Tales From Earthsea

## **OVERVIEW**

Tales From Earthsea is the 5th film of Warner Bros. Films. The Film tells the story how Beegle Beagle and the duo rescues Kiara from the evil lioness, Zira.

## **THE PLOT**

The Film Begins in a windstorm where travelers rest with their camels beneath a cliff. Here, Beegle Beagle, Figment and Cream the Rabbit successfully steal a watermelon from one of the camel's baskets.

After the storm, the three protagonists try to enjoy their melon, only to have it brutally taken from them by Kurama. Later the pals are traveling through the sandstone cliffs where animals gather in the shade, only to be pelted by melon seeds by Kurama's friends. Cream is teased for being young and small, as she hasn't into pre-teen yet.

At the edge of California, Beegle Beagle proposes to fleeing to the Castle, but Figment points out that the Oasis belongs to the lions. There they happen to spot Kiara trying to leave the castle, only to be caught by one of the cats, Butch which guard it. Cream uses that as a reason to not go to the castle, but Beegle Beagle and Figment is not discouraged.

Kiara is returned to her father, who reprimands her for always trying to leave the castle, which she clearly hates. Upset, she leaves, passing her brother Kion wearing a grass wig. Later, Kiara sits by a pool of mud, and seems to get an idea while using her paw to draw shapes with the mud.

Meanwhile, Beegle Beagle disguises himself as a lion, and sneaks into the castle despite Figment and Cream's complaints where they find his disguise has worked against one of the guards. After entering, it isn't long before the Secretary Birds warn of intruders ("Dusties") and the friends dart for the grass thinking it's them. They separate, and Beegle Beagle finds an unfamiliar brown dog who happens to be Kiara in disguise as a Dusty, who asks for his help.

They get stuck at the edge of a cliff against one of the guard cats, and Kiara leaps off the cliff with Beegle Beagle. Beegle Beagle, however, can't swim, and almost drowned before being given CPR/air by Kiara. Their disguises begin to float away in the water, and they lose the secretary cats overhead by hiding in a river cave. There they make truce and invites him to go with her but just as Kiara heads out of the cave, she is taken by Zira, a cruel lioness.

As Beegle Beagle pursues Zira's pride, he, Figment and Cream are snatched by Butch and taken back to the other cats, who threaten to kill him. Beegle Beagle manages to find Kion, and threatens him in order to make Butch free them. They flee on the back of one of the cats, but just as they find the pride, Cream interferes and accidentally kills the cat, causing it to sleep. They are forced to continue on the ground.

Meanwhile, Kiara meets other animals who were captured by Zira--including a penguin named Mumble--who greet her happily. Later that night, Zira uses the piano to make the animals dance for a small audience. Kiara tries to escape, but is mesmerized and brought back by the piano.

Beegle Beagle, Figment and Cream, constantly annoyed by Kion, struggle to navigate a maze of sandstone cliffs. They fall into a cave, finding a colony of glow-worms, which welcome them kindly and give instructions at first before luring them in as their prey. The four escapes through a hole in the cave and find they've come to the other side. Kion, however, has had enough, and reprimands Beegle Beagle and the ridiculous journey. Kion's outvoted, and they continue traveling after Kiara.

After a musical adventure montage, Kion complains about the desert, and tension grows. They find tourists, and climb into their car to find water, only to be discovered because of Kion. While the boys are thrown out, Cream getting stuck inside. Beegle Beagle, Figment and Kion fight before continuing onward.

Kiara is upset about her situation, but one of the dancing animals named Penelope Pussycat shows her a way out of the basket. Eva is caught by Nuka, who causes a ruckus, during which Penelope Pussycat tries to escape. Zira captures both of them and considers adding them to the basket of animals who are to be skinned, only to get a more nefarious idea.

Beegle Beagle, Figment and Kion find a plant in the desert, which turns out to be Kovu. Kovu has seen the pride they're looking for, as well as knows of the nearby town it's headed to. Kion makes sarcastic remarks about his friend Cream an enraged Beegle Beagle pounces on Kion. During their tustling, they find a small oasis where they agree to rest for the night and talk.

Beegle Beagle reveals that he met Cream when she and her mother seperated. Cream, meanwhile, sleeps at the tourists' camp, where he meets a wandering family of rabbits who stay with him. She later tells them about her adventure with Beegle Beagle, though makes herself look like the heroine. The family later asks that she stays with them, but she says he must go find Beegle Beagle.

That night, Zira forces Kiara and Penelope Pussycat to have a dance-off in a ring of fire. Kiara wins, and Penelope Pussycat is taken away to be put in the basket of animals to be skinned.

