![]() ![]() The human voices mainly accord well with their animal counterparts, with some wonderful and famous ones, including Joan Rivers and Barry Humphries' Dame Edna Everage. It is good to see the live action of the animals without the animatronics of Babe, and the director (Mario Andreacchio) cleverly makes use of the 64 puppies needed in the making of the film to match the appropriate expressions. In fact I was reminded of the Walt Disney wild life films of my childhood, though unfortunately this feature lacked the same marketing power. This was the first Australian live animal movie, where any humans shown are purely secondary, and it makes full use of its country's unique menagerie of creatures. Eventually he finds he has been brave and wild all along and can return home a more fulfilled pup. Napoleon overcomes his fear of water to swim and gains maturity through performing a heroic rescue. Unless we follow our dreams and examine ourselves we might never know what we are capable of. ![]() This is a very useful educational film and morality tale with the journey into the `Red Center' of Australia being a metaphor for Napoleon's exploration into himself. Napoleon makes friends along the way including Birdo (a galah) who becomes his guide, as well as encountering enemies such as a demented cat who regards all other mammals as mice to be killed. After he escapes from the Sydney suburbs in a hot air balloon conveniently provided by a children's party, we follow Napoleon into the stunning Australian outback where he has many adventures. This is a charming saga of a young puppy called Muffin who longs for adventure as his wild dog alter ego Napoleon. Reviewed by Filmtribute 10 / 10 Charming and educational Australian live animal film He is very happy with them, but then he gets homesick and starts to miss his mother, so he decides to go home again. He goes in search of the wild dogs, whom he finally finds. With the help of a parakeet friend he learns the secrets of living alone in the island and defending himself from wild animals. There he meets all kinds of different animals some of them are friendly, but some aren't. The wind carries him to a nearby island where the basket finally lands. One day he gets into a basket hung from some balloons and flies away into the sky. He and his mother live with a family, but Napoleon loves to dream about meeting the wild dogs that live far away, and eventually becoming one himself. Napoleon is a little dog that lives in Sydney. ![]()
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