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Creature Comforts - The Complete First Season by Richard Goleszowski
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DVD Cover InformationActor: David Rafique, The Great British Public Director: Richard Goleszowski Brand: Sony Cinematographer: Andy MacCormack Cinematographer: Frank Passingham Editor: Andrew Hassenruck Editor: Dan Lincoln Editor: David McCormick Editor: William Ennals Producer: Abbie Ross Producer: Claire Jennings Producer: David Sproxton Producer: Julie Lockhart Producer: Nick Park Writer: Nick Park Producer: Peter Lord DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Format: Animated, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.78:1 Running Time: 133 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-09-27 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Creature Comforts - The Complete First SeasonMovie Review: heartwarming, adorable, and underpriced Summary: 5 Stars
I am just adoring Creature Comforts, the BBC series by Nick Park. If you've never seen the original short, you must.
Not too long ago I found out that Aardman Animation did this series with the same concept. In the original Oscar-winning short, people visiting a zoo and living in a nursing home were interviewed, and their responses to the questions were edited and animated so you get to hear animals at the zoo talking about life in the zoo. In the series, that same concept is taken into every other aspect of animal life--animals in the garden, at the beach, in the sea, working jobs, flying, and even discussing evolution and the origin of the species...es. What's the plural of Species? Speci?
When I read the reviews at Amazon.com, I was surprised to see several folks say that "it gets old fast." But I figured I knew what that was about, so we've been rationing ourselves since a friend plucked this DVD off my Amazon.com wishlist and had it sent to me for my birthday. We've been watching no more than three or four a night, including the original short, which is also included on the DVD.
There are some real characters that you get to know through the series. A rat couple sitting out front of their house, relaxing and enjoying the sun. A dog and cat that lounge about on a sofa and have lived together for so long that their comfort together just couldn't be greater. A terrier with an amusing outlook on life and an infectious laugh. Two performing circus monkeys that... hehehe... well, to the educated listener, you can tell they're a little kinky. *snort* It's just so fun!
The wide variety in dialects available to the interviewers and animators clearly helped them with creating these characters--each animal is an ideal choice for the voice and content of its comments. If you didn't know about it, I highly recommend putting it on your list.
Summary of Creature Comforts - The Complete First SeasonCREATURE COMFORTS is a brilliant and hilarious clay animation series about the lives of animals as told by the animals themselves. Interviews with these lovable claymation creatures leave no stone unturned, no tree unclimbed, no sea uncrossed in the quest to discover what our fine-finned, furred and feathered friends really think about the issues that are closest to their hearts. It?s a "mockumentary" like none you?ve ever seen, and it could only come from Nick Park and the untamed minds at Aardman Animation.
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