A Town Called Panic

• Director: Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier
• Writer: Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier
• Cast: Vincent Patar, Stephane Aubier, Bruce Ellison, Benoît Poelvoorde
• Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 2009 8:08 AM
• Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
• Criticwire: B+
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Synopsis: Audience Award Winner at Fantastic Fest 2009 and the first stop-motion animated feature selected to Cannes, "A Town Called Panic" follows the wacky, hilarious and often surreal adventures of three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town which never fails to attract the weirdest events. Each speedy character is voiced—and animated—as if they are filled with laughing gas. With hysteria a permanent feature of life in this papier-mâché burg, will Horse and his equine paramour—flame-tressed music teacher Madame Longray (Jeanne Balibar)—ever find a quiet moment alone? A sort of Gallic Monty Python crossed with Art Clokey on acid, "A Town Called Panic" is zany, brainy and altogether insane-y! [Synopsis courtesy of Zeitgeist Films]