Toys in the Attic (2009 film)
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| Directed by | Jiří Barta |
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| Produced by | Miloslav Šmídmajer |
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| Cinematography | Ivan Vít |
| Edited by | Lucie Halabová |
| Music by | Michal Pavlíček |
Production companies | At Armz Česká Televize Continental Film Eurocine Films Eurociné Krátký Film Praha Universal Production Partners (UPP) Bio Illusion |
| Distributed by | CinemArt |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
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| Language | Czech |
| Box office | $64,918 |
Toys in the Attic (Czech: Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny?; festival title: In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today?) is a 2009 internationally co-produced stop-motion animated fantasy film directed by Jiří Barta and written by Edgar Dutka and Barta which depicts a community of toys and other objects in an attic who come to life when no human is around. It is an international co-production between the Czech Republic, France, Japan and Slovakia. The film was released first in the Czech Republic on 5 March 2009 and has been shown subtitled at film festivals internationally. An American English dub – adapted, produced and directed by Vivian Schilling and performed by actors including Forest Whitaker, Joan Cusack, Cary Elwes and Schilling herself – has been recorded, which the film was first shown with on 3 March 2012 at the New York International Children's Film Festival and was released nationally on 24 August 2012 by Hannover House.