Monkeybone (2001)

Director:

Henry Selick

Writers (WGA):

Kaja Blackley (graphic novel "Dark Town")
Sam Hamm (written by)

Release Date:

23 February 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

If It Yells, If It Swings, It's Got To Be Monkeybone!

Plot:

In a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone.

Plot Keywords:

Death | Coma | Nightmare | Carnival | Monkey

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Stu Miley
Bridget Fonda	...	Dr. Julie McElroy
John Turturro	...	Monkeybone (voice)
Chris Kattan	...	Organ Donor Stu
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Hypnos
Rose McGowan	...	Miss Kitty
Dave Foley	...	Herb (as David Foley)
Megan Mullally	...	Kimmy Miley
Bob Odenkirk	...	Head Surgeon
Pat Kilbane	...	Burger God Representative
Lisa Zane	...	Medusa
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Death
Sandra Thigpen	...	Alice
Wayne Wilderson	...	Hutch
Amy Higgins	...	Clarissa (as Amy D. Higgins)
Alan Gelfant	...	Dr. Edelstein
Kristin Norton	...	Nurse
Chris Hogan	...	Bill, Bazoom Toy Representative
Lucy Butler	...	Guest
John Sylvain	...	Ambulance Driver
Lou Romano	...	Cop / Psycharist
Leon Laderach	...	Surgeon in Nightmare
Scott Rogers	...	Surgeon
Cris Thomas-Palomino	...	Surgeon
Tony Panterra	...	Surgeon
Ted Rooney	...	Grim Reaper (voice)
Christopher Franciosa	...	Reaper Who Takes Lulu
Mary Stein	...	Lulu
Fred Pierce	...	Reaper in Death's Office
Harper Roisman	...	Earl Biegler
Kristopher Logan	...	Patron
Scott Workman	...	Arnold the Super Reaper
Shawnee Free Jones	...	Lizzie Borden
Ilia Volok	...	Rasputin
Edgar Allan Poe IV	...	Edgar Allan Poe
Claudette Mink	...	Typhoid Mary
Jon Bruno	...	Man in the Dungeon
Owen Masterson	...	Jack the Ripper
Jen Sung	...	Attila the Hun (as Jen Sung Outerbridge)
Tracy Zahoryin	...	Model
Sunshine Deia Tutt	...	Model
Jo Haugen Gash	...	Model
Lindsay Bryan	...	Model
Brooke Boisse	...	Model
Meron Abebe	...	Model
Mie Kringelbach	...	Model
Rex Reddick	...	Museum / Tuxedo Guard (as Rex J. Reddick)
Sybil Azur	...	Museum Dancer
Anne Fletcher	...	Museum Dancer
Diane Mizota	...	Museum Dancer
Etty Lau	...	All-Girl Band Sax Player
LaTonya Holmes	...	All-Girl Band Percussionist
Lesli Jean Matta	...	All-Girl Band Drummer
Dawn Soler	...	All-Girl Band
Miko Watanbe	...	All-Girl Band (as Miiko Watanbe)
Frankie Pine	...	All-Girl Band
Anne King	...	All-Girl Band
Rachen Assapiomonwait	...	Korean Father (as Rachen Assapimonwait)
Veena Bidasha	...	Statue Woman
Michael Anthony Jackson	...	Bug Man (as M. Anthony Jackson)
Doug Jones	...	Yeti
Arturo Gil	...	Rat Guard
Jody St. Michael	...	Centaur
Frit Fuller	...	3 Headed Devil
Frat Fuller	...	3 Headed Devil
Brian Steele	...	Jumbo the Elephant God
Leif Tilden	...	Cyclops
Tom Fisher	...	Community Service Cigarette Sweeper
Joseph S. Griffo	...	BBQ Pig
Kim Timbers-Patteri	...	Wasp Woman (as Kim Timbers Patteri)
Lisa Ebeyer	...	Betty the Bovine (as Lisa M. Ebeyer)
Wayne Doba	...	Scorpion (as Wayne D. Doba)
Mark Viniello	...	Assbackward
Nathan Stein	...	Sea Monster
Ed Holmes	...	Buffalo Kachina
Erica Gudis	...	#1 Party Babe Hybrid
Melinda Milton	...	#2 Party Babe Hybrid
Caroline A. Rice	...	#3 Party Babe Hybrid (as Caroline)
Michael L. Hammond	...	Reaper Performer
Joe Ranft	...	Streetsquash Rabbit (voice)
Bruce Lanoil	...	Streetsquash Raccoon (voice)
Debi Durst	...	Streetsquash Snake (voice)
Phil Brotherton	...	Subramansa (voice) (as Philip Brotherton)
Roger Jackson	...	Arnold the Super Reaper (voice) (as Roger L. Jackson)
Jym Dingler	...	Community Service Cigarette Sweeper (voice)
Leslie Hedger	...	Assbackward (voice)
Toby Gleason	...	Buffalo Kachina (voice)
Allan Trautman	...	BBQ Pig (voice)
Mike Mitchell	...	Miss Hudiapp (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lee Armstrong	...	Puppeteer on Grim Reaper (uncredited)
Randall Bosley	...	Fred (uncredited)
Brendan Burns	...	Detective #1 (uncredited)
Robert 'Duckie' Carpenter	...	Record Store Owner / Coma Victim (uncredited)
Thomas Haden Church	...	Death's Assistant (uncredited)
Jamie Donovan	...	Reporter #1 (uncredited)
Wendy Fowler	...	Beautiful Fan (uncredited)
Peter Gardner	...	Grim Reaper in Death's Office (uncredited)
Paul Guiles	...	Reporter #2 (uncredited)
Harry Jay Knowles	...	Lucky (uncredited)
Jason Kravits	...	Guest (uncredited)
Jim Kundig	...	Puppeteer (uncredited)
Pons Maar	...	Lead Puppeteer (uncredited)
Skyler Marshall	...	Janitor (uncredited)
George Meyers	...	Bazoom Toy Rep (uncredited)
Michelle Shaffer	...	Woman with Bat (uncredited)
Tom Tangen	...	Burger God Representative (uncredited)
Dina Torok	...	Background Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Henry Selick

