Garfield: The Movie

Garfield: The Movie
Directed by	Peter Hewitt
Produced by	John Davis; John Kilkenny; Michele Imperato; Neil A. Machlis; Brian Manis
Written by	Screenplay:; Joel Cohen; Alec Sokolow; Characters:; Jim Davis
Starring	Bill Murray; Breckin Meyer; Matthew Lillard; Jennifer Love Hewitt; Nick Cannon; Stephen Tobolowsky; Debra Messing
Music by	Christophe Beck; Tim Boland
Cinematography	Dean Cundey
Edited by	Michael A. Stevenson
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 11, 2004
Running time	82 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$198,964,901

Garfield: The Movie is an 2004 animated comedy movie that was produced by John Davis, John Kilkenny, Michele Imperato, Neil A. Machlis and Brian Manis and was directed by Peter Hewitt. Garfield: The Movie was released on June 11, 2004 in North America. The movie received negative reviews with a 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 27 out of 100 from Metacritic. A sequel to the movie was released in 2006 and was called, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.

CastEdit

Bill Murray as Garfield (voice)
Breckin Meyer as Jon Arbuckle
Matthew Lillard as Edward Arbuckle, (Jon's brother)
Stephen Tobolowsky as Happy Chapman
Stephen Tobolowsky as Happy's brother
Evan Arnold as Wendall
Jennifer Love Hewitt as Dr. Liz Wilson
Eve Brent Ashe as Mrs. Baker
Juliette Goglia as Little Girl
Joe Bays as Raccoon Lodge Member
Leyna Nguyen as News Reporter
Joe Ochman as Engineer
Jim Davis as a drunken conventioner (uncredited)
Bill Murray as Garfield (Voice)
Gregg Berger as Odie the Dog (Voice)
Nick Cannon as Louis (Voice)
Alan Cumming as Persnikitty/Sir Roland (Voice)
David Eigenberg as Nermal (Voice)
Brad Garrett as Luca (Voice)
Debra Messing as Arlene (Voice)
Richard Kind as Dad Rat (Voice)
Debra Jo Rupp as Mom Rat (Voice)
Wyatt Smith as Kid Rat #1 (Voice)
Jordan Kaiser as Kid Rat #2 (Voice)
Alyson Stoner as Kid Rat #3 (Voice)
Billy West as Dog (Voice)
Jimmy Kimmel as Spanky (Voice)
Mo'Nique as a rat. Her part was deleted in the final cut of the movie. (Voice)

Release DatesEdit

Country	Premiere
1. Canada	11 June 2004
2. United States	11 June 2004
3. Colombia	25 June 2004
4. New Zealand	8 July 2004
5. Uruguay	9 July 2004
6. Argentina	15 July 2004
7. Brazil	16 July 2004
8. Ecuador	16 July 2004
9. Mexico	16 July 2004
10. Chile	22 July 2004
11. Peru	22 July 2004
12. Hong Kong	29 July 2004
13. United Kingdom	30 July 2004
14. Ireland	30 July 2004
15. Panama	30 July 2004
16. Israel	5 August 2004
17. Slovenia	5 August 2004
18. Denmark	6 August 2004
19. Iceland	6 August 2004
20. Poland	6 August 2004
21. France	11 August 2004
22. Czech Republic	12 August 2004
23. Slovakia	12 August 2004
24. Estonia	13 August 2004
25. South Korea	13 August 2004
26. Turkey	13 August 2004
27. Belgium	18 August 2004
28. Switzerland	18 August 2004 (French speaking region)
29. Egypt	18 August 2004
30. Switzerland	19 August 2004 (German speaking region)
31. Germany	19 August 2004
32. Netherlands	19 August 2004
33. Portugal	19 August 2004
34. Austria	20 August 2004
35. Finland	20 August 2004
36. Sweden	20 August 2004
37. Venezuela	20 August 2004
38. United Arab Emirates	25 August 2004
39. Bahrain	25 August 2004
40. Oman	25 August 2004
41. Hungary	26 August 2004
42. Bulgaria	27 August 2004
43. Lithuania	27 August 2004
44. Norway	27 August 2004
45. Spain	1 September 2004
46. Russia	8 September 2004
47. Australia	16 September 2004
48. Greece	17 September 2004
49. Georgia	18 September 2004
50. Kuwait	22 September 2004
51. Italy	24 September 2004
52. South Africa	24 September 2004
53. Japan	1 October 2004
54. Thailand	14 October 2004
55. India	5 November 2004
56. China	17 December 2004