Harvie and the Magic Museum
| Harvie and the Magic Museum | |
|---|---|
 Czech theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Martin Kotík, Inna Evlannikova |
| Written by | Jesper Møller Petr Nepovim Miki Kirschner Dan Harder[1] |
| Produced by | Sergey Zernov Vadim Sotskov Martin Kotik |
| Edited by | Karel Coma Martin Kotík |
| Music by | Jiří Škorpík |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | CinemArt (Czech Republic) MVK (Russia) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 minutes[3] |
| Countries | Czech Republic Russia Belgium |
| Language | Czech |
| Budget | 170,000,000 CZK ($8,000,000)[4] |
| Box office | $2.1 million[5] |
Harvie and the Magic Museum (Czech: Hurvínek a kouzelné muzeum, Russian: Гурвинек: Волшебная игра, lit. 'Gurvinek: The Magic Game') is a 2017 3D animated comedy fantasy film[6] based on the Czech Spejbl and Hurvínek puppet comedy duo.[1][7]
Plot
Years ago, Bastor, a puppet master, accompanied with three of his puppet companions, Brainy, Grumpy, and Dimwit, uses a magic disk to transform himself into a wooden puppet.
In the present, Harvie Spejbl is a young boy who lives with his father, Joseph, and lives with his neighbor, Monica. One day, while witnessing his father's puppet museum being demolished, he accidentally causes a massive hole to form that drops him and Monica into a cave filled with puppets, where he discovers the magic disk and uses it to open an entrance to the puppet museum, where they enter. Inside, they meet Brainy, Grumpy, and Dimwit, who explains that Bastor got his heart consumed with the disk, and the three imprisoned him ever since.
Before Harvie can place the disk in a pedestal located up high in the museum, Joseph arrives, and Harvie tries to explain to Joseph about the disk to no avail, which leads to Joseph to lose faith in Harvey. Harvie successfully places the disk into the pedestal, and the group enters a secret room dubbed the "Hall of Fame", filled with puppet masters, where Harvie is recognized as a puppet master. Harvie pushes a button located underneath the disk, unknowingly freeing Bastor. Bastor acquires the disk and begins to transform everything in the world into puppets, while Harvie and Monica flee into a lab. Inside, he tearfully confesses his mistakes to her. The two escape the lab, but Bastor knocks Harvie off the museum, being rescued by Joseph.
Realizing that the disk is where Bastor's heart is located at, Harvie defeats Bastor by placing the disk onto its respective place, causing Bastor to fade, and restoring the entire world. Harvie apologies to Joseph about the mess. The following day, the museum is reopened as a magic puppet museum in honor of the Spejbl's.
Cast
| Character | Czech | English |
|---|---|---|
| Harvie Spejbl | Martin Klásek | Cecelia Davis |
| Joseph Spejbl | Mike Pollock | |
| Grumpy | Ota Jirák | Brian Anthony Wilson |
| Monica | Helena Štáchová | Sarah Natochenny |
| Katarina Hovorková | Grace Gonglewski | |
| Brainy | Vilém Udatný | Marc Thompson |
| Bastor | Jan Vondráček | Tyler Bunch |
| The Devils | Martin Dejdar and Jiří Lábus | Abe Goldfarb |
| Mr. Mayor | Libor Terš | Scott Greer |
| Dimwit | Vilém Udatný | Billy Bob Thompson |
| Mrs. Titmouse | ? | Sondra James |
| Mrs. Siskin | ? | Billy Bob Thompson |
| Construction Workers | ? | Tyler Bunch |
| Teacher | ? | Abe Goldfarb |
Production
Production for the film lasted seven years.[2] With a budget of 170,000,000 CZK ($8,000,000), it was the fifth most expensive Czech film at the time of its release, and the most expensive animated Czech film.[4]
Release and reception
The film was released in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 31 August 2017, and had a worldwide gross of $2,079,037.[5] In the Czech Republic, it opened with $354,048 for a total gross of $1,007,954; in Slovakia, it opened with $2,265 for a total of $61,859.[5] The film was released in Russia on 7 March 2019.[8] It was boycotted by the Association of Cinema Owners and three other networks due to the lobbying of the film by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.[9] Because of this, the film was a box office bomb, grossing $235,105 in its opening weekend for a total gross of $468,680.[5]
The film received generally negative reviews from critics.[7][10]
The UK and Irish DVD release markets the film as a Halloween movie.
See also
References
- 1 2 Harvie and the Magic Museum (Hurvínek a kouzelné muzeum) at Cineuropa – the best of European cinema. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- 1 2 FNE Staff (1 June 2018) FNE at Zlin IFF: Planet Nemo Animation Picks up Harvie and the Magic Museum. Film New Europe. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ↑ "Harvie And The Magic Museum (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- 1 2 Animovaný Hurvínek porazil Svěrákovo Po strništi bos, 4 September 2017. (in Czech). Týden. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 Harvie and the Magic Museum at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Amazon. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ↑ Nový Hurvínek je na Facebooku Archived 2022-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, 6 February 2016. (in Czech). Association of Czech Animation Film. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- 1 2 Harvie and the Magic Museum at Common Sense Media. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ↑ Старт показа мультфильма «Королевский корги» сдвинули из-за российского «Гурвинека», 7 March 2019. (in Russian). Snob.ru. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ↑ Мультфильм «Гурвинек» провалился в прокате из-за бойкота кинотеатров Archived 2019-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, 11 March 2019. (in Russian). Meduza. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ↑ Clarke, Cath (15 March 2019) Harvie and the Magic Museum review – lacklustre animation. The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2021.