The Lizzie McGuire Movie
The Lizzie McGuire Movie is a 2003 American live-action/animated children's comedy movie based on the Disney Channel television series of the same name, directed by Jim Fall, Terri Minsky, Butch Hartman, Sarah Frost, Steve Marmel, Gary Conrad, Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Jhonen Vasquez. The movie was produced by Stan Rogow Productions, Cartoon Network Studios, Frederator Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studios, with the animation production was provided by Yeson Animation Studios, Sunwoo Entertainment and Rough Draft Korea Co., Ltd. in South Korea provided the 2D hand-drawn animation for The Fairly OddParents, Invader Zim and The Powerpuff Girls characters while Tapehouse Toons provided the animation for the Animated Lizzie character in the Animated Lizzie sequences, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 2, 2003. The film stars Hilary Duff, LaLaine, Adam Lamberg, Robert Carradine, Hallie Todd, Jake Thomas, Tara Strong, Daran Norris, Susanne Blakeslee, Catherine Cavadini, E.G. Daily, Richard Steven Horvitz, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Yani Gellman, Alex Borstein, Kyle Downes, Ashlie Brillault, Clayton Snyder, Tom Kenny, Roger L. Jackson, Tom Kane, Grey DeLisle, Rob Paulsen, Carlos Alazraqui, Jason Marsden, Gary Leroi Gray, Jhonen Vasquez, Wally Wingert, Kevin McDonald, Rodger Bumpass, Phil LaMarr, Danny Cookesy, John Garry, Andy Berman, Melissa Fahn, Jennifer Hale, Jennifer Martin, Jim Cummings, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Jeff Bennett. The film is both a combination of live-action filmmaking, 2D traditional hand-drawn animation and computer-generated imagery (CGI). At its release, the film peaked at number two at the domestic box office behind X2: X-Men United. The Lizzie McGuire Movie was released on August 12, 2003 on VHS and DVD and a video game adaptation was released on December 8, 2003 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC and Game Boy Advance. It is the second feature-length live-action animation hybrid film to feature Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents and Invader Zim, and Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls (1998 TV Series) characters. The events of the film take place after the second and final season of Lizzie McGuire. In the film, it tells the story of Lizzie's graduation trip to Rome with Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda, Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Zim and GIR.
| The Lizzie McGuire Movie | |
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| Directed by | Jim Fall Terri Minsky Savage Steve Holland Jhonen Vasquez Sarah Frost Gary Conrad Ken Bruce Craig McCracken Butch Hartman |
| Written by | |
| Screenplay by | Susan Estelle Jansen Terri Minsky Butch Hartman Steve Marmel Jack Thomas Gary Conrad Scott Fellows Bob Boyle Ken Bruce Dave Thomas Sarah Frost Jhonen Vasquez Craig McCracken Genndy Tartakovsky |
| Story by | Butch Hartman Terri Minsky Craig McCracken Jhonen Vasquez |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Stan Rogow Fred Seibert Craig McCracken Jhonen Vasquez |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jerzy Zieliński |
| Edited by | Margie Goodspeed |
| Music by | Guy Moon Thomas Chase Jones Steve Rucker James L. Venable Kevin Manthei (original music score by) Cliff Eidelman John Debney (additional music) |
| Animation by | Yeson Animation Studios (animation production by) Sunwoo Entertainment (animation production by) Rough Draft Studios, Inc. (animation production by) Tapehouse Toons (animated Lizzie character and animated sequences by) Nick Digital (visual effects and CG animation by) Pixel Magic (special visual effects by) Rainmaker Entertainment Group (special visual effects by) |
| Color process | Technicolor (prints by) Nickelodeon Animation Studios (color by) |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $17 million[1] |
| Box office | $55.5 million |
Plot
changeLizzie and her class travel to Rome. There Lizzie meets at the Trevi Fountain Paolo Valisari, an Italian singer. He tells Lizzie that he should sing with Isabella Parigi, a popular singer. But Isabella don't wants to sing with him, so he asks Lizzie to sing playback for her. Lizzie looks exactly like Isabella, only the hair is different. She says yes. At the airport Gordo meets the real Isabella, she knows Paolo's plan: He doesn't want to use Lizzie's playback so it will seem like Isabella can't sing. In the end Isabella came and sang for Lizzie, and Lizzie sang, too. Lizzie is a good singer, but Paolo is a bad singer, he always sings playback.
