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Animalympics

Animalympics

Comedy · Animation · Family · 1980

Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North America to the very long marathon race in humid conditions.

Movie details

Animalympics

“Presented by ZOO, the network that brings out the beast in sports!”

1980 Comedy · Animation · Family 1h 18m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North America to the very long marathon race in humid conditions.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Steven Lisberger

Written by

Steven Lisberger · John Norton · Michael Fremer · Roger Allers

Gilda Radner

Gilda Radner

Barbra Warblers / Brenda Springer / Cora Lee Perrier / Tatyana Tushenko / Dorrie Turnell / The Contessa (voice)

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

Rugs Turkell / Joey Gongolong / Art Antica (voice)

Harry Shearer

Harry Shearer

Keen Hacksaw / Mayor of Animal Olympic Island / Burnt Woody / Mark Spritz (voice)

M

Michael Fremer

Henry Hummel / René Fromage / Kit Mambo / Bolt Jenkins / Kurt Wuffner / Dean Wilson / Jackie Fuelit (voice)

Court is in session

Put Animalympics on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.