May 22, 2015 (Cannes Film Festival)
July 29, 2015 (France)
March 11, 2016 (Canada)
August 5, 2016 (USA)
The Little Prince is a 2015 animated fantasy adventure drama film directed by Mark Osborne and based on the 1943 novella of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The film stars the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Bud Cort, Marion Cotillard, Benicio del Toro, James Franco, Ricky Gervais, Paul Giamatti, Riley Osborne, Albert Brooks and Mackenzie Foy. It is the first adaptation as a full-length animated feature of The Little Prince.
The film relates the story of the book using stop motion animation, which is woven into a computer animated framing narrative about a young girl who has just met the book's now-elderly aviator narrator, who tells her the story of his meeting with the Little Prince in the Sahara desert. The film's animation was provided by studios ON Animation Studios & Mikros Image.
The film premiered on 22 May 2015 at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in an out-of-competition screening, followed by a wide release in France on 29 July by Paramount Pictures. The film was originally set to be released in theatres across the United States on 18 March 2016 before being dropped due to budget cuts; Netflix later acquired the U.S. distribution rights and released it on 5 August 2016.
The film has received positive reviews, earning praise for its style of animation and homage paid to the source material, and earned $97.6 million on a €75 million budget, becoming the most successful French animated film abroad of all time.
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- Hollywoodedge, Bicycle Gear Chain PE306602
- Hollywoodedge, Big Metal Lever Pull PE365801
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Crash Sustaine PE112901
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Pistol Cock PE090501
- Hollywoodedge, Sword Shing With Sword PE103301
- Luxo Jr. Squeaking
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - AIRPLANE FAST PASS BY 01
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - AIRPLANE FAST PASS BY 02
- SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - BIPLANE PASS BY
- SKYWALKER ALARM BUZZING SOUND 02
- SKYWALKER, ALARM - KYLN BLARE
- SKYWALKER, BELL - BELL CHIMES RINGING
- SKYWALKER, BELL - MAGIC SLEIGH BELLS RINGING
- SKYWALKER, BIRD - JACQUIMO'S FLAPPING WINGS
- SKYWALKER, BIRD - PIGEON COOING
- SKYWALKER, BIRD - PIGEON FLAPPING WINGS
- SKYWALKER BIRD CHIRPING SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER, BITE - BITING APPLE
- SKYWALKER, BLIND - SUN BLINDS MOVING, UP AND DOWN
- SKYWALKER BODYFALL SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER, BOUNCE - LUXO BALL BOUNCING
- SKYWALKER, BUZZ - ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH BUZZING
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- SKYWALKER CANISTER ROLLING OR DROPPING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, CAR - IGNITION START; REVERTING ENGINE; RUN
- SKYWALKER, CAR - TIRE ROLLING
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- SKYWALKER, CLICK - HANDCUFF CLICKING
- SKYWALKER, CRACK - VINYL CRACKLING
- SKYWALKER, CRUNCH - DIRT CRUNCHING
- SKYWALKER, DOOR - CAR DOOR CLOSING
- SKYWALKER, DOOR - CAR DOOR OPENING
- SKYWALKER, DOOR - WOODEN DOOR; OPEN & CLOSE; CREAKING; VARIOUS
- SKYWALKER, DUST - LITE SIZZLING, FALL
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - BIG VARIOUS SPARKINGS
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 02
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SPIELBERG "HEAT RAY" ZAP
- SKYWALKER ENGINE RATTLING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - FOOTSTEPS ON GRASS
- SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - FOOTSTEPS ON SAND
- SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - LITTLE PRINCE'S FOOTSTEPS (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - MIRAGE'S FOOTSTEPS
- SKYWALKER, GARBAGE - GARBAGE CLATTERING
- SKYWALKER GLASS CRACKING SOUND
- SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH
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- SKYWALKER, HUMAN - HAND CLAPPING, SINGLE, MULTIPLE
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- SKYWALKER HYPERDRIVE FAILURE SOUND
- SKYWALKER, IMPACT - BOWLING BALL IMPACT
- SKYWALKER, INDUSTRY - CONVEYOR BELT RATCHETING
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- SKYWALKER, METAL - ARCADE CRANE CLAW MACHINE
- SKYWALKER, METAL - CARL'S HOUSE HELM SQUEAKING
- SKYWALKER, METAL - CHAIN OR WINCH PULLEY CRANKING
- SKYWALKER, METAL - HANDCUFFS CLOSE
- SKYWALKER, METAL - KEYS JINGLING
- SKYWALKER, METAL - PROTOCOL DROID MOVING
- SKYWALKER METAL RATTLING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, METAL - TRANSFORMER CLANGING
- SKYWALKER, MONEY - COINS RATTLING AND RINGING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER MICROPHONE FEEDBACK SOUND
- SKYWALKER, PLANT - ROSE GROWING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER POWERLINE SNAPPING SOUND
- SKYWALKER RAINING SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER ROPE CREAKING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, RUSTLE - BUSH RUSTLING
- SKYWALKER, SCRATCH - PAPER TEARING
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- SKYWALKER, SIREN - POLICE YELPER SIREN
- SKYWALKER, TOY - ALIENS SQUEAKING
- SKYWALKER, TOY - FOX PLUSH'S BELL JINGLING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER. TOY - CHECKERS BOARD GAME PINS RATTLING
- SKYWALKER, TOY - LENNY FOOTSTEPS
- SKYWALKER, TRAIN - CONTROL LEVERS BEING ENGAGED
- SKYWALKER, TYPEWRITER - ANTIQUE: TYPING, OFFICE/Sound Ideas, TYPEWRITER - ANTIQUE: TYPING, OFFICE
- SKYWALKER, WATER - SINGLE SPLASH
- SKYWALKER, WATER - SLOSHES AND LAPPING, VARIOUS
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - PROPELLOR BLADES THWOPPING RAPIDLY
- SKYWALKER, WINCH - DRAWBRIDGE-LIKE CHAIN PULLED BY WINCH
- SKYWALKER, WIND - HEAVY WIND WHISTLING
- SKYWALKER, WIND SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER, WINDOW - WINDOW SLIDING OPEN, SQUEAKY
- Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - OLD SQUEAKY WOODEN DOOR: OPEN
- Sound Ideas, FOOTSTEPS, CONCRETE - COMBAT BOOTS: WALK
- Sound Ideas, FOOTSTEPS, CONCRETE - FEMALE HEELS: WALK
- Sound Ideas, FOOTSTEPS, CONCRETE - MALE SNEAKERS: WALK
- Sound Ideas, HANDCUFFS - OPEN 02
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, EATING - APPLE: BITE, CHEW AND SWALLOW, FOOD
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, EATING - APPLE: FAST BITE, FOOD
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, EATING - APPLE: SLOW BITE, FOOD
- Sound Ideas, LEVERS - LEVER, LARGE: RAILROAD COUPLER LIFT BAR, SINGLE THROW, SLACK, CLOSE, OPEN, THEN OPEN, THEN CLOSE
- Sound Ideas, LEVERS / RATCHETS LEVER, LARGE: CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC CRANE, REVERBERANT, THROW WITH POSITION CLICKS
- Sound Ideas, WALKIE TALKIE - TWO WAY RADIO: FEEDBACK AND SQUELCH NOISE, STATIC 03
- Sound Ideas, WATER, SPLASH - LARGER, BIG THUMP & BIG WAVE (4th Splash)