Cast
change- Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire
- LaLaine as Miranda Sanchez
- Adam Lamberg as David Gordon
- Jake Thomas as Matt McGuire
- Hallie Todd as Jo McGuire
- Robert Carradine as Sam McGuire
- Ashlie Brillault as Kate Sanders
- Clayton Snyder as Ethan Craft
- Haylie Duff as Isabella Parigi
- Yani Gellman as Paolo Valisari
- Alex Borstein as Miss Ungermeyer
- Carly Schroeder as Melina Bianco
- Brendan Kelly as Sergei
- Tara Strong as:
- Timmy Turner
- Bubbles
- Tad
- Nicky
- Cathy Cavadini as Blossom
- E.G. Daily as Buttercup
- Daran Norris as:
- Cosmo
- Mr. Turner
- Jorgen Von Strangle
- The April Fool
- Mr. Buxaplenty
- Anti-Cosmo
- Susanne Blakeslee as:
- Wanda
- Mrs. Turner
- Mrs. Buxaplenty
- Anti-Wanda
- Grey DeLisle as:
- Vicky
- Tootie
- Veronica
- Principal Waxelplax
- Chad
- Tooth Fairy
- Jim Ward as:
- Chet Ubetcha
- Doug Dimmadome
- Robert Costanzo as Easter Bunny
- Carlos Alazraqui as:
- Denzel Crocker
- Sheldon Dinkleberg
- Juandissimo Magnifico
- Delores Day Crocker
- Mayor of Dimmsdale
- Chompy the Goat
- Jane Carr as Mama Cosma
- Rob Paulsen as:
- Brick
- Boomer
- Bucky McBadbat
- Mark Chang
- King Gripullon
- Laraine Newman as Queen Jipjorrulac
- Tom Kenny as:
- Cupid
- The Mayor of Townsville
- Lenny Baxter
- Narrator (The Powerpuff Girls 1998)
- Snake (The Powerpuff Girls 1998)
- Li'l Arturo (The Powerpuff Girls 1998)
- Mitch Mitchelson (The Powerpuff Girls 1998)
- Butch Hartman as Bouncer
- Dionne Quan as Trixie Tang
- Faith Abrahams as Francis
- Dee Bradley Baker as:
- Sanjay
- Elmer
- Binky Abdul
- Jason Marsden as:
- Chester McBadbat
- Zootch
- Hall Monitor
- Torque Smacky
- Gary Leroi Gray as A.J.
- Tom Kane as:
- Professor Utonium
- Talking Dog
- HIM
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Zim
- Rosearik Rikki Simons as:
- GIR
- Monkey
- Jhonen Vasquez as:
- Old Kid
- Brian
- Mr. Scolex as Computer Voice
- S. Scott Bullock as:
- Mr. Elliot
- Pedestrian
- Policeman
- Wally Wingert as:
- Almighty Tallest Red
- Sir
- Kevin McDonald as
- Almighty Tallest Purple
- Tae
- Rodger Bumpass as Prof. Membrane
- Phil LaMarr as The Letter M
- Danny Cookesy as Keef
- John Garry as Mysterious Mysteries Anchor
- Andy Berman as:
- Dib Membrane
- Larb
- Melissa Fahn as Gaz Membrane
- Mo Collins as:
- Robomom
- Zita
- Michael McDonald as:
- Robodad
- Crewman
- Lucille Bliss as Ms. Bitters
- Gilbert Gottfried as:
- Dr. Bender
- Wendell Bender
- Kevin Michael Richardson as:
- The Boogie Man
- Jerome
- Scientist
- Jeff Bennett as:
- Ace
- Big Billy
- Grubber
- Dick Hardly
- Harold Smith
- Kath Soucie as:
- Marianne Smith
- Julie Smith
- Christine Cavanaugh as Bud Smith
- Chuck McCann as The Amoeba Boys
- Jennifer Hale as:
- Ms. Keane
- Princess Morbucks
- Sedusa
- Jennifer Martin as Ms. Sara Bellum
- Jim Cummings as Fuzzy Lumpkins
- Roger L. Jackson as:
- Mojo Jojo
- Butch
Production
changeDevelopment
changeThe film, produced by Stan Rogow, was directed by Jim Fall from a screenplay by Susan Estelle Jansen, Ed Decter and John J. Strauss. It was filmed on location in Rome, Italy in the fall of 2002.
Cast
changeMost of the characters from Lizzie McGuire, The Fairly OddParents, Invader Zim and The Powerpuff Girls reprised their roles. Additionally, the characters Danny Kessler, Malcom in the Middle's Frankie Muniz, Carlos Sanchez, Ryan Adams, Ronnie Jacobs, Angel Lieberman, Andie and Brooke Baker were absent from the film.
