Penguins Behind Bars
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada, Hulascope Studios
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
Few know what really goes on behind prison walls... until now!
"Penguins Behind Bars" is a shockingly frank, no-holds-barred look at life inside a women's prison... penguin-style.
Doris, a beautiful young penguin from a loving family, meets Charlie Abaloney, a flashy, big-beaked, small-time gangster. Charlie sweeps her off her flippers, and he hoodwinks her into helping him with a bank heist. The caper goes sour, and Doris is left holding the bag- a bag of stolen pearls! Now she has to serve time in a maximum security penguintentiary teeming with sleazy birds!
Can she survive in this concrete jungle?
Will she stay afloat in a sea of savage penguins?
Can she clear her good name and turn the tables on Charlie?
"Penguins Behind Bars" is a shockingly frank, no-holds-barred look at life inside a women's prison... penguin-style.
Doris, a beautiful young penguin from a loving family, meets Charlie Abaloney, a flashy, big-beaked, small-time gangster. Charlie sweeps her off her flippers, and he hoodwinks her into helping him with a bank heist. The caper goes sour, and Doris is left holding the bag- a bag of stolen pearls! Now she has to serve time in a maximum security penguintentiary teeming with sleazy birds!
Can she survive in this concrete jungle?
Will she stay afloat in a sea of savage penguins?
Can she clear her good name and turn the tables on Charlie?
Characters
Doris Fairfeather, Charlie Abaloney, Mad'm Millie, Flotsam, Mike the Lawyer, Matron Rruffwater, Babs, The Warden, District Attorney, Judge
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Janet Perlman
Producing
- Producer
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer, Janet Perlman
- Executive Producer
- Janet Perlman
- Producers for The National Film Board of Canada
- Marcy Page, David Verrall
Writing
- Writer
- Derek Lamb
- Created by
- Janet Perlman
- Based On The Book By
- Janet Perlman
Voices
- Voice
- Lili Taylor (Doris Fairfeather), Richard Clarkin (Charlie Abaloney), Dan Lett (District Attorney, Judge), Patricia Collins (Mad'm Millie), Catherine Fitch (Flotsam), Alberta Watson (Babs), Maria Vacratsis (The Warden), Patricia Gage (Matron Rruffwater), Craig Francis (Mike the Lawyer), Sonja Ball
Music
- Music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Animation
- Animator
- Luigi Allemano, Les Drew, Magnus Hjerpe, Louise Johnson, Janet Perlman, Yann Tremblay, Zhigang Wang
- Additional Animation
- Shawn Chacko, Scott Collie, Joe Giamppopa, Kevin Micaleff, Troy Quane, Yeon-Tae Choi, Ron Chevarie, Trevor Deanne-Freeman, Ed Krahn, Paul Motta, Michelle Heo
- Animation Technical Supervisor
- Luigi Allemano
- Architectural Layouts
- Jean-Pascal Richard
- Animation Assistants
- Serene El-haj Daoud, Diane Obomsawin, Gina Georgousis, Annie Dubois, Roslyn Schwartz
- Track Breakdown
- Luigi Allemano, Peter Stephenson
Art Department
- Storyboard
- Derek Lamb, Janet Perlman
- Backgrounds
- Marielle Guyot
- Colour Design
- Marielle Guyot
- Digital Ink
- Geneviève Brisson, Marc Girard, Claudie Pilote, Renée-Anique Francoeur, Chantal Juteau
- Paint
- Geneviève Brisson, Marc Girard, Claudie Pilote, Renée-Anique Francoeur, Chantal Juteau
Sound
- Sound Supervision
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- Foley Artists
- Andy Malcolm, Karla Baumgardner
- Foley Assistant
- Stefan Fraticelli
- Sound Editing
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- Foley Recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
Music Department
- Musical Arrangement
- Dave Gossage, Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- Music Recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
Casting
- Casting
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- Voice Recording
- Tod Chapman, Timothy Muirhead, Daniel Lagacé
Production Management
- Production Coordinators
- Sylvie Rochon, Daniela Pinna, Richard Lesage
- Executive In Charge of Production for Cartoon Network
- Linda Simensky
Crew
- Digital Imaging Consultation
- Susan Gourley
- Line Test
- Luigi Allemano, Peter Stephenson
- Mix
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Off-Line
- Phyllis Lewis
- Technical Support
- Eli Krantzberg
- Final Mix
- Jean Paul Vialard, Shelley Craig
- Administration
- Gisèle Guilbault
Production notes
Digitally colored cel animation.
Awards
Pulcinella Award, Best TV Movie of the Year, Cartoons on the Bay, Positano, Italy, 2004.
Platinum Award, Independent Short Subject, Films and Video, WorldFest International Film Festival, Houston, 2004.
Best Animated Short, BAM International Children's Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York, 2004.
Chris Statuette, Entertainment, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2003
Platinum Award, Independent Short Subject, Films and Video, WorldFest International Film Festival, Houston, 2004.
Best Animated Short, BAM International Children's Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York, 2004.
Chris Statuette, Entertainment, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2003