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Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms (Danish: Disco ormene;[2] German: Sunshine Barry und die Discowürmer; also known as simply Disco Worms) is a 2008 animated musical comedy film directed by Thomas Borch Nielsen from a screenplay by Nielsen and Morten Dragsted.[2][3][4]
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| Directed by | Thomas Borch Nielsen |
| Screenplay by | Thomas Borch Nielsen Morten Dragsted |
| Produced by | Nina Crone |
| Edited by | Kirsten Skytte |
| Music by | Jörg Lemberg |
Production companies | Crone Film Radar Film |
| Distributed by | Svensk Filmindustri |
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Running time | 75 minutes[1] |
| Countries | Denmark Germany |
| Languages | Danish German |
| Budget | $5,000,000 |
| Box office | $6,371,879 |
Premise
editVoice cast
edit- Peter Frödin as Bjarne (Barry)
- Lars Hjortshøj as Niller
- Trine Dyrholm as Gloria
- Troels Lyby as Jimmy
- Helle Dolleris as Donna
- Birthe Neumann as Mor
- Peter Hesse Overgaard as Far
- Henning Jensen as Tonni Dennis
- Niels Anders Thorn as Justesen
- Olaf Nielsen as Naturspeaker
- Kim Hagen Jensen as Promotor
- Tonni Zinck as Skolopender
- Casper Byriel Svane as Flue
- Kirsten Skytte and Margit Rosenaa as Døgnflue
- Fedor Bondarchuk as Tonni Dennis
- Denis Hückel as Käfer
- Olavi Uusivirta as Aaro[2]
Production
editIn total, production lasted 16 months on a budget of $5 million. According to Nielsen, the character designs and script took a year to complete. The film also faced difficulty with finding financing, which inevitably took 8 months to find.[5]
Release
editThe film was released in Danish theatres on 10 October 2008, and opened with $225,324 for a total of $1,936,776. In Germany, the film was released on 29 October 2009, and grossed $33,604. The worldwide gross for Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms was $6,371,879.[6]
Critically, the film received generally average to negative reviews.[1][4][7]
References
edit- 1 2 Koopmans, Paula: Sunshine Barry en de Disco Wormen – Disco ormene (2008). (in Dutch). CineMagazine. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms at the Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ↑ Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms (Disco ormene) at Cineuropa – the best of European cinema. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- 1 2 Bühler, Philipp (29 October 2009) Im deutsch-dänischen Animationsfilm "Sunshine Barry und die Discowürmer" tanzen Wirbellose den Boogie: Sein Schicksal ist ein Haufen Mist. (in German). Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 10 October 2021. Paywalled.
- ↑ Zehed, Ramin (24 April 2009) Thomas Borch Nielsen: Director, Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms. Animation Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ↑ Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ↑ Disco Worms. Common Sense Media. Reviewed by Schonfeld, Renee. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
External links
edit- Official website (in Danish) [archived link; original dead]
- Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms at IMDb
- Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms at filmportal.de (in German)
- Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms at Rotten Tomatoes