Additional information for Kung Fu Panda, which has a domestic theatrical release set for June 6, 2008. The film is being distributed by DreamWorks Animation and has been rated PG for sequences of martial arts action. Kung Fu Panda has a total running time of 92 minutes.
All
South Korea
PG
Australia
PG
UK
K-7
Finland
U
Malaysia
G
Singapore
G
Philippines
PG
Ireland
PG
USA
I
Hong Kong
0
Switzerland
GP
Taiwan
M/6
Portugal
6
Germany
6
Netherlands
Livre
Brazil
7
Sweden
Atp
Argentina
PT
Peru
PG
New Zealand
PG
South Africa
G
Canada
92 min
Kung Fu Panda: The IMAX Experience
USA
Kung Fu Panda
Argentina
Gongfu xiongmao
China: Mandarin title
Kung Fu Panda
Vietnam
Kung Fu Panda
Greece
Kung Fu Panda
Canada: French title
Kung Fu Panda
Czech Republic
Kung Fu Panda
Turkey: Turkish title
Kung Fu Panda
Germany
Kung Fu Panda
Croatia
Kung Fu Panda
Slovakia
O Panda do Kung Fu
Portugal
May 15, 2008
France
June 5, 2008
Russia
June 5, 2008
South Korea
June 5, 2008
Ukraine
June 6, 2008
Estonia
June 6, 2008
Malaysia
June 6, 2008
Philippines
June 6, 2008
Philippines
June 6, 2008
Singapore
June 6, 2008
USA
June 11, 2008
Egypt
June 12, 2008
Kuwait
June 12, 2008
Thailand
June 13, 2008
Colombia
June 13, 2008
Indonesia
June 20, 2008
China
June 20, 2008
Mexico
June 20, 2008
Poland
June 26, 2008
Australia
June 26, 2008
New Zealand
June 26, 2008
UK
June 28, 2008
Hong Kong
July 1, 2008
Israel
July 2, 2008
Iceland
July 3, 2008
Argentina
July 3, 2008
Croatia
July 3, 2008
Czech Republic
July 3, 2008
Germany
July 3, 2008
Hungary
July 3, 2008
Portugal
July 3, 2008
Slovakia
July 4, 2008
Austria
July 4, 2008
Brazil
July 4, 2008
Poland
July 4, 2008
Romania
July 4, 2008
Turkey
July 4, 2008
UK
July 9, 2008
Belgium
July 9, 2008
France
July 9, 2008
Netherlands
July 11, 2008
India
July 11, 2008
Pakistan
July 11, 2008
Panama
July 11, 2008
Spain
July 11, 2008
Venezuela
July 18, 2008
Denmark
July 18, 2008
Norway
July 18, 2008
Sweden
July 26, 2008
Japan
August 1, 2008
Finland
August 7, 2008
Slovenia
August 29, 2008
Italy
September 4, 2008
Greece
November 21, 2008
Brazil
November 22, 2008
Spain
May 2, 2009
Czech Republic
July 12, 2009
USA
Prepare for awesomeness.
Experience the pandamonium in IMAX
Summertime is Pandatime.
In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts.
Po (Jack Black) is a panda who works in a noodle restaurant owned by his goose father Mr. Ping (James Hong), who hopes that Po will one day take over the restaurant. Po is a kung fu fanatic with secret dreams of becoming a great master in the discipline. However, his weight and clumsiness make his goal difficult to attain.
The tortoise Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) has a premonition that the evil snow leopard warrior Tai Lung (Ian McShane), the former student of his own protégé, the red panda Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), will escape from prison and return to threaten the Valley of Peace. While Shifu sends Zeng (Dan Fogler), a messenger goose, to Chor Ghom Prison to have the security increased, Oogway orders a formal ceremony to choose the Dragon Warrior, a supreme master of kung fu who can defeat Tai Lung. It is assumed that one of the Furious FiveTigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Crane (David Cross)a quintet of supremely skilled martial artists trained by Shifu, will be chosen for this honor. Po, in his attempts to see the Dragon Warrior, finds himself in the middle of the ceremony. Oogway, impressed by Po's sudden appearance, surprises everyone by designating Po himself as the Dragon Warrior despite Po's protests and Shifu's pleas to reconsider.
