On June 11 look for Indican Pictures’ DVD release of
the animated adventure from hell, The Trouble with Terkel.
The film, which is a cross between an arthouse entry
and a very inappropriate (and proudly so) Middle School bullying tale (think: South
Park meets Beavis
and Butt-Head), has been playing various
theatrical venues for over two full years.
The film itself began as a team-venture with Danish
filmmakers Thorbjorn Christoffersen and Stefan Fjeldmark, but for the domestic
market, producer/director Randolph Kret (Gang
Land, Gunfight at Yuma, etc.) picked it up,
recruited English actors and took the entire affair of Terkel up a notch (or
two … or five … or six).
The result is a sordid (in a good way) animated tale
about Terkel (voiced by Mike Olsen), a seemingly ordinary kid in school, whose
life spirals completely out of control because (get ready, it is a long, long
list). First, there’s a strange new teacher by the name of Justin (Toby
Stephens), and then there is Terkel’s uncle (voiced by Chad Ridgely), who is a
mean drunk and those two kids at school who make him their bullying target.
Add in Fat Doris (voiced by Vanessa Gomez) —
who kills herself — his parents are clueless (meaning disconnected — his mom
must smoke ten packs a day), his best friend, Jason (voiced by Eve Mauro), who
has a secret relationship with Doris (don’t ask) and on top of all of this someone
is sending him death threats!
Whew, that’s quite a load on Terkel’s plate! Will he join Doris in the great beyond or
will the truth be revealed … June 11 on DVD, this will be your chance to find
out if you haven’t been fortunate enough to discover The
Trouble with Terkel at a local screening!
