Check Out a Creepy Clip from Upcoming Stop-Motion Animated Film Toys in the Attic
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Toys in the Attic is a very unique looking animated film set during the Cold War. With multiple forms of animation, combined with live acting, this film looks very intriguing. Check out this clip and become a believer.
Featuring voice-over work by Forest Whitaker, Joan Cusack and Cary Elwes, Toys in the Attic was directed by Jiri Barta who also penned the story with Edgar Dutka. The English adaptation of this Czech Republic project was written, produced and directed by Vivian Schilling.
Toys in the Attic has won multiple festival awards including Grand Prize Winner at the New York International Children’s Film Festival, Best Movie at the Anima Basauri Festival (Spain), and Best Movie at Sitges Animation Festival. Look for it’s limited release in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Memphis and N.W. Arkansas on September 7, expanding to additional cities in the following weeks.
For more, visit the official Toys in the Attic website and ‘like’ Toys in the Attic on Facebook.
Synopsis
Set in a magical world of toys and knick-knacks stored in the attic of a home in Prague, this award-winning stop-motion animated feature has been called “An animation masterpiece” (Anima Basuari), and “a diabolically inventive tale that is four parts Toy Story and one part Tim Burton (New York International Children’s Film Festival).
The setting for the film was inspired by the cultural and political contrast of the Cold War era and its impact on director Jiri Barta and the Czech Republic. The world of the attic is divided into the land of happy toys in the West and the Land of Evil in the East. The despotic Head of State rules over the Land of Evil with a band of sinister minions, insects and rotted vegetables. When the lovely Buttercup (Vivian Schilling) is kidnapped and held prisoner by The Head (Jiri Labus, with voice by Douglas Urbanski), it is up to her friends – a teddy bear (Forest Whitaker), a mechanical mouse (Joan Cusack) and marionette puppet (Cary Elwes) to cross the international boundary and attempt their daring rescue.
Toys in the Attic is a meticulously crafted visual feast, combining multiple forms of animation into an enchanting and fantastic adventure for the entire family.
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