OVERVIEW

Overview

While shopping at an outdoor market, young reporter Tintin (Jamie Bell), accompanied by his faithful dog, Snowy, buys a model of an old ship called the Unicorn. A shady character named Sakharine (Daniel Craig) and later an American named Barnaby (Joe Starr) try to buy the model from him, but Tintin refuses. The lad discovers that the ship contains a clue about a hidden treasure, but before he can locate it, Tintin is kidnapped and given over to the custody of drunken Capt. Haddock (Andy Serkis).

Initial release: October 27, 2011 (Germany)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Box office: 374 million USD

Budget: 135 million USD

Genre: Action/Mystery

Adapted from: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham's Treasure and The Crab with the Golden Claws

Voice Cast

Jamie Bell - Tintin

Andy Serkis - Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock

Daniel Craig - Sakharine / Red Rackham

Nick Frost - Thomson

Simon Pegg - Thompson

Daniel Mays - Allan

Toby Jones - Silk

Gad Elmaleh - Ben Saalad

Characters	Description
	Tintin and his dog, Snowy Tintin is a reporter and adventurer who travels around the world with his dog, Snowy. Tintin has a sharp intellect, can defend himself. He is honest, decent, compassionate, and kind.
	Captain Haddock Captain Haddock is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking Merchant Marine Captain. He and Tintin travel to find a pirate's treasure captured by his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock.
	Sakharine Sakharine is a model ship collector who owned an identical model ship to one that Tintin purchased at the Old Street Market in Brussels.
	Thomson and Thompson They are two incompetent detectives who are extremely clumsy, thoroughly clueless, and usually bent on arresting the wrong character.
	Allan Allan is a British-American criminal henchman and merchant seaman, often involved in smuggling activities. Allan is the treacherous first mate of Captain Haddock, keeping him drunk and running the ship to smuggle opium.
	Silk Silk claims he is not a thief, but admits he is a kleptomaniac. He explains he adores wallets and displays his large collection, none of which have been emptied of their contents.
	Ben Saalad Ben Saalad is behind an opium trafficking ring, which uses tins of crab to smuggle the drug. When Tintin was captured early in the adventure, it was Salaad who wired the initial order to have Tintin thrown overboard.