Help! I'm a Fish ( Hjælp, jeg er en fisk ) ( Hilfe! Ich bin ein Fisch )

Help! I'm a Fish (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: Hjælp, jeg er en fisk
Alternate Title: Hilfe! Ich bin ein Fisch
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
77 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Featurette
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Ireland ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Stefan Fjeldmark
Michael Hegner

Written By:
Tracy J. Brown
Stefan Fjeldmark

Actors:
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen ..... Joe
Alan Rickman ..... Joe
Terry Jones ..... Professor MacKrill (voice)
Søren Sætter-Lassen ..... Professor Mac Krell (voice)
Morten Kerrn Nielsen ..... Plum (voice)
Sebastian Jessen ..... Svip (voice)
Pil Neja ..... Stella (voice)
Louise Fribo ..... Sasha (voice)
Ulf Pilgaard ..... Krabben (voice)
Dick Kaysø ..... Hajen (voice)
Paprika Steen ..... Moderen (voice)
Ghita Nørby ..... Tante Anna / Ålen (voice)
Zlatko Buric ..... Buschauffør (voice)
Martin Brygmann ..... Fladfisken (voice)
Peter Gantzler ..... Faderen (voice)

Synopsis:

The three children Fly, Stella and Chuck set off on a fishing trip, but get into deep trouble when they wind up in cranky Professor Mac Krill's mysterious laboratory. The professor is working on a potion that will make it possible for humans to live under water, as he expects an impending submerging of the continents. Fly's little sister Stella accidentally drinks the potion, is transformed into a starfish and finds herself on the bottom of the sea. The two boys now have to follow after Stella, Fly in the form of a fish and Chuck as a jellyfish. They have exactly 48 hours to find Fly's sister and the antidote - or else they will remain fish forever. The three fish-children are hurled into amusing and thrilling adventures, and Stella gets a close girlfriend in the seahorse Sasha. The story meanwhile takes a dramatic turn when the pilot fish Joe, who has spent all his life as a "shark's toothbrush", gets his fins on the antidote...

Three kids are accidentally sent on the underwater adventure of a lifetime in this animated story for the whole family. Five-year-old Stella and her 13-year-old brother Fly are dropped off to spend the afternoon with their Aunt Anna and her son, an overweight computer geek named Chuck. Fry, Stella, and Chuck soon tire of Aunt Anna, and they sneak out to go fishing. When the tide suddenly comes in, the kids have trouble finding their way home, and they end up in the lab of a benignly mad scientist who is convinced global warming will soon cause the polar ice caps to melt. With this in mind, the scientist has come up with a formula that will turn people into fish so that they will be able to survive in the new, waterlogged environment. Stella accidentally samples the special potion, and is turned into a fish and accidentally released into the ocean. Realizing what's happened, Fly and Chuck also sample the formula, and hit the waters with the antidote in tow to save Stella. However, as they look for their newly fishy relative, Fly and Chuck encounter Joe, a mean-spirited fish with delusions of grandeur. When Joe gets a taste of the antidote to the fish transformation serum, he gains the accelerated logic and intelligence of a human being, and begins hatching a plan by which he will take control of the oceans -- and then the world. Gloups! Je Suis Un Poisson was produced by a Danish creative team, and animated by talent from Denmark and Germany; the film's original Danish title was Haelp, Jeg Er En Fisk, while the film was screened in Europe in versions dubbed into French or German. An English language edition was prepared, with Alan Rickman and Terry Jones highlighting the voice cast.

Three children accidentally get turned into fish after drinking a potion made by an eccentric scientist. The kids end up in the sea, with one problem. They must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours, or forever remain as fish.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 10 May, 2009.