is eying a fall start date, though that would be exclusively reserved for the animation and rotoscoping, with the live-action material shot in early 2015. (1964) A Brooklyn bookkeeper (Don Knotts) falls off a pier, turns into a fish and helps the. Linklater is getting in contact with Femke Wolting and Tommy Pallotta, who assisted him with the rotoscoping sequences in both Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, suggesting that at least some of the animated sequences will at least be partially filmed.
Presumably this would keep the bifurcated structure of the original film, where Limpet morphs into a fish and goes on a series of animated adventures. Also in talks are Danny McBride and Sarah Silverman, while Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele would provide voices for the animated portion. Hamm's character would be an industrialist mining the ocean floor. While Limpet was a bookkeeper in the original film, Galifianakis would be playing him as a beach bum desperate to save the local fish population. Given that the project would mix animation and live-action, Hamm would star in the live-action portion of the film as the villain of the piece. His other films of genre note include:- the transplanted brain film Black Friday (1940) the Abbott and Costello film Hold That Ghost (1941) the Claude Rains Phantom of the Opera (1943) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) the fantasy Night in Paradise (1946) the talking mule film Francis (1950) and sequels Francis Goes to the Races (1951), Francis Goes to West Point (1952), Francis Covers the Big Town (1953), Francis Joins the WACS (1954), Francis in the Navy (1955) and Francis in the Haunted House (1956) the comedy It Grows on Trees (1952) about trees that grow money and The Thief of Bagdad (1961).The Wrap claims that Jon Hamm is one of many big names circling The Incredible Mr. In recent years the idea of a remake featuring Jim Carrey was briefly floated, although nothing has ever emerged of this.Īrthur Lubin was a prolific director who made some 70s films between the 1930s and 1950s. Knotts works with an amiable hangdog expression and the film proves quite genial, indeed is the only one of Don Knotts’s screen outings that is in any way likable. The use of real cruisers and U-boats, whether stock or documentary footage or model, is made to blend in exceptionally well. The appeal in the these scenes comes in the fine intermingling of animation and live-action, a la Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988). Limpet is a 1964 American live-action/animated adventure film from Warner Bros. Aquatic life fanatic Henry Limpet (Don Knotts) falls into the sea and transforms into a fish.
More Comedy, Classics and Family DVDs available DVD Empire. Limpet Movie Rating G, 1 hr 42 min Movie More Info. Staring Carole Cook, Larry Keating, Andrew Duggan and Jack Weston. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy. Limpet, The on DVD (085392278527) from Warner Bros. Don Knotts as Mr Limpet and his animated porpoise self Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. Once Don Knotts attains his fishy state and the film goes underwater, it becomes animated. The film comes filled with all manner of patriotic nonsense but it is not without a certain charm. The premise – man devolves into a porpoise – usually leaves people scratching their heads. The Incredible Mr Limpet is a very silly film. Limpet by Theodore Pratt.It is about a man named Henry Limpet who turns into a talking fish resembling a tilefish and helps the U.S.
Knott’s nervous screen presence failed to endear itself to audiences and in the 1970s and beyond Knotts retired into the twilight hinterlands of supporting parts in various tv sitcoms and Disney live-action comedies. Limpet is a 1964 American live-action/animated comedy film produced by Warner Bros. Chicken (1966), The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) and this, most of which proved to be box-office flops. During this time, Knotts also made various tentative steps out onto the big-screen with the likes of The Ghost and Mr.
He endeared himself to audiences with his continuing role as Deputy Barney Fife on the popular The Andy Griffith Show (1960-8) where he honed the role of the hapless, elastic-faced klutz. Knotts emerged out of stand-up in the early era of live television and then made the move to drama. This is the second of an occasional October series of reports focusing on real life monsters and cryptoids. The Incredible Mr Limpet was a film vehicle for Don Knotts (1924-2006), a popular comic of the era.