Writing credits (WGA)
Kaja Blackley		(graphic novel "Dark Town")
Sam Hamm		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Barnathan	....	producer
Chris Columbus	....	executive producer
Paula DuPré Pesmen	....	associate producer
Sam Hamm	....	executive producer
Mark Radcliffe	....	producer
Lata Ryan	....	executive producer
Henry Selick	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Anne Dudley

Cinematography by
Andrew Dunn

Film Editing by
Jon Poll
Nicholas C. Smith
Mark Warner

Casting by
Johnny Gidcomb
Sheila Jaffe
Georgianne Walken

Production Design by
Bill Boes

Art Direction by
John Chichester
Bruce Robert Hill

Set Decoration by
Jackie Carr

Costume Design by
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

Makeup Department
Gary Archer	....	dental prosthetics
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup effects
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist: crew
Robert Hallowell II	....	key hair stylist
Brad Hardin	....	foam department
John Kim	....	makeup effects technician: Captive Audience Productions
Mary Kim	....	makeup effects crew: Captive Audience Productions Inc.
Michael Mills	....	key makeup artist
Mark Nieman	....	makeup effects artist
Ben Nye Jr.	....	key makeup artist
Michael Peterson	....	lab makeup effects
Craig Reardon	....	makeup artist
Heidi Seeholzer	....	makeup artist
Brian Sipe	....	special makeup effects artist
Todd Tucker	....	special makeup effects artist
Danny Valencia	....	hair stylist
Keith VanderLaan	....	creature effects producer: Captive Audience Productions
Keith VanderLaan	....	makeup effects producer: Captive Audience Productions
Julia L. Walker	....	hair stylist: Ms. Goldberg
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	contact lens technician (uncredited)

