The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Stephen Hillenburg

Writers:

Stephen Hillenburg (television series SpongeBob SquarePants)
Stephen Hillenburg (story)
(more)

Release Date:

19 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Bigger, squarier, spongier!

Plot:

SpongeBob SquarePants takes leave from the town of Bikini Bottom in order to track down King Neptune's stolen crown.

Plot Keywords:

Crown | King | Princess | Father Daughter Relationship | Fast Food

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 18

8:00 PM

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Cast

Tom Kenny	...	SpongeBob / Narrator / Gary / Clay / Tough Fish #2 / Twin #2 / Houston Voice (voice)
Clancy Brown	...	Mr. Krabs (voice)
Rodger Bumpass	...	Squidward / Fish #4 (voice)
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Patrick Star / Fish #2 / Chum Customer / Local Fish (voice)
Mr. Lawrence	...	Plankton / Fish #7 / Attendant #2, Lloyd (voice)
Jill Talley	...	Karen, The Computer Wife / Old Lady (voice)
Carolyn Lawrence	...	Sandy (voice)
Mary Jo Catlett	...	Mrs. Poppy Puff (voice)
Jeffrey Tambor	...	King Neptune (voice)
Scarlett Johansson	...	Mindy (voice)
Alec Baldwin	...	Dennis (voice)
David Hasselhoff	...	Himself
Kristopher Logan	...	Squinty the Pirate
D.P. FitzGerald	...	Bonesy the Pirate
Cole S. McKay	...	Scruffy the Pirate (as Cole McKay)
Dylan Haggerty	...	Stitches the Pirate
Bart McCarthy	...	Captain Bart the Pirate
Henry Kingi	...	Inky the Pirate
Randolph Jones	...	Tiny the Pirate
Paul Zies	...	Upper Deck the Pirate
Gerard Griesbaum	...	Fingers the Pirate (as Gerard Greisbaum)
Aaron Hendry	...	Tangles the Pirate / Cyclops Diver
Maxie J. Santillan Jr.	...	Gummy the Pirate (as Maxie Santillan)
Peter DeYoung	...	Leatherbeard the Pirate
Gino Montesinos	...	Tango the Pirate
John Siciliano	...	Pokey the Pirate
David Stifel	...	Cookie the Pirate
Alex Baker	...	Martin the Pirate
Robin Russell	...	Sniffy the Pirate
Tommy Schooler	...	Salty the Pirate
Ben Wilson	...	Stovepipe the Pirate
Jose Zelaya	...	Dooby the Pirate
Mageina Tovah	...	Usher
Chris Cummins	...	Concession Guy
Todd Duffey	...	Concession Guy
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Man Cop / Phil / Perch Perkins / Waiter / Attendant #1 / Thug #1 / Coughing Fish / Twin #1 / Frog Fish Monster / Freed Fish / Sandals (voice)
Sirena Irwin	...	Reporter / Driver / Ice Cream Lady (voice)
Lori Alan	...	Pearl (voice)
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1, Victor (voice) (as Tom Wilson)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Squire / Goofy Goober Announcer / Thief (voice)
Joshua Seth	...	Prisoner (voice)
Tim Blaney	...	Singing Goofy Goober (voice)
Derek Drymon	...	The Screamer / Fisherman (voice)
Aaron Springer	...	Laughing Bubble (voice)
Neil Ross	...	Cyclops (voice)
Stephen Hillenburg	...	Parrot (voice)
Mike Bell	...	Fisherman (as Michael Patrick Bell)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Wise	...	Goofy Goober Rock Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Hillenburg

Writing credits
Stephen Hillenburg		(television series SpongeBob SquarePants)
Stephen Hillenburg		(story)
Derek Drymon		(written by) &
Tim Hill		(written by) &
Stephen Hillenburg		(written by) &
Kent Osborne		(written by) &
Aaron Springer		(written by) &
Paul Tibbitt		(written by)

Produced by
Derek Drymon	....	producer
Albie Hecht	....	producer
Stephen Hillenburg	....	producer
Ramsey Ann Naito	....	associate producer
Aaron Parry	....	line producer
Julia Pistor	....	producer
Gina Shay	....	producer
Peter M. Tobyansen	....	line producer
Steven Wilzbach	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Gregor Narholz

Cinematography by
Jerzy Zielinski

Film Editing by
Lynn Hobson

Casting by
Judith Bouley

Production Design by
Nick Jennings
Chris L. Spellman		(as Chris Spellman)

Art Direction by
Tristan Paris Bourne		(as Tristan Bourne)

