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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Attila Dory

Synopsis

Jacob Two Two is 2+2+2 years old, the youngest of five he has to say everything twice to get himself heard. Desperate to be taken seriously, when Dad needs groceries Jacob bravely volunteers to go and buy them; so embarking on his first solo mission.

The quest goes horribly wrong when Jacob loses his nerve and runs off - straight into a ten-pound hanging salami.

He wakes up to find himself in court charged with the terrible crime of insulting a grown up. The Singing Judge, Rough Justice, sentences Jacob to Slimer's Island Children's Prison, presided over by none other than the gruesome Hooded Fang! But help is on its way in the form of the heroic Child Power Masters.

Escorted by the Fang's henchman, Miss Fowl and Mr Fish, Jacob arrives at the fog-bound, crocodile infested prison guarded by the Slimers where he meets the fearsome Hooded Fang. When the Child Power Masters fail to show on time (as usual) Jacob Two Two hatches a cunning plan and decides to take on the Hooded Fang himself!

Will he out-wit Fish and Fowl and the evil Slimers or will it be the Child Power Masters who save the day? All will be revealed in George Bloomfield's hilarious rendition of Mordecai Richler's classic childrens adventure, Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang.

Details

Year: 1999
Type of project: Features
Running time: 95 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: George Bloomfield
Producer: Christopher Figg
Executive Producer: Christopher Figg
Director of Photography: Gerald Packer
Principal cast: Gary Busey, Miranda Richardson, Ice T, Mark McKinney, Maury Chaykin, Max Morrow
Screen Writer: Tim Burns

Genre

Literary Adaption Children’s

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Shaftesbury Films Inc. 264B Adelaide Street East Toronto Ontario Canada M5A INI Tel: 001 416 363 1411 Fax: 001 416 363 1428 Email: shaftesburyfilms@compuserve.com

Sales Company

North & South Film The Floris Building 39-43 Brewer Street London W1R 3FD Tel: 020 7494 1122 Fax: 020 7494 1144 Email: info@northsouthfilm.demon.co.uk

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