Production Management
Doris Donnenberg	....	production supervisor
Paul Moen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Bradley	....	second unit director
Pamela Cederquist	....	assistant director: second unit
Peter Crosman	....	second unit director
Valerie Finkel	....	assistant director
Michael McCue	....	assistant director
Lisa C. Satriano	....	assistant director: second unit
Gregory Kent Simmons	....	assistant director: second unit (as Gregory Simmons)
Mike Topoozian	....	first assistant director
Bob Wagner	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Tom Altobello	....	assistant property master
Craig Baron	....	set dresser
Mike Cachuela	....	conceptual artist
Mike Cachuela	....	storyboard supervisor
Marco A. Campos	....	general foreman
Janine Cavoto	....	set dresser
Peter Chan	....	concept artist
Peter Chan	....	storyboard artist
Martin Charles	....	graphic designer
Everett Chase	....	set designer
Melanie S. Chretin	....	second assistant props
Guy Hendrix Dyas	....	conceptual illustrator (as Guy Dyas)
Jann K. Engel	....	set designer (as Jann Engel)
Egan Gauntt	....	art department assistant
A. Todd Holland	....	set designer
Gary B. Krakoff Jr.	....	propmaker foreman
Gary A. Krakoff	....	construction coordinator
Tim Larsen	....	painter
Scott W. Leslie	....	set dresser
Lyle Maves	....	lead plasterer foreman
Martin Roy Mervel	....	set designer (as Martin Mervel)
Kirstin Mooney	....	art department coordinator
Andrew Murdock	....	assistant art director
Fred O'Connor	....	propmaker
Jeff Ozimek	....	set designer
Hugo Santiago	....	set designer
Dawn Swiderski	....	assistant art director
Chris Ubick	....	property master
Tim Y. Wetzel	....	second unit property master
Helen Wilson	....	props
Anthony Zierhut	....	storyboard artist
George Davis	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)
Tammy DeRuiter	....	painter (uncredited)
Kristine Grippo	....	painter (uncredited)
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Kon Iliov	....	gangboss (uncredited)
Scott Lafferty	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Franklin T. Perry	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Charles S. Serrano	....	construction foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Axinn	....	assistant adr editor
Steve Boeddeker	....	sound designer
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Howard Carle	....	adr mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Tom Fox	....	utility sound
Claire Graybill	....	dialogue editor
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Holland	....	supervising sound editor
R.J. Kizer	....	adr supervisor
Dave Kulczycki	....	foley editor (as David Kulczycki)
Dave Kulczycki	....	sound effects editor (as David Kulczycki)
Bruce Lacey	....	adr supervisor
John A. Larsen	....	supervising sound editor
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley recordist
Cheryl Nardi	....	assistant dialogue editor
Timothy Nielsen	....	assistant sound designer
Jonathan Null	....	foley editor
Larry Oatfield	....	foley editor
Geoffrey Patterson	....	production sound mixer
Steve F. Price	....	assistant sound editor
Kevin Sellers	....	foley editor
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Donald Sylvester	....	dialogue editor
Ewa Sztompke	....	dialogue editor (as Ewa Sztompke-Oatfield)
Addison Teague	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Hugh Waddell	....	adr editor
Ben Wienert	....	cable person
Karen G. Wilson	....	sound effects editor (as Karen Wilson)
John Lajvort	....	sound editorial engineer (uncredited)
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chad Baalbergen	....	special effects technician
Brent Baker	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Enrique Bilsland	....	creature mechanical designer
Stan Blackwell	....	special effects foreman
Joel P. Blanchard	....	special effects technician
Robert Calvert	....	special effects technician
Shea Clayton	....	special effects supervisor
Joe Colwell	....	special effects key: O.D. Stu Effects
Thomas M. Craven	....	special effects technician
Steve Dearth	....	special effects technician
Michael Eder	....	motion control assistant
Christian Eisenhaur	....	master mold maker
Mike Elizalde	....	mechanical designer
Mike Elizalde	....	puppeteer
Chrystene R. Ells	....	model maker
Terry Erickson	....	special effects technician
Ian Eyre	....	special effects assistant
Steve Fink	....	special effects makeup
Damian Fisher	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Scott Garcia	....	special effects technician
Paul Gentry	....	director of photography: stop motion animation unit
Terrance Graven	....	model maker
Joe Heffernan	....	special effects
David Hoehn	....	creature effects prosthetics artist
Jeff Jingle	....	mechanical fabrication
Greg Johnson	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Patrick Johnson	....	model production assistant
Hiroshi Katagiri	....	special makeup effects artist: Steve Johnson's XFX inc.
Jeffrey Knott	....	special effects technician
Randy Krohmer	....	special effects technician
Jim Kundig	....	animatronic designer
Andy Lawless	....	assistant camera
Paul J. Lombardi	....	special effects coordinator
Ron Macinnes	....	special effects technician
Scott D. Mattson	....	special effects office coordinator
Pierre Maurer	....	special effects
Ian C. McArthur	....	special effects technician
John R. McConnell	....	pre-visualization: XFX Inc.
Jeff Miller	....	special effects
David Monzingo	....	special effects artist: Steve Johnson's XFX
Stephen D. Moore	....	special effects technician
George Paine	....	special effects technician
David Peterson	....	shop foreman
Tuck John Porter	....	special effects shop fabricator
Jeff Rand	....	special effects technician
Scott Roark	....	special effects technician
Damon B. Sarafian	....	special effects technician
Mike Scanlan	....	animatronics supervisor
Russell Shinkle	....	mechanical creature effects supervisor
Matt Singer	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Bryan Smith	....	mold maker
Chuck E. Stewart	....	first unit special effects supervisor
F. Lee Stone	....	special effects technician (as Frank Lee Stone)
Valek Sykes	....	special effects
Frank W. Tarantino	....	special effects supervisor
Brian Van Dorn	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Keith VanderLaan	....	creature effects producer: Captive Audience Productions
Parry Willard	....	special effects technician
William H. Wolf	....	special effects technician (as William Wolf)
Dick Wood	....	second unit special effects supervisor
