Dog in Boots

Dog in Boots
Dog in Boots

D'Artagnan ("the Dog") and the three musketeers in blue musketeer costumes. From left to right: the Fatty (Porthos), D'Artagnan, the nameless Athos, and the Handsome (Aramis).
Directed by Yefim Gamburg
Written by Vladimir Valutskiy
Starring Nikolai Karachentsov
Irina Muravyova
Vsevolod Larionov
Music by Rock Atelier
Cinematography Mikhail Druyan
Studio Soyuzmultfilm
Release date(s) 1981 (1981)
Running time 20 min.
Country Soviet Union USSR
Language Russian

Dog in Boots (Russian: Пёс в сапогах, Pyos v sapogakh), also known as Pup in Boots[1] is a 1981 Soyuzmultfilm's animated parody film directed by Yefim Gamburg.[2][3] It is a musical adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and the three musketeers.[4]

Dog in Boots parodies costume and historical drama films, particularly the musical miniseries d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978),[5][6] that was incredibly popular in the Soviet Union.[7][8] The concept of this film is similar to the 1981 series Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds: the main characters are dogs, while Cardinal Richelieu's evil guards and Milady are cats.[9]

The novelization Pyos v sapogakh, ili Novye priklyucheniya treh mushketerov (lit. "Dog in boots, or New Adventures of the Three Musketeers") for children, authored by Vladimir Valutskiy, was published by Strekoza Press in 2004.[10] In 2006 TVIK-LIREK released an audiobook CD based on Valutskiy's story.[11] In 2009 Dog in Boots was fully restorated by Krupny Plan and released on DVD as a part of Full Picture and Sound Restoration series.[12][13] The original film copy was provided by the State Film Fund of Russia.[13]

Contents

Production

Dog in Boots was created in traditional hand-drawn animation technique with character design by Sergei Marakasov.[14][15] Music was performed by Rock Atelier of Chris Kelmi with lyrics written by Michael Libin.[16]

The main character (D'Artagnan, "the Dog") was voiced and sang by Nikolai Karachentsov. Animators later complimented Karachentsov that his performance let them literally see his character, so they did not have to invent him.[9] Dog's songs, in his opinion, should not be sung or even screamed, but "yelled".[17] Karachentsov said that while working in studio he "spied on masters of cartoon voice acting, such as Oleg Tabakov", and tried to learn from them.[18]

Animators[15]
  • Natalia Bogomolova (Наталья Богомолова)
  • Vladimir Vyshegorodtsev (Владимир Вышегородцев)
  • Galina Zebrova (Галина Зеброва)
  • Alexander Mazaev (Александр Мазаев)
  • Elvira Maslova (Эльвира Маслова)
  • Marina Rogova (Марина Рогова)
  • Renata Mirenkova (Рената Миренкова)
  • Alexei Bukin (Алексей Букин)
  • Yuri Kuzyurin (Юрий Кузюрин)

Plot

The film begins with young Gascon Dog running on the road to Paris and singing that he is "provincial yet principled", "unknown, but direct and honest", and "if service, let it be service to the king". He sees two carriages and a beautiful bichon nearby. Anne of Austria, sitting unseen inside one carriage, hands a diamond necklace to the Duke of Buckingham. Then both carriages leave the place. The whole sceen is seen by red cat Milady, who reports on the meeting to a Cardinal Richelieu's gray cat (unnamed).

Following the royal carriage, the Dog meets three dog musketeers in blue Musketeers of the Guard costumes: the Fatty (Porthos), the Handsome (Aramis) and the nameless Athos. The dogs get into an argument with the newcomer, but their quarrel is quickly interrupted by a throng of Cardinal's cats. The dogs, despite being greatly outnumbered, win the ensuing fight and become the best friends. The musketeer dogs tell D'Artagnan that the beautiful bichon is the favorite dog of Anne of Austria (a reference to Constance Bonacieux). D'Artagnan sneak into the king's palace and reveals his feeling to the bichonm singing that "I am not thoroughbred, which is a minus, but I am noble hearted, and that is a plus" and that he is "ready to fight a dozen cats" for her. In response, the bichon asks for his help. She explains that Queen is in trouble, because at the next ball she is expected to wear a diamond necklace presented to the Duke of Buckingham. The ball is tomorrow, but the diamonds have already left France. The bichon gives d'Artagnan the Duke'd glove to track his scent.

D'Artagnan rushes to England immediately and three musketeers follow him. Richelieu's gray cat orders to stop them at all costs. Milady arranges several traps: "the Fatty" is lured by a chain of sausages into a cat ambush; "the Handsome", who dreams of becoming a herding dog, is distracted with a herd of sheep who turn out to be cats in sheep skins; Athos stays behind to fight a cat gang chasing the dogs and buy his friend precious time. D'Artagnan alone finally arrives to England. Trying to find the Buckingham's palace he meets English Dog Detective, but after smelling the glove the Detective is only able to determine that "it belongs to a human", who "carries a heavy oak stick". Finally, the Duke's Foxhound helps d'Artagnan to find the way. He steals diamond necklace from Buckingham's palace, defeats Milady and returns just in time for the ball. Anne of Austria's reputation is unblemished. He wins Bichon's heart, rejoin with friends and earns a blue musketeer costume.

Characters

Vasily Livanov, most well known for his performance as Sherlock Holmes in 1979-1986 Soviet series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, voiced the bit part of English Dog Detective.

