''Walter and Tandoori'', also known as ''Walter'' or ''Walter's World'', is an animated children's series produced by
Image Entertainment Corporation. The series centres on Walter, an inventor and fix-it specialist, and his friend Tandoori, a hyperactive chicken, who live together in the village of Trois-Montagnes (in the French version) or Hart's Landing (in the English version), and embark on various adventures designed to teach children about the
environment
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and
ecology
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.
Production
Created by Sylvain Viau for
Image Entertainment Corporation, the series first aired on
TV5 Québec Canada under the ''Walter'' title in 2005.
["Quand l'image vaut mille mots"]
''Sommets'' ( Université de Sherbrooke), Fall 2004. It had its roots in ''Mr. Ecolo'', a live-action short film which Viau produced for the
National Film Board in 1997.
[
The series has since aired on a number of other broadcast networks, including ]Ici Radio-Canada Télé
Ici Radio-Canada Télé (formerly known as Télévision de Radio-Canada) is a Canadian French-language free-to-air television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada), the national pu ...
,Vrak.TV
Vrak (stylized as VRΔK) is a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by Bell Media. The channel primarily broadcasts live-action programming aimed at youth audiences.
History Background
The youth channel TVJQ () went on the air in 19 ...
,["Going Cross-media with an Environmental Project in Harmony"]
Toon Boom
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. The series won a Prix Gémeaux
The Prix Gémeaux () or Gémeaux Awards honour achievements in Canadian television and digital media that is broadcast in French. It has been sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television since 1987. Introduced as a French-language equ ...
for Best Animated Program or Series in 2011.
''Walter 100%'', a "hybrid" series of 26 half-hour episodes which mixed animation with live-action, was also later created.
''Walter & Tandoori's Christmas''
In 2011, a Christmas-themed film, ''Walter & Tandoori's Christmas'', was also released. The film was released in separate French and English versions, with a French voice cast that included Benoît Brière
Benoît Brière (born June 20, 1965) is a Canadian actor from Quebec.Patricia Belzil"Benoît Brière" '' The Canadian Encyclopedia'', October 23, 2008. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) ...
, Michel Courtemanche
Michel Courtemanche (; born December 11, 1964) is a Canadian comedian and actor from Quebec, performing in Quebec, France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Career
His debut one-man show, ''A New Comic is Born'', ran for more than five hundred perf ...
, Bianca Gervais, Rick Jones and Benoit Rousseaux, and an English voice cast that included Sonja Ball, Rick Jones, Russell Peters and Philip le Maistre.
The film also received a limited theatrical release outside of Canada, including a screening at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
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History
The festival is ...
in September 2012,"La sélection québécoise au Festival du film francophone de Namur"
''Films du Québec'', September 27, 2012. and a brief run in
Los Angeles
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in December of that year
["Review: 'Walter & Tandoori's Christmas' a warm-hearted tale"]
''Los Angeles Times
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'', December 24, 2013. in an unsuccessful attempt to garner an
Academy Award
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nomination for
Best Animated Feature
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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.
["Toon boom blurs the line"]
'' Variety'', December 1, 2012.
References
External links
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* (English title)
* {{IMDb title, 2170474, Le Noël de Walter et Tandoori (French title)
2000s Canadian animated television series
2005 Canadian television series debuts
2010s Canadian animated television series
2010 Canadian television series endings
Animated duos
Canadian children's animated adventure television series
English-language television shows
Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming
Vrak original programming
Canadian animated web series
Television series by Image Entertainment Corporation
Télé-Québec original programming
Canadian children's web series