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Ambient Entertainment
Ambient Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG is a German film production studio, specializing in CGI animation movies. History Ambient was founded in 1999 by Holger Tappe and Stefan Mischke. Initially focused on advertising (commercials for Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Deutsche Messe AG (CeBIT). Eventually, they moved to CGI animation for motion pictures. The debut feature was "Back to Gaya" in 2004, the first CGI motion picture produced in Germany. Followed by Impy's Island, Impy's Wonderland and Animals United which all were produced and directed by Holger Tappe. Animals United, based upon the novel of Erich Kästner, was the first 3D stereoscopic animation motion picture in Germany. Subsequent animation motion pictures were "The Secret of Balthasar Castle", produced for Europa-Park, the motion-capture animation motion picture Tarzan for Constantin-Film and The Time Caroussel, as well a 4D CGI production for Europa-Park. Movies made by Ambient Entertainment have been distr ...
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Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ...
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Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019). The city lies at the confluence of the River Leine and its tributary the Ihme, in the south of the North German Plain, and is the largest city in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg, Dortmund, Essen and Bremen. Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hannover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Han ...
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of . It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and Czechia to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in what is now Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the ...
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Film Production
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casting, pre-production, shooting, sound recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and an exhibition. Filmmaking occurs in a variety of economic, social, and political contexts around the world. It uses a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques. Although filmmaking originally involved the use of film, most film productions are now digital. Today, filmmaking refers to the process of crafting an audio-visual story commercially for distribution or broadcast. Production stages Film production consists of five major stages: * Development: Ideas for the film are created, rights to existing intellectual properties are purchased, etc., and the screenplay is written ...
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Boo, Zino & The Snurks
''Boo, Zino & The Snurks'' (also known as ''Back to Gaya'' and as ''The Snurks'') is a 2004 German-Spanish CGI animated film directed by Lenard Fritz Krawinkel and Holger Tappe. Voice cast * Michael Herbig: Boo * Vanessa Petruo: Alanta * Sebastian Höffner: Zeck * Torsten Münchow: Zino * Wolfgang Völz: Mayor * Claudia Lössl: E.N.I.A.C. Brazilian voice actors * Wellington Muniz: Boo * Sabrina Sato: Alanta * Márcio Garcia: Zino * Marcos Chiesa: Galger * Carlos Alberto da Silva: Bramph * Rodrigo Scarpa: Zeck * Antônio Moreno: Albert Droolinger * Carlos Silveira: Dr. N. Icely * Alessandra Araújo: E.N.I.A.C. * Emerson Camargo: Mayor * Cecília Lemes: Susi * Leonardo Camillo: Fred * Silvia Suzy Pereira: Valerie * Sérgio Moreno: Chad English voice actors * Alan Marriott: Boo * Emily Watson: Alanta * Glenn Wrage: Zino * John Schwab: Zeck * Patrick Stewart: Albert Drollinger * Bob Saker: Mayor * Stephan Lander: Dr. N. Icely * John Guerrasio: Galger * Redd Pepper: Bramph * ...
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Impy's Island
''Impy's Island'', or ''Urmel from the Ice Age'' (german: Urmel aus dem Eis), is a 2006 German computer-animated feature film based on the children's novel ''Urmel from the Ice Age'' by Max Kruse. Plot summary On a magical tropical island called Tikiwoo in the 1950s, a fun-loving group of misfit animals and people make a marvelous discovery: a baby dinosaur frozen since prehistoric times. Little Impy, as they call him, is loving his new family and ready to explore the strange new world. But when a king from a faraway country vows to capture the lovable baby dino for his private collection, all the inhabitants of Impy's island must join together to save their new friend. Cast The film stars the voice talents of: * Wigald Boning as Professor Habakuk Tibatong * Anke Engelke as Wutz * Florian Halm as Diener Sami * Christoph Maria Herbst as Doctor Zwengelmann * Kevin Iannotta as Tim Tintenklecks * Stefan Krause as Ping * Oliver Pocher as Schusch * Domenic Redl as Urmel * Frank Sch ...
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Animals United
''Animals United'' is a 2010 3D German computer-animated adventure comedy film directed and produced by Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe. It was released on October 7, 2010, in Germany. The film stars Ralf Schmitz and Thomas Fritsch as a meerkat named Billy and a lion named Socrates, who go on an epic quest to discover why their river has unexpectedly dried up. It is based on the 1949 book of the same name by Erich Kästner. This is the second adaptation as , which was also the first German animated feature film to be in color that was released in 1969. The screenplay for the film was written by Oliver Huzly and Reinhard Kloos. An English dub version for ''Animals United'' stars an ensemble cast, including James Corden, Stephen Fry and Andy Serkis. A sequel, pets United, was released in 2019 and in Dolby Cinema which exclusively brought the sequel to Netflix. Plot The film is set in Africa's Okavango Delta, and the main characters are a meerkat named Billy and a lion named Socra ...
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Tarzan (2013 Film)
''Tarzan'' (also known as ''Tarzan 3D'') is a 2013 German computer-animated action-adventure film written, directed and produced by German producer Reinhard Klooss which was released on October 17, 2013 in Russia. The film was released across early 2014 in other countries. The film stars the voices of Kellan Lutz, Spencer Locke, Anton Zetterholm, Mark Deklin, Joe Cappelletti, and Jaime Ray Newman. The screenplay was written by Reinhard Klooss, Jessica Postigo and Yoni Brenner. The film is based on the classic book ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (1912) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is one of many adaptations. The film grossed $44 million worldwide despite receiving predominantly negative reviews from critics. ''Tarzan'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 5, 2014 by Highlight Film. Plot 65,000,000 years ago, a mountain-sized asteroid crashed into the Earth in what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, with a major chunk of the asteroid landing in Uganda. The impact and resulting e ...
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The Little Vampire 3D
''The Little Vampire 3D'', also known as ''The Little Vampire'', is a 2017 3D computer-animated vampire film directed by Richard Claus and Karsten Kiilerich and based on the children's book series of the same name by German writer Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.The Little Vampire 3D
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* Jim Carter as Rookery * as Rudolph Sackville-Bagg and Gregory Sackville-Bagg *
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Monster Family
''Monster Family'' (also known as ''Happy Family'') is a 2017 computer-animated monster comedy film directed and produced by Holger Tappe, and co-written by David Safier. It is based on David Safier's children's book ''Happy Family''. The film stars Emily Watson, Nick Frost, Jessica Brown Findlay, Celia Imrie, Catherine Tate, and Jason Isaacs. The film was both a critical and financial failure: it was unanimously panned by critics, who criticized its voice acting, animation, writing and humor. It was also a box office bomb, only grossing $26.4 million against a $30 million budget. A sequel, '' Monster Family 2'', was released in 2021. Plot In Transylvania, Count Dracula laments about his loneliness with his three bat servants. He receives a phone call from Emma Wishbone, who has mistakenly called him instead of a monster costume store. She talks to him briefly before accidentally dropping her cell phone down a storm drain. Emma is depressed as family tensions build up - h ...
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Monster Family 2
''Monster Family 2'' (also known as ''Monster Family 2: Nobody's Perfect'' and released as ''Happy Family 2'' in Germany) is a 2021 German-British computer animated horror comedy film directed and produced by Holger Tappe and written by David Safier. A sequel to the 2017 film ''Monster Family'', the voice cast includes Emily Watson, Jason Isaacs, Nick Frost, Jessica Brown Findlay, Catherine Tate, Ethan Rouse (who all reprise their roles) and Emily Carey.Monster Family 2 (aka Happy Family 2)
Timeless Films. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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Film Production Companies Of Germany
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensiti ...
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