Tintin and the Blue Oranges
| Tintin and the Blue Oranges | |
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| Directed by | Philippe Condroyer |
| Produced by | André Barret (producer) Jacques Brua (administrative producer) Robert Laffont (producer) |
| Written by |
Hergé (characters) André Barret, Philippe Condroyer, Rémo Forlani & René Goscinny (adaptation) André Barret (dialogue and screenplay) José María Gutiérrez González Santos (uncredited) |
| Starring | see below |
| Music by | Antoine Duhamel |
| Cinematography | Jean Badal |
| Edited by | Madeleine Bibollet |
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105 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French, Arabic, Spanish |
Tintin and the Blue Oranges (originally Tintin et les Oranges bleues) is a 1964 French film directed by Philippe Condroyer and starring Jean-Pierre Talbot as Tintin. It was the second live-action movie, with an original story based on characters from the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin, written and drawn by the Belgian artist Hergé. The accompanying book version is in photos and text rather than the usual comic-book style.
The term "blue orange" is a moderately popular image among the French, and was originally inspired by Paul Éluard's strange quote "Earth is blue like an orange" as a reference to the colour of the fruit when it rots.
Professor Calculus on (B&W) TV broadcasts an appeal to help end world hunger. He receives many letters and parcels and among them a blue orange which can grow in desert conditions (and glows in the dark) from Professor Zalamea, but no letter of explanation. That night, two thieves break into Marlinspike Hall and steal the blue orange. With no other choice, Calculus with Tintin, the Captain and Snowy go to Valencia (filmed in Burjassot, in Simat de la Valldigna at the Monastery of Santa María de la Valldigna, Gandia and Xàtiva).
Arriving, they find he is not present at his hacienda and are met by his cousin. Professor Calculus is kidnapped to help Zalamea perfect the blue oranges which with neutron bombardment can mature in just five days. Unfortunately they taste bitter and salty so are presently no good.
Tintin befriends a local boy who takes him to his gang hideout and he finds out that a boy who was to take the parcel to the Post Office for Zalamea was attacked by a man with a blue dragon tattoo on his hand. Thomson and Thompson turn up from Interpol, investigating Zalamea's disappearance and have an unfortunate incident with a bull.
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