Revolted at having Po under his tutelage, Shifu attempts to make him quit by berating and humiliating him. The Five also dismiss Po as a worthless interloper, although he eventually endears himself to them. Tigress later reveals to Po how Tai Lung came to be evil. Shifu raised him from a cub and treated him like a son. When Oogway refused to make Tai Lung the Dragon Warrior, he became enraged and laid waste to the Valley. He then tried to take the dragon scroll; Shifu tried to stop him, but could not bear to destroy what he had created. Tai Lung was then defeated by Master Oogway and imprisoned. Tigress ends her story by saying that Shifu loved Tai Lung like he never loved anyone before, or since.
Meanwhile, Zeng's errand backfires when a tour of the prison given to him by the overly confident head of security, Commander Vachir (Michael Clarke Duncan), inadvertently enables Tai Lung to escape. Tai Lung orders Zeng to send word of his arrival to Shifu. In the Valley of Peace, Oogway passes away and ascends to the heavens, his final wish being that Shifu must train Po. However, Po confesses his belief that he may never be a match for Tai Lung. Overhearing this discussion, Tigress takes it upon herself to intercept Tai Lung, and the rest of The Five follow her to assist. The following morning, Shifu discovers that Po is capable of impressive physical feats when motivated by food. He leads Po to the countryside for an intensive training regime in which Po is offered food as a reward for learning his lessons. As Shifu hopes, Po swiftly becomes a skilled combatant.
The Five battle Tai Lung but are eventually defeated. All except Crane are paralyzed by a special nerve-striking technique, and he manages to carry his friends back to the valley. When they return, Shifu decides Po is ready to open the sacred Dragon Scroll, which promises great power to its possessor. However, when Po opens it, he finds nothing but a blank reflective surface. Stricken with despair at the scroll's apparent worthlessness, Shifu orders his students to lead the villagers to safety while he stays to delay Tai Lung for as long as he can.
Po meets up with his father, who tells him the secret ingredient of the family's noodle soup: nothing. Things become special, he explains, because people believe them to be special. Realizing that is the point of the Dragon Scroll, Po rushes off to help Shifu. At this time, Tai Lung arrives at the palace to obtain the Dragon Scroll. However, he discovers that the Dragon Scroll is gone, and then attempts to kill Shifu in anger. But before he can, Po arrives and challenges him. Tai Lung temporarily stuns him and gains the Dragon Scroll, but is unable to understand its symbolism. Po tries to explain the wisdom of the scroll to a frustrated Tai Lung, who uses his nerve attack on Po, but the panda is impervious thanks to his amply-padded gut. Emboldened, Po counter-attacks, and uses the Wuxi Finger Hold (a technique Shifu had previously threatened to use on Po) on Tai Lung, defeating him in a large explosion of golden light that ripples through the valley.
The Five return to the valley to investigate and find a slightly dazed but triumphant Po. Deeply impressed by Po's victory, Tigress leads the Five to acknowledge him as a Kung Fu master. Po suddenly remembers that his teacher is badly wounded, and rushes back to Shifu. At first the master appears to be dying, and Po panics. But Shifu is only trying to rest after such a terrible battle with Tai Lung.
At the end of the credits, Shifu and Po are seen eating together beside the sacred peach tree. A peach seed planted by Shifu before Oogway's death has sprouted into a new plant.
Mark Osborne
John Stevenson
Director(s)
Jonathan Aibel
Glenn Berger
Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris
Writer(s)
Jonathan Aibel
co-producer
Glenn Berger
co-producer
Melissa Cobb
producer
Lorne Orleans
IMAX version
Kristina Reed
associate producer
Producer(s)
John Powell
Hans Zimmer
Composer(s)
Po (voice)
Jack Black
Shifu (voice)
Dustin Hoffman
Tigress (voice)
Angelina Jolie
Tai Lung (voice)
Ian McShane
Monkey (voice)
Jackie Chan
Mantis (voice)
Seth Rogen
Viper (voice)
Lucy Liu
Crane (voice)
David Cross
Oogway (voice)
Randall Duk Kim
Mr. Ping (voice)
James Hong
Zeng (voice)
Dan Fogler
Commander Vachir (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan
Gang Boss (voice)
Wayne Knight
KG Shaw (voice)
Kyle Gass
JR Shaw (voice)
JR Reed
Awed Ninja (voice)
Laura Kightlinger
Smitten Bunny (voice)
Tanya Haden
Gong Pig / Grateful Bunny (voice)
Stephen Kearin
Pig Patron (voice)
Mark Osborne
Rhino Guard (voice)
John Stevenson
Blind Gator (voice)
Jeremy Shipp
Bunny Mom (voice)
Melissa Cobb
Pig Fan (voice)
Kent Osborne
Bunny Fan # 1 (voice)
Emily Robison
Bunny Fan #2 (voice)
Stephanie Harvey
Baby Tai Lung (voice)
Riley Osborne
Viper
Erin Torpey
The tortoise Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) has a premonition that the evil snow leopard warrior Tai Lung (Ian McShane), the former student of his own protégé, the red panda Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), will escape from prison and return to threaten the Valley of Peace. While Shifu sends Zeng (Dan Fogler), a messenger goose, to Chor Ghom Prison to have the security increased, Oogway orders a formal ceremony to choose the Dragon Warrior, a supreme master of kung fu who can defeat Tai Lung. It is assumed that one of the Furious FiveTigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Crane (David Cross)a quintet of supremely skilled martial artists trained by Shifu, will be chosen for this honor. Po, in his attempts to see the Dragon Warrior, finds himself in the middle of the ceremony. Oogway, impressed by Po's sudden appearance, surprises everyone by designating Po himself as the Dragon Warrior despite Po's protests and Shifu's pleas to reconsider.
