Harvie and the Magic Museum (, ) is a 2017 3D animated comedy fantasy filmNový Hurvínek je na Facebooku , 6 February 2016. (in Czech). Association of Czech Animation Film. Retrieved 28 June 2021. based on the Czech Spejbl and Hurvínek puppet comedy duo.Harvie and the Magic Museum at Common Sense Media. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
Plot Harvie Spejbl is a young boy who lives with his father, Joseph, and lives with his neighbor, Monica. One day, while witnessing his father's puppet museum being demolished, they accidentally cause a massive hole to form that drops them into a cave filled with puppets, where he discovers a magic disk and uses it to open an entrance to the puppet museum, where they enter. There, they meet Brainy, Grumpy, and Dimwit, who explains that puppet master Bastor got his heart consumed with the disk after transforming himself into a wooden puppet years ago, and the three imprisoned him ever since.
Before Harvie can place the disk in a pedestal located up high in the museum, Joseph arrives, and Harvie tries to tell Joseph about the disk to no avail, which leads to Joseph to lose faith in Harvey. Harvie successfully places the disk into the pedestal, and the group enters a secret room dubbed the "Hall of Fame", filled with puppet masters, where Harvie is recognized as a puppet master. Harvie pushes a button located underneath the disk, ignoring the puppet's warning about it, inadvertently releasing Bastor. Bastor acquires the disk and begins to transform everything in the world into puppets, while Harvie and Monica flee into a lab. Inside, he tearfully confesses his mistakes to her. The two escape the lab by an elevator, and Harvie tries to recover the disk, but Bastor knocks him off the museum, being rescued by Joseph.
Realizing that the disk is where Bastor's heart is located at, Harvie defeats Bastor by placing the disk onto its respective place, causing Bastor to fade, and restoring the entire world. He then apologies to Joseph about the mess. The following day, the museum is reopened as a magic puppet museum in honor of the Spejbl's.
Cast CharacterCzechEnglishHarvie SpejblMartin KlásekCecelia DavisJoseph SpejblMike PollockGrumpyOta JirákBrian Anthony WilsonMonicaHelena ŠtáchováSarah NatochennyKatarina HovorkováGrace GonglewskiBrainyVilém UdatnýMarc ThompsonBastorJan VondráčekTyler BunchThe DevilsMartin Dejdar and Jiří LábusAbe GoldfarbMr. MayorLibor TeršScott GreerDimwitVilém UdatnýBilly Bob ThompsonMrs. Titmouse?Sondra JamesMrs. Siskin?Billy Bob ThompsonConstruction Workers?Tyler BunchTeacher?Abe Goldfarb
Production Production for the film lasted seven years. With a budget of 170,000,000 CZK ($8,000,000), it was the fifth most expensive Czech film at the time of its release, and the most expensive animated Czech film.
Release and reception The film was released in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 31 August 2017, and had a worldwide gross of $2,079,037. In the Czech Republic, it opened with $354,048 for a total gross of $1,007,954; in Slovakia, it opened with $2,265 for a total of $61,859. The film was released in Russia on 7 March 2019.Старт показа мультфильма «Королевский корги» сдвинули из-за российского «Гурвинека», 7 March 2019. (in Russian). Snob.ru. Retrieved 28 June 2021. It was boycotted by the Association of Cinema Owners and three other networks due to the lobbying of the film by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.Мультфильм «Гурвинек» провалился в прокате из-за бойкота кинотеатров , 11 March 2019. (in Russian). Meduza. Retrieved 28 June 2021. Because of this, the film was a box office bomb, grossing $235,105 in its opening weekend for a total gross of $468,680.
The film received generally negative reviews from critics.Clarke, Cath (15 March 2019) Harvie and the Magic Museum review – lacklustre animation. The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
The UK and Irish DVD release markets the film as a Halloween movie.
See also List of animated feature films of 2017 List of most expensive Czech films
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