Michael Del Rossa	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Joe Gomez	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Chris Grossnickle	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Grady Holder	....	lab technician: Captive Audience (uncredited)
Mike McFarlane	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Steve Newburn	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Michael O'Brien	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Thomas Ovenshire	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Susan Alegria	....	model maker
David Wallace Allen	....	visual effects previsualization
Christian T. Andrews	....	visual effects motion control technician
Tom Arndt	....	match move technician
Curtis Augspurger	....	visual effects producer: Menace Effects
Adam Avitabile	....	digital compositor
Michael Backauskas	....	visual effects editor
Wenden K. Baldwin	....	digital compositor
Damon Bard	....	sculpture department supervisor
Lloyd Lee Barnett	....	digital compositor
John Bartle	....	visual effects editor
Eric M. Beaver	....	compositor: Look Effects
Tory Belleci	....	model maker
Paul Berry	....	stop-motion animation
Nicholas Brooks	....	visual effects artist
Phil Brotherton	....	model maker
Kelly Bumbarger	....	digital compositor
Steward Burris	....	animator
Michelle Butler	....	digital artist: CFX
Aimee Campbell	....	motion tracking supervisor: Centropolis Effects
Terry Clotiaux	....	visual effects producer
Dan Cobbett	....	digital compositor
Buckley Collum	....	digital effects supervisor
Francisco Cortes	....	visual effects production assistant
Gregory Creaser	....	imaging/timing supervisor: Digiscope
Robert Cribbett	....	digital compositor: CFX
Peter Crosman	....	visual effects supervisor
Andrea D'Amico	....	visual effects producer: POP Film
Ken Dackermann	....	digital compositor
Michael Degtjarewsky	....	digital compositor
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer: CFX
Aaron Dem	....	visual effects head of production: CFX
Jon Doyle	....	digital artist: CFX
David S. Dranitzke	....	visual effects stage coordinator
Mark S. Driscoll	....	visual effects producer: LOOK! Effects Inc.
Todd Fellows	....	lead modelmaker: M5 Industries Inc.
Chris Flynn	....	digital compositor
Steve Fong	....	visual effects artist
Adam Francis	....	motion control technician
Mark Franco	....	visual effects executive producer: CFX
Fortunato Frattasio	....	digital artist
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Roy George	....	digital compositor
Ray Gilberti	....	animation director of photography
Brent Gilmartin	....	visual effects artist
Archie Gogoladze	....	digital artist
Kelly Granite	....	visual effects producer: Howard Granite Films
Don Greenberg	....	digital compositor
Sheila Greene	....	set electician: visual effects crew, ILM
Greg Groenekamp	....	visual effects composite artist: CFX LA
Abra Grupp	....	digital effects supervisor
Martin Hall	....	paint/roto artist
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor
Niles Heckman	....	digital effects artist (as Jon Heckman)
Adam Howard	....	visual effects supervisor
Heather Hoyland	....	digital compositor
Anthony 'Max' Ivins	....	visual effects supervisor: LOOK! Effects
Christopher Ivins	....	lead compositor: LOOK! Effects, Inc.
Rodney Iwashina	....	CG supervisor: CFX
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	....	texture artist
Justin Johnson	....	visual effects
Keith Kellogg	....	tracking supervisor
Danny S. Kim	....	compositor
Justin Kohn	....	animator
Keiko Koyama	....	digital effects coordinator: Digiscope
Pete Kozachik	....	visual effects supervisor
Brad Kuehn	....	visual effects supervisor
Daniel Kutner	....	visual effects production assistant
Ken Lam	....	digital compositor
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Charles Lem	....	visual effects production supervisor
Michael Leonard	....	model maker
Matt Linder	....	lead compositor: 3D effects animator
Ralph Maiers	....	digital artist: Digiscope
Ralph Maiers	....	digital compositor
James Marbas	....	digital effects supervisor
Pierre Maurer	....	model maker: M5
John P. McMullen	....	systems administrator: CFX
Meredith Meyer-Nichols	....	visual effects coordinator: giant killer robots
Brett Miller	....	senior technical director
Carl Miller	....	animation director of photography
Steve Miller	....	assistant visual effects editor: CFX
Rodney Montague	....	visual effects producer
Steve R. Moore	....	visual effects editor (as Steve Moore)
Tricia Mulgrew	....	visual effects coordinator
Jaime Norman	....	visual effects coordinator
Bill O'Donnell	....	visual effects assistant
Peter Oberdorfer	....	visual effects supervisor
James Park	....	data I/O technician: CFX
Cristin Pescosolido	....	digital compositor
Patrick Phillips	....	visual effects
Sean Prichard	....	miniatures key grip
Janet Quen	....	digital effects compositor
David Rand	....	digital artist
Linda Renaud	....	assistant visual effects editor
Dennis Rogers	....	first assistant camera: visual effects
Jacqueline Rosado	....	digital effects coordinator
Daniel P. Rosen	....	lead compositor: Giant Killer Robots
Kosta Saric	....	visual effects editor: CFX
Erik Satre	....	lead model maker: M5 Industries
Mike Schmitt	....	visual effects supervisor
Laura Schultz	....	visual effects coordinator
Kirk Scott	....	visual effects stage manager
Nicholas Siapkaris	....	visual effects production coordinator
Jenny Spamer	....	visual effects assistant (as Jenny Spamer Harris)
Joe Stevenson	....	motion control photographer
Mary Stuart-Welch	....	executive visual effects producer
Eric Swenson	....	miniatures director of photography
Ka Yaw Tan	....	digital artist
Mandy Tankenson	....	visual effects coordinator: CFX
Mika Taylor	....	visual effects
Rich Thorne	....	production executive
Carter Tomassi	....	motion control operator
David Trappe	....	motion control operator
Isabel Vandernoot	....	digital compositor
John Vegher	....	digital artist
John Vegher	....	technical director
Tom Vukmanic	....	model maker
Jeff Wells	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Bob Wiatr	....	digital compositor
Peter Williams	....	animation director of photography
Christopher Wolf	....	systems administrator
Amber Wong	....	visual effects producer
Xye	....	visual effects
Negin Bairami	....	model maker/painter (uncredited)
Tom Firestone	....	model maker (uncredited)
Erin May	....	visual effects producer: Post Logic (uncredited)
Rob Menapace	....	motion control operator (uncredited)
Hilda Saffari	....	assistant visual effects editor (uncredited)
Linda Sena	....	on-set technician (uncredited)
Deborah Thomas	....	digital rotoscoping: Giant Killer Robots (uncredited)
Talmage Watson	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Michael Wick	....	model maker (uncredited)

