Crediet :
Directed by Wayne Thornley
Written by Andrew Cook
Raffaella Delle Donne
Anthony Silverston
Wayne Thornley
Produced by Mike Buckland
Stuart Forrest
James Middleton
Anthony Silverston
Starring
Jeremy Suarez
Abigail Breslin
Jeff Goldblum
Leonard Nimoy
Samuel L. Jackson
Cinematography Wayne Thornley
Edited by Michel Smit
Paul Speirs
Luke MacKay
Music by Bruce Retief
Production companies
Affirm Films
Cinema Management Group
Wonderful Works
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
120db Films
National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa
Triggerfish Animation Studios
Department of Trade & Industry of South Africa
Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment (English territories)
Cinema Management Group (International)
Release date
3 July 2012
Running time 82 minutes
Country South Africa
Language English
Budget 173 million ($20 million)
Box office $34.4 million
Music: https://youtu.be/zLk6mSwIcq8
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The story start with a blue falcon who name was Kai . Kai, a high-spirited falcon on the cusp of adulthood is bored and lonely living in a remote outpost in the Katungu grassland with only his strict father, Tendai, for company. Forbidden from venturing beyond the Katungu Boundary, his suspicions that there must be more to life are confirmed when a saddle-billed stork named Gogo and her co-pilot Tini the weaver bird & her recently newly hatched children crash land into his nest. From them, Kai learns that downriver is a bustling bird city called Zambezia with exciting opportunities for a talented flier such as himself, where Gogo & Tini are going. In an angry exchange with his father and an encounter with the marabou storks (whose species were left out of the founding of Zambezia) Cecil, the marabou’s leader, his brother Sill, and his cousin Morton who had been following Gogo & Tini on their route to Zambezia to eat Tini’s eggs, which led to Tendai accidentally killing Sill by getting him stuck on a branch & drowning him when the branch breaks, in a struggle to save Kai, Gogo, & Tini. Kai discovers that Tendai has known all along about Zambezia and has been there himself even after Gogo, Tini, & the marabous recognized him. Hurt and angry at his father’s betrayal & lies, Kai leaves Katungu and journeys downriver. The following night, Tendai then tries to follow Kai to apologize to him.
Arriving at the famed bird city – a majestic Baobab perched on the edge of Victoria Falls – Kai is amazed by the throngs of birds from all over the world who are busy preparing for the annual Spring Celebrations. He soon befriends a fast-talking nightjar called Ezee who knows how to enjoy the perks of community life and guides him through the city. Kai is bowled over when he meets Zoe, a beautiful and feisty kite who is the adopted daughter of Sekhuru, Zambezia’s founder and a wise old eagle. Unfortunately for him, Kai doesn’t make a good first impression when he accidentally ruins her Spring Celebration decorations. But he is thrilled when his skilful flying earns him a place on the Hurricanes, the elite defense patrol made up of the best fliers in Zambezia that Tendai used to be in, led by a fat lammergeier named Ajax.
Unbeknownst to him and the rest of the Zambezians, the marabou have joined forces with a ruthless rock monitor named Budzo and hatched a plan to take control of the island city. To make matters worse, Budzo had captured Tendai when he stumbled upon him while Tendai was trying to find Kai. Then they capture all of the weavers during the beginning of the Spring Celebration, including Tini & force them to make a bridge for Budzo to cross. Kai, Ezee & Zoe try to follow the Hurricanes on a reconnaissance mission the following night, where Ezee gets his back broken & ends up in the hospital, & they almost encounter the marabous & Budzo & learn of their plan, but the next day, it results in Kai getting kicked out of the Hurricanes, despising him, but at the same time, the marabous lure the Hurricanes into a trap.
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