The Big Trip

{{Infobox film

| image = Big_trip.jpg

| caption = Theatrical Release Poster

| director = Vasily Rovensky
Natalya Nilova

| producer = Roman Borisevich
Maxim Rogalsky
Vasily Ronevsky.

| writer = Billy Frolick
Vasily Ronevsky

| screenplay =

| story =

| based_on =

| starring =

| narrator =

| music = Igor Babaer
Ivan Uryupin

| cinematography = Fedor Mezentsev

| editing = Eduard Nuritdinov

| studio = Licensing Brands

| distributor = Karoprokat

| released = {{Film date|2019|04|27}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = Russia

| language = Russian
English

| budget = $2.9 million

| gross = $7.2 million[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7403614/ The Big Trip] at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

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The Big Trip ({{langx|ru|Большое путешествие}}; also released as The Big Trip 3DKay, Jeremy (24 November 2017) [https://www.screendaily.com/news/big-trip-3d-among-afm-hits-for-licensing-brands-exclusive/5124482.article 'Big Trip 3D' among AFM hits for Licensing Brands (exclusive)]. Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 May 2021. and Mission: Panda) is a 2019 Russian animated adventure comedy film directed by Vasily Rovensky (who also acted as a writer and producer) and Natalya Nilova.Tizard, Will (28 May 2018) [https://variety.com/2018/film/global/russia-animation-international-1202800414/ Russian Animation Proves to Be an International Draw]. Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2021. The plot concerns a bear and a hare who must return a baby panda to its rightful parents after a stork mistakenly delivers it to them instead. The film was released in Russia on 27 April 2019, and was a commercial success, but received negative reviews.

Premise

When a stork accidentally delivers a panda cub to the wrong parents, which leads bear Mic-Mic and hare Oscar to take the panda to its rightful parents. Along their journey, they meet several animals.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Voice cast

Dmitry Nazarov as Mic-Mic the grumpy Asiatic black bear
Maxim Galkin as Oscar the talkative hare
Vasily Rovensky Jr. as baby panda
Philip Kirkorov as Duke the clumsy pelican
Diomid Vinogradov as Janus the cowardly wolf, Father panda, and a trio of Golden snub-nosed monkeys
Alexey Vorobyov as Amur the poetic Siberian tiger
Tatiana Navka as Mother panda
Irina Kireeva as the red squirrel and duck #1
Anastasia Reshetnikova as duck #2
Sergey Smirnov as Carl the stork, mole and Phyton the evil reticulated python
Vasily Rovensky as the storks and Houston the insane moose

=English dub cast=

Daniel Medvedev as Mic-Mic, Janus, Janus' Fear
Pauly Shore as Mic-Mic (redub)
Stephen Thomas Ochsner as Oscar, Duke
Drake Bell as Oscar (redub)
Timothy John Joseph Sell as Amur
Bernard Carl Jacobsen as Mr. Panda
Katherine Marie Rommel as Mrs. Panda
Brodey Evan Milburn as Python and Houston
David Andrew Grout as Mole Stevie Rai, Carl
Jonathan Salway as Cameo Role Characters

Release

The film had its world premiere in Turkey on 12 April 2019,{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} and was released theatrically in Russia on 27 April. It was a commercial success, grossing $2.2 million in Russia and $7.1 million worldwide. The top earning European country was the Netherlands with $1.8 million.[https://tass.ru/kultura/9961247 Российский мультфильм "Большое путешествие" получил рекордные сборы в Европе], 10 November 2020. (in Russian). TASS. Retrieved 21 May 2021. The film was released on DVD in the United States by Lionsgate on January 14, 2020, with an English dub featuring Pauly Shore and Drake Bell in the main roles.

Sequel

A sequel, titled Big Trip 2: Special Delivery (also known as Little Bear's Big Trip), was released on 13 October 2021 in Russia. Lionsgate has acquired US distribution rights, and plans to release the film in American theatres in 2022.[http://www.kinometro.ru/news/show/name/big_jeorney2_USA_9893 Lionsgate купит права на показ сиквела российского мультфильма «Большое путешествие»], 23 April 2020. (in Russian). KinoMetro.ru. Retrieved 21 May 2021. Pauly Shore reprises his role as Mic-Mic in the Lionsgate dub, while Jesse McCartney replaces Drake Bell as Oscar.