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'Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms' (; ; also known as simply 'Disco Worms') is a 2008 Danish-German 3D computer-animated film directed by Thomas Borch Nielsen from a screenplay by Nielsen and Morten Dragsted.[https://cineuropa.org/en/film/86999/ Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms (Disco ormene)] at 'Cineuropa' the best of European cinema. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

Premise



Earthworm Barry gets no respect and lives at the bottom of the food chain, but one day he finds an old disco record which arouses his interest in music, and, with help from friend Gloria, they decide to create the greatest disco band the world has ever seen: Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms.

Voice cast



* Peter Frdin as Bjarne (Barry)

* Lars Hjortshj as Niller

* Trine Dyrholm as Gloria

* Troels Lyby as Jimmy

* as Donna

* Birthe Neumann as Mor

* as Far

* Henning Jensen as Tonni Dennis

* as Justesen

* as Naturspeaker

* Kim Hagen Jensen as Promotor

* Tonni Zinck as Skolopender

* Casper Byriel Svane as Flue

* Kirsten Skytte and Margit Rosenaa as Dgnflue

* Fedor Bondarchuk as Tonni Dennis

* Denis Hckel as Kfer

* Olavi Uusivirta as Aaro[https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/disco-ormene Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms] at the Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

Production



In total, production lasted 16 months on a budget of $5 million. According to Nielsen, the character designs and script took a year to complete. The film also faced difficulty with finding financing, which inevitably took 8 months to find.Zehed, Ramin (24 April 2009) [https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/thomas-borch-nielsendirector-sunshine-barry-the-disco-worms/ Thomas Borch Nielsen: Director, Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms]. 'Animation Magazine'. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

Release



The film was released in Danish theatres on 10 October 2008, and opened with $225,324 for a total of $1,936,776. In Germany, the film was released on 29 October 2009, and grossed $33,604. The worldwide gross for 'Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms' was $6,371,879.[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1087841/ Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms] at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

Critically, the film received generally average to negative reviews.Bhler, Philipp (29 October 2009) [https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/im-deutsch-daenischen-animationsfilm-sunshine-barry-und-die-discowuermer-tanzen-wirbellose-den-boogie-sein-schicksal-ist-ein-haufen-mist-li.45858?pid=true Im deutsch-dnischen Animationsfilm "Sunshine Barry und die Discowrmer" tanzen Wirbellose den Boogie: Sein Schicksal ist ein Haufen Mist]. (in German). 'Berliner Zeitung'. Retrieved 10 October 2021. Paywalled.[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/disco-worms Disco Worms]. Common Sense Media. Reviewed by Schonfeld, Renee. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

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