Racetime
| 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 date |
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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.[4]
Production
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| 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
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Cyndi Lauper en studio avec Dumas". TVA Nouvelles, December 6, 2018.
- ^ "2018′s top-grossing Canadian films, box office". Playback, January 3, 2018.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Racetime at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).