The Legend of the North Wind

The Legend of the North Wind
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarlos Varela
Maite Ruiz de Austri
(originally credited directors)
Juan Bautista Berasategi
(original director, uncredited)
Written byGregorio Muro
Carlos Varela
Maite Ruiz de Austri
Joxan Muñoz
Produced byIñigo Silva
Mikel Arregi
Santi Uriarte
StarringEnglish language voice cast:
Sonja Ball
Daniel Brochu
A.J. Henderson
Rick Jones
Terrence Scammell
CinematographyEduardo Elósegi
Edited byJosé Salcedo
Music byAlejandro Massó
Production
companies
Episa and Euskal Pictures International
Distributed byNelvana
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
69 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguagesBasque
Spanish

The Legend of the North Wind is a 1992 Spanish animated fantasy film directed by Juan Bautista Berasategi (originally credited to Maite Ruiz de Austri and Carlos Varela). It was based upon a story by Gregorio Muro and Josean Muñoz, and produced by Episa along Euskal Pictures International.

It was produced in the Spain under the working title of Balleneros (Basque title: Balearenak), until being released in 1992 as La leyenda del viento del Norte (EU Spanish), La légende du vent du nord (French), and Ipar haizearen erronka (Basque).

Production

Initially, the released film was credited to Maite Ruiz de Austri and Carlos Varela, but Berasategi sued the producers for plagiarism, charging that the majority of the film was developed under his direction, and that Ruiz de Austri and Varela had received undue credit for what was actually his work. While paying royalties, Berasategi eventually won the case, and received legal recognition as the film's director. This is reflected on more recent releases of the film, in which the original director credit is replaced with a new credit for Berasategi.

An English-dubbed version was released in North America as a direct-to-video release by Plaza Entertainment and Canada-based Nelvana in 1997, in which the film was not released until five years later.[1]

The EU Spanish release was followed by a 13-episode TV series,[2] and a 1994 sequel called El regreso del Viento del Norte, or The Return of the North Wind.

Synopsis

To get his hands on a valuable mob of whales, a 17th-century European daredevil in Newfoundland foolishly attempts to release the powers of the mythical North Wind, who was trapped in a pot thanks to a shared effort by Basque sailors and Mi'kmaq tribes. Later, the descendant of those tribes, Watuna, and the descendants of those Basque sailors, Ane and Peiot, must defeat the evil Athanasius until he achieves his purpose.

Voice cast

References

  1. ↑ "The Whale-Watching-Web: Cetacean Videography--Films, Videos, Visual CDS, DVDS, Television Programs, Computers Games, Online Clips". Archived from the original on 5 November 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
  2. ↑ "Sales of programmes". www.eitb.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2004.
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