Stunts
Dan Bradley	....	stunt coordinator
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunts
Jay Caputo	....	stunt double: Chris Kattan
Eric Chambers	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunt driver
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Charles Grisham	....	stunts
Zach Hudson	....	utility stunts
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts
Sam Maloof	....	stunt performer
Rob McCabe	....	stunts: utility
Mark Newsom	....	stunt double
Mark Norby	....	stunts
Chris Palermo	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunts
Rex Reddick	....	stunts
Scott Rogers	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Kevin Scott	....	stunts
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts
Tim Sitarz	....	stunt double: Grimm Reaper
Scott Workman	....	stunts
Keith Woulard	....	stunts
John Escobar	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Amaral	....	electrician
James W. Apted	....	assistant camera
Will Dearborn	....	camera loader: second unit
Damon Doherty	....	grip
Mitch Dubin	....	camera operator
Tracy Estes	....	electric rigging crew
Victor Galvis	....	electrician
Tommy Garcia	....	grip rigger
John Grillo	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Patrick James Grosswendt	....	gaffer
Mark Gutterud	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Jaime Heintz	....	grip: second unit
Robert Ikeda	....	grip
Peter Iovino	....	still photographer
David Janssen	....	first assistant camera: Motion Control & VFX
Dan Jones	....	electrician
David Katz	....	video assist operator
Ondrej Kubicek	....	animation assistant camera
Gregory Lundsgaard	....	Steadicam operator
John R. Manocchia	....	chief rigging technician
Duane Manwiller	....	additional camera operator
William R. Mayberry	....	best boy electric
Hugh McCallum	....	grip
Daisuke Dice Miyake	....	grip
Eduardo Navarro	....	assistant camera (as Ed Navarro)
Evan A. Nesbitt	....	first assistant camera: second unit
John Nolan	....	assistant camera
Christopher Olson	....	video playback operator
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	director of photography: second unit
Sean Prichard	....	key grip: miniatures unit
Brad Rea	....	dolly grip
Patrick Shellenberger	....	gaffer: second unit
Val Sklar	....	camera loader
Ty Suehiro	....	second grip
Kristopher Van Over	....	assistant camera
Patricia Van Over	....	assistant camera (as Pattie Vanover)
R. Michael Yope	....	electrician
Patricia Van Over	....	cinematographer: second unit (uncredited)

