Ferdinand (film)
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| Directed by | Carlos Saldanha |
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| Based on | The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Robert Lawson |
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| Music by | John Powell |
| Cinematography | Renato Falcão |
| Edited by | Harry Hitner |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox[1] |
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Running time
| 108 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States[3] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $111 million[4] |
| Box office | $77.4 million[4] |
Ferdinand is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Blue Sky Studios, Davis Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Animation. The film was based on Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson's children's book The Story of Ferdinand, written by Robert L. Baird, Tim Federle and Brad Copeland and directed by Carlos Saldanha. The film features the voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Anthony Anderson, Bobby Cannavale, Peyton Manning, Gina Rodriguez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre and David Tennant. The story, written by Ron Burch, David Kidd and Don Rhymer, follows a gentle pacifist bull named Ferdinand who refuses to participate in bullfighting but is forced back into the arena where his beliefs are challenged by being faced off against the world's greatest bullfighter.
Ferdinand premiered on December 10, 2017, in Los Angeles and was theatrically released in the United States on December 15, 2017, in 3D and 2D by 20th Century Fox. It has grossed $77 million worldwide against a production budget of $111 million.[5][6] The film received generally positive reviews from critics who particularly praised John Cena's vocal performance and also received nominations for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song ("Home") at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.[7]
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[hide]Plot[edit]
In Spain, a bullfight training area called Casa del Toro harbors a bull calf named Ferdinand (Colin H. Murphy), who is ridiculed by his fellow bulls for being non-confrontational and his tendency to smell and protect flowers. A saddened Ferdinand runs away from Casa del Toro after his dad Raf (Jeremy Sisto) fails to return after coming back from a bullfight he was picked for and a flower he was fond of was smashed. He eventually winds up at a florist's farm and is adopted by the owner Juan (Juanes), his dog Paco (Jerrod Carmichael), and his daughter, Nina (Lily Day), with whom he shares a bond.
When Ferdinand (John Cena) eventually grows up, he still retains his non-violent, flower-loving nature. Due to his size, he is left behind when Juan, Nina, and Paco go to Ronda for an annual flower festival. Ferdinand decides to go anyway, resulting in him getting stung by a bee and unintentionally wreaking havoc around town and is taken away back to Casa Del Toro, much to Nina’s sadness. Once back there, he finds that Bones (Anthony Anderson), Guapo (Peyton Manning), and Valiente (Bobby Cannavale), his fellow bulls from when he was a kid, have also grown up, and have been joined by a Scottish bull named Angus (David Tennant) and a silent but intimidating bull named Maquina (Tim Nordquist). Ferdinand is still disrespected by the bulls, but manages to befriend a crazy goat named Lupe (Kate McKinnon) who wants to be his coach in bullfighting despite his lack of interest and three hedgehogs named Una (Gina Rodriguez), Dos (Daveed Diggs), and Cuatro (Gabriel Iglesias) who frequently invade Casa del Toro.
One day, a legendary but egotistical bullfighter named El Primero (Miguel Ángel Silvestre) arrives at Casa del Toro to choose a bull he most admires to fight with so he can retire. When the bulls fail to impress him on the first try, Guapo is suddenly taken to a nearby slaughterhouse and the other bulls tell Ferdinand that it will be their fate once El Primero chooses a bull to fight. Although Ferdinand manages to earn the respect of the other bulls except Valiente after a dance-off with three German horses, they still hold on to the belief that fighting is the only way for them to live. Ferdinand manages to convince Lupe to come back with him to Nina's farm and the hedgehogs help them escape but when Ferdinand is close to freedom, he sees his dad's picture on a wall with his horns mounted on a wall, along with dozens of other horns, making Ferdinand realize that the bull who is chosen to fight will be slain by the matador.
Ferdinand tells the other bulls about how they will still be killed even after they're chosen to fight, but Valiente is the only one unconvinced and charges Ferdinand outside where Ferdinand inadvertently beats him in a fight and knocks off his right horn. El Primero witnesses the scuffle and chooses Ferdinand to fight after seeing him defeat Valiente. When Valiente is taken to the slaughterhouse, Ferdinand rallies up the remaining bulls to escape but goes to the slaughterhouse to break out Valiente. He is at first unwilling as he believes that the slaughterhouse is his fate now, but they discover that Guapo is still alive, and Ferdinand questions Valiente's courage.
When Ferdinand tries to save Guapo, he accidentally activates a series of deadly contraptions but, with the help of a now-friendlier Valiente, escapes the slaughterhouse and the bulls, Lupe, and hedgehogs steal the training area's company truck to escape, resulting in the head of the area, Moreno (Raúl Esparza), and his employees to chase them after El Primero threatens them.
The animals try desperately to lose the humans and wind up at Atocha train station in Madrid that Ferdinand sees is his ticket back to Nina. When the bulls push a small railroad cart to catch the train back to Nina's home, Ferdinand sacrifices himself so the other bulls can escape (except for Lupe, who stays behind in shock after Ferdinand's act) and is captured by Moreno and his employees. When news of Ferdinand's upcoming fight with El Primero makes its way to Nina's home, she and Juan set out to Madrid to find and retrieve Ferdinand.
