Jimmy - the Drug addicted Elephant
Olen aina tiennyt että Pohjoismaista tulee hyvää animaatiota. Norja yllätti tuomalla mukaan mainiolta kuulostavan juonen:
On the day when Odd reveals to Geir that he owes the unpredictable and violence-prone Ivan 4 400 US dollars, and that he has gotten Geir involved in it all, their old pal Roy Arnie shows up, dragging along their mutual friend Kælle.
Ever since he was a little boy, Roy Arnie has been crazy about the circus. This launched him into a career as a circus hand. He has worked with several Russian circuses, touring the Soviet Union. Currently he is working as tour manager for Circus Stromowskij, run by a hopeless alcoholic fourth generation circus director, Igor Stromowskij. Circus Stromowskij has a long and proud tradition, but today the circus is a sorry sight. Everything is run down and in shambles, the artists are aging, faded stars, the animals are malnourished, sick and spent, way past the age of retirement.
Their main attraction is Jimmy the elephant. Jimmy has been with the circus for twenty years. Throughout his career he has been propped up with drugs, uppers to make him do his best in the ring, downers to calm him when they head back on the road. This has made a junkie out of Jimmy. And, like all junkies, he is extremely paranoid about the police. Roy Arnie is responsible for supplying the animals with drugs, and is therefore Jimmy’s “best friend.” In his Wal-mart shopping bag Roy Arnie carries amphetamine, in the Kmart bag he has opiates.
When Jimmy runs away from the circus, he gets a group of militant animal rights activists on his tail, and they are fearless in their effort to free animals and punish corpse-eaters. They are straight edge; they don’t touch alcohol or drugs, and are against casual sex, but they are often unsure of what they really stand for. Anyway, they love explosives, as opposed to the Lapp mafia who are into guns. The Lapp mafia run everything up North; drugs, prostitution, gambling. They have solid connections with the Russian mafia, and they are also trying to hunt down Jimmy. So is a bunch of drunken frustrated hunters with Hold Mah Eyes in charge. They have been drinking and shooting at everything that moves for several days without hitting so much as a single moose. It is precisely the Moose, that magnificent king of the mountain that proves to be Jimmy’s saviour. High above, on the rooftop of the world, an extraordinary and touching friendship evolves.
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Lisätietoa Jimmy-norsusta: Free Jimmy.