Animation Department
Damon Bard	....	character designer
Paul Berry	....	supervising animator
Grace Cheney	....	character fabricator
Webster Colcord	....	animator
Phil Dale	....	animator
Gisela Hermeling	....	animation coordinator
Timothy Hittle	....	animator
Josephine Huang	....	animator
Owen Klatte	....	animator
Kevin MacLean	....	animator
Martin Meunier	....	model maker
Jeff Newitt	....	animator
Brian Ormiston	....	animator
Anthony Scott	....	lead animator
Trey Thomas	....	animator
Greg Manwaring	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting
Julia Kim	....	casting associate
Christian Kaplan	....	executive in charge of casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marie Boller	....	costumer
Joseph Cigliano	....	specialty costumes
Beau Desmond	....	costumer
Daniel Dirks	....	set costumer
Matthew Jerome	....	costumer
David Le Vey	....	assistant costume designer
Anthony T. Lukins	....	set costumer
Tom Macdonald	....	set costumer
John Pohl	....	costume consultant
Damien Quinn	....	costumer
Shownee Smith	....	costume manufacturing foreman
Nancy Smytka	....	set costumer
Lisa Tomczeszyn	....	assistant costume designer
Keith VanderLaan	....	specialty costume creator/producer: Captive Audience Productions

