The film has several extended swashbuckling fight scenes, with martial arts performances by the cast mixed in, making it unusual for a historical drama. The special effects for the creature are a combination of computer generated imagery , as well as puppetry and animatronics designed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
The film received generally positive critical reviews, highlighting its high production values, cinematography, performances and Gans' atmospheric direction. During the French Revolution , Marquis d'Apcher writes his memoirs in his castle.
Fronsac is also intrigued by Sylvia, an Italian courtesan at the local brothel. While investigating another victim, Fronsac finds a fang made of steel. A traumatized child witness swears that the beast is controlled by what seems to be a human master.
As the investigation proves unfruitful, the king's weapons master, Lord de Beauterne , arrives to put an end to the beast. However, he instead kills an ordinary wolf and tells Fronsac to taxidermy the corpse so it resembles the monster. Fronsac hesitantly does so, and the bogus wolf is sent back to Paris. Fronsac realizes that the beast is actually an instrument of a secret society: The Brotherhood of the Wolf, which is working to undermine public confidence in the king and ultimately take over the country.
Fronsac is told that "officially" the beast is dead, warned to stay silent, and bribed with a ship to Senegal.
At a secret rendezvous with Marianne, they are attacked by the beast, where it mysteriously refrains from attacking her. Fronsac, Mani, and a young Marquis set out into the forest and set up an array of traps to capture the beast; it is severely injured but escapes. Mani sets off alone in pursuit, where he finds a catacomb used as the beast's holding pen, inhabited by the Brotherhood.
Outnumbered, Mani is shot and killed. In a fit of rage, a vengeful Fronsac goes to the catacombs and slaughters many members, but is overpowered by the local authorities and imprisoned. Throughout the latter parts of the story, the duck can be heard quacking inside the wolf, implying it is still alive.
Special effect shots were made at Storm Studios in Oslo. Detailed use of car makes including the GAZ Volga are referenced throughout the film.
Digital post production was done at Storm Studios in Oslo, Norway. Since then the film has toured with both live and recorded accompaniment around Britain, [3] Hong Kong [4] and Australia. This was a live performance accompanied by the Philadelphia Orchestra with an audience of approximately 9, people.
The film was broadcast in the U. In January , the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland presented the film with live orchestral accompaniment to a packed house at the Helix in Dublin. The reaction from the audience was ecstatic.
Animation Magazine praised it for "the manner in which it works seamlessly in conjunction with the music", [7] while Classic FM Magazine called it "a small masterpiece". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 29 March For the Birds The ChubbChubbs!
Sergei Prokofiev 's Peter and the Wolf. Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf Retrieved from " https: Views Read Edit View history. Grandfather does not want Peter going out of their garden because there are wolves around.
One day Peter goes out the garden gate and sees a duck swimming in a nearby pond. The duck is arguing with a little bird. Peter sees a cat approaching and warns the little bird who flies up into a tree. Middle Just then, Peter's grandfather comes outside and scolds Peter for going out of the garden. They go back into the garden and Grandfather locks the gate. Soon a wolf does appear from the woods.