Blinky Bill the Movie

For the 1992 film, see Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala.
Blinky Bill the Movie

Theatrical film poster
Directed by Deane Taylor
Produced by Jim Ballantine
Barbara Stephen
Written by Fin Edquist
Based on Blinky Bill 
by Dorothy Wall
Starring Ryan Kwanten
Rufus Sewell
Toni Collette
David Wenham
Deborah Mailman
Richard Roxburgh
Robin McLeavy
Barry Otto
Barry Humphries
Music by Dale Cornelius
Edited by Simon Klaebe
Production
company
Assemblage Entertainment
Flying Bark Productions
Telegael
Distributed by StudioCanal (Australia)
Shout! Factory (United States)
Enchanted Animation (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)
Running time
 93 minutes
Country Australia
United States
Language English
Box office $258,353[1]

Blinky Bill the Movie is an Australian-American animation adventure family 2015 children's movie based on the Blinky Bill character, an anthropomorphic koala created by Dorothy Wall for a children's book series in 1933. The film was produced by Flying Bark Productions (formerly known as Yoram Gross Films Studio, which also produced Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala, a 1992 traditional-animated film featuring the character), and co-produced by Assemblage Entertainment (India) and Telegael (Ireland).[2]

The film will be followed by a 26-episode TV series, The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill, which will air on the Seven Network.[3] It will also be followed by a sequel called Blinky Bill 2: Sir Claude's Revenge in 2018.

Plot

This the town of Greenpatch in Australia, Blinky Bill (Ryan Kwanten) tell the story about his father, Bill Koala (Richard Roxburgh) to rescue the animals he a hero. Ten years ago Blinky and his friends to time teaches Mayor Cranklepot the Goanna (Barry Otto) with the fruit bombs at the town, by the disaster the Statue Cranklepot chases Blinky head to the big rainforest. Then Blinky saw the mark that his dad but Cranklepot grabs him back to house to his mother, Betty Koala (Deborah Mailman) Blinky tell her to go saved his father at the sea of white dragons but his mom tell her son that his father not out there in the desert but Blinky feels very sad and crying that he never see him again and back to his room. The next day Blinky goes to find his father in the outback, when he arrived at the Koala Joe's Roadhouse to see what to eat those gumnuts and he to get some water then he hears bang on the door he saw the feral cat named Sir Claude (Rufus Sewell) to catch a meat eater koala, but Blinky rides the van on the road.

On the van Blinky meets a female little koala on the cage to heads to the zoo but he rescues her from the humans but the cage broken it but the female little koala to stop this van but it passes away because of what he did she bullies him and she sits down on the ground Blinky knows what to take Nutsy (Robin McLeavy) to the zoo. Back at Greenpatch Blinky's friends Splodge, Robert, and Marcia take care his mother. Blinky and Nutsy meets the frill-necked lizard named Jacko (David Wenham) to help Nutsy to go the zoo and his dad at the sea of white dragons and he has to hit the trail but Sir Claude arrives complaining about his tail and he smacks Jacko and he saw Blinky with Nutsy and he tries kill the koalas but Blinky, Nutsy, and Jacko on the Rockslide on the other bit of her cage to leave this to walk adventures. far away across the outback they see the directions Nutsy and Jacko went the right way and Blinky go to the left way and then they were tired and scare by low voice laughter. Back at Greenpatch Betty sees Blinky in his bedroom behind this door she know that her son feels upset to go looking for his father and Blinky tells mother to right here this bedroom door but is not Blinky it's only Blinky's friend Robert when Splodge and Marcia came in they playing a trick on her know where is Blinky.