Editorial Department
Craig Alpert	....	first assistant editor
Noah Arntson	....	post-production assistant
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Vaune Kirby Frechette	....	assistant editor
Steve R. Moore	....	editor: visual effects
Paul Murphy	....	assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Steven Ramirez	....	first assistant editor
Anthony Reyna	....	editorial assistant
Anthony Reyna	....	post-production assistant
David Suther	....	assistant editor
Jessie Thiele	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Geoff Alexander	....	orchestrator
Bill Bernstein	....	music editor
Kenneth Burgomaster	....	score mock-ups
Simon Changer	....	score assistant engineer
Jordan Corngold	....	music editor: temp music
Andrew Dorfman	....	music editor
Anne Dudley	....	conductor
Anne Dudley	....	orchestrator
Karen Elliott	....	music supervisor
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Woody Jackson	....	musician
Shawn Patterson	....	composer: animated opening
Dawn Soler	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Tom Briggs	....	driver
Steve Duncan	....	transportation coordinator
Chris Ferrence	....	dispatcher
Chris Walden	....	driver
Bonnie Yamahiro	....	driver

Other crew
Todd J. Adelman	....	production medic
Kat Alioshin	....	supervisor
Molly Allen	....	location manager
Courtney Atinsky	....	set production assistant
Steve Bannatyne	....	production assistant
Steven A. Berman	....	production secretary
Susan Boyajian	....	adr voice
Jan Forman Campi	....	production accountant: effects unit (as Jan Forman)
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice artist
Chris Castaldi	....	set production assistant
Darrin Clubb	....	foreman
Jason Columbus	....	production assistant
Martha Cronin	....	production accountant
Wilma Davis	....	assistant to director
Bonita R. DeCarlo	....	character department manager
David C. Fisher	....	stand-in (as David Cotton Fisher)
Anne Fletcher	....	choreographer
Trista Gormley	....	key production assistant: effects unit
Gary J. Gross	....	production consultant: Captive Audience Productions
Paul Harrison	....	key assistant location manager
Christian Henson	....	drum programmer
Michael Herron	....	production assistant
Jason Hinkel	....	accounting clerk
Jean Hodges	....	food stylist
Jason M. Hubbard	....	staff assistant
James Francis Hurley IV	....	intern (as Jim Hurley)
Sean W. Johnson	....	fabrication intern
Erin Kaufman	....	assistant production coordinator
Mitch Kelleher	....	set production assistant
Travis Koller	....	production assistant
Ines Larios	....	payroll clerk
Francine Lecoultre	....	textile designer
Chad Lemieux	....	production assistant: stunts second unit
Harvey Lowry	....	operations manager: Captive Audience Productions Inc.
Sonya Lunsford	....	first assistant accountant
Cathy Marshall	....	payroll accountant
Rob McCabe	....	stand-in: Brendan Fraser
Shaun M. McGovern	....	first assistant accountant
Lisa Mercurio	....	production assistant
Timothy K. Miller	....	additional puppeteer
James Murray	....	puppeteer
Jeffrey Neumeier	....	second assistant accountant
Joshua Owen	....	production assistant
Joseph Kelly Padovich	....	mechanic
Elaine Patarini	....	assistant location manager
Tom Proost	....	stage supporter
Ryan Robertson	....	main title producer
Mike Scanlan	....	puppeteer
Henry Selick	....	body double
Brian Sofsky	....	assistant to director
Susan Steinlauf-Pascal	....	unit publicist
Mark Sussman	....	additional voice
Karen Swallow	....	assistant: Mr. Barnathan
Rachel Swenson	....	production assistant
J. Ben Sykes	....	catering cook
Gloria Tacchino	....	assistant: Bridget Fonda
Scott Trimble	....	office production assistant
Ellen Wolff	....	production coordinator
Jill Fischer	....	production coordinator: Captive Audience Productions (uncredited)
John Parker	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Kim Smith	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Mark Thielen	....	miniture sets builder (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (as Twentieth Century Fox) (presents)
• 1492 Pictures (as 1492)
• Twitching Image Studio (uncredited)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Canada) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• EuroVideo (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2001) (Finland) (VHS)
• FS Film Oy (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Centropolis Effects (special visual effects)
• Full Scale Effects
• Giant Killer Robots (visual effects)
• Howard Granite Films
• Keith Vanderlaan's Captive Audience Productions (creature effects)
• LOOK! Effects (digital visual effects)
• M5 Industries
• PTM Imaging (digital imaging)
• Pacific Title Digital (digital effects)
• Riot (visual effects)
• Spaff Animation (cartoon animation)
• Steve Johnson's XFX (creature effects)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  post-production sound services
• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• Custom Film Effects  opticals
• DTC Grip & Electric  grip and lighting equipment
• DeCarlo Studio  live action puppet construction
• Deluxe Catering  catering
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Hothouse Music  music supervision by
• Inter Video  24 frame equipment
• Loop de Loop  voice casting
• PTM Imaging  digital imaging
• Pacific Title Digital  digital effects
• Pacific Title  opticals
• Scarlet Letters  titles
• Sessions Payroll Management  payroll services
• Skywalker Sound  sound post-production services
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility (as Soundtrack Boston)
• Spaff Animation  cartoon animation
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack release
• Whitfield Street Studios  score recording facilities

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude humor and some nudity

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Germany:12 | Hungary:16 | Ireland:15 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:LH | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

When Herb is trapped in a waking nightmare and streaking through the benefit, Dave Foley really is naked.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Monkeybone is singing as Marilyn Monroe and takes off the dress, he is wearing a suit. But in the next shot he is just wearing his vest.

