Source: Sony Pictures Classics Official Movie Site: red-turtle.jp (Japan), sonyclassics.com/theredturtle (US) Distributor Sony Pictures Classics has provided information and images for the American release of Studio Ghibli’s latest film, THE RED TURTLE (LA TORTUE ROUGE), a co-production with Wild Bunch and Why Not Productions. The movie will open in New York and Los Angeles on January 20, 2017, with additional cities to be announced. SYNOPSIS Through the story of a man shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by turtles, crabs and birds, THE RED TURTLE recounts the milestones in the life of a human being.

Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. © 2016 Studio Ghibli - Wild Bunch - Why Not Productions - Arte France Cinéma - CN4 Productions - Belvision - Nippon Television Network - Dentsu - Hakuhodo DYMP - Walt Disney Japan - Mitsubishi – Toho

CREDITS THE RED TURTLE US Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics Release Date: January 20, 2017 Rated: PG

US poster courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. © 2016 Studio Ghibli - Wild Bunch - Why Not Productions - Arte France Cinéma - CN4 Productions - Belvision - Nippon Television Network - Dentsu - Hakuhodo DYMP - Walt Disney Japan - Mitsubishi – Toho

Director: Michael Dudok de Wit Original Story: Michael Dudok de Wit Screenplay: Michael Dudok de Wit Adaptation: Pascale Ferran and Michael Dudok de Wit Design: Michael Dudok de Wit Music: Laurent Perez del Mar Artistic Producer: Isao Takahata Animation Studio And Producers: Prima Linea Productions - Valérie Schermann and Christophe Jankovic Production Manager: Tanguy Olivier 1st Assistant Director: Jean-Pierre Bouchet Storyboard: Michael Dudok de Wit Chief Animator: Jean-Christophe Lie Assistant Chief Animator: Marie Bouchet Layout Supervisor: Eric Briche Background Supervisor: Julien De Man Color Supervisor: Emma McCann Shadow Animator: Pascal Herbreteau Compositing Supervisors: Jean-Pierre Bouchet, Arnaud Bois Special Effects Supervisor: Mouloud Oussid Editor: Céline Kélépikis Digital Grading: Peter Bernaers Sound Supervisor: Bruno Seznec Mix: Fabien Devillers Sound Editor: Matthieu Michaux Sound Design: Alexandre Fleurant, Sébastien Marquilly Foley Artist: Florian Fabre Sound: Piste Rouge a Why Not Productions – Wild Bunch – Studio Ghibli – CN4 Productions – Arte France Cinema – Belvision Coproduction – with the support of Eurimages – with the participation of Canal+ – Ciné+ – Arte France – Region Poitou-Charentes – Departement de la Charente – Region Wallonne – Fondation Gan pour le cinema – in association with Cinemage 9 – Palatine Etoile 11 – Palatine Etoile 12 – BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance International Sales: Wild Bunch © 2016 Studio Ghibli - Wild Bunch - Why Not Productions - Arte France Cinéma - CN4 Productions - Belvision - Nippon Television Network - Dentsu - Hakuhodo DYMP - Walt Disney Japan - Mitsubishi – Toho

Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. © 2016 Studio Ghibli - Wild Bunch - Why Not Productions - Arte France Cinéma - CN4 Productions - Belvision - Nippon Television Network - Dentsu - Hakuhodo DYMP - Walt Disney Japan - Mitsubishi – Toho

Director and writer Michael Dudok de Wit. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

About Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 by animation directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and is one of the most successful and well-respected animation studios in the world. Cultivating a creative force of talented directors, animators, and storytellers under the revered brilliance of Miyazaki and Takahata, Studio Ghibli’s films have been praised for their originality, dazzling animation, and epic storytelling. The films have become a beloved part of Japanese popular culture, and have garnered worldwide acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Hayao Miyazaki’s SPIRITED AWAY won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002 and in 2005 Miyazaki was named one of "the most influential people" by Time Magazine.

About Sony Pictures Classics

Michael Barker and Tom Bernard are co-presidents of Sony Pictures Classics—an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment founded in January 1992 (with Marcie Bloom) that distributes, produces and acquires independent films from the United States and around the world.

For more information on THE RED TURTLE please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan:

• Studio Ghibli’s THE RED TURTLE Press Notes
• Studio Ghibli’s THE RED TURTLE: Japanese Press Notes from Toho