Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms
2008 animated film
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Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms (Danish: Disco ormene;[2] German: Sunshine Barry und die Discowürmer; also known as simply Disco Worms) is a 2008 animated musical comedy film directed by Thomas Borch Nielsen from a screenplay by Nielsen and Morten Dragsted.[2][3][4]
Morten Dragsted
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| Directed by | Thomas Borch Nielsen |
| Screenplay by | Thomas Borch Nielsen Morten Dragsted |
| Produced by | Nina Crone |
| Edited by | Kirsten Skytte |
| Music by | Jörg Lemberg |
Production companies | Crone Film Radar Film |
| Distributed by | Svensk Filmindustri |
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Running time | 75 minutes[1] |
| Countries | Denmark Germany |
| Languages | Danish German |
| Budget | $5,000,000 |
| Box office | $6,371,879 |
Premise
Voice cast
- Peter Frödin as Bjarne (Barry)
- Lars Hjortshøj as Niller
- Trine Dyrholm as Gloria
- Troels Lyby as Jimmy
- Helle Dolleris as Donna
- Birthe Neumann as Mor
- Peter Hesse Overgaard as Far
- Henning Jensen as Tonni Dennis
- Niels Anders Thorn as Justesen
- Olaf Nielsen as Naturspeaker
- Kim Hagen Jensen as Promotor
- Tonni Zinck as Skolopender
- Casper Byriel Svane as Flue
- Kirsten Skytte and Margit Rosenaa as Døgnflue
- Fedor Bondarchuk as Tonni Dennis
- Denis Hückel as Käfer
- Olavi Uusivirta as Aaro[2]
Production
In total, production lasted 16 months on a budget of $5 million. According to Nielsen, the character designs and script took a year to complete. The film also faced difficulty with finding financing, which inevitably took 8 months to find.[5]
Release
The film was released in Danish theatres on 10 October 2008, and opened with $225,324 for a total of $1,936,776. In Germany, the film was released on 29 October 2009, and grossed $33,604. The worldwide gross for Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms was $6,371,879.[6]
Critically, the film received generally average to negative reviews.[1][4][7]