Kooky

Kooky Czech Kuky se vrac , literally Kuky returns, a pun on Lassie se vrac is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Svrk. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the story of a sixyearold asthmatic boy whose parents force him to throw away his favorite toy, an old teddy bear named Kooky. In the boys fantasy, Kooky comes to life in the landfill, escapes into a mysterious forest and begins its journey amongst the roughandready creatures of the forest.

The film was inspired by the works of the Czech sculptor and painter Frantiek Skla, who refused to participate in the production. Svrk offered collaboration on the technical development of puppets and visual effects to Jakub Dvorsk from the video game company Amanita Design. The puppets in the film were manipulated by the members of the ensemble Buchty a loutky. During the postproduction process, Svrk and his team concentrated on removing the strings and wires with the help of computer animation. Kooky is technically the most complicated film by Svrk it contains three times more visual effects than Dark Blue World, the most expensive Czech film up to that point. In addition to fictional puppet figures, the film makes use of real animals fox, butterfly, snail, frog etc.Kooky was shot at various locations in the Czech Republic the winter scenes were filmed at Jetd, the forest background was shot near to Bechyn and in the National Nature Reserve Vodradsk buiny, and the scenes containing sandstone rocks were filmed in Drbsk svtniky. Production began in autumn of 2008. It was planned fordays but difficulties extended the duration of the shoot to 100 days. ........

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