Tiki Tiki

For the New Zealand town, see Tikitiki.

1971 Canadian film

Tiki Tiki

Directed by| Gerald Potterton
Written by| Jerome Chodorov
Donald Brittain
Gerald Potterton
Produced by| Gerald Potterton
Starring| Barry Baldaro
Gayle Claitman
Patrick Conlon
Peter Cullen
Jean Shepherd
Joan Stuart
Ted Zeigler
Cinematography| Gennadi Tsekavyj
Viktor Yakushev
Edited by| Peter Hearn
Music by| Jerry Blatt
L. Burnstein

Production
company

Potterton Productions

Release date

* September 25, 1971 (1971-09-25)

Running time

| 71 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| English

Tiki Tiki is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Gerald Potterton and released in 1971.[1] Created by intercutting animated sequences with live-action footage from the Russian children's film Aybolit-66, the animated sequences tell the story of a group of monkeys who are working to produce a film, while the Aybolit-66 footage represents the film they are making.[1] The film was inspired in part by Woody Allen's 1966 film What's Up, Tiger Lily?, which used original dialogue to recontextualize a foreign-language film.[2]

The film's voice cast included Barry Baldaro, Gayle Claitman, Patrick Conlon, Peter Cullen, Jean Shepherd, Joan Stuart and Ted Zeigler.

During the film's promotion, Potterton acknowledged that it was a challenging film to market, as his production company wasn't sure whether to aim it at "kids or stoned teenagers or whatever",[3] and has referred to the finished product as "a cross between a whacked out animated version of Easy Rider and the Olsen and Johnson musical Hellzapoppin'".[2]

Aleksandr Kuznetsov, the production designer of Aybolit-66, was named the winner of the Canadian Film Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 23rd Canadian Film Awards.[4]

In 2023, Telefilm Canada announced that Tiki Tiki was one of 23 titles that will be digitally restored under its new Canadian Cinema Reignited program to preserve classic Canadian films.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Tiki-Tiki a complicated delight". Montreal Gazette, December 30, 1972.
2. ^ a b Rob Craig, American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland & Company, 2019. ISBN 9781476635224. p. 373.
3. ^ "That empty feeling just means Potterton has been a busy man". Montreal Gazette, January 8, 1973.
4. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 93-95.
5. ^ Pat Mullen, "Oscar Winning Doc Leads List of Restored Canadian Classics". Point of View, May 9, 2023.

## External links

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* Tiki Tiki at IMDb

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