Aida of the Trees

Aida of the Trees
Aida of the Trees
Directed by	Guido Manuli
Written by	Guido Manuli; Umberto Marino
Story by	Guido Manuli
Produced by	Maria Fares (executive producer)
Starring	Jasmine Laurenti; Simone D'Andrea; Enzo Iacchetti; Vittorio Bestoso; Massimo Lopez; Elda Olivieri; Mario Scarabelli; Giorgio Melazzi; Gianni Gaude; Olivia Manescalchi; Ciro Imparato; Michele Di Mauro; Gino Lana;
Edited by	Eoin Murphy
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production; company	Lanterna Magica
Distributed by	Medusa Film (Italy) ; Buena Vista Pictures (US) ; 20th Century Fox (UK and Germany)
Release dates	December 21, 2001 (Italy); June 7, 2002 (US);
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Aida of the Trees (Italian: Aida degli alberi) is a 2001 Italian musical adventure fantasy animated film written and directed by Guido Manuli with soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. It is the third movie produced by the studio Lanterna Magica after How the Toys Saved Christmas and Lucky and Zorba, and it is loosely inspired by Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Was released in Italy on December 21, 2001 by Medusa Film and in North America on June 7, 2002 by Walt Disney Pictures

Plot

Arborea and Petra are two neighbouring countries perpetually at war with one another. Only the romantic relationship between Aida, the daughter of the Arborean king, and Radames, the brave son of the high general of Petra, will change the situation. The couple's worst enemy is Ramfis, the high priest of the evil god Satam, who would like his clumsy son Kak to marry the princess of Petra (who's engaged to Radames). After a series of adventures and fierce battles, Aida and Radames will manage to defeat Ramfis, to end the war between their countries and to live happily ever after.

Cast

Jasmine Laurenti [it]/ Filippa Giordano as Aida
Simone D'Andrea/ Peppe Servillo as Radames
Enzo Iacchetti as Kak
Massimo Lopez as Ramfis
Elda Olivieri [it] as Goa
Mario Scarabelli [it] as Kanak
Giorgio Melazzi [it] as Raz
Vittorio Bestoso [it] as Satam
Gianni Gaude [it] as Amonastro
Olivia Manescalchi [it] as Amneris (voice) / Helena Hellwig as Amneris (sing)
Ciro Imparato as Diaspron
Michele Di Mauro as Moud
Gino Lana as Uzi

Production

This Italian musical adventure fantasy animated film was produced by Lanterna Magica in Turin, Italy. Based on an original story created and developed by director Guido Manuli, it uses both traditional animation (2D animation) and computer animation (3D animation) with Adobe After Effects (compositing and visual effects), Adobe Photoshop (background art), Autodesk Maya (compositing, computer animation and modeling), Autodesk Softimage (computer animation and sculpting), Avid Media Composer (video editing), oil-paint and paper (background art and oil-painting animation), Pegs (compositing, digital ink and paint and traditional animation), pencil and paper (hand-drawn animation and storyboards), Softimage 3D (computer animation and sculpting) and Toonz Premium (compositing, digital ink and paint and traditional animation).

References

^ Simone Isola (2010). Cinegomorra: luci e ombre sul nuovo cinema italiano. Sovera Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 978-8881249183.
^ Deborah Young (February 15, 2002). "Review: 'Aida of the Trees'". Variety. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
^ ""Aida" di cartoon Animazione all'italiana firmata Guido Manuli". Il Tirreno. December 15, 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Aida of the Trees at IMDb

[1] Simone Isola (2010). Cinegomorra: luci e ombre sul nuovo cinema italiano. Sovera Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 978-8881249183.

[2] Deborah Young (February 15, 2002). "Review: 'Aida of the Trees'". Variety. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

[3] ""Aida" di cartoon Animazione all'italiana firmata Guido Manuli". Il Tirreno. December 15, 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

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