Quotes:

Monkeybone:Ladies and Gentlemen, forget about the naked man with the purple face.

Movie Connections:

References "South Park" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Hell

Cool World with soul

An endearing young nebbish named Stu (Brendan Fraser) is a cartoonist whose main creation is the personification (or, if you will, the simianization) of his libido. The ornery Monkeybone represents all of Stu's repressed feelings, you see. This is not uncommon among cartoonists or comic-book artists (or, for that matter, any artist); the product on the page is often the result of the demons within the artist's tortured soul. Anyway, Stu has a lovely girlfriend named Julie (Bridget Fonda), who just happens to be a doctor. Monkeybone's about to hit big, and Stu's friend/agent (David Foley) is trying his damnedest to merchandise the hell out of the uncontrollable penis with legs. (There's a not-so-subtle symbolism at work here, of course; Stu represses his emotions, including all sexual feelings, and releases them only in the form of Monkeybone on the page.) The day that deals for the commercialization of Monkeybone (reluctantly by Stu, of course) are made, tragedy strikes. A freak car accident leaves Stu in a coma, although somehow his girlfriend escapes unharmed. So there he is, lying in a hospital bed. Trust me, folks, there's comedy afoot here. We're only now getting to it. While clinically dead, Stu finds himself in Hell. Everyone down there knows him, because he's suffered through nightmares for many, many years (and they've served to inspire him in his artistry, too). In 1991, there was a movie called Cool World that covered some of the same ground. In that film, cartoonist Gabriel Byrne ran into all of his old creations - in this one, Stu finds that the denizens down there have been audience to his nightmares since they began, and they've been counting on him to churn out more. Keeps 'em alive, apparently. Oh, but just to complicate things, Julie the doc has found out what causes nightmares. Actually, I guess that actually makes things nice and simple, not more complex. What's worse, down in Hell (actually, an offshoot of Hell called "Downtown"), Monkeybone is quite the center of attention, and even has a standup act that humiliates the reserved and introverted Stu. The movie really consists of two main parts: Stu down in Hell (although not quite dead yet in real life), trying to find a way back up; and Stu back on terra firma, trying to Save The Day. What connects the two parts is that the nefarious Monkeybone, who's ostensibly been helping Stu to get an "exit pass" has actually schemed to return to the land of the living himself - in Stu's body. So that's where the hijinks really begin; at least, that was the plan. Once Monkeybone gets back up there, things seem to fall into a familiar plotline, which is a shame. There are many scenes down in the underworld that are positively funny, including Whoopi Goldberg as the Lord of the Dead. Oh, and some good bits with Grim Reaper recruits. And the sets! VERY good, fascinating stuff. If you're a fan of scenes, how things look - set design, set decoration, the whole bit - then this movie has oodles of eye candy. It's very well designed. And here's a bit of praise for someone I thought I'd never give it to: Chris Kattan. See, after Monkeybone returns to Earth in Stu's body, Stu has to find a way back up there himself. He's sent back in the body of a gymnast who was just killed in a car wreck (broken neck). The scenes of Stu waking up on the dissection table then being pursued by a mob of angry pathology doctors anxious to get his organs (which, of course, were supposed to be donated) are priceless, as is the bit of how Stu quickly copes with his broken-neck problem. There's a lot to look at here, and although the characters themselves are rather cardboard (and Fraser himself, while amiable, might be a little miscast), I think this was an overlooked movie. It has everything Cool World had back in 1991, except it also has (pardon the pun) a soul. This one made you like Stu and root for him, which is (of course) essential to any silly comedy. This one's just a silly comedy with some bite to it.