Jack & Pedro

Jack the snake and Pedro the tortoise are neighbours and best friends. All four films about Jack and Pedro have been screened at cinemas by Folkets Bio and broadcasted by the Swedish Television SVT.

Trailer for three short films about Jack and Pedro produced in 2006, screened by Folkets Bio as ”New Adventures with Jack and Pedro”. The three films are Papa Pedro Papa Jack, Jack Behind Bars and Pedro’s Art Exhibition.
Production: speedfilm AB / Sveriges Television AB / Röda roboten animation
Idea, direction and animation: Röda roboten animation

 
Papa Pedro Papa Jack, 8 min, 2006
Jack and Pedro adopt a lost baby bird, but the rambunctious nestling soon puts their parenting skills to the test.

Director: Anna and Staffan Erlandsson
Script: Anders Sparring and Jan Vierth
Producer: Francy Suntinger
Voices: Frida Normark, Johar Bendjelloul, Jesper Taube and Susanne Végh
Music: Andreas Hansson

Jack Behind Bars / Jack bakom galler, 8 min, 2006
Jack gets arrested and thrown in jail! Pedro thinks he is by part responsible for this and sees it as his responsibility to get Jack out of jail one way or another…

Director: Anna and Staffan Erlandsson
Script: Anders Sparring and Jan Vierth
Producer: Francy Suntinger
Voices: Frida Normark, Johar Bendjelloul and Victoria Dyring
Music: Andreas Hansson

Pedro’s Art Exhibitioin / Pedros konstutställning, 8 min, 2006
Pedro is making paintings for an art exhibition he is going to organize in the back yard, but Jack makes every attempt to stop this since he finds painting horribly boring.

Director: Anna and Staffan Erlandsson
Script: Anders Sparring and Jan Vierth
Producer: Francy Suntinger
Voices: Frida Normark and Johar Bendjelloul
Music: Andreas Hansson

Jack’s Do-Nothing-Day / Jacks ingentingdag, 8.30 min, 2002
Jack has decided that this day he will do nothing at all. Pedro, on the other hand, has his mind set on practicing playing his bass tuba, and this ruins Jack’s plan altogether.

Director: Anna and Staffan Erlandsson
Script: Anders Sparring and Jan Vierth
Producer: Staffan Erlandsson
Voices: Frida Normark and Johar Benjelloul
Music: Andreas Hansson

Posted on 01 January 2009