At Las Ventas bullfight arena, Lupe tries to urge Ferdinand that he must fight in order to survive, but Ferdinand is silently unsure. When Ferdinand is released into the bullfight ring, he gives out a feeble performance with his pacifistic nature and accidentally causes El Primero to fly into the bull pen. El Primero angrily tries to attack Ferdinand with two banderillas and in the process, strikes Ferdinand in the shoulder, who almost retaliates against the matador, but sees a carnation underneath his hoof and sees that he's being the fighter he was unwilling to be and lets El Primero live. Regardless, El Primero tries to slay him to finish the fight, but upon seeing Ferdinand resigning himself to it and the crowd, moved by his gentle nature, wanting him to live, he refuses to kill him and leaves with dignity. Ferdinand is reunited with Nina, who embraces him and everyone throws carnations to the ring to praise the bull. The other bulls finally arrive too late to save Ferdinand, but instead witness Ferdinand making history as the first bull to ever make it out of a bullfight alive by being himself.
In the end, Ferdinand returns home with Nina, Juan, and Paco and Moreno allows his fellow bulls, the hedgehogs, the Bunny and Lupe move into the farm with him. The film ends with Ferdinand, Lupe, and their bull friends watching the sunset over Ronda from a field of flowers.
In a brief mid-credits scene, the hedgehogs are confronted by Tres who is revealed to have been alive the whole time, which shocks the other hedgehogs and Cuatro faints in response.
Cast[edit]
- John Cena as Ferdinand the Bull[8]
- Colin H. Murphy voices a calf Ferdinand.
- Kate McKinnon as Lupe, an old goat[8]
- Anthony Anderson as Bones, a bull[8]
- Nile Diaz voices a calf Bones
- Bobby Cannavale as Valiente, a bull.
- Jack Gore voices a calf Valiente.
- Cannavale also voices Valiente's father.
- Peyton Manning as Guapo, a bull[9]
- Jet Jurgensmeyer voices a calf Guapo
- Gina Rodriguez as Una, a hedgehog[8]
- Miguel Ángel Silvestre as El Primero, a matador[8]
- David Tennant as Angus, a Scottish Highland bull from Scotland.[10]
- Tim Nordquist as Maquina, a cloned Belted Galloway bull
- Daveed Diggs as Dos, a hedgehog[8][11]
- Gabriel Iglesias as Cuatro, a hedgehog[12][8][13]
- Flula Borg as Hans, a horse[8]
- Boris Kodjoe as Klaus, a horse[8]
- Sally Phillips as Greta, a horse[8]
- Jerrod Carmichael as Paco, a dog[8]
- Lily Day as Nina, the original owner of Ferdinand and Paco.
- Julia Scarpa Saldanha voices a young Nina.
- Juanes as Juan, the father of Nina.[9]
- Jeremy Sisto as Raf, Ferdinand's father.
- Karla Martínez as Isabella, a village mother.[8]
- Raúl Esparza as Moreno[8]
- Belita Moreno as Shopkeeper
Production[edit]
In 2011, it was reported that 20th Century Fox Animation had acquired the rights to the children's book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf to adapt it into a computer-animated feature film with Carlos Saldanha attached to direct it.[14] In May 2013, Fox titled the film simply Ferdinand, which would be produced by Blue Sky Studios.[15] John Powell, a frequent collaborator with Saldanha, would be composing the film's score.[16] In November 2016, it was reported that Gabriel Iglesias would voice a character named Cuatro, a hedgehog.[12]
Soundtrack[edit]
| Ferdinand (Music from the Motion Picture) | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | December 1, 2017 |
| Genre | Pop, Latin pop |
| Label | Island Records |
| Producer | John Powell |
On September 19, 2017 it was announced that singer Nick Jonas wrote and recorded a song called "Home" for the movie. It was featured in the third trailer released in the next day and will also appear in the movie and end credits.[17] It was released as the first promotional single of the soundtrack on October 20, 2017.[18] A Second song by Nick Jonas named "Watch Me" was released alongside the film's EP on December 1.[19]
Track listing[edit]
The soundtrack features three original tracks: "Home" and "Watch Me" by Nick Jonas, and "Lay Your Head On Me" by Juanes.[19][20]
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Home" | Nick Jonas | 3:00 |
| 2. | "Lay Your Head On Me" | Juanes | 3:16 |
| 3. | "Watch Me" | Nick Jonas | 2:26 |
| 4. | "Freedom" | Pitbull | 2:54 |
| 5. | "Macarena" | Los del Rio | 4:09 |
| 6. | "Home (Film Version)" | Nick Jonas | 2:48 |
| Total length: | 18:55 | ||
Original Motion Picture Score is composed by John Powell, additional music by Batu Sener, Anthony Willis and Paul Mounsey. The album was released on December 15, 2017.
Release[edit]
In May 2013, Fox scheduled the film for April 7, 2017 release.[15] In February 2016, the release date was pushed back from its original release date of April 7, 2017 to July 21, 2017.[21] In August 2016, the release date was again pushed back, this time from July 21, 2017 to December 22, 2017, taking over the release date of DreamWorks Animation's The Croods 2,[22] before that film was temporarily cancelled.[23] In February 2017, the film was moved up by one week from December 22, 2017 to December 15, 2017.[5] The first trailer premiered on March 28, 2017,[24] followed by the second trailer on June 14, 2017.[25]
Box office[edit]
As of December 29, 2017, Ferdinand has grossed $46.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $30.7 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $77.4 million, against a production budget of $111 million.[4]
In the United States and Canada, Ferdinand was released alongside Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and was projected to gross $15–20 million from 3,621 theaters in its opening weekend.[26] It made $350,000 from Thursday night previews at 2,385 theaters, which began at 5 P.M. and $3.6 million on its first day. It went on to open to $13.3 million, finishing second behind The Last Jedi.[27]
Critical response[edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73% based on 91 reviews and an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ferdinand's colorful update on a classic tale doesn't go anywhere unexpected, but its timeless themes – and John Cena's engaging voice work in the title role – make for family-friendly fun."[28] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[29] Audience polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[27]
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