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Vuk (film)
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The Little Fox, known in Hungary as Vuk, is a 1981 Hungarian animated film
produced by Pannónia Filmstúdió, based on the novel Vuk by István Fekete
. The film is directed by Attila Dargay
and written by Attila Dargay, István Imre, Ede Tarbay, and Magyar Televízió, the Hungarian national public service television company, owned by the Government of Hungary and launched in 1957. Along with Cat City
, it is widely regarded as one of the classics of Hungarian animation. It features the voice talents of Judit Pogány as young Vuk, József Gyabronka as adult Vuk, László Csákányi as Karak and Tibor Bitskey as the narrator. A computer animated and widely panned sequel, A Fox's Tale
, was released in 2008.
As Vic grows older, he develops much cunning and cleverness. Now a young adult fox, he finds a vixen, named Foxy, held captive in a cage on a human farm. He tricks the guard dogs and other animals, as well as the hunter himself, and eventually helps the vixen escape.
She joins Vic and Karak in the woods, but Vic's uncle is shot by humans during a hunt. Vic swears revenge on the hunter and finally accomplishes it, playing many jokes on the hunter's stupid dogs, killing and devouring the man's chickens, geese, and ducks, and eventually playing tricks on the man himself. At the end of the film, Vic and his wife have cubs of their own.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
produced by Pannónia Filmstúdió, based on the novel Vuk by István Fekete
István Fekete
István Fekete was a Hungarian writer, author of several youth novels and animal stories.He is perhaps best known for his youth novel Tüskevár , about two city boys' summer holiday at the corner of Lake Balaton and Zala River, their experiences, adventures, contact with Nature in its genuine form...
. The film is directed by Attila Dargay
Attila Dargay
Attila Dargay was an animator from Hungary. He was born in Mezőnyék.-Life:He finished his academic studies in 1948. He worked at Hungary's National Theatre as scenery painter; then he became an animated-film director in 1957. His films are popular among both children and adults...
and written by Attila Dargay, István Imre, Ede Tarbay, and Magyar Televízió, the Hungarian national public service television company, owned by the Government of Hungary and launched in 1957. Along with Cat City
Cat City
Cat City is a 1986 Hungarian animated film, directed by Béla Ternovszky and written by József Nepp. The title Cat City was used in the United States distribution...
, it is widely regarded as one of the classics of Hungarian animation. It features the voice talents of Judit Pogány as young Vuk, József Gyabronka as adult Vuk, László Csákányi as Karak and Tibor Bitskey as the narrator. A computer animated and widely panned sequel, A Fox's Tale
A Fox's Tale
A Fox's Tale is a Hungarian animated film. The film's original Hungarian title is Kis Vuk. It is the sequel to the 1981 film Vuk. The English-language voice cast includes Freddie Highmore, Miranda Richardson, Bill Nighy and Sienna Miller...
, was released in 2008.
Plot
The film tells the story of a little fox kit, Vic (Vuk in the Hungarian version), who ventures away from his family's den and, upon his return, learns from his uncle Karak that his entire family has been shot and killed by a human hunter. Karak then offers for Vic to stay with him, and Karak continues to raise him.As Vic grows older, he develops much cunning and cleverness. Now a young adult fox, he finds a vixen, named Foxy, held captive in a cage on a human farm. He tricks the guard dogs and other animals, as well as the hunter himself, and eventually helps the vixen escape.
She joins Vic and Karak in the woods, but Vic's uncle is shot by humans during a hunt. Vic swears revenge on the hunter and finally accomplishes it, playing many jokes on the hunter's stupid dogs, killing and devouring the man's chickens, geese, and ducks, and eventually playing tricks on the man himself. At the end of the film, Vic and his wife have cubs of their own.
English version
The English-language dub of the film, titled simply The Little Fox, was made in 1987 and released in the United States on home video by Celebrity Home Entertainment. It was also broadcast from time to time on Nickelodeon's weekend programming block called "Special Delivery." The English dub changes Vuk's name to "Vic" and his wife's name to "Foxy," although Karak's name remained unchanged.Voice cast
- Steven R. WeberSteven Weber (actor)Steven Robert Weber is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the television show Wings which aired throughout the 1990s on NBC.-Early life:...
- Adult Vic - John Bellucci - Vic's Father
- Anne Costello - Vic's mother
- Maia Danziger
- George Gonneau
- William Kiehl
- Ira Lewis
- Les Marshak
- Lucy Martin
- Peter NewmanPeter Newman (actor)Peter Newman is famous for his voice work for Rankin/Bass. In ThunderCats he provided the voices of Tygra, Wilykat, Bengali, and Monkian. In SilverHawks he provided the voices of Quicksilver, Mumbo Jumbo, and Timestopper. He also played the evil Duke of Zill & Wack Lizardi in Felix the Cat: The...