Set Decoration by
Kathy Lucas

Costume Design by
Terri Valazza

Makeup Department
Art Anthony	....	makeup department head
Barbara Cantu	....	hair stylist
Vance Hartwell	....	special makeup effects artist
Myke Michaels	....	key makeup artist
Chris Mills III	....	mold maker
Kelly Nagle	....	additional makeup artist: Florida
Susie Mendez Pfister	....	additional makeup artist: Florida (as Susie Pfifter)
Paulette Schoen	....	additional hair stylist: Florida
Anthony Allen Barlow	....	prosthetic and animatronic effects: Alterian inc. (uncredited)
Jerry Constantine	....	prosthetic and animatronic effects: Alterian inc. (uncredited)
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Tony McCray	....	prosthetic and animatronic effects: Alterian inc. (uncredited)

Production Management
Gregory Alpert	....	production supervisor
Leslie Barker	....	production supervisor: editorial
Mary Bills	....	assistant production manager
Mike Bodkin	....	assistant production manager
Shannon Calde	....	assistant production manager
Andrew Egiziano	....	unit production manager
Amy K. Wu	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Greenfield	....	second assistant director
Topher Miller	....	second second assistant director
Mark Osborne	....	director: live-action sequences
Jonathan Southard	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Chuck Askerneese	....	assistant property master
Cameron Baity	....	specialty prop fabricator
Mike Bodkin	....	art department assistant
Elida Cerda	....	construction medic
Sherm Cohen	....	lead storyboard
Ryan Cosgrove	....	previsualisation assistant
Robert E. Denne	....	paint foreman
Derek Drymon	....	storyboards
Tania Francisco	....	digital art director
Karen Higgins	....	construction coordinator
Stephen Hillenburg	....	storyboards
Tim Hill	....	storyboards
Drew P. Houpt	....	art department coordinator
Steven Kissick	....	general foreman
Carson Kugler	....	additional storyboard artist
John Hammer Maxwell	....	on-set dresser
Kent Osborne	....	storyboards
Tommy Samona	....	leadman
Robert Schaefer III	....	stand-by painter
Joe Schmidt	....	nautical property designer
Aaron Springer	....	storyboards
Paul Tibbitt	....	storyboards
Andrew Wert	....	assistant property master
Timothy S. Wiles	....	property master

Sound Department
Doug Andham	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Doug Andorka)
Doug Andham	....	sound editor (as Doug Andorka)
Timothy Borquez	....	supervising sound editor
Roy Braverman	....	foley editor
Matt Brown	....	sound editor
Matt Brown	....	sound editor
Kevin Cerchiai	....	boom operator: Florida
Dan Cubert	....	production mixer
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Jeff Hutchins	....	supervising sound designer
Jesse Kaplan	....	boom operator
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Kelson	....	sound mixer
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Daisuke Sawa	....	sound editor
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Mark Weber	....	sound mixer: Florida
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue recordist
James Wright	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Roy Braverman	....	adr editor (uncredited)
Roy Braverman	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Roy Braverman	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John Bermudes	....	special effects animator
Mark Caballero	....	stop motion animation
Dan Crawley	....	mechanical effects
Sam Dean	....	underwater special effects diver
Ante Dugandzic	....	special effects
Chris Finnegan	....	stop motion animation
Damian Fisher	....	special effects technician
Carol Koch	....	sculptor
Michael McGee	....	special costumes
Mark Noel	....	special effects foreman
Corey Pritchett	....	special effects foreman
Brian Tipton	....	special effects supervisor
Juliet Verni	....	production coordinator: Cinema Production Services
Seamus Walsh	....	stop motion animation
Cari Finken	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Greg McDougall	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Daniel Arkin	....	assistant visual effects editor
Brett Boggs	....	visual effects
Nadja Bonacina	....	digital effects artist
Dennis Bonnell	....	final check department head
Barbara A. Bordo	....	digital painter
Randy Brown	....	digital compositor
Wally Chin	....	rotoscope artist
Christine Cram	....	digital painter
Chris Dawson	....	digital compositor
Hugo Dominguez	....	digital compositor: WB Feature Animation
Hugo Dominguez	....	rotoscope artist: WB Feature Animation
Chris Duncan	....	digital painter
Leif Einarsson	....	visual effects
Mathias Frodin	....	digital compositor: Warner Brothers Feature Animation
Pauline Gallimard	....	ACME digital specialist
Gilbert Gonzales	....	digital compositor
James Hathcock	....	digital supervisor
Matt Hullum	....	software developer
Jongo	....	digital artist
Rimas Juchnevicius	....	digital compositor
Jeffrey Kalmus	....	digital imaging
Ryan Knowles	....	film recorder operator
David Krause	....	head of technology
Brad Kuehn	....	visual effects supervisor
Dan Levitan	....	compositing supervisor
Doug Luberts	....	production support engineer
Dennis McHugh	....	visual effects director of photography
Rodd Miller	....	visual effects
Rick Moser	....	technical director
Laura Murillo	....	rotoscope artist
Lori J. Nelson	....	visual effects producer
Edward P. Pedersen	....	visual effects coordinator
Matt J. Popham	....	production support engineer
Janet Quen	....	previs artist
Gabrielle Barrere Robinson	....	assistant production manager
Steven Seed	....	senior systems administrator
Jon Tanimoto	....	digital compositor
Chris Watts	....	digital artist
Blaine Whitney	....	visual effects production manager
Claire Williams	....	color compositor
Annie V. Wong	....	digital effects artist
Manny Wong	....	CG supervisor
Craig Crawford	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Ben Kalina	....	animation coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts
Andy Gill	....	stunt pirate
Andy Gill	....	stunt rigger
Kris A. Jeffrey	....	stunts
Doug O'Dell II	....	stunt rigger
Pat Romano	....	stunt coordinator
Jared S. Eddo	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alex M. Cacciarelli	....	video assist operator (as Alex Cacciarelli)
Kelly Clear	....	chief lighting technician
R. Dana Harlow	....	grip
Damon Liebowitz	....	electrician
Shayna Ritenour	....	camera loader: Florida (as Shayna Alpert)
Scott Ronnow	....	first assistant camera
Mark Santoni	....	first assistant camera
Robert Stillman	....	rigging/dive grip
Troy Waters	....	camera boat operator: marine unit