Revolted at having Po under his tutelage, Shifu attempts to make him quit by berating and humiliating him. The Five also dismiss Po as a worthless interloper, although he eventually endears himself to them. Tigress later reveals to Po how Tai Lung came to be evil. Shifu raised him from a cub and treated him like a son. When Oogway refused to make Tai Lung the Dragon Warrior, he became enraged and laid waste to the Valley. He then tried to take the dragon scroll; Shifu tried to stop him, but could not bear to destroy what he had created. Tai Lung was then defeated by Master Oogway and imprisoned. Tigress ends her story by saying that Shifu loved Tai Lung like he never loved anyone before, or since.
Meanwhile, Zeng's errand backfires when a tour of the prison given to him by the overly confident head of security, Commander Vachir (Michael Clarke Duncan), inadvertently enables Tai Lung to escape. Tai Lung orders Zeng to send word of his arrival to Shifu. In the Valley of Peace, Oogway passes away and ascends to the heavens, his final wish being that Shifu must train Po. However, Po confesses his belief that he may never be a match for Tai Lung. Overhearing this discussion, Tigress takes it upon herself to intercept Tai Lung, and the rest of The Five follow her to assist. The following morning, Shifu discovers that Po is capable of impressive physical feats when motivated by food. He leads Po to the countryside for an intensive training regime in which Po is offered food as a reward for learning his lessons. As Shifu hopes, Po swiftly becomes a skilled combatant.
The Five battle Tai Lung but are eventually defeated. All except Crane are paralyzed by a special nerve-striking technique, and he manages to carry his friends back to the valley. When they return, Shifu decides Po is ready to open the sacred Dragon Scroll, which promises great power to its possessor. However, when Po opens it, he finds nothing but a blank reflective surface. Stricken with despair at the scroll's apparent worthlessness, Shifu orders his students to lead the villagers to safety while he stays to delay Tai Lung for as long as he can.
Po meets up with his father, who tells him the secret ingredient of the family's noodle soup: nothing. Things become special, he explains, because people believe them to be special. Realizing that is the point of the Dragon Scroll, Po rushes off to help Shifu. At this time, Tai Lung arrives at the palace to obtain the Dragon Scroll. However, he discovers that the Dragon Scroll is gone, and then attempts to kill Shifu in anger. But before he can, Po arrives and challenges him. Tai Lung temporarily stuns him and gains the Dragon Scroll, but is unable to understand its symbolism. Po tries to explain the wisdom of the scroll to a frustrated Tai Lung, who uses his nerve attack on Po, but the panda is impervious thanks to his amply-padded gut. Emboldened, Po counter-attacks, and uses the Wuxi Finger Hold (a technique Shifu had previously threatened to use on Po) on Tai Lung, defeating him in a large explosion of golden light that ripples through the valley.
The Five return to the valley to investigate and find a slightly dazed but triumphant Po. Deeply impressed by Po's victory, Tigress leads the Five to acknowledge him as a Kung Fu master. Po suddenly remembers that his teacher is badly wounded, and rushes back to Shifu. At first the master appears to be dying, and Po panics. But Shifu is only trying to rest after such a terrible battle with Tai Lung.
At the end of the credits, Shifu and Po are seen eating together beside the sacred peach tree. A peach seed planted by Shifu before Oogway's death has sprouted into a new plant.
John Stevenson
Director(s)
Glenn Berger
Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris
Writer(s)
co-producer
Glenn Berger
co-producer
Melissa Cobb
producer
Lorne Orleans
IMAX version
Kristina Reed
associate producer
Producer(s)
Hans Zimmer
Composer(s)
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