Monday, August 26, 2013

Case Study No. 0944: Nim Galuu, the Keeper of the Scrolls

EPIC - Steven Tyler Character Spot
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Steven Tyler talks about his role as Nim in EPIC

EPIC tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good who keep the natural world alive and the forces of evil who wish to destroy it. When a teen age girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world...and ours.

With the voice talents of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, Aziz Ansari, Chris O'Dowd and Beyonce Knowles

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[scene opens with Steven Tyler speaking directly to the camera]
STEVEN TYLER: Hi, I'm Steven Tyler.
[cut to various clips from the movie]
STEVEN TYLER: [in voice over] And I'm honored to be a part of the new animated movie, "Epic."
[cut to more clips from the movie]
STEVEN TYLER: [in voice over] And I'm the voice of Nim Galuu ...
MARY KATHERINE: He's like the wise old man of the forest!
[cut to Steven in the recording booth]
STEVEN TYLER: Okay, here we go ...
[cut to a split-screen shot of Steven recording his lines, as the animation shows Nim Galuu (a large green caterpillar) handing a rolled-up scroll to Mary Katherine]
NIM GALUU: Every event is recorded in these scrolls ...
[cut to a slug and a snail standing next to Nim Galuu]
MUB AND GRUB: What about this?
[they begin hitting their eye stalks back and forth like a metronome]
NIM GALUU: [pause] Yes ...
MUB: How about this?
[he "swallows" his eyeballs and makes them roll around in his mouth]
NIM GALUU: Yes.
[cut to more clips from the movie]
STEVEN TYLER: [in voice over] My whole life, I wanted to be in one of these animated movies ...
[cut back to Steven in the recording booth]
STEVEN TYLER: [singing] I'm in heaven!
[cut to another shot of Steven in the recording booth]
STEVEN TYLER: [in voice over] I got my wish ...
[cut to another clip from the movie]
NIM GALUU: This calls for a celebration!
[cut back to Steven speaking directly to the camera]
STEVEN TYLER: Y'know, and they asked me, "I think maybe you should sing a song here" ... And I went, "Really?"
[he laughs]
STEVEN TYLER: And that's even better!
[cut to another split-screen shot of Steven recording his lines, as the animation shows Nim Galuu singing in front of a large group of creatures]
NIM GALUU: [singing] Listen, party poopers, I've got something to say! Dry your weepin' eyes, we're gonna be okay!
[cut to Steven leaving the recording studio]
STEVEN TYLER: Booyah!
[cut to more clips from the movie, then back to Steven speaking directly to the camera]
STEVEN TYLER: It's certainly so going to be epic!
[cut to the "Epic" logo]
ANNOUNCER: "Epic," from the creators of "Ice Age" ...
[cut to a scene from the movie where creatures are dressed as mushrooms]
STEVEN TYLER: [in voice over] Having survived the seventies, I saw these guys all the time ...
[cut back to Steven speaking directly to the camera]
STEVEN TYLER: So it was nothing new to me!
[he laughs, as "In cinemas May 22 in Digital 3D" appears on screen]

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From wikipedia.org:

Epic (stylized as epic) is an upcoming 2013 American 3D computer animated fantasy-adventure comedy-drama film based on William Joyce's children book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. It is being produced by Blue Sky Studios, and directed by Chris Wedge, the director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005). It stars the voices of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris O'Dowd, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, with Steven Tyler and Beyoncé Knowles. The film is scheduled to be released on May 24, 2013.

The film is described as a "battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and evil", and tells a story of a teenage girl who finds herself in a secret world, where she must help a team of fun and whimsical characters to save their world, which also saves the real world.

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From epicthemovie.com:

STEVEN TYLER (Nim Galuu), is the iconic songwriter and voice of Aerosmith, America's greatest rock 'n' roll band. Tyler is considered one of music's most recognizable and dynamic frontmen and has been cited by Rolling Stone as "one of the greatest singers of all time."

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From collider.com:

Another clip features Tyler's character, Nim Galuu, the Keeper of the Scrolls. He's essentially an archivist who keeps a history of everything that goes on in the world, which is written within the rings of a tree. As Wedge said, "[Tyler brought] not a lot of acting, but a lot of himself." Mub and Grub get up to more antics here, some of which were seen in the most recent trailer.

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