Big Kids movie night
Impy's Island
The story
Impy's Island, or Urmel from the Ice Age (German: Urmel aus dem Eis), is a 2006 German animated feature film based on the children's novel Urmel from the Ice Age by Max Kruse. It was followed by Impy’s Wonderland (Urmel voll in Fahrt) in 2008.
Plot
On a magical tropical island called Tikiwoo in the 1950s, a fun-loving group of misfit animals and people make a marvelous discovery: a baby Mamenchisaurus that was frozen since prehistoric times. Little Impy, as they call him, is loving his new family and ready to explore the strange new world. But when a king from a faraway country vows to capture the lovable baby Mamenchisaurus for his private collection, all the inhabitants of Impy's island must join together to save their new friend.
Cast
The film stars the voice talents of:
Wigald Boning as Professor Habakuk Tibatong
Anke Engelke as Wutz
Florian Halm as Diener Sami
Christoph Maria Herbst as Doctor Zwengelmann
Kevin Iannotta as Tim Tintenklecks
Stefan Krause as Ping
Oliver Pocher as Schusch
Domenic Redl as Urmel
Frank Schaff as Wawa
Klaus Sonnenschein as King Pumponell
Wolfgang Völz as Seele-Fant
For the American release, the voice talents are the following:
Lisa Ortiz as Impy the Mamenchisaurus (Image Entertainment dub)
Emlyn Morinelli McFarland as Impy the Mamenchisaurus (HanWay Films dub)
Zoe Martin as Ping the king penguin
Maddie Blaustein as Shoe the shoebill
Sean Schemmel as King Pumponell the 55th
Charlotte Mahoney as Peg the pig
Pete Bowlan as Sami
Michael Sinterniklaas as Professor Horatio Tibberton
Jimmy Zoppi as Monty the monitor lizard
Alan Smithee as Dr. Zonderburgh
P.J. Battisti, Jr. as Tim
Michael Alston Baley as Solomon the elephant seal
Release
The DVD was released in Germany on 12 February 2007 by Warner Home Video under their Family Entertainment label.