The Longest Daycare

The longest Kita- day ( engl. The Longest Daycare ) is a four and a half minutes of American 3D animated short silent film and a spin-off of the animated series The Simpsons from 2012 After the animated film The Simpsons -. The film is the longest Kita- day of second Simpsons movie ever and after Homer3, a segment of Treehouse of Horror episode the panic - amok horror show, the second 3D experience of the Simpsons. The film also announced the first of several short films with the Simpsons is.

The main character is Maggie Simpson. Directed by David Silverman; imparted to the film in the country of production of 20th Century Fox.

The longest Kita- day was in the United States as of 13 July 2012 as the supporting film to Ice Age 4 - Continental Drift shown. In Germany, both films have already appeared on July 3.

Action

Maggie Simpson Marge is brought into the daycare Ayn Rand School for Tots - in the wake stage, she was free for margin erupted from there. There, Maggie is scanned and classified their IQ than average ( "nothing special "). Therefore, it is not housed in the room with the gifted children that is bright, colorful and full of toys, but in a bare, dark room. Here Maggie could paint with colors, but is limited to the selection of different shades of gray. In addition to a child who eats the colors, Maggie meets on her archenemy Baby Gerald, who scares her. It kills all the butterflies flying into the room, where Maggie pleased.

Maggie is in the room a green caterpillar that wants to protect them from Baby Gerald. Who has it in for Maggie and her discovery, so it claims, among other things, the caterpillar is their continuous eyebrow. Soon, however, the caterpillar begins to pupate and hangs it on a small plant in a flower pot in the room. Maggie takes the flower pot and escapes through the daycare. The other children to help her and soon during the race from the chrysalis a blue butterfly. He flies to the window. Suddenly Baby Gerald drops the blind and crushed the butterfly on the windowsill. Maggie imitates a dramatic, emotional breakdown and baby Gerald triumphs. Maggie is picked up by margin. In the car shows that the butterfly has survived - he sits in place of their blue loop in Maggie's hair and finally flying out the car window it. Baby Gerald is on the window sill just Maggie's loop and is angry.

Production

The idea to produce an animated short film about the Simpsons, comes from executive producer James L. Brooks. As Al Jean reported that the short film should remind both productions of Pixar Animation Studios, as well as to older cartoons. Film's director, David Silverman, already resulted in The Simpsons - The Movie this job. The choice of producers to put Maggie in the film at the center, the fact is due to that it is indeed difficult to put them in a 20 -minute episode in the lead role, a four-minute clip but this was just right.

Marketing

In the 508th episode of The Simpsons, Lisa Goes Gaga, Fox announced that The longest day care day will be displayed in 3D. For the short film a 16 -second teaser trailer, and an official trailer was released just before the release. The latter referred to himself as " a very short trailer of the summer ."

Criticism

" Here range for the dismantling of the social Darwinism society seeming image of many edge - pendant short impressions without dialogue - you only notice the evocative contrast between the spaces of the supposedly gifted and the dark chamber for the other children contemptuously neglected. These socially critical dimension goes to the smallest, Ice age ' viewers past course that can be here rather carried away by the spirited music of Hans Zimmer, but when interspersed compassion against the ruthless egoism at the end without any fuss, which is a universal understand message. Conclusion: Four Minutes, The Simpsons ' as we love them. Irreverent, imaginative, funny and clever "

Criticism and estimates for nomination in the category " Best Animated Short Film " at the Oscars 2013:

" The narrative pace of the film, cartoon moderately trapped in small moving screens is classically framed by the film music by Hans Zimmer, who has already contributed the music for the movie and not like actually Danny Elfman expected that originated the world-famous theme music of The Simpsons. Hans Zimmer increases his arrangement of action accordingly and sets towards the end with an exclamation mark by letting go on his composition in the dramatic " Ridi, pagliaccio " by Leoncavallo. With this instrumental indication of the world-famous opera aria, the short film is a worthy end, which I, however, no great Oscar chances against the overwhelming competition certify. "

Awards

The longest Kita- day was in 2013 for an Oscar ( Best Animated Short ) and nominated for an Annie Award.