Missing Link follows “myths and monsters investigator, Sir Lionel Frost, who sets off on an adventure to the Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature—Mr. Link. Frost, who’s also looking to gain acceptance by his small-minded explorer peers, is accompanied on his journey by Adelina Fortnight, a free-spirited, independent adventurer who just so happens to possess the only known map to their secret destination of trying to find Link.”
Missing Link is a 2019 American stop-motion animated adventure film written and directed by Chris Butler. It is produced by Laika. It features the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, David Walliams, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas, Timothy Olyphant, Amrita Acharia, Ching Valdes-Aran, Emma Thompson, and Zach Galifianakis. The plot follows a Sasquatch who, with the help of an English explorer, travels to the Himalayas to meet his Yeti cousins.
Missing Link premiered in New York City on April 7, 2019, before it was theatrically released in the United States on April 12, 2019 by Annapurna Pictures through United Artists Releasing. Although the film was a box office bomb, it received positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation and light-hearted standards compared to other Laika works. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film making it the first non computer animated film to win in the category, and the first non-CGI film to win a Golden Globe since Waltz with Bashir. It also received a nomination at the 92nd Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, losing to Toy Story 4.
Missing Link (2019)
Directed by: Chris Butler
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Hugh Jackman, Timothy Olyphant, Emma Thompson, Matt Lucas, Amrita Acharia, Zach Galifianakis, Stephen Fry, David Walliams
Screenplay by: Chris Butler
Production Management by: Samuel Wilson
Special Effects by: Gates Callanan, Lars C. Larsen
Music by: Carter Burwell
MPAA Rating: PG for action/peril and some mild rude humor.
Distributed by: Annapurna Pictures
Release Date: April 12, 2019
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