Animation
changeThe animation for the characters in this film was done in 2D traditional hand-drawn animation by the three animation studios in Seoul, South Korea: Rough Draft Korea Co., Ltd. for The Powerpuff Girls; Yeson Animation Studios for The Fairly OddParents, and Sunwoo Entertainment for Invader Zim, using digital ink and paint with the Toon Boom Animation's Harmony software and then composite them over the live-action backgrounds.
The Animated Lizzie sequences were provided by Tapehouse Toons in New York, New York City along with Kratky Studios. Independent animator Debra Solomon designed the animated version of Lizzie, based on Duff's appearance on her audition tape. Rather than drawing a mere caricature of Duff, she tried to capture the actress's essence by giving Lizzie's alter ego a more "hip" look: cropped shirts with trim pants and high flip-flops. The drawings were digitally inked and painted using the Animo 3.1 software and then composited into the live-action footage at Disney's Los Angeles studio.
The film combines traditional animation with live action, and also used computer-generated imagery (CGI), which was handled Nickelodeon Digital Animation Studios in Burbank, California. Ernest Chan, the CG animation artist at Nickelodeon Animation Studios used simple 3D modeling in Newtek's LightWave 3D as to determine camera locations, lens, angles, rough lighting, character, and prop placement, and which way the 2D characters would be looking and expressing while the composition crew used Toon Boom. The pre-visualization crew were able to use the 3D backdrops, which became more detailed throughout the film's development, to integrate the 3D character models and test the Toon Boom animations on top of these scenes using the placement established by Newtek's LightWave 3D, making it the second Lizzie McGuire film to extensively use computer animation.
The special visual effects for the movie was provided by Pixel Magic and Rainmaker Entertainment Group in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Los Angeles, California, United States.
Music
changeThe music score for the film was composed by Kevin Manthei from Invader Zim, Thomas Chase Jones, Steve Rucker, and James L. Venable from The Powerpuff Girls, and Guy Moon from The Fairly OddParents. Thomas Chase Jones, Steve Rucker, and James L. Venable composed themes for Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Professor Utinoum, Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, Princess Morbucks, the Rowdyruff Boys, Mayor of Townsville, etc., Guy Moon composed themes and some music cues for every Fairly OddParents, Lizzie McGuire and Angela Anaconda characters, he also composed the themes for Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda, Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Vicky, Mr. Crocker, Mark Chang and his Yugopatamian parents, Lizzie, Gordo, Miranda, Matt, Sam, Jo, Kate, Ethan, Larry, Melina, Lanny, and other characters, Kevin Manthei composed the themes and music cues for Zim, GIR, Dib, Gaz, Almighty Tallest Red and Purple, Ms. Bitters and other characters, he also composed themes for Zim. Also, the additional music was done by Cliff Eidelman and John Debney.
Sound
changeAdvantage Audio, Inc. provided post-production sound services from The Fairly OddParents, Lizzie McGuire and Invader Zim, and Twenty-First Century Entertainment, which are both located in Burbank, California from The Powerpuff Girls. Robert Duran, the sound designer, supervising sound editor and Michael Warner, the sound effects editor from The Fairly OddParents. Michael Warner used the sound effects for wish granting and the wands, Robert Duran used the sound effects for anything, and Joel Valentine used of the sound effects from The Powerpuff Girls. Some effects will be cartoony, while others will sound a bit more realistic.
Reception
changeCritical response
changeOn Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on 102 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critics consensus calls the film: "A harmless piece of fluff that ought to satisfy fans of the TV show." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
Scott Brown of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B+: "Let's face it: Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) is just too darn polished to be a junior-high underdog, even by the standards of her 'luxe suburban environs'. But that hasn't tarnished her comeback-kid cred among the six-and-ups who faithfully follow her Disney Channel show—and it doesn't make The Lizzie McGuire Movie, a clever, agreeably weightless theatrical outing, any less enjoyable." Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, but praised Borstein's performance, calling her work "the only really delightful element in the movie; everything else is simply slick and professional."
Box office
changeIn its opening weekend the film grossed $17.3 million in 2,825 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking second behind X2: X-Men United. The Lizzie McGuire Movie grossed $42.7 million domestically and $12.8 million internationally for a worldwide total of $55.5 million.
Awards
change- 2003 (won): Kids' Choice Award for Movie Breakout Star, Female (Hilary Duff)
- 2003 (won): Teen Choice Award for Movie Breakout Star, Female (Hilary Duff)
- 2003 (nominated): Teen Choice Awards for Movie Comedy, Movie Comedy Actress (Hilary Duff)
- 2004 (nominated): Leo Award for Feature-Length Drama: Best Visual Effects (Gary Gutierrez, Jayne Craig, Bruce Woloshyn, Simon Ager and Wes Sargent)
References
change- ↑ "Raise Your Voice". Box Office Prophets. Retrieved October 27, 2016.