Ropáci / Oil Gobblers (1988)

Ropáci / Oil Gobblers (1988)



INFO:
Jan Sverák, Czechoslovakia, 1988, 20 min.
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rop%C3%A1ci
http://www.csfd.cz/film/8807-ropaci/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096010/
-Buy DVD (with english subtitles)-

(en) It's a wonderful spoof documentary following a team on its quest for the oil gobbler, an animal that has evolved to be the perfect denizen of a polluted world. Loathed by the locals for its voracious habit of eating anything plastic, from wellington boots to the protective sleeves farmers put round their saplings to prevent them being eaten by other animals, the ropaci is an elusive specimen and has the team - and thus the audience - intrigued. Finally, they catch it on film - and then manage to capture a young one that they want to take back home with them. The perils of their journey from the pollution-ridden Bohemian basin back through the clean, fresh air of the forest prove too much for the little creature and they come up with an ingenious way of saving it. This is a very clever, very funny film that I would love to have a copy of so that I could watch it again. As with many good satires, there's a lot of serious thought behind what makes it funny.

(cz) Dokumentární mystifikace o novém živočišném druhu, kterému vyhovují životní podmínky, které jsou pro nás smrtelné. Ocenění v roce 1988 - Studentský Oscar Americké filmové akademie.

(de) Im Dokumentarfilmstil erzählt er eine Geschichte an der Grenze zur Science-Fiction: In den nordböhmischen Braunkohletagebaulöchern wird eine neue Tierart entdeckt, die sich von Diesel und Kunststoff ernährt und nur in verpesteter Luft überleben kann.



Watch online / Pozri si to online:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uyU_gFckds
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b34NORviJE
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7vhdGbjAfg

Download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/288761981/Ropaci_1988.avi
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http://www.mediafire.com/file/lje5oio476j7c74/Ropaci_1988.avi

Torrent:
http://tracker.cztorrent.net/torrent/ropaci-fiktivni-dokument-jana-sveraka-ml-famu-1988/6106

Subtitles:
Unfortunately english subtitles are only in the first youtube video. Czech subtitles available for translation.

Titulky:
Kto by chcel preložiť Ropákov do angličtiny, nech mi napíše. Pošlem české titulky.