Nick Park
Producer: Peter Hastings
Producer: Peter Lord
Producer: Peter McHugh
Writer: Ben Stout
Writer: Casey Wilson
Writer: Chad Carter
Writer: June Diane Raphael
Writer: Michael Dougan
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 169 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Creature Comforts America - The Complete Season One
Movie Review: One of the funniest things I have seen!
Summary: 5 Stars
Creature Comforts America is hilarious! I had only seen a few episodes on TV and thought they were funny. I had no idea the series was on video. Although young viewers may not get a lot of the humor, many of us who are more mature with broader experiences should get a really big kick in the pants out of this. I have not viewed the British version yet, but can't wait. I would highly recommend this video.
Summary of Creature Comforts America - The Complete Season One
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/09/2007 Run time: 154 minutesTo create his Oscar-winning short "Creature Comforts" (1989), director Nick Park recorded ordinary people talking, rather than professional actors reading scripts. When he animated clay figures to match those voices, the animal characters seemed to be discussing life in a zoo: a bored gorilla, an awkward young polar bear, an impatient Brazilian jaguar. The premise of using amateur voices and animals to comment on everyday situations was adapted to a series on ITV in Britain in 2003, then in America four years later. Something got lost in the translation. Creature Comforts America opens with the statement, "Across the United States, hundreds of ordinary Americans were interviewed on a variety of subjects. This is what they had to say." But the performances often sound stagey, rather than spontaneous, and the producers rely heavily on Southern and Jewish accents for comedy. In each episode, various animals talk about specific topics: going to the doctor, working animals, celebrity look-likes, etc. A pug announces her father always said she looked like Jane Fonda; two parakeets kvetch about their ailments; a female panda browbeats a low-life male. Although the time and budget constraints of television production preclude the polished animation of the original short, the English series kept its cozily befuddled tone. The American filmmakers were less fettered by constraints of taste: a dialogue between wine buffs about the "nose" of a vintage is transposed to a pair of dogs sniffing the derriere of a third. Creature Comforts America may appeal to fans of Family Guy, but the British version is far more satisfying. (Unrated, suitable for ages 12 and older: gross, toilet and risqu? humor) --Charles Solomon
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