The four find an underwater river in a well, and decide to ride it in a bucket to the nearby town in order to escape a coming windstorm, despite the fact that Beegle Beagle can't swim. In the town, they find Zira's lair by following ads for the dancing animals and sneak inside. There, Kovu sees Mumble consoling an upset Kiara, and thinks he's her boyfriend. Kovu convinces Beegle Beagle to continue to save Kiara, and they manage to release a ceiling fan to crush the cages and release all the animals. Zira hears and goes to get the piano, but the duo quickly steals it when Zira is bitten by Kion.

Zira pursues Beegle Beagle and Figment out of the building, where the windstorm rages, and chases them across the city. At the top of a building, Zira tries to grab the piano from the two, only to break it. She grabs the duo to keep herself from falling off the building, but Figment's old skin comes off, and Zira disappears into the windstorm. As the storm calms, Beegle Beagle falls onto a platform below.

Beegle Beagle is found by Kiara, Kion and Kovu and thought to be dead at first before awakening and hugging him. They find that Figment has shed, and now has a much more beautiful, elaborate adult skin. Kiara realizing that Beegle Beagle had crossed an entire desert for her replying he would crossed a thousand and yet saving her from what she could've met a dark fate. Kiara and Kovu make there mutual feelings known by coiling around each other making a heart shape with there bodies as they share a passionate kiss until Zira appears for a moment, but is killed by Cream and died. Cream has brought a rabbit friend from the rabbit family named Hazel.

Later, they are all riding atop the tourist car from before. Beegle Beagle sits with the duo asking him does he dance based on her experience with the other animals, Kiara and Kovu which also share a romantic embrace off screen, and Kion sits with Rani. Kion admires her, and she remarks that she happens to also love handsome super-rich heirs.

As the van drives off, Tito appears next to a camel, and tells this random camel (and also the viewers) that Beegle Beagle and the gang might go back and live happily ever after at the castle and teach the Dusty Animals and to live together as equals, but he has no idea as the film ends.

## **CHARACTERS**

* Beegle Beagle
* Figment
* Cream the Rabbit
* Kiara
* Kion
* Simba
* Nala
* Zira
* Kovu
* Rani
* Kurama
* Mumble
* Penelope Pussycat
* Donald and Douglas
* Gloria
* Butch Cat
* Meathead Cat
* Lightning Cat
* Tito

## **VOICE TALENT**

* Matthew Broderick as Beegle Beagle/Simba
* Rob Paulsen as Figment
* Michelle Ruff as Cream the Rabbit
* Eden Riegel as Kiara
* Max Charles as Kion
* Cate Blanchett as Zira
* Paul St. Peter as Kurama
* Moira Kelly as Nala
* Jason Marsden as Kovu
* Elijah Wood as Mumble
* Ellen DeGeneres as Penelope Pussycat
* Rob Rackstraw as Donald
* Joe Mills as Douglas
* Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria
* Joey D'Auria as Butch
* Dave B. Mitchell as Meathead
* Colin Murdock as Lightning
* Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Rani
* Cheech Marin as Tito

## **OPENING CREDITS**

Based On Characters Created by:

Ursula K. Le Guin

Executive Producer:

Sam Register

Produced by:

Pierre Coré

Associate Producer:

Nicolas Altmayer

Music by:

Jérôme Rebotier

Score Composed by:

Mark Mancina

Casting And Voice Direction by:

Johnathan Vanger

Edited by:

Fanny Bouquard

Written by:

John Edwards

Directed by:

Darrell Van Citters

## **SONGS**

01. **Such A Beautiful Day**

Performed by: Matthew Broderick, Rob Paulsen, Michelle Ruff.

02. **We Are One**

Performed by: Matthew Broderick.

03. **Oe Himene**

Performed by: Matthew Broderick, Rob Paulsen, Michelle Ruff.

04. **Dance Kiara**

Performed by: Robots and Friends.

05. **Warabe Uta**

Performed by: Matthew Broderick, Rob Paulsen, Michelle Ruff.

06. **You're Only Second Rate**

Performed by: Cate Blanchett.

07. **Kids Like Us**

Performed by: Matthew Broderick, Rob Paulsen, Michelle Ruff.

08. **A Whole New World**

Performed by: Matthew Broderick, Rob Paulsen, Michelle Ruff, Max Charles, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Eden Riegel, Jason Marsden.

## **TRIVIA**

* This film was based on *Sahara.*
* This was the fifth film of Warner Bros. Pictures.
* Beegle Beagle is the fifth main protagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.
* Zira is the fifth main antagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.