Tiki Tiki

Tiki Tiki (1971)

In this hybrid of animation and live-action, a counterculture monkey blows the studio's budget directing a bizarre fantasy film, which is actually an overdubbed Russian children's movie.

Date of release
1971-09-25
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Comedy, Animation, Adventure
Director
Gerald Potterton, Jack Stokes

Casting

Interesting facts

Tiki Tiki is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Gerald Potterton and released in 1971.

Production

The film was inspired in part by Woody Allen's 1966 film What's Up, Tiger Lily?, which used original dialogue to recontextualize a foreign-language film.

The film's voice cast included Barry Baldaro, Gay Claitman, Patrick Conlon, Peter Cullen, Jean Shepherd, Joan Stuart and Ted Zeigler.

During the film's promotion, Potterton acknowledged that it was a challenging film to market, as his production company wasn't sure whether to aim it at "kids or stoned teenagers or whatever", and has referred to the finished product as "a cross between a whacked out animated version of Easy Rider and the Olsen and Johnson musical Hellzapoppin'".

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