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	*{{~~IMDB~~\|0066961\|Mr. Forbush and the Penguins}}		*{{IMDb title\|0066961\|Mr. Forbush and the Penguins}}
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	*[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/19/movies/mr-forbush-studies-penguin-mating.html Review of film] at [[New York Times]]		*[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/19/movies/mr-forbush-studies-penguin-mating.html Review of film] at [[New York Times]]

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	*{{BFI\|4ce2b6b0978a4\|Mr Forbush and the Penguins}}		*{{BFI\|4ce2b6b0978a4\|Mr Forbush and the Penguins}}
	*[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/19/movies/mr-forbush-studies-penguin-mating.html Review of film] at [[New York Times]]		*[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/19/movies/mr-forbush-studies-penguin-mating.html Review of film] at [[New York Times]]

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	{{~~Wikiquote}}~~		*{{IMDB title\|0066961\|Mr. Forbush and the Penguins}}
	*[https://www.imdb.com/title~~/tt0066961 ''~~Mr. Forbush and the Penguins~~''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]~~		*{{BFI\|4ce2b6b0978a4\|Mr Forbush and the Penguins}}
	*~~[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/~~4ce2b6b0978a4 ''Mr Forbush and the Penguins~~''] at BFI~~
	*[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/19/movies/mr-forbush-studies-penguin-mating.html Review of film] at [[New York Times]]		*[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/19/movies/mr-forbush-studies-penguin-mating.html Review of film] at [[New York Times]]
	*[http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/?p=18426 Review of film] at Film Fanatic		*[http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/?p=18426 Review of film] at Film Fanatic
	*[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/graham-billing-2/forbush-and-the-penguins-2/ Review of novel] at Kirkus		*[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/graham-billing-2/forbush-and-the-penguins-2/ Review of novel] at Kirkus

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{{Infobox film
| name = Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
| image =
| image_size =
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| director = [[Roy Boulting]] (uncredited) Al Viola '''Antarctica sequences''' [[Arne Sucksdorff]]
| producer = Henry Trettin
| based_on = novel by [[Graham Billing]]
| writer = [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]]
| starring = [[John Hurt]] [[Hayley Mills]]
| music = [[John Addison]]
| cinematography = [[Edward Scaife]]
| editing = [[Bernard Gribble]]
| studio = [[EMI Films]] PGL Productions
| distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
| released = December 1971 (UK)
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = £638,842<ref name="moody">{{Cite book|title=EMI Films and the Limits of British Cinema|first=Paul|last=Moody|year=2018|publisher=Palgrave MacMillan|page=75}}</ref>
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'''''Mr. Forbush and the Penguins''''' (also known as '''''Cry of the Penguins''''') is a 1971 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy drama]] film, directed by [[Arne Sucksdorff]], Alfred Viola and [[John and Roy Boulting|Roy Boulting]]. It stars [[John Hurt]], [[Hayley Mills]], [[Dudley Sutton]] and [[Tony Britton]].<ref>MR. FORBUSH AND THE PENGUINS Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 39, Iss. 456, (Jan 1, 1972): 11.</ref>

==Plot==
A brilliant biology student, Richard Forbush (John Hurt), is sent to Antarctica for six months to study a penguin colony. At first he does it mostly to impress a girl he is chasing, Tara (Hayley Mills). He stays in [[Cape Royds#Shackleton's Hut|Shackleton's Hut]] with his only links to the outside world being a two-way radio to contact the navy who occasionally visit to deliver supplies and take his letters and tape recordings to Tara.

He is challenged mentally by [[skua]]s preying on the penguins' eggs and chicks and he builds a catapult to try to fight them although he is meant to observe and not interfere with nature. He is reminded of this by his failure to get rid of the skuas.

By the end of his expedition, Forbush is a changed man with a totally new outlook on life.

