Mr. Popper's penguins

Resource Information

The work Mr. Popper's penguins represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Mr. Popper's penguins

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox [and Dune Entertainment] presents ; a Davis Entertainment Company production ; a Mark Waters film ; screenplay by Sean Anders & John Morris and Jared Stern ; produced by John Davis ; directed by Mark Waters

Title variation

Mister Popper's penguins

Creator

• Mr. Popper's penguins (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Gregg, Clark, 1962-
• Gugino, Carla, 1971-
• Hall, Philip Baker, 1931-
• Tuchinsky, Jessica
• Tupper, James, 1965-
• Krumholtz, David, 1978-
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-
• Lovibond, Ophelia, 1986-
• Mitchell, William Charles
• Waters, Mark S., 1964-
• Dune Entertainment
• Atwater, Richard
• Carrey, Jim, 1962-
• Morris, John, 1969-
• Stern, Jared, 1975-
• Carroll, Madeline, 1996-
• Chianese, Dominic, 1931-
• Davis Entertainment Company
• Cotton, Maxwell Perry, 2000-
• Dauchy, Derek
• Anders, Sean, 1969-
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Davis, John, (John Andrew), 1954-
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Gotler, Joel
• Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944-

Actor

• Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944-
• Carrey, Jim, 1962-
• Carroll, Madeline, 1996-
• Chianese, Dominic, 1931-
• Cotton, Maxwell Perry, 2000-
• Gregg, Clark, 1962-
• Gugino, Carla, 1971-
• Hall, Philip Baker, 1931-
• Krumholtz, David, 1978-
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-
• Lovibond, Ophelia, 1986-
• Mitchell, William Charles
• Tupper, James, 1965-

Screenwriter

• Morris, John, 1969-
• Stern, Jared, 1975-
• Anders, Sean, 1969-

Director

• Waters, Mark S., 1964-

Producer

• Dauchy, Derek
• Davis, John, (John Andrew), 1954-
• Gotler, Joel
• Tuchinsky, Jessica
• Waters, Mark S., 1964-

Subject

• Hombres -- Teatro
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Men -- Conduct of life -- Drama
• New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Pingüinos -- Teatro
• Penguins -- Drama
• American fiction -- Film adaptations
• Businessmen -- Drama
• City and town life -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Divorced parents -- Drama
• Empresas comerciales -- Teatro
• Families -- Drama

Genre

• Teatro
• Film adaptations
• Drama
• Fiction

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Mr. Popper's Penguins is the story of a boy whose explorer father loves him but neglects him in favor of his career. Once the boy grows to sharkish real-estate wheeler-dealer manhood in NYC, he does the same thing to his wife, daughter, and son. Promised a partner position in his real-estate firm, he woos a reluctant seller to part with the Tavern on the Green. Life is going fine until his dad's final gift to him arrives. Then Mr. Popper's life changes radically, because the gift is penguins--live, breathing, fish-loving penguins. Mr. Popper, at first vexed and then beguiled by the creatures, tries to deal with them, his job, his children, his ex-wife, a nosy neighbor, an officious zoo guy, and the state of his soul

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Florian Ballhaus ; production designer, Stuart Wurtzel ; film editor, Bruce Green ; music composed and conducted by by Rolfe Kent ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; executive producers, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Derek Dauchy, Joel Gotler

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Rated PG for mild rude humor and some language; Canadian Home Video rating: Rated G

Language note

In English, English DVS [descriptive video service] for the visually impaired, dubbed Spanish or French with optional subtitles in English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing) or Spanish; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.M72 2011

PerformerNote

Jim Carrey (Mr. Popper), Carla Gugino (Amanda), Ophelia Lovibond (Pippi), Madeleine Carroll (Janie), Clark Gregg (Nat Jones), Jeffrey Tambor (Mr. Gremmins), David Krumholtz (Kent), Phillip Baker Hall (Franklin), Angela Lansbury (Mrs. Van Gundy), Maxwell Perry Cotton (Billy), James Tupper (Rick), Dominic Chianese (Reader), William C. Mitchell (Yates)

Runtime

94

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action