The Simpsons Movie
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The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Production
Budget
$75 000 000
Revenue
$527 068 851
Director
Scenario
Composer
Producer
Actors
Dan Castellaneta
Homer Simpson / Itchy / Barney / Abe Simpson / Stage Manager / Krusty the Clown / Mayor Quimby / Mayor's Aide / Multi-Eyed Squirrel / Panicky Man / Sideshow Mel / Mr. Teeny / EPA Official / Kissing Cop / Bear / Boy on Phone / NSA Worker / Officer / Santa'
Julie Kavner
Marge Simpson / Selma Bouvier / Patty Bouvier (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
Bart Simpson / Maggie Simpson / Ralph / Nelson / Todd Flanders / TV Daughter / Woman on Phone (voice)
Yeardley Smith
Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria
Professor Frink / Comic Book Guy / Moe / Chief Wiggum / Lou / Carl / Cletus / Bumblebee Man / Male EPA Worker / Dome Depot Announcer / Kissing Cop / Carnival Barker / Counter Man / Apu / Drederick Tatum / Sea Captain / EPA Passenger / Robot / Dr. Nick / W
Harry Shearer
Scratchy / Mr. Burns / Rev. Lovejoy / Ned Flanders / Lenny / Skull / President Arnold Schwarzenegger / Kent Brockman / Principal Skinner / Dr. Hibbert / Smithers / Toll Booth Man / Guard / Otto / Kang (voice)
Pamela Hayden
Milhouse Van Houten / Jimbo Jones / Rod Flanders (voice)
Tress MacNeille
Sweet Old Lady / Colin / Mrs. Skinner / Nelson's Mother / Pig / Cat Lady / Female EPA Worker / G.P.S. Woman / Cookie Kwan / Lindsey Naegle / TV Son / Medicine Woman / Girl on Phone (voice)
Short description
The Simpsons Movie brings the long-running animated television family to the big screen. Homer adopts a pig, and his handling of the animal's waste ends up contaminating Springfield's lake. Federal environmental authorities respond by sealing the entire town beneath an enormous dome, and the townspeople turn on the Simpsons for the isolation they now suffer. The family flees, leaving Homer to confront the disaster he caused and decide whether to put things right.
David Silverman directed, working from a screenplay by Matt Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, with Groening, Brooks and Richard Sakai producing. The voice cast is the series regulars: Dan Castellaneta as Homer and a long list of supporting characters, Julie Kavner as Marge and her sisters, Nancy Cartwright as Bart, Maggie and several schoolmates, Yeardley Smith as Lisa, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer filling out most of Springfield between them. The 87-minute film was made for a budget of 75 million USD and took about 527 million USD worldwide, a strong return.
On IMDb it holds 7.3/10 from roughly 362,000 votes, and on TMDB 7/10 from a much smaller base of about 8,700. A critics' rating of 7.5/10 across 220 reviews places it slightly above the audience scores. It stands as the first of 13 films Silverman has directed, ahead of Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" in 2012.
What's left behind the scenes
- During the funeral, Green Day plays a somber version of one of their most famous songs – "American Idiot".
- The Bart Simpson inscription on the school blackboard in the opening credits reads “I will not illegally download this movie.”
- During a walk with Bart Simpson, Ned tells him that Springfield borders four states: Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky, which is impossible in reality because these states are located at different ends of the USA.
- The English proverb “Home sweet home” is played on twice in the film: after the dome is installed, Marge embroiders a rug with the inscription “Dome sweet dome.” Upon arriving in Alaska, Marge embroiders the same rug with the inscription “Nome sweet Nome” (Nome being a city in Alaska).
- In one of the shots, you can notice an inscription in Russian that says: “Learn to speak English or get out!”
- Arnold Schwarzenegger is the President of the USA in the film, although this is impossible in real life as only a person born in the USA can be President of America.
- During the credits, Maggie says her first word – “sequel,” hinting at a continuation. However, in the eighteenth episode of the nineteenth season, Marge, after Lisa’s unsuccessful documentary about her family, said: “No more Simpsons in the movies.”
- There are 16 Springfields in the US, and the premiere took place in Springfield, which is located in the state of Vermont.
- In the crowd heading to riot at the Simpsons' house, you can spot a character from the series “Futurama” (1999) – Fry.
- Cletus Spackler's phrase “I can’t, I just can’t!” – is from the film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” (1975).
- In Alaska, as Homer enters the house, various birds and animals also run in, and the soundtrack from Walt Disney's cartoon “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937) plays. The aforementioned moment is a parody of three Disney full-length films – “Cinderella” (1949), “Bambi” (1942), and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937).
- Homer plays the game “Grand Theft Walrus,” which is a reference to the “Grand Theft Auto” series of games.
- A cassette with the inscription “Play me” is a reference to the film “Saw” (2004).
- The episode where the crane ricochets Homer from the house to a rock, and Homer in turn screams “rock – tree, rock – tree!” is a reference to the Warner Bros. animated film “The Iron Giant” (1999). These two words are the first thing the Giant says, and the first thing Hogarth teaches him.
- Mo claims at the end of the film that after the riot, he became the Emperor of Springfield.
- Abe Simpson’s prophecy originally reads: “Horrible, horrible things are going to happen, twisted tail, ee pa, ee pa, a thousand eyes, trapped forever,” which means: “Terrible, terrible things are coming, hooked tail, ee pa, ee pa, a thousand eyes, trapped forever.” “Hooked tail” refers to the pig Homer saved; “ee pa” is EPA; “a thousand eyes” is a reference to the mutated beast; “trapped forever” is a reference to the dome being installed.
- Above the church entrance it reads “Springfield Church. Please turn off your cell phone.” However, while Abe Simpson is delivering the prophecy, the comic book guy films it on his phone. At the end of the film, the previous phrase is replaced with: “We warned you.” Neither of these signs is present in the middle of the film.
- Green Day performs on a barge on Springfield Lake to draw residents' attention to environmental problems, but their barge begins to sink due to the lake's toxicity. As the barge starts to submerge, bassist Mike Dirnt quotes Wallace Hartley from the film *Titanic* (1997): "Gentlemen, it has been an honor playing with you this evening." The musicians pull out violins and begin to play the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee."
- When Marge and the children travel by train to Springfield, Bart, while rummaging through someone else's luggage, puts a black bra on his head and declares it a symbol of corporate evil. Bart himself resembles Mickey Mouse and Mom from the "Futurama" series (1999).
Auditions in India
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