Wanna Dance?

If you fell in love with the wingless heroes of last year's documentary hit "March of the Penguins," prepare to surrender completely to George Miller's computer-animated musical/adventure "Happy Feet."

In the year of the animated movie, this one soars above them all.

The Warner Brothers Pictures animation movie, “Happy Feet” relates to the great nation of the Emperor Penguins. Dropped as an egg during a gyration by his Elvis-impersonating father, Memphis (Hugh Jackman), Mumbles is hatched without the ability to sing, a devastating handicap in a culture where couples mate through song. But boy, he can surely tap dance.

Though Mumble’s mummy Norma Jean (Nicole Kidman) thinks this habit is cute, dad Memphis says,” it ain’t penguin! ”. Besides, they both think that without a heart song, Mumble would never find his true love.

As fate has it, his one friend and hoped-for mate Gloria (Brittany Murphy) happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they were hatched but she struggles with his hippity-hippoty way. Mumble is just too different, especially for Noah (Hugo Weaving), the elder of the flock who casts him out of the community.

Over the course of the movie, which will follow him on a mission to find out why the emperor penguins' fish supply is disappearing, his dancing ability will become a colony-saving asset. The action sequences - in which Mumbles encounters killer sharks, a vicious sea lion, elephant seals and an icebreaker ship, and takes several trips down the slopes of glaciers - make Pixar's "Cars" look like it's standing still. And the music keeps the audience's feet tapping, too.

"Happy Feet" is not only the year's best animated movie, it's one of the year's best movies, period. Go.

The movie was released on November 17 and has already won the hearts of both critics and the audience. To promote the debut of the animation the French agency Megalos has developed the HappyFeet-Dance minisite where people are invited to upload their own tap dance videos to enter into the “Happy Feet Dance Competition” for a chance to win a trip to Australia and a flight over Antarctica.

There is all sorts of fun staff you can do on the website. You can not only read about the movie, watch trailers and other people’s videos and rank them but also download different wallpapers and a screensaver for your computer. Another thing you could choose to download is one of the nine cute, fun Happy Feet characters and animated backgrounds from the brand new Yahoo avatar suite that are guaranteed to get your feet tapping.

The site of course has a link to the official Happy Feet website – www.HappyFeet.co.uk. It also gives you the opportunity to send it as an e-card to a friend. The fact that more than 18 000 people have voted for one of the videos is enough to show how successful viral marketing can be. A great complement to a great movie.