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Help! I'm a Fish is a danois film of genre Drama directed by Phil Nibbelink released in USA on 29 june 2001 with Aaron Paul
Help! I'm a Fish (2000)
Hjælp, jeg er en fisk / A Fish Tale
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 june 2001
Length 1h20
OriginDanemark
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un poisson, Children's films
Rating60%
Help! I'm a Fish (Danish: Hjælp, jeg er en fisk; a.k.a. A Fish Tale) is a 2000 Danish-German-Irish traditionally animated musical adventure fantasy comedy-drama family film directed by Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring and Michael Hegner, produced by Anders Mastrup, written by Stefan Fjeldmark, Karsten Kiilerich, John Stefan Olsen and Tracy J. Brown, distributed by HanWay Films, PIF, Universal Pictures, Independent Films and Nordisk Film with music by Søren Hyldgaard and stars Jeff Pace, Michelle Westerson, Alessandro Juliani, Terry Jones, Alan Rickman and David Bateson. It was released on October 6, 2000 in Denmark and released on August 10, 2001 in United Kingdom. Danish teen-pop girl-group Little Trees performed the title track, "Help! I'm a Fish (Little Yellow Fish)", which was released as a single in the UK. Fellow Danish girl group Creamy also recorded a version of the song. The Belgian girl group K3 also recorded a Dutch version of the song for the movie. Animation production was split between A. Film A/S in Denmark, Munich Animation in Germany and Terraglyph Interactive Studios in Dublin, Ireland.
Synopsis
The film follows the adventures of three children: a skateboarding mischief-maker named Fly, his sweet younger sister, Stella, and their cousin Chuck, a cautious, intelligent and overweight genetics prodigy. When their babysitter, Aunt Anna, falls asleep, the three children sneak off to go fishing only to stumble across the boathouse home of Professor MacKrill, an eccentric marine biologist. Reasoning that climate change could melt the polar icecaps within the next century, MacKrill has developed a potion that turns people into fish so they can survive the rising sea level and also an antidote to reverse the process. Unbeknownst to all, Stella drinks the potion, is transformed into a starfish and gets tossed out of the window into the sea. Since Stella's transformation was caught on camera, the tragedy is immediately discovered, so Fly, Chuck and Professor MacKrill head out onto the ocean in a desperate search. When a storm blows in, Fly recognizes the futility of their search, drinks the potion and jumps overboard, becoming a "Californian Flyfish". The boat capsizes and, because Chuck cannot swim, he's forced to drink the potion to survive, becoming a jellyfish. The Professor, the boat and all of its contents sinks beneath the waves.Actors
Aaron Paul
(Chuck (voice))
Terry Jones
(Professor Mac Krill (voice))
Søren Sætter-Lassen
(Professor Mac Krill (voice))
Alan Rickman
(Joe (voice))
Paprika Steen
(Mother (voice))
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