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Tentacolino
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Wikipedia article
'Tentacolino', also known as 'In Search of the Titanic', is a 2004 North Korean-Italian animated film. It is a sequel to the 1999 animated film 'The Legend of the Titanic', and they were both directed by North Korean filmmaker Kim Jun-ok.
Plot
Three years after the events of the first movie, Don Juan, Elizabeth, and their dog Smile (as well as mice Top Connors and Ronnie), have begun exploring the ocean's depths in search of the sunken wreck of the 'Titanic'. The gang of criminal sharks find the descending bathysphere and summon their leader Iceteeth. Meanwhile,Iceteeth is singing about how terrible he is.He orders them to cut the cable of the bathysphere and sink it The craft wedges itself between some rocks.The occupants are unconscious due to a lack of oxygen.Tentacles(the octopus)finds the humans whom she had befriended in the first movie and tries to pull the bathysphere to the surface but is unsuccessful.Suddenly a host of Merpeople comes and rescues them.The occupants awake and find themselves in the lost city of Atlantis.
The expedition members undergo a procedure which enables them to breathe underwater. Pingo sings them a song about the joys of Atlantis,before finally revealing they cannot go back to the surface,shocking the group.After that, Ronnie and Top Connors are approached by other mice and attend a secret meeting where they learn about a plot to steal the elixir of life. Ronnie and Top Connors alert Don Juan and Smile to the plot. The king of Atlantis decides to substitute the elixir with ordinary water.
The mice steal the fake elixir and present it to their leader. After drinking it, the leader is tied to heavy stones and dropped into a deep pit filled with water which almost drowns him. Infuriated, he demands the other mice be committed to a mental hospital and be imprisoned forever.
As a reward for their honesty, the king of Atlantis assists in Titanic's recovery, enlisting the assistance of Tentacles, the giant, friendly octopus. The king then transports Titanic to the bay of a secret island.
Cast
*Jane Alexander Elizabeth
*Anna Mazzotti Ronnie
*Francis Pardeilhan Don Juan
*Gregory Snegoff Smile
Original Italian cast
* Rodolfo Bianchi King* Fabio Boccanera Don Juan
* Paolo Buglioni Ice
* Stefano Crescentini Top Connors
* Oliviero Dinelli Tentacolino
* Luigi Ferraro Mouse Pirate
* Christian Iansante Baron von Tilt
* Beatrice Margiotti Queen of Atlantis / Sea Amazon #2
* Stefano Mondini Smile
* Fabrizio Vidale Cutter
References
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