Bob: This is the Land of Luck.
It’s so wonderful to think outside of what we know.
And to entertain the thoughts that there is more
Eva: and that there is bigger and that there is deeper and there is wider.
We don’t live in a world without storytelling.
Whoopi: And that’s the thing that keeps the world going.
Films can expand what’s possible and expand the imagination and
can open peoples hearts and minds.
Luck, it’s incredibly uplifting and it’s incredibly positive.
Is he thoughtful or what?
And the concept just seemed utterly bananas.
Luck is all about Sam, the unluckiest girl in the world.
-Oh! -Uhh..
Sorry to bother you.
Ouch! How did it get on your..
Peggy: Who journeys to the never before seen Land of Luck
Peggy: and discovers really what good luck is all about.
Sam: Oww!
Eva The Land of Luck is
in charge of creating and randomly distributing luck both good and bad to the human world.
The luck you create today could change a life tomorrow.
It’s magical. It’s the land of luck,
Whoopi: but it's organized.
Now drop your pennies and move along.
Say captain, do you like jokes?
Only the funny ones Bob.
(Laughing) Right.
Bob is this very mischievous
not entirely professional worker in the Land of Luck.
Hey Bob, everything ok?
Aye just uh, stretching my legs.
Okie dokie.
Sam accidentally goes through the portal with Bob.
Aww!
What kind of a crazy talking cat are you?
A lucky Scottish one obviously.
Several things are very critical.
Jane: One is to keep good luck and bad luck separated.
The tiniest amount of bad luck can shut down our entire operation.
Another is human beings cannot set foot in the Land of Luck.
What could go wrong?
(Boys & Girls) Aww!
I love animation as a way of storytelling because it is so collaborative.
Peggy: And then you get to sort of create the world.
Peggy: You actually create the soul of the characters.
(Gasp) Jeff’s a unicorn!?
(Screaming) Ah, Oh you surprised my heart to stop.
The very, very first week on the movie when I was trying, we were trying
to sort of think about what should this story be.
Peggy: I asked the artists in the art department
and all the story artists to just literally for three days come up with drawings
Peggy: of good luck creatures and bad luck creatures.
Peggy: Based on research we had done.
on sort of international lucky icons from all over the world.
Along with lucky numbers, lucky colors, we had done a huge amount of research.
And that was their first assignment, just go crazy.
Luck is actually sort of an abstract idea right?
Ernie: So the biggest challenge was coming up with a world that represented that idea.
Luck is very universal, but very different in different cultures.
So immediately the leprechaun came to mind.
Clarisse: As well as the four leaf clovers
Clarisse: and the pig.
Ernie: The Land of Luck it’s a world of synchronicity.
Ernie: It’s just really fun to watch there’s a choreography to it.
If it wasn’t a lucky place it would actually be quite treacherous.
Ernie: And it is for Sam.
Oww!
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Just how unlucky are you?
Yeah, super duper.
Peggy: This is an animated film but these actors
invested 500% on what is their character.
Sam is wonderfully determined and she is, I think extremely optimistic.
Ok Universe, you think you’re pretty tough?
Eva: Her luck hinders her.
Eva: But nevertheless, she persists.
Simon: Eva, just really gets to the heart of that character.
Take that universe.
She’s utterly delightful and you root for her so much.
I found an actual lucky penny and what did I do?
I flushed it down the toilet!
You did what!?
You flushed my lucky penny down the toilet!?
Simon is a legend.
Eva: He is a comedic genius and he brings so much life to Bob.
What manner of crazy human are you?
Simon: To play this sort of guide into that world,
it just, it felt like a gift.
Eva: Bob knows the Land of Luck inside out.
Eva: He has good ideas.
Eva Together they create the perfect team with determination and execution.
We lucky ladies of stature ought to stick together don’t ya think?
Jane Fonda as a dragon when they told me I was like,
perfect casting, check mark, I love you.
I mean it’s not everyday you get a chance to voice a dragon...
Aww!
Jane: ...named Babe. (chuckle)
I just thought that was so much fun.
(Sirens & tires skidding)
Bob: Ah! It’s the captain!
I love animation, so anytime someone asks me
Whoopi: if I want to do an animation I say yes.
I love Whoopi,
she’s a fantastic actor and has a brilliant comedic sensibility as well.
Wasn’t funny.
You’ve not really seen a black leprechaun before.
I haven’t, and I’ve met many.
Simon: This is one of those kinds of films where you have to watch it once
just to take it in and then you can sort of concentrate on the story.
Eva: Sam goes on this wonderful journey of
discovering that just because she’s clumsy or things break or things don’t work out
it doesn’t mean it’s her fault.
Oww!
Sam: Bad luck led me to the luckiest thing in the world or was it good luck?
Love is the luckiest thing in the world.
So I really wanted to tell that story that everybody can feel the love
your forever family can look different.
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It’s just a lovely story about the importance of friendship and family
Simon: and it’s a rip roaring adventure as well.
I like the idea that we’re changing hearts and minds through this.
Jane: The important message is don't give up.
Jane: Don’t ever give up.
Because you don’t know what the future might hold.
Eva: This movie brings humanity into the idea of making mistakes.
You can’t plan everything to go well
Eva: and when you fall you pick yourself up again,
Eva: that's life.
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