Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui
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Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui , also known as Mampato: The Movie (Spanish: Mampato: La Película) is a feature-length Chile
an animated film, created by Cine Animadores
and executive produced by Elastic Studios, released June 27, 2002
. Although the film
isn't the first animated feature made in Chile, being the second after Alfredo Serey's 1921 film La Trasmisión del Mando Presidencial (The Transmission of Presidential Control), it is considered the country's first "modern" animated film. The movie is based on the Chilean comics
character Mampato created in 1971 for the magazine of the same name by Themo Lobos
and Eduardo Armstrong, and later reprinted as the comic-book Cucalón
, the story for the film being adapted from the seventh adventure in the series: "Mata-ki-te-rangui".
, Mampato, a young boy with a belt device that allows time-travel
, goes with his caveman friend Ogú to the ancient land of pre-columbian
Rapa Nui. There they meet a little girl named Marama and discover the old traditions of the natives.
Involuntarily, the protagonists get involved in the conflicts and rivalries of the island
's inhabitants, where the ariki
people subjugate the Orejas Cortas, Marama's tribe.
, the most popular and acclaimed comic strip from Chile. Cine Animadores
, an emerging animation studio
, chose Mampato to be made into the first feature-length animated film in Chilean history since the 1920s
. Starting production in 1999, director Alejandro Rojas made a treatment with Themo Lobos and selected the seventh story rather than the first one, because it was based on Easter Island, a world-renowned location (with its famous Moai
s) best suited for a strong Latin America
n advertising campaign and as a means to generate non-Chilean interest.
Although the film was completely produced and animated in Chile, the voice acting
was made in Mexico
with recognizable voice actors like Mario Castañeda
and Alondra Hidalgo. This was an attempt to achieve a neutral Spanish accent, but the choice was criticized in Chile for it reduced the Chilean feel of the original material (although the Mexican voice actors did get to say some Chilean Spanish
slang words).
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an animated film, created by Cine Animadores
Cine Animadores
Cine Animadores is a Chilean animation film studio. One of the few full-based animation studios in the country and Latin America, Cine Animadores worked in his first years with TV commercials and later in the final years of the 90's they started to work on music videos, animated TV series, Flash...
and executive produced by Elastic Studios, released June 27, 2002
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
. Although the film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
isn't the first animated feature made in Chile, being the second after Alfredo Serey's 1921 film La Trasmisión del Mando Presidencial (The Transmission of Presidential Control), it is considered the country's first "modern" animated film. The movie is based on the Chilean comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
character Mampato created in 1971 for the magazine of the same name by Themo Lobos
Themo Lobos
Themístocles Nazario Lobos Aguirre , better known as Themo Lobos, is a Chilean comic strip, comic book writer and artist. He is the creator of characters such as Máximo Chambónez, Ferrilo, Nick Obre, and Alaraco, but his most famous work is Mampato, a character first developed, briefly, by Eduardo...
and Eduardo Armstrong, and later reprinted as the comic-book Cucalón
Cucalón (comic strip)
Cucalón is a Chilean comic book created by Themo Lobos, containing complete Mampato adventures , as well as other characters and stories....
, the story for the film being adapted from the seventh adventure in the series: "Mata-ki-te-rangui".
Plot
Excited by the stories he knows about Easter IslandEaster Island
Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people...
, Mampato, a young boy with a belt device that allows time-travel
Time travel in fiction
Time travel is a common theme in science fiction and is depicted in a variety of media. It simply means either going forward in time or backward, to experience the future, or the past.-Literature:...
, goes with his caveman friend Ogú to the ancient land of pre-columbian
Pre-Columbian
The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during...
Rapa Nui. There they meet a little girl named Marama and discover the old traditions of the natives.
Involuntarily, the protagonists get involved in the conflicts and rivalries of the island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
's inhabitants, where the ariki
Ariki
An Ariki , ‘Ariki , Aliki , Ali‘i , Ari'i or ‘Eiki is or was a member of a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.-Aotearoa Ariki:Political leadership or governance in Māori society has traditionally come from two...
people subjugate the Orejas Cortas, Marama's tribe.
Production
Mampato is, with CondoritoCondorito
Condorito is a comic strip that features an anthropomorphic condor living in a fictitious town named Pelotillehue — a typical small Chilean provincial town. He is meant to be a representation of the Latin American people....
, the most popular and acclaimed comic strip from Chile. Cine Animadores
Cine Animadores
Cine Animadores is a Chilean animation film studio. One of the few full-based animation studios in the country and Latin America, Cine Animadores worked in his first years with TV commercials and later in the final years of the 90's they started to work on music videos, animated TV series, Flash...
, an emerging animation studio
Animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals of the media produced...
, chose Mampato to be made into the first feature-length animated film in Chilean history since the 1920s
1920s
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. Starting production in 1999, director Alejandro Rojas made a treatment with Themo Lobos and selected the seventh story rather than the first one, because it was based on Easter Island, a world-renowned location (with its famous Moai
Moai
Moai , or mo‘ai, are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Chilean Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the...
s) best suited for a strong Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n advertising campaign and as a means to generate non-Chilean interest.
Although the film was completely produced and animated in Chile, the voice acting
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
was made in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
with recognizable voice actors like Mario Castañeda
Mario Castañeda
Mario Castañeda is a Mexican voice actor and dubbing director. When he was very young, his parents moved to Mexico City where he resides currently...
and Alondra Hidalgo. This was an attempt to achieve a neutral Spanish accent, but the choice was criticized in Chile for it reduced the Chilean feel of the original material (although the Mexican voice actors did get to say some Chilean Spanish
Chilean Spanish
Chilean Spanish is the variety of Spanish spoken in most of Chile. Though still entirely mutually intelligible with standard Spanish, Chilean Spanish has distinctive pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and slang usage...
slang words).
Reception
The film got very good to decent reviews by critics and was Chile's submission to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002.See also
- Papelucho and the MartianPapelucho and the MartianPapelucho and the Martian is a feature-length Chilean animated film, created by Cine Animadores and Canal 13 Films, released in 17 May, 2007....
: The second Cine Animadores film, based on PapeluchoPapeluchoPapelucho is the main character in a series of children books created by Chilean writer Marcela Paz. Twelve books were published between 1947 and 1974. They became a classic among books for children in Chile....
books.