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Kooky (Czech: Kuky se vrací, literally "Kuky returns", a pun on Lassie se vrací) is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the story of a six-year-old asthmatic boy whose parents force him to throw away his favorite toy, an old teddy bear named Kooky. In the boy's fantasy, Kooky comes to life in the landfill, escapes into a mysterious forest and begins its journey amongst the rough-and-ready creatures of the forest.
Jan Svěrák initially planned to create a film depicting the world viewed from the perspective of a dog who survives floods; however, he changed his plans after he retold parts of the story to his son Ondřej.
The film was inspired by the works of the Czech sculptor and painter František Skála, who refused to participate in the production. Svěrák offered collaboration on the technical development of puppets and visual effects to Jakub Dvorský from the video game company Amanita Design. The puppets in the film were manipulated by the members of the ensemble Buchty a loutky. During the post-production process, Svěrák and his team concentrated on removing the strings and wires with the help of computer animation. Kooky is technically the most complicated film by Svěrák; it contains three times more visual effects than Dark Blue World, the most expensive Czech film up to that point. In addition to fictional puppet figures, the film makes use of real animals (fox, butterfly, snail, frog etc.)
Actors: Damon Dash (producer), Daveigh Chase (actress), Myra McWethy (actress), Juliana Sorelli (editor), Juliana Sorelli (writer), Juliana Sorelli (director), Davida Williams (producer), Riley Keough (actress), Chelsea Schuchman (actress), Akshay Dhalwala (producer), Maxwell Drummey (composer),
Plot: Three broke sisters, Kitty, Kooky and Klutzy (played by Chelsea Schuchman, Riley Keough, and Daveigh Chase) receive the news of their estranged aunt's passing. After an argument about what they stand to gain from their aunt's will, the girls visit a psychic named, Madame Le Chat. Tension ensues.
Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Short,Actors: Harold Cannon (actor), Frank Stallone (actor), Paul L. Smith (actor), Steve Kramer (actor), David Heavener (director), David Heavener (writer), David Heavener (producer), David Heavener (actor), Warren Berlinger (actor), Don Scribner (actor), Deke Anderson (actor), Mark Richardson (actor), Celia Xavier (actress), Don Hulette (composer), Ronnie Hadar (producer),
Plot: Some punks go into a small town and start hassling the gas station owner; Billy Ray Dalton a friend of the owner pulls a shot gun on them and tells them to go away. Later they go back and force the owner to tell them where Dalton lives. Now, Dalton a part time musician's out on a gig, when they go to his house and kill his pregnant wife, and take his daughter. Dalton follows them to try and get his daughter back.
Keywords: bare-chested-male, bloody-bandage, body-bandage, child-pornography, city-country-contrast, country-and-western, country-western-music, cowboy, cowboy-hat, death-of-wifeI see a knight - a wandering fool
A man of few words
Doesn’t play by the rules of deceit
I see a knight - courageous and cool
A master of swords
One who never surrenders, and knows no defeat
Now their ship’s setting sail
To the Castle of Sadness
Will their quest for the Grail
Lead to glory or madness
Will their search ever end
Are they lost in this secret land
Where nothing is real
One is judged by his deeds
Based on moral perfection
One is found too discrete
For not asking the questions
So their search never ends
They are lost in these secret lands
Where nothing is real
They can see it, almost touch it
But their eyes will be blinded by the light
Lacking courage, lacking virtue, lacking wisdom
Just found in the purest of knights
I see a knight - his journey begins
He comes from afar
And where others have failed he’ll succeed
I see a knight - free of all sins
His goodness of heart will earn him his place on the
Perilous Seat
In his barren domain
Waits a king for the right one
Plagued by terrible pains
That won’t stop ’till the knight comes
Whose compassion is real
Then his wounds will be healed at last
All misery’s passed
He can see it, he can touch it
And his eyes won’t be blinded by the light
Only courage, only virtue, only wisdom
Combined in the purest of knights
I see a knight
I see a knight