# Freddie as F.R.O.7

Freddie as F.R.O.7 is a 1992 British animated musical action fantasy film written and directed by Jon Acevski. It is a parody of James Bond. The film was inspired by bedtime stories Acevski told to his son about his favourite toy frog working as a secret agent.
It was later released in the United States by Miramax Films under the name Freddie the Frog.

## Freddie

* I've always wanted to go to - what do you call it? - the USA!
* Scotty, you're beginning to turn my color. I think it's time I give you the "French kiss of life!" Don't worry. This will be our little secret!
* Well, then you better give me the message.

## Dialogue

    Messina: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil mania! I'm gonna rule your world! Gonna tease you, and squeeze you till you drop! I can hypnotize. HIT YOU! Right between the eyes. My poison bites will put out the lights and then you're gone. Yes I'm the queen!
    El Supremo: Oooooooo yes, you're the queen!
    Valet: Sir, F.R.0.7. has just arrived, in an incredible automobile.
    Brigadier G: Ah! Good. Show him in.
    Valet: Um, yes sir, just to warn you, though... he's a frog.
    Brigadier G: That's no way to talk about our loyal French allies!
    Valet: No, sir, what I mean is, he's green.
    Brigadier G: Nonsense! He's their most experienced man!
    Valet: Hmmm... I'll show him in, shall I?
    Nessie: [the Loch Ness Monster hears Freddie whistling for her] Freddie! My dear friend's in a spot of bother!
    Scotty, various: [Freddie and Scotty are in a cage underwater surrounded by sea monsters. Something in the shadows approaches, and all the monsters swim away as Nessie enters. Scotty is amazed] I thought she doesn't exist!
    Freddie: [Nessie bends out the bars of the cage with her front flippers, they step out] Dearest old friend... Nessie.
    Daffers: Don't you ever get... afraid, Freddie?
    Freddie: No. We frogs are very cold-blodded.
    Daffers: Oh, I'm sure you're very... (seductively) hot blooded.

## Taglines

* He's a secret agent with super powers... A leaping green fighting machine... Defending the world against the forces of evil... He's...
* The world's most lovable new animated superhero!

## About

* Well, seventeen years ago in Los Angeles, I bought a [toy] frog, about two foot six, for my four-year-old son. [I] brought it home in London and he said: "Oh Daddy, you bought Freddie for me!". I said: "Why did you call that frog 'Freddie'?". He said: "It's Freddie for sure!". So I decided to write some stories about Freddie the frog and eventually those stories evolved into a script idea and hence is the movie.
** Jon Acevski in Freddie as F.R.O.7: The Documentary, 1992

## Voice cast

* Adrian Della Touche (British release) - Narrator
* James Earl Jones (American release) - Narrator
* Ben Kingsley - Freddie/Prince Frederic, a French prince. He is orphaned and turned into a frog by Messina and eventually becomes a member of the French secret service and the British secret service.
** Edmund Kingsley - Young Freddie
* Jenny Agutter - Daffers, a martial arts expert and Freddie's love interest
* Brian Blessed - El Supremo, the main villain responsible for capturing various monuments, which he plans to use to create a sleeping virus. He is also married to Messina, which would make him Freddie's uncle.
* Billie Whitelaw - Messina, Freddie's wicked power-hungry aunt who kills his parents, steals the throne and turns Freddie into a frog. She has the power to shape-shift into any animal, most notably a cobra.
* John Sessions - Scotty, a weapons inventor who befriends Freddie and Daffers / Additional Voices
* Phyllis Logan - Nessie, a Loch Ness monster that Freddie befriends as a frog. She assists him with escaping the sea in the climax of the film.
* Nigel Hawthorne - Brigadier G, the head of the British secret service
* Sir Michael Hordern - King, Freddie's father who is killed by his sister Messina
* Victor Maddern - Old Gentleman Raven
* Jonathan Pryce - Trilby, a sneaky member of the secret service
* Prunella Scales - Queen, Freddie's mother who was killed by Messina one year prior to the events of the film / Additional voices