Happy Feet [DVD] [2006]

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Mumble leaves the flock and has a series of adventures, making friends along the way, including a posse of street-smart little penguins, the "Adelie Amigos" led by the insufferably insouciant Ramon (voiced quite humorously by Robin Williams).

In this, the dearly departed former crocodile hunter Steve Irwin plays the voice of an albatross who accompanies Mumble on a portion of his transoceanic quest. Right where it started: a cute, enjoyable slice of Antarctic CG-splendor that topples over itself to slam a message home near the end. This scene is done in Steve's classic documentary style, with the albatross telling the viewer all about the other characters in the scene, and the impact people are having on their environment. The animation in Happy Feet invested heavily in motion capture technology, with the dance scenes acted out by human dancers. The dancers went through "Penguin School" to learn how to move like a penguin, and also wore head apparatus to mimic a penguin's beak.On the second page of options, there's a few Music Videos to round out the surface-level supplements. The tap-dancing for Mumble in particular was provided by Savion Glover who was also co-choreographer for the dance sequences. This scene is done in Irwin's classic documentary style, with the albatross telling the viewer all about the other characters in the scene, and the impact people are having on their environment. Happy Feet is a 2006 animated jukebox musical comedy film directed and produced by George Miller and written by Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris, and Warren Coleman.

Happy Feet' (2006) tells the story of Mumble (voice of Elijah Wood), a young emperor penguin who struggles to perform the heartsong which is crucial to finding a life partner. According to Miller, the environmental message was not a major part of the original script, but "In Australia, we're very, very aware of the ozone hole," he said, "and Antarctica is literally the canary in the coal mine for this stuff. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. Mumble decides to leave his family and goes on a journey to determine the real cause of the fish famine so he can prove his innocence. While some scenes of predation may prove too scary for very young children, the rest of the family will be inspired and entertained.It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Wii. Mumble uses courage, determination and his happy feet to discover the truth, save Emperor Land and win the heart of his soulmate, Gloria (Murphy). The musical numbers--drawing on pop hits of the last 30 years--were choreographed by Savion Glover, and revel in the joyful if slightly limited physicality of the bottom-heavy penguins. This widescreen DVD features a 16:9 anamorphic transfer which preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2. All of these happy little mating tug-of-wars coat an ominous starvation threat posed on the penguins, an unexplained riddle that the little "disabled" Mumble sets out to solve.

With no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model, Mumble gives up all hope of passing his passion onto his son.The albatross was Steve Irwin's first voice role in the film before he voiced the elephant seal in the final cut. As to be expected, Happy Feet becomes a discovery story that revolves around Mumble as he finds his place within the Emperor penguin community. The translation of Raul's Spanish speaking part of "Boogie Wonderland" is: "I am Raul, the coolest penguin, Latino of course, 100% Spanish!