| La Course des tuques | |
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 Film poster | |
| French | La Course des tuques |
| Directed by | Benoît Godbout |
| Written by | Paul Risacher Claude Landry Maxime Landry |
| Based on | The Dog Who Stopped the War by Rock Demers |
| Produced by | Marie-Claude Beauchamp |
| Starring | French version:
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| Edited by | Robert Yates |
| Music by | Dumas Martin Roy |
Production companies | CarpeDiem Film & TV Singing Frog Studio |
| Distributed by | Les Films Séville Entertainment One |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | French English |
| Budget | $11 million[1] |
Racetime (French: La Course des tuques) is a 2018 Canadian animated adventure comedy film directed by Benoît Godbout.[2] A sequel to the 2015 film Snowtime! (La Guerre des tuques 3D), the film focuses on the same group of children organizing a sled race over their winter holiday.[3]
The film's English version premiered in theatres on January 25, 2019. On November 8, 2019, Viva Pictures released the movie on US theaters. The DVD version of the Viva Kids was released two months later, on January 2020.[4]
Production
The film's French theme song, "Ensemble", was written and recorded by Dumas, while the English translation, "Together", was recorded by Cyndi Lauper.[5] Other songs included in the soundtrack were performed by Alex Nevsky, Garou, Ludovick Bourgeois, Alexe Gaudreault, Corneille, Simple Plan and Lara Fabian.[3]
Box office
The film was listed as the eighth highest grossing Canadian film of 2018 as of December 20; however, by January 1, 2019 it had reached $1.7 million at the box office, surging to fifth place.[6] By March 14, 2019, the film had grossed $2.6 million in Canada.[7]
Characters
| Characters | Voiced by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original | International | Original | International |
| Luc | Luke | Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier | Angela Galuppo |
| Sophie | Mariloup Wolfe | Lucinda Davis | |
| François Les Lunettes | Frankie Four-Eyes | Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc | Lucinda Davis |
| Pierre | Piers | Sébastien Reding | Tod Fennell |
| Zac | Mehdi Bousaidan | Noel Fisher | |
| Charlie | Ludivine Reding | Dawn Ford | |
| Lucie | Lucy | Sophie Cadieux | Angela Galuppo |
| Maranda | Manolo | Anne Casabonne | Sonja Ball |
| Jacques | Jack | Catherine Trudeau | |
| Henri Leroux | Henry | Gabriel Lessard | Heidi Lynne Weeks |
| Georges Leroux | George | ||
| Chabot | Chuck | Gildor Roy | Don W. Shepherd |
| Ti-Guy La Lune | Nicky | Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque or Aline Pinsonneault | Elisabeth MacRae |
| France | Fran | Aline Pinsonneault | Jenna Wheeler-Hughes |
| Daniel Blanchette de Victoriaville | Daniel Blanshire from Victoriaville | Esther Poulin | Holly Gauthier-Frankel |
References
- ^ Cocherel, Par (June 6, 2018). "Le film "La course des tuques" est lancé". HuffPost (in French). Verizon Communications. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ^ "Tous les espoirs sont permis pour «La course des tuques»". TVA Nouvelles, November 26, 2018.
- ^ a b "Course des tuques, La – Film de Benoît Godbout". Films du Québec, December 1, 2018.
- ^ "Racetime prepares for the starting line in January". ToonBarn. October 26, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ^ "Cyndi Lauper en studio avec Dumas". TVA Nouvelles, December 6, 2018.
- ^ "2018′s top-grossing Canadian films, box office". Playback, January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films March 8 to 14, 2019". Playback. Brunico Communications. March 19, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
