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Hugo the Hippo was the first international release of a PannoniaFilm production; [1] prior to this, they had also made Hungary's first animated feature, János Vitéz, in 1973. The film, produced over a two-year period, received funding from the Faberge company via its Brut Productions label. [1]
Hugo the Hippo: Directed by Bill Feigenbaum. With Burl Ives, Robert Morley, Paul Lynde, Jesse Emmett. The Sultan of Zanzibar has a problem--his harbor is infested with sharks. To solve the problem, he brings in twelve hippos to keep the sharks away, and it works.
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- Animation, Family, Drama
- Bill Feigenbaum
- 1976-01-09
After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo. The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him.
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- Pannónia Filmstúdió, Brut Productions
- Bill Feigenbaum
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The harbor of Zanzibar becomes infested with a group of vicious sharks, which makes it impossible for trading ships to dock. In an attempt to fix the problem, the Sultan charges his advisor, Aban-Khan, to bring twelve hippos from Africa into the harbor to keep the sharks away. His idea works well enough, but once the hippos are no longer a novelty ...
Directors - William Feigenbaum and József GémesScreenplay - Thomas Baum, William Feigenbaum and József SzalókyProduction Design - Graham PercyHugo the Hippo was the first international release of a PannoniaFilm production; prior to this, they had also made Hungary's first animated feature, János Vitéz, in 1973. The film, produced over a two-year period, received funding from the Faberge company via its Brut Productions label. Its U.S. distributor, 20th Century-Fox, acquired Hugo along wi...
After an unsuccessful box-office run, Hugo was briefly released to the American home video market in the early 1980s by Magnetic Video Corporation. It was first released on DVD in Hungary and Italy. Reviewer Phil Hall suggested that Hugo the Hippo would never get a DVD release due to its psychedelic, weird, politically incorrect and violent content...
A version of the song The Best Day Ever Made was used in the 1988-1992 animatronic show Care Bears Care-A-Lot Castle Show which was located in Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom.
List of American films of 1975List of animated feature-length filmsList of 20th Century Fox theatrical animated featuresMbonde, John Pantaleon (2004). Hugo the Hippo. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mathews Bookstore & Stationers. ISBN 9987-602-29-0.
Template:Amg movieTemplate:Rotten-tomatoesThe movie was first released on December 25, 1975 in Hungary and a year later in January 23, 1976 by 20th Century Fox as its first animated feature in the United States.
After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo. The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him.
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Hugo the Hippo was the first international release of a PannoniaFilm production; prior to this, they had also made Hungary's first animated feature, János Vitéz, in 1973. The film, produced over a two-year period, received funding from the Faberge company via its Brut productions label.
