Tadeo Jones, the hero of
Spain’s animated feature hit of 2012, returns on Apr. 10 in his latest
feature-length adventure, Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King
Midas, courtesy of Paramount Home Media.
The Dove Approved (ages
12+) film got an unannounced 100-theatre break in the theatrical “death zone”
during the week right after the Thanksgiving holiday to qualify for Oscar
consideration. Once you get past Coco,
Ferdinand
and the adult-themed Loving Vincent, the other two slots
were wide open, so Paramount Classics took a savvy low-risk chance to grab one
of the remaining Oscar-nominated spots in the Animated Feature Film category by
qualifying the film for Oscar-consideration.
For the record, the ARR
for the DVD release of Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King
Midas works out to 130 days.
Fans of Tad or Tadeo
(English-language version voiced by Trevor White), or just animation fans in
general, will not be disappointed in this well-produced adventure that has our
hero heading off to Las Vegas to attend an archaeological presentation by his
friend, Sara Lavrof (voiced by Alex Kelly), only to see her abducted right off of
the stage. It seems that she has
discovered a papyrus that proves the existence of the Necklace of Midas … which
gives the wearer the power to turn items to gold!!!
The evil Jack Rackham
(voiced by Ramon Tikaram) is the brains behind the kidnapping
and
he wants Sara to lead him to the necklace.
So it falls to the often-inept Tad — and his sidekick Mimeo, an Egyptian
mummy (voice by Joseph Balderrama) — to follow the clues and rescue Sara. Belzoni, Sara’s talking parrot and Tad’s dog
join the adventure and offer comic relief!
It’s all great fun, so on Apr. 10 join Tad, Mimeo and their animal
friends as they seek to rescue Sara from the villainous Jack Rackham in Tad
the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas.
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