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form y separately published work icon Happy Feet Two single work   film/TV   fantasy   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Happy Feet Two
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In this sequel to Happy Feet, Erik, son of the tap-dancing Mumble and his mate Gloria, struggles to find his own place in the penguin colony, just as his father did. In Erik's case, though, the situation is complicated when he meets a penguin who is able to fly ...

Notes

  • The trailer for this film is available to view via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKWNUyTGqss (Sighted: 22/6/2012)

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Works about this Work

Australian Blockbuster Movies Mark David Ryan , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Screen in the 2000s 2018; (p. 51-76)
Develops a multidimensional definition of 'Australian blockbuster' and argues for their distinct status as a specific genre.
Leaving Home : Kennedy Miller in Melbourne James Robert Douglas , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , December no. 85 2017;

Kennedy Miller has been located in Sydney since the early 1980s, when its reputation as Australia’s most successful production house was established. But its origins and trajectory as a company are intimately tied to Melbourne. Drawing on textual, historical, and archival sources, I argue that Melbourne’s screen culture and industry at the time of the Australian film revival played a fundamental key role in shaping the abilities and sensibilities of the company’s founders, George Miller and Byron Kennedy.

Untitled Louise Keller , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 18 December 2011; (p. 7)

— Review of Happy Feet Two Warren Coleman , Gary Eck , Paul Livingston , George Miller , 2011 single work film/TV
New Release Tom Ryan , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 December 2011; (p. 17)

— Review of Happy Feet Two Warren Coleman , Gary Eck , Paul Livingston , George Miller , 2011 single work film/TV
Snow Business Garry Maddox , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 November 2011; (p. 6-7)
New Release Tom Ryan , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 December 2011; (p. 17)

— Review of Happy Feet Two Warren Coleman , Gary Eck , Paul Livingston , George Miller , 2011 single work film/TV
Untitled Louise Keller , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 18 December 2011; (p. 7)

— Review of Happy Feet Two Warren Coleman , Gary Eck , Paul Livingston , George Miller , 2011 single work film/TV
Snow Business Garry Maddox , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 November 2011; (p. 6-7)
Leaving Home : Kennedy Miller in Melbourne James Robert Douglas , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , December no. 85 2017;

Kennedy Miller has been located in Sydney since the early 1980s, when its reputation as Australia’s most successful production house was established. But its origins and trajectory as a company are intimately tied to Melbourne. Drawing on textual, historical, and archival sources, I argue that Melbourne’s screen culture and industry at the time of the Australian film revival played a fundamental key role in shaping the abilities and sensibilities of the company’s founders, George Miller and Byron Kennedy.

Australian Blockbuster Movies Mark David Ryan , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Screen in the 2000s 2018; (p. 51-76)
Develops a multidimensional definition of 'Australian blockbuster' and argues for their distinct status as a specific genre.
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