Spy Cat
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Directed by | Christoph Lauenstein Wolfgang Lauenstein |
Written by | Christoph Lauenstein Wolfgang Lauenstein |
Produced by | Jan Bonath Mark Mertens[1] |
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Music by | Andreas Radzuweit[2] |
Production companies | Scopas Medien Grid Animation[3] Philm CGI SevenPictures Film GmbH Schubert International Filmproduktions UFA Fiction Lauenstein & Lauenstein Scope Pictures |
Distributed by | Universum Film (Germany) Global Screen (International) |
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Running time | 84 minutes[1] |
Countries | Germany Belgium Czechia India |
Languages | English German |
Box office | $3,440,104[4] |
Spy Cat (German: Marnie's Welt),[1] also known by its German name Marnie's World, is a 2018 animated spy comedy film written and directed by brothers Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein.[5][6] The film was loosely inspired by the German fairy tale Town Musicians of Bremen.[3] It is an international co-production between Scopas Medien, Grid Animation, Philm CGI, SevenPictures Film GmbH, Schubert International Filmproduktions, UFA Fiction, Lauenstein & Lauenstein and Scope Pictures. The film was distributed in Germany by Universum Film, while Global Screen handles worldwide rights to the film.
The film is about Marnie, a tabby cat treated like a princess and getting everything she wants, as he becoming a "spy cat" and his friends Elvis the pitbull, Eggbert the rooster and Anton the donkey. Together, the four heroes try to go undercover by one of us and protect them along the way, they are to solve a special agent with bus riders, eating cakes, taking pictures and how to get the lead by the dangerous missions.
Plot
[edit]Set in a fictional town called Drabville, where animals and humans comes in all shapes and sizes and they all together. The postman delivers a mail from the officer. A pair of boys are seen riding a bike. The farmer spreads some of those seeds when a flock of hens come to life with the pigeons are behind the gate, and tell him with the same time, a zen rooster named Eggbert runs away from the hens. Elvis, a white and brown pitbull, who's in the doghouse, comes to the town when she ask me what she did.
An orange tabby cat named Marnie is watching television on the room. His mom tells Marnie she is making a cake. Marnie becomes a top secret "spy cat" and an undercover agent dons a bow tie, glasses, and serving a mystery, but she is unlikely forced to do everything she has a lonely, pampered housecat. Uncle Phil comes out to the house and Marnie starts to go undercover in the outside. Unfortunately, his mom asks when Marnie grabs it and she tell her to "no going outside!", so she ask Marnie for cake, and he eats it and he ask her to "watch an extra hour of TV tonight".
Uncle Phil is cleaning up the whole room, Marnie then sees a map. She prepare to take a picture of Uncle Phil. However, she ask Marnie not to take pictures. Uncle Phil then burns the picture down with a lighter. Elvis is in the tractor and starts to zoom in and falls. The pair of men told them that they are going to it. He then grab a phone and calls them.
When Marine met her friends Elvis, Eggbert and Anton the donkey, they are at the bus. As they drive, Elvis shoots a sign and said "nice shot". The friends are in the park and Anton is holding up an umbrella, but in the rain, the stripes became lose. The house came out and, suddenly, the door bell rings, Anton grabs a pizza. Eggbert and Marnie is touch the keyboard and spell it. The evil woman seeks out and shoots them.
The four heroes are set in the home in sunset and Uncle Phil is back and cuts off a picture. They are standing, Marnie takes a picture of her again and Uncle Phil once again said to grab back the picture. Marnie and her friends is rescued on a plane and the police goes wrong, and Uncle Phil sprays a picture with some of the paint.
Marnie puts a disc and opens up and paused it by a remote. Elvis is talking to him by a phone. Marnie is happy for everyone in a show, and Uncle Phil is arrested. Now that her mom is helping us to the kids, who both eat some cake and Marine and his friends are happy together about it.
Cast
[edit]- Alexandra Neldel in the original version, and Karoline Mask van Oppen in the English dub, as Marnie Sunshine, a pampered, orange tabby cat who becomes a private eye, and also a spy. She loves watching police procedurals. Addison Rae voiced Marnie in the Viva Kids version of the film.
- Axel Prahl in the original version and Tom Zahner in the English dub, as Elvis, a whip-cracking, pessimistic and grumpy, brown and white pitbull and Marnie's sidekick.
- Sylvain Urban in the original version, and Tony Clark in the English dub, as Eggbert, a native neurotic, joyful and spoiled, young white rooster who is one of Marnie's heroes.
- Erik Borner in the original version, and Phil Lewis in the English dub as Anton, a heroic donkey who wants to be happy, but lived in Africa in the circus. He pretended to be a zebra.
- Obada Adnan in the original version, and in the English dub as Paul, a greedy father who bullies Marnie, Elvis, Eggbert and Anton. Paul, unfortunately, runs into the gas station and he thinks he is abandoned Marine.
- Manon Kahle as Rosalinde, Marnie's mother. Marnie asks for help she has not to do it.
- Monty Lopez as Detective Mitsu, a police officer that is Marnie's chief of commander.
Release
[edit]Spy Cat received its worldwide premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on 13 June 2018.[3] Long after, the film was theatrically released in Portugal on 14 March 2019.[1] It was later released in Germany on 18 April 2019 by Universum Film and in Belgium on 1 May 2019, as well.[1] The film had a worldwide gross of $3,440,104,[4] but received generally negative reviews from critics.[7][8] Its television premiere of the film was on Sat.1.
For its British theatrical release, in order to receive a U rating from the British Board of Film Classification, the film was edited to remove a comical scene of a man urinating against another man accidentally when he's distracted. An uncut PG classification was available.[9]
An English dubbed version of Spy Cat was released on August 13, 2020 on DirecTV and on Digital and on Demand on September 11, 2020 by Viva Kids, with influencer Addison Rae now voicing the character of Marnie.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Spy Cat (Marnie's Welt) at Cineuropa – the best of European cinema. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Spy Cat / Marnie's World (Marnie's Welt) at Soundtrack.net. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b c McLean, Thomas J. (22 May 2018) Philm CGI’s Co-Production Feature ‘Marnie’s World’ to Play Annecy. Animation World Network. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b Spy Cat at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Amazon. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Staff (12 December 2019) «SpyCat», acompaña a la agente 00-Cat en su primera misión especial. (in Spanish). LaButaca. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (26 September 2018) Global Screen Close to Selling Out on Spy Cat Movie ‘Marnie’s World’ (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Clarke, Cath (25 April 2019) Spy Cat review – feline crimefighter not up to scratch.
The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Petch, Callie (29 April 2019) Spy Cat – Review.
Set the Tape. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Spy Cat. British Board of Film Classification – bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Spy Cat at filmportal.de (in German)
- Spy Cat at IMDb
- 2018 films
- 2019 films
- 2020 films
- 3D animated films
- 2018 3D films
- 2018 computer-animated films
- 2010s German animated films
- 2010s children's animated films
- German 3D films
- German animated feature films
- Belgian animated feature films
- Fiction about talking animals
- 2010s German films
- 2010s Belgian films
- Animated films about cats
- Films about chickens
- Animated films about birds