小馬王(Spirit:Stallion of the Cimarron)
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PlotScreenwriter John Fusco returns to the Western themes of his previous films Young Guns and Thunderheart with this animated children's adventure from Dreamworks. Matt Damon supplies the voice of Spirit, a wild Mustang stallion living free in the Old West of the late 19th century, where he's captured by human horse traders and sold to a cavalry regiment at a frontier outpost. There, a cruel colonel (voice of ames Cromwell) nearly succeeds in breaking the willful horse, but not quite. Spirit escapes in the company of another captive, Little Creek (voice of Daniel Studi), a Native American youth that tries to possess the magnificent animal by more humane means, but Spirit refuses to bend to human will even when he makes the acquaintance of Little Creek's beautiful and fiercely loyal mare, Rain. After he saves Little Creek's life in an Army raid, Spirit believes that the gravely injured Rain has perished after a tumble over a waterfall. Despondent, the horse is captured again by humans, enslaved this time for work in a pack team on the transcontinental railroad. Undaunted by the tragedies that befall him, Spirit manages to escape for a reunion with Little Creek, Rain, and his long-lost brethren. Featuring songs by rock singer Bryan Adams, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron departs from other examples of its genre in that the horse protagonists do not speak or sing; only Spirit's voice is heard as voice-over narration. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide ReviewSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is a technically innovative film, blending hand-drawn and computer animation with a seamlessness never approached before, but most viewers probably won't know the difference. They're more likely to notice how otherwise uninspired the film seems. The problems start with the filmmakers' decision not to have the animals talk. This was a wise choice, in some respects. As co-director Kelly A*****ury has noted, they realized early on that "the minute you have a horse speak, it's a comedy." Caroline Thompson's 1994 live-action film Black Beauty successfully told the classic story from a (non-speaking) horse's point of view. And Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1988 film The Bear also effectively used a real animal in the lead.Matt Damon's voiceover, from the point-of-view of the horse, is used sparsely and effectively. But the animators for Spirit decided to use the unrealistic nature of the medium to make the horses more expressive. As they gesture, smile, shake their heads, raise eyebrows, and neigh, whinny, and grunt at each other (at times sounding more like Chewbacca than horses) in a recognizably human (and decidedly un-horse-like) way, one begins to wish they'd just spit it out. Despite some pleasant Old West scenery early on, the film picks up considerable steam once Spirit comes into contact with humans, and the plot kicks in. This leads to a few exciting, well-animated action sequences, particularly one involving Spirit and a team of horses being forced to drag a train engine up a hill. The film doesn't approach the heights of modern animation, and its childish simplicity, as exemplified by the insipid Bryan Adams songs on the soundtrack, may bore adults. But it is likely to keep younger children entertained. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide Cast
Donald Fullilove - Train Pull Foreman Michael Horse - Little Creek's Friends Richard McGonagle - Bill Charles Napier - Roy Robert Cait - Jake Chopper Bernet - Sgt. Adams Jeff LeBeau - Railroad Foreman/Murphy Matthew Levin - Joe Zahn McClarnon - Little Creek's Friends Adam Paul - Pete John Rubano - Soldier Meredith Wells - Little Indian Girl 【配樂介紹】Hans Zimmer(漢斯基默)。他的名字你可能沒聽過,不過他所配樂的電影你肯定看過。簡要介紹如下: 《The Rock》 --- 《勇闖奪命島》 1997年獲音樂創作組織BMI電影音樂終身成就獎(其它獎不計其數),更被史蒂芬斯匹爾伯格,傑瑞卡森伯格,大衛葛芬所創立的夢工場重金聘為電影音樂部門的總負責人,監督旗下每一部電影音樂的製作。 【歌手介紹】【影片介紹】1800年美國西部,一匹雄性野馬經曆西部拓荒的故事。就在那一片視野無際的大草原上,小馬王在芸芸的馬匹中獨樹一幟,任性、狂傲和勇敢的?在崎嶇的美國邊境奔馳。出生及成長在西部大草原的小馬王,不幸地被派來拓荒的軍隊將領俘虜,接受馴服後與印第安人作戰。在營中,?認識了印第安人赫奇,並與他經曆了一段驚險的旅程。《小馬王》由一匹馬來俯視西部開發的精神,從中人和馬成為了莫逆之交,而小馬王在過程中也找到自己的伴侶,這正好反映了年輕人由無拘無束到接受責任羈絆的成長曆程,另外更帶出了人類與動物共同創造出和平的生存空間。 故事有人情味,有理想,有承擔,十分值回票價。夢工場再接再厲向難度挑戰,采用動畫電影從沒使用過的廣角鏡拍攝,以嶄新計算機特技揉合傳統二維平麵(2D)技巧,令影片中一望無際的大地風光看得人心?神怡,細致如人和馬的眼神動態亦栩栩如生…今次比過去的作品更見突破和野心,最明顯的莫過於全片沒有擬人化的角色,片中的馬兒不會說人話,隻以身體語言來表達,對於動畫師來說,可是一次最大的挑戰。 小馬王是一個冒險故事,主角是一匹住在美國西部,名叫史比瑞特的野馬。當人類文明侵入他的世界,雖然他被迫麵對各種挑戰和障礙,但是卻憑著高貴的尊嚴和無畏的勇氣克服重重難關,勇敢地捍衛他自己和他族群的自由。 史比瑞特熱愛他的生活和他的家園,有一天傍晚他看到遠處有一堆火,於是前往查看,在那兒他遇到一群馴馬夫,這是他第一次見到人類。這群馴馬夫立刻上前追捕史比瑞特,他被抓到後被賣給騎兵隊,他們試圖馴服他,並且把他訓練成戰馬。 後來一名叫小溪的印第安小男孩幫助史比瑞特脫逃後,把他帶回他的部落,史比瑞特在那兒愛上一匹斑紋母馬小雨。史比瑞特第一次感到內心掙紮,他不知道是該回到家鄉,還是留下來陪小雨。當小溪察覺到這兩匹小馬之間的愛意,他就知道他們應該一起回到史比瑞特的家鄉。 但是他們沒走多遠就聽到一陣騷動,騎兵隊出兵攻擊小溪的印第安部落,於是他們立刻折返回去,當一聲 槍聲響起 時小雨正好奔向小溪,替他擋了一槍。這時騎兵隊再度捕捉到史比瑞特,而身受重傷的小雨則孤孤單單地被留下來。 史比瑞特的心都碎了,他不但失去了小雨,更糟的是,他被送到一個小鎮,被迫加入當地的馬群,他們必須一起拉著沉重的火車越過山頭,好讓鐵路工人鋪上鐵軌。 史比瑞特看到這條鐵軌竟然朝向他的家鄉,於是假裝筋疲力盡昏了過去,然後再趁機脫逃,他也順便釋放了其它的馬匹,甚至造成一場大爆炸。這些時候小溪一直都徒步跟在史比瑞特身旁,當士兵看到他們時,史比瑞特第一次讓小溪騎上他的馬背一起逃跑,於是展開一場驚險刺激的追逐。 小溪和史比瑞特終於重獲自由。當他們回到印第安部落,意外發現小雨安然無恙,史比瑞特的心中當然充滿了喜悅。經過一連串的冒險之後,他追求自由的勇氣和欲望變得越來越強烈,於是小溪隻好哭著向他們道別,史比瑞特和小雨也一起回到他們的家園,受到馬族的熱烈歡迎,他們從此過著幸福快樂的生活。 -- (相關文字均摘自網絡) |