Hugo the Hippo
Hugo the Hippo film poster
Directed by	William Feigenbaum József Gémes
Produced by	Robert Halmi Jr.
Written by	Thomas Baum William Feigenbaum József Szalóky
Starring	Burl Ives Robert Morley Paul Lynde Jesse Emmett Ronnie Cox
Music by	Burt Keyes Robert Larimer
Editing by	Sid Cooper Magda Hap Mária Kern
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox
Release date(s)	1975
Running time	86 min./USA 75 min.
Country	Hungary / United States
Language	English / Hungarian
IMDb profile

Hugo the Hippo (known as Hugó, a víziló in Hungarian) is a 1975 animated film originally made by the Pannónia Filmstúdió of Hungary. It was redubbed in English for release in the United States in 1976, and received a G rating from the MPAA. Image File history File links Hugothehippo. ... Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (14 June 1909 – 14 April 1995) was an acclaimed American folk music singer, author, and actor. ... Robert Morley Robert Morley (May 26, 1908 - June 3, 1992) was a British actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment. ... Paul Lynde Paul Edward Lynde (June 13, 1926 – January 10, 1982) was an American comedian and actor. ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... // January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of drawings or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... Pannónia Filmstúdió is the biggest animation studio in Hungary. ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ...

Cast and crew

• Directors - William Feigenbaum and József Gémes

• Screenplay - Thomas Baum, William Feigenbaum and József Szalóky

English-language cast

• Burl Ives - Narrator (voice)
• Robert Morley - Sultan (voice)
• Paul Lynde - Aban-Khan (voice)
• Jesse Emmett - Royal Magician (voice)
• Ronnie Cox - Jorma (voice)
• Percy Rodriguez - Jorma's Father (voice)
• Len Maxwell - Judge (voice)
• Marie Osmond - (singing voice)
• Jimmy Osmond - (singing voice)
• Don Marshall - Additional characters (voice)

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Hungarian-language cast

• Ferenc Bessenyei - Narrator (voice)
• László Márkus - Sultan (voice)
• Tamás Major - Aban-Khan (voice)
• Gábor Berkes - Jorma (voice)
• István Bujtor - Jorma's Father (voice)
• Kati Kovács - (singing voice)
• Erzsébet Kútvölgyi - (singing voice)
• Péter Máté - (singing voice)

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Synopsis

The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him. In an attempt to fix the problem, he brings twelve hippos into the harbor to keep the sharks away. His idea works well enough, but once the hippos are no longer a novelty and the people no longer feed them, they begin to starve. After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo. Hugo escapes into the city of Zanzibar, trying to survive.

Home video/DVD releases

The film was briefly released to the American home video market in the early 1980s. It was released on DVD only in Hungary. Reviewer Phil Hall suggests that Hugo the Hippo may never get a DVD release due to its psychedelic, weird, politically-incorrect and violent content.^[1] Political correctness is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to avoid offense. ...

References

1. ^ Hall, Phil. "The Bootleg Files: Hugo the Hippo." Filmthreat.com, February 11, 2005. Retrieved November 9, 2006.

External links

• Hugo the Hippo at the Internet Movie Database
• Hugo the Hippo at All Movie Guide
• Hugo the Hippo at Rotten Tomatoes