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Free Jimmy (2006)

Free Jimmy poster
Original title
Slipp Jimmy fri
Directed by
Christopher Nielsen
Genre
black comedy, comedy film
Country
United Kingdom, Norway
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 96 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A drug-addicted elephant wanders the Norwegian wilderness. A group of people from different countries each try to capture him.

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What happens

Free Jimmy (No: Slipp Jimmy fri) is a 2006 adult animated black comedy film. written and directed by comic book artist Christopher Nielsen and features a number of characters from Nielsen's comics. The plot centers around a group of individuals from different countries trying to find a wayward and drug-addicted elephant in the Norwegian wilderness before the others do. The film is dedicated to Joachim Nielsen (1964–2000), the director's brother and a rock musician famous in his native Norway, who had died of a drug overdose after quitting them successfully for many years. Whilst well received in its native country, reception to Free Jimmy has been generally negative in the English-speaking world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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