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** Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010'', forcing them to market it as the country's first ''computer-animated'' film.
** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, and constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production, everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which was evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, and constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production, everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which was evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
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* OneBookAuthor: The only film to have been made by Sascha Hartmann.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/SeanConnery reportedly agreed to do the movie in order to support the animation industry in his native Scotland.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: £15 million. Box office: ''US$15,838''. Though it was only released to three theaters in the UK for one weekend before heading [[DirectToVideo straight to DVD]].
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* TroubledProduction: According to the animators who worked on it, the movie suffered from a hellish production, to the point where many have called it the Scottish counterpart of ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}''.
** Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010'', forcing them to instead market it as the country's first computer-animated film.
** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general, but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which ended up being evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
** Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010'', forcing them to instead market it as the country's first computer-animated film.
** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general, but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which ended up being evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
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* TroubledProduction: According to the animators who worked on it, the movie suffered from a hellish production, production to the point where many have called it the Scottish counterpart of ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}''.
** Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010'', forcing them toinstead market it as the country's first computer-animated ''computer-animated'' film.
** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, and constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project ingeneral, general but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production production, everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which ended up being was evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
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** Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010'', forcing them to
** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, and constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in
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** Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist'', ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010'', forcing them to instead market it as the country's first computer-animated film.
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* DevelopmentHell: Production began in 2006, but the movie itself was released until six years later in 2012.
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** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general, but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which ended up being evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
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** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general, but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which ended up being evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.product.
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* MarketBasedTitle: The film was titled ''Guardian of the Highlands'' in the United States.
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* TroubledProduction: According to the animators who worked on it, the movie suffered from a hellish production, to the point where many have called it the Scottish counterpart of ''Foodfight''. Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist'', forcing them to instead market it as the country's first computer-animated film -- which boasted a rapidly-growing animation industry thanks to investment from both the UK national and Scottish regional governments, the project was able to attract a lot of high-profile talents including Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/AlanCumming, and one-time ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' composer Patrick Doyle. Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general, but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which ended up being evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
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* DevelopmentHell: Production began in 2006, but the movie itself was released until six years later in 2012.
* TroubledProduction: According to the animators who worked on it, the movie suffered from a hellish production, to the point where many have called it the Scottish counterpart of ''Foodfight''.
** Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist'', forcing them to instead market it as the country's first computer-animatedfilm -- which boasted a rapidly-growing animation industry thanks to investment from both the UK national and Scottish regional governments, the project was able to attract a lot of high-profile talents including Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/AlanCumming, and one-time ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' composer Patrick Doyle. film.
** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general, but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which ended up being evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
* TroubledProduction: According to the animators who worked on it, the movie suffered from a hellish production, to the point where many have called it the Scottish counterpart of ''Foodfight''.
** Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist'', forcing them to instead market it as the country's first computer-animated
** Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general, but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which ended up being evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
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* TroubledProduction: According to the animators who worked on it, the movie suffered from a hellish production, to the point where many have called it the Scottish counterpart of ''Foodfight''. Originally promoted as the first animated film from Scotland -- though by the time it was actually released it had lost that honour to ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist'', forcing them to instead market it as the country's first computer-animated film -- which boasted a rapidly-growing animation industry thanks to investment from both the UK national and Scottish regional governments, the project was able to attract a lot of high-profile talents including Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/AlanCumming, and one-time ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' composer Patrick Doyle. Things rapidly fell apart in production, however, as director Sascha Hartmann rapidly proved to be a PrimaDonnaDirector who demanded that the animators use his unappealing character designs with no alterations, constantly made changes to scenes which required them to be hastily re-animated (causing the quality to suffer), and also repeatedly called back the cast to re-record their dialogue, which is noticeable in that Connery's voice is very inconsistent, either from poor health, disillusionment with the project, or both. On top of that, Hartmann not only fired any animator who protested the film's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids inappropriately adult humour]] or his approach to managing the project in general, but even reportedly fired anyone who was actually managing to produce stand-out work, as he considered them a threat to his authority as director. By the end of production everything was being churned out hastily by a group of inexperienced animators, which ended up being evident in the less-than-stellar animation used in the finished product.