Reception

Dog in Boots instantly became very popular. It was cited as one of the films that have opened "new verges" in Yefim Gamburg's talent, such as "lyrical mood, elegance, fanciful fantasy".[14] Nikolai Karachentsov and Irina Muravyova performances were praised.[9][19] Yefim Gamburg recalled that shooting Dog in Boots was "a real feast" and not only for him, but "for the whole stuff", because the studio animators enjoyed actors' performance and cinematography, also "the theme was merry, and the characters were funny".[14] Bosporus magazine's critic mentions that "there is no such person among our reades who haven't seen" Dog in Boots, which he calls "simple and funny parody".[20] M. Ivanov of Film.ru comments that there are a lot of "wonderful songs" and that "children will love it".[21]

Chris Kelmi gained his fame as a composer partially thanks to his work on this film.[22] Several songs from Dog in Boots became Soviet hits, most notably the final duet between the Dog and the Bichon ("We have suffered, which is a minus, but now we are together, and that is a plus").[6][14] These songs were equally popular with Mikhail Boyarsky's of the d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978),[6] the miniseries that Dog in Boots parodies.

References

  1. ^ "Pup in Boots (1981)". British Film Institute Film & TV Database. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/570783. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Капков, Сергей (2006). Энциклопедия отечественной мультипликации. Алгоритм. pp. 153. http://books.google.com/books?id=pXkWAQAAIAAJ&q=%22%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81+%D0%B2+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%85%22&dq=%22%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81+%D0%B2+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%85%22&cd=3. 
  3. ^ "Movies in the Public Registry [Поиск фильмов в государственном регистре]" (in Russian). Minister of Culture (Russia). http://mkrf.ru/activity/register/search/detail.php?ID=110154018&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=%EF%E5%F1+%E2+%F1%E0%EF%EE%E3%E0%F5. Retrieved 1 September 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "Russian animation in letters and figures. Movies. Dog in Boots [Российская анимация в буквах и фигурах. Фильмы. «Пес в сапогах»]" (in Russian). Animator.ru. http://animator.ru/db/?p=show_film&fid=3096. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  5. ^ Asenin, Sergei (1986). Cartoon World: Ideas and Characters in the Cartoons of Socialist Countries (Mir mul'tfil'ma: idei i obrazy mul'tiplikacionnogo kino socialisticheskih stran). Iskusstvo. p. 71. 
  6. ^ a b c "Animated parodies of Yefim Gamburg" (in Russian). October 2, 2008. http://www.stengazeta.net/news.html?news=5298. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  7. ^ "Biography of Mikhail Boyarsky [Биография Михаила Боярского]" (in Russian). Mikhail Boyarsky's Official Website. http://www.mboyarskiy.ru/page1.html. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 
  8. ^ "Top 15 Miniseries of all Time". Listverse. http://listverse.com/2010/09/28/top-15-miniseries-of-all-time/. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 
  9. ^ a b c Timasheva, Marina (December 12, 2002). "Our guests: Face to Face: Nikolai Karachentsov" (in Russian). Radio Svoboda. http://archive.svoboda.org/programs/FTF/2002/FTF.122902.asp. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 
  10. ^ "Books. Pyos v sapogakh. Vladimir Valutskiy" (in Russian). Ozon.ru. http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/2195293/. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 
  11. ^ "Dog in Boots, an audiobook CD" (in Russian). Ozon.ru. http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/3094199/. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 
  12. ^ "Пес в сапогах - КВО Крупный план" (in Russian). Krupny Plan. http://www.close-up.ru/catalog/detail.php?FID=5906. Retrieved 27 September 2010. 
  13. ^ a b "Новинки серии "Полная реставрация изображения и звука" [New in the Full Picture and Sound Restoration series]" (in Russian). Subscribe.ru. June 2009. http://subscribe.ru/archive/culture.news.krypniiplan/200906/15145606.html. Retrieved 27 September 2010. 
  14. ^ a b c d Kapkov, Sergei. "Interros publishing program" (in Russian). Interros. http://www.books.interros.ru/?book=mult&id=26. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 
  15. ^ a b "Animation full cast (29 roles)" (in Russian). WorldArt.ru. http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation_full_cast.php?id=305. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 
  16. ^ Uvarova, E. D (2004) (in Russian). Estrada v Rossii. XX vek. Entsiklopediya. Olma-Press. pp. 277. ISBN 5224044626. 
  17. ^ Agapova, Irina; Davydova, Margarita. Nikolai Karachentsov. Algoritm. p. 234. 
  18. ^ "Nastojashie muzhchiny tozhe trusjat" (in Russian). Issue №: 235/236. Kazanskie Vedomosti. October 14, 2004. http://www.kazved.ru/printa/7321.aspx. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 
  19. ^ "Samaya obayatelnaya i privlekatelnaya" (in Russian). Art Mozaika. January 29, 2009. http://www.art-mosaica.com/detail.aspx?tabid=103. Retrieved 1 September 2010. 
  20. ^ Tkachenko, Sergei (February 1, 2007). "Cardinal's Cats and more..." (in Russian). Bosporus Crimea. http://bospor.com.ua/articles/213.shtml. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 
  21. ^ "Pyos v sapogakh (1981)" (in Russian). Film.ru. http://www.film.ru/afisha/movie.asp?vg=64432. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  22. ^ "Chris Kelmi went for the opera" (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. November 8, 2007. http://www.kp.ru/daily/23998.4/79388/. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 

External links

v · d · eFilms directed by Yefim Gamburg
1960s
Passion of Spies (1967) • Slonyonok (1967)
1970s
Tolko dlya vzroslyh (1971) • Pesnya o druzhbe (1973) • Peremenka №1 (1976) • Blue Puppy (1976) • Ograblenie po... (1978)
1980s
Dog in Boots (1981) • O, more, more! (1983) • Experiment (1988)
1990s
Romeo and Juliet (1992)

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