Today, almost every adult knows or at least has heard about the animated series South Park. The full-length version of this show is known a little less, but this does not mean that it is less interesting.
About the cartoon
South Park is a 1999 American feature-length animated film . Its creators were Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The budget of the animated film was $ 21 million, the same amount was spent on marketing.
The picture was not too successful at the box office, collecting only 83 million in the world film screening, but it can not be called a failure. In creative terms, the tape was much more successful.
She made a splash in the world of cinema. The society was divided into those who like the humor and audacity of the tape, and those who hate it.
Plot
Events unfold around two Canadian satirists Terrence and Phillip, who have already shot one film filled with humor "below the belt." When it was released, the main characters of the full-length animated film "South Park" (Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman) secretly penetrate the cinema to watch it.
Having adopted profanity from adult comedy, the guys begin to distribute it among their peers. American society was greatly outraged by this, so Terrence and Phillip were arrested and sentenced to electrocution.
In parallel with this, in the Underworld, Saddam Hussein, united with Satan himself, plans to capture the earthly world. What comes of this can be found by looking at "South Park: Large, long, uncircumcised."
Interesting Facts
The original working version, in the Russian-language adaptation, was the name of the painting "South Park: Hell gets out of control." But the public and the American organization MPAA were against the fact that the word "Hell" appears in the title of the work, so the creators were forced to rename their brainchild. Then came the current version of the name, which sounds like this: "South Park: Large, long, uncircumcised."
The production of the picture took almost a year, despite the fact that the animation in it is quite primitive and uncomplicated.
It is interesting that not a single scene was removed from the tape, which is unusual for modern films.
As in the animated series, images of aliens are also often found in the full-length cartoon. Here they can be seen on banknotes and in Cartman’s room.
"South Park" (full-length) is no less satirical and full of "dirty" humor, as well as the serial version, so it is not surprising that the final credits indicate that he voiced S. Hussein.
In the scene where Kyle is trying to shelter Ike in his attic, a soldier’s detachment marching near his house, where you can see Jesus.
Contribution to Culture
"South Park" is a full-length cartoon, which, like the series, is filled with a brutal and harsh satire on modern reality. In it, the authors express their opinion on many events taking place in the world or express their point of view in relation to a particular person, etc.
Of course, all this is seasoned with a lot of powerful jokes, satire and ridicule. Because of this, the picture has a huge number of ill-wishers who believe that it adversely affects children and adolescents.
However, it was precisely for the courage, adamant position of the authors, satire and objective criticism that millions of people in many countries of the world fell in love with South Park. The full-length film was a real event that made a splash in the world of cinema.
It is difficult to say what is the contribution of this tape to culture, but the fact that it is huge is obvious. Almost 20 years have passed since its release, but it still remains relevant, interesting and discussed.
This is an unconditional success, because in fact this is exactly what the creators of the tape wanted. They sought to make a cartoon that they would talk about all over the world, discussing it and drawing attention to the problems that are being raised in it. Of course, this is not the only thing its authors wanted, but they achieved their goals, and that's great.
Finally
South Park began its journey as an animated series, and although today the new seasons of this show are still being broadcast and created, now it is not only a TV project. Today it is something much more. In fact, this is a whole era in the cartoon industry, educating and growing several generations of people in different parts of the world.
This is a unique, unique show that not only perfectly entertains and amuses the audience, but also raises topical issues, trying to attract the most public attention to them. Sometimes the creators seek to find the answer or the truth, and, sometimes, they simply speak out on a particular situation, without setting themselves the goal of solving a problematic issue.
Now it’s already difficult to find an event or a celebrity, which one way or another would not be mentioned in the animated series or full-length animated films about “South Park”. Over the several decades of its existence, this project has become so multifaceted that it can safely be called a kind of subgenre in animation.