Lilo & Stitch
Short description
Lilo & Stitch is an animated science fiction comedy set in Hawaii. A small girl named Lilo, who lives with her older sister Nani, adopts a strange-looking dog she calls Stitch. Stitch is in fact a genetically engineered creature who has escaped from another planet and landed on Earth, where he hides by passing as a pet. Pursued by the alien authorities who created him and want him back, he becomes part of Lilo's household and gradually learns something he was never designed for: caring about others.
The film was released in June 2002 and runs 85 minutes. It was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, who also wrote the screenplay; Clark Spencer produced it for Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation. The voice cast includes Daveigh Chase as Lilo, Sanders as Stitch, Tia Carrere as Nani, David Ogden Stiers as Jumba, Kevin McDonald as Pleakley and Ving Rhames as Cobra Bubbles.
Made for about 80 million US dollars, it took roughly 273 million US dollars worldwide, a strong return on its budget. It holds a rating of 7.4 out of 10 on IMDb from around 242,000 votes and 7.6 out of 10 on TMDB, and its critics' rating of 7.4 out of 10 reflects a broadly favorable reception. It was the first film directed by both Sanders and DeBlois, ahead of their later work together on How to Train Your Dragon.
What's left behind the scenes
- The cartoon had sequels that were not as successful as the original.
- As the cartoon's author, Chris Sanders, recounted, a huge number of watercolor sketches were used as backgrounds during its creation.
- The cartoon is filled with songs by Elvis Presley.
- Initially, Stitch's number was planned to be 666.
- In the scene where the aliens calculate Stitch's landing trajectory, Earth's code name is Area 51.
- Among the deleted scenes was an episode where Stitch hijacks a Boeing airplane (cut after the events of September 11th) and where he inadvertently causes the death of Lilo's fish.
- Episodes from previous Disney films (“The Little Mermaid” (1989), “Beauty and the Beast” (1991), “The Lion King” (1994), “Aladdin” (1992)) were shown as promotional clips, in which Stitch interfered with the events of the film.
- It’s easy to guess that the creators of the animated film “Mulan” (1998) worked on this cartoon. A poster for this cartoon hangs in Nani’s bedroom, a restaurant has a sign reading “Mulan Wok,” and a dog shelter has a poster with a dog resembling Little Brother.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
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