Blinky is having a nightmare the low voice to take his new friends to his clubhouse his name is Wombo the Wombat (Barry Humphries) to help finding his father at the sea of white dragons then the two emus named Beryl and Cheryl (Toni Collette) to take a ride on their back and on the way across the deserts. Back at Greenpatch Betty tell Cranklepot Blinky gone bushed and she has to find him Cranklepot knows that naughty little koala across the outback and he has new king to renamed Greenpatch called "Goannasburg" and she angry at him this is it over and she went away. at the deserts Blinky, Nutsy, Jacko, Beryl and Cheryl for such fun for a race. then Sir Claude tell Wombo to the koalas with the emus and he knocked his hideout. At the waterhole Beryl and Cheryl was asleep with Jacko Nutsy told Blinky what did he ran away from home from his mum Blinky tells Nutsy about her parents Nutsy tell him her mom and dad lives the trees but the bushfires and she head to the zoo for her Blinky know the room for her at Greenpatch. Then they arrived at croc canyon to wave goodbye to their emu friends. Betty arrives Wombo's Hideout she can't find her son to rescue his father, Wombo and Betty to have a ride in to old car with the roof tops across the desert. At croc canyon Blinky, Nutsy, and Jacko saw that is his dad but the Saltwater Crocodiles chases them on the rocks but Sir Claude arrives at croc canyon to chase again but he falls over to the crocs and chased away Blinky to see his dad but his rope on the bag and he saw that his dad on the skeleton he died and Blinky feels crying Nutsy and Jacko has to go to sleep by the moon Blinky did really terrible and he feels sorry to Nutsy and he has take her to the zoo.

The next day Blinky and Jacko take Nutsy to the zoo. Beryl and Cheryl sees Wombo and Betty know where Kids is. then they arrived the zoo Blinky and Jacko to say goodbye Nutsy to great adventures but she not scare of heights she be in the wild with Blinky and his friends at Greenpatch then Blinky is been koala napped by the zoo keeper but Nutsy and Jacko to saved him. the zoo keeper brought Blinky in the cage to join the other koalas then he saw the parrot was sleeping, he tries to get out but he hears the stranger in the big cage to zip him off but tells him to zip it and he want to get back to his homeland Greenpatch, the stranger hears what that little guy saying Blinky hears want the stranger thinks he is it was his father Bill was alive and he tells his son went to sea of white dragons its called croc canyon that his mother with him but Blinky tells his father Cranklepot is taking over Greenpatch and Blinky feels upset at him to promise his mother to come home Bill tries to promise. Then Blinky has an idea to busted out of here to paws in with his father as a team, at they are free Blinky tell his father meet Blinky's new friends Nutsy and Jacko but then the parrot saw the koalas escape they has to outside then Blinky tell Nutsy, and Bill to have a plan to fly just like the plane but Jacko is with the parrot named Jorge to bust to really to fly but Sir Claude arrives at the zoo he saw Blinky's father is the tail biter and he tries to kill him but Blinky saves his dad and he being chased but Bill, Nutsy, Jacko, and Jorge are on the flyer with helping by two emu friends Beryl and Cheryl arrives at the zoo they can fly to rescue Blinky from that crazy wild cat Sir Claude smash Blinky and he tries to kill him but Betty arrives at the zoo to get his paws off her son and she knocks him out Blinky hugs his mother to saving his life and Nutsy got the rope for them Blinky tells his mother to meet his new friend Nutsy. but Blinky to grab Sir Claude about friends will saved us but he tell him who needs friends and got nive lives but Sir Claude has been eaten by a crocodile. Then Blinky, Betty and Nutsy head back to the flyer with Jacko, Bill, Jorge, Beryl and Cheryl but Bill tell his wife to the promise to never leave home again Blinky to starboard the wheel he see old friend Wombo on the old car to grabs the rope on the flyer Blinky, his parents and his friends all the way home to save Greenpatch.

Back at Greenpatch Cranklepot to tell other animals to bow to the new king, But Bill with his family and Blinky's friends with the fruit bombs Cranklepot saw Bill was alive know as William and William tells his son Blinky to ready to smashed the fruit bombs to him Blinky smiles at his father and they smashed him and Blinky smiles on the happy ending.

In the end-credits, Cranklepot swings a bilby but he try to escape but Jorge tells him "the kid said higher," and the bilbies, birds and joeys say "my turn," and Cranklepot groans. Setting the stages for Blinky Bill 2: Sir Claude's Revenge

Voice cast

Reception

Blinky Bill: The Movie was critically acclaimed, earning an 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences and fans of the original book and the animated series however gave mixed to negative reactions to the film.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australia Box Office for Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)". The Numbers. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Assemblage Delivers 'Blinky Bill the Movie'". Animation Magazine. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (17 July 2015). "'Blinky Bill' Reboot Set for 2016". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

External links

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