==Cast==
* [[John Hurt]] as Richard Forbush
* [[Hayley Mills]] as Tara St. John Luke
* [[Dudley Sutton]] as Starshot
* [[Tony Britton]] as George Dewport
* [[Thorley Walters]] as Mr. Forbush Sr.
* [[Judy Campbell]] as Mrs. Forbush
* [[Joss Ackland]] as The Leader
* [[Nicholas Pennell]] as Julien
* [[Avril Angers]] as Fanny
* [[Cyril Luckham]] as Tringham
* [[Sally Geeson]] as Jackie
* [[Brian Oulton]] as Food-Store Clerk
* [[John Comer]] as Police Sergeant
* [[Hugh Moxey]] as Lord Cheddar

==Production==
===Development===
The film was based on a 1965 novel by [[Graham Billing]], who had worked for the New Zealand Antarctic Division.<ref>Books of The Times: The Man Who Loved Penguins
By ORVILLE PRESCOTT. New York Times 18 Mar 1966: 37.</ref>

The film was a co-production between [[EMI Films]], PGL Productions and [[British Lion Films]]. It was part of the initial slate of movies greenlit by [[Bryan Forbes]] who had been appointed head of EMI.<ref>In the Picture Sight and Sound; London Vol. 38, Iss. 4, (Fall 1969): 181.</ref>

Director Al Viola had won awards for his commercials and this would be his feature film debut. The novel was adapted by playwright [[Anthony Schaffer]], doing his first script. Swedish filmmaker [[Arne Sucksdorff]] was hired to shoot footage in Antarctica.<ref name="sight"/>

===Shooting===
Filming started 4 November 1969 at [[Antarctic Peninsula|Palmer Peninsula]] in Antarctica.<ref>Nichols Meets Jules Feiffer: Mike Nichols By A. H. WEILER. New York Times 26 Oct 1969: D17.</ref>

Making the film was a turbulent experience. Penguin footage shot by [[Arne Sucksdorff]] on location in [[Antarctica]] did not cut smoothly into scenes involving humans. [[Roy Boulting]] of British Lion replaced director Al Viola, and he replaced [[Susan Fleetwood]], the original female lead, with his then-wife, [[Hayley Mills]]. [[John Hurt]] was angry at this and [[Bryan Forbes]] of EMI had to spend an entire evening persuading him not to quit.<ref>Bryan Forbes, ''A Divided Life'', Mandarin Paperbacks, 1993 p 221-222</ref>

Schaffer, the screenwriter, recalled it as "a fairly chaotic movie which had the young John Hurt capering about the Atlantic slinging rocks at Skuas with a Roman balista, in a vain attempt to protect penguins' eggs from their deprivations. I'm not sure that it all added up, though my younger daughter assures me... it's her favourite film of mine." He added that the female lead "was replaced after the first rough assembly and it was the only film I know of in which a stage direction was delivered as spoken dialogue. It didn't matter. No one noticed - which should generally tell you something about the respect accorded the screen writer's craft."<ref name="sight">THE WICKER MAN AND OTHERS Shaffer, Anthony. Sight and Sound; London Vol. 5, Iss. 8, (Aug 1, 1995): 28.</ref>

==Reception==
''The Guardian'' said the film "isn't as bad as we'd been led to believe."<ref>BOND IS FOREVER
Malcolm, Derek. The Guardian 30 Dec 1971: 8.</ref>

The film failed to recoup its considerable cost.<ref>Walker, Alexander, ''Hollywood England'', Harrap and Stein, 1974 p433-434</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066961 ''Mr. Forbush and the Penguins''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b0978a4 ''Mr Forbush and the Penguins''] at BFI
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/19/movies/mr-forbush-studies-penguin-mating.html Review of film] at [[New York Times]]
*[http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/?p=18426 Review of film] at Film Fanatic
*[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/graham-billing-2/forbush-and-the-penguins-2/ Review of novel] at Kirkus

{{Anthony Shaffer}}
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{{Arne Sucksdorff}}

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[[Category:Films directed by Arne Sucksdorff]]
[[Category:Films scored by John Addison]]
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