''Tiki Tiki'' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Gerald Potterton and released in 1971."Tiki-Tiki a complicated delight". ''

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'', December 30, 1972. Created by intercutting animated sequences with live-action footage from the Russian children's film ''

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'', the animated sequences tell the story of a group of

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s who are working to produce a film, while the ''Aybolit-66'' footage represents the film they are making. The film was inspired in part by

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's 1966 film '' What's Up, Tiger Lily?'', which used original dialogue to recontextualize a foreign-language film.Rob Craig, ''American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography''.

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, 2019. . p. 373. The film's voice cast included Barry Baldaro, Gayle Claitman, Patrick Conlon,

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, Joan Stuart and

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. During the film's promotion, Potterton acknowledged that it was a challenging film to market, as his production company wasn't sure whether to aim it at "kids or stoned teenagers or whatever", and has referred to the finished product as "a cross between a whacked out animated version of ''

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'' and the Olsen and Johnson musical '' Hellzapoppin'''". Aleksandr Kuznetsov, the production designer of ''Aybolit-66'', was named the winner of the

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for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the

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.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

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, 2000. . pp. 93-95. In 2023,

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announced that ''Tiki Tiki'' was one of 23 titles that will be digitally restored under its new Canadian Cinema Reignited program to preserve classic Canadian films.Pat Mullen
"Oscar Winning Doc Leads List of Restored Canadian Classics"
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'', May 9, 2023.

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* 1971 animated films 1971 films Canadian animated feature films Films directed by Gerald Potterton 1970s English-language films 1970s Canadian animated films Canadian animated comedy films English-language Canadian films {{1970s-Canada-film-stub