Animation Department
Casey Alexander	....	layout artist
Wayne Carlisi	....	animator
Roberto Casale	....	additional animator
Crystal Chesney	....	animator
Roger Chiasson	....	additional animator
Marco Cinello	....	layout supervisor
Fides Gutierrez	....	layout artist
Karen Hamrock	....	layout artist
Craig Kelly	....	background artist: Warner Bros
Pam Kleyman	....	color stylist
Scott Mansz	....	overseas animation supervisor
Frank Molieri	....	animation supervisor
Andrew Overtoom	....	animation timing director
Philip Pignotti	....	additional animator
Mike Roth	....	animator
Edwin Shortess	....	animation comp. check
Edwin Shortess	....	animation computer checker
Alan Smart	....	supervising animation director
Audrey Stedman	....	layout artist
Bill Waldman	....	additional animator
Todd White	....	character designer
Matt Williames	....	additional animator
Tom Yasumi	....	animation timing director
Carey Yost	....	character designer

Casting Department
Jennifer Alessi	....	extras casting
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting
Kristan Berona	....	extras casting
Mohammed Hassan	....	extras casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Jansen	....	costume supervisor
Walter Polan	....	special costume lighting

Editorial Department
Ron Barr	....	digital intermediate editor
Rich Dietl	....	associate editor
Kelly Donnellan	....	assistant editor
Robert W. Hedland	....	assistant editor
Carrie Holecek	....	digital intermediate producer
Sarah Ogletree	....	editorial coordinator
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Jonathan Farbowitz	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Andy Brown	....	music contractor
Chris Cozens	....	auricle control systems
Lemmy	....	composer: song "You better Swim"
Andrew Paley	....	composer: additional music
Jillinda Palmer	....	music assistant
Karyn Rachtman	....	executive music producer
Jay B. Richardson	....	music editor
Eban Schletter	....	music consultant
Julie Sessing	....	music clearance

Transportation Department
Joey Freitas	....	transportation captain: re-shoots
David Travis Grieb	....	driver: grip truck
Luke Halpin	....	boat driver
Jimmy Ray Pickens	....	driver
J. Wilfrid White	....	camera boat driver: marine department

Other crew
Laurie Arnow-Epstein	....	construction accountant
Bill Baggelaar	....	color management
Charlene Bergman	....	assistant: Mr. Hasselhoff
Tammy Blackburn	....	animal trainer
Mike Bodkin	....	production coordinator
Heather Bogdanovich	....	assistant: Mr. Hasselhoff
Jason Brown	....	production office assistant
Pierre Cheminat	....	assistant accountant: live action
Scott Cronan	....	set production assistant
Chris Cummins	....	assistant: Mr. Osborne
William DiCenso	....	production assistant
Tony Gardner	....	puppeteer
Joseph Giardina	....	assistant production coordinator
Peter Graf	....	aerial Stab-C technician
R. Dana Harlow	....	diver
Mohammed Hassan	....	production assistant
Rene H. Herrera	....	coordinator: water safety
Steve Hertler	....	technician: Wescam XR
David Hickey	....	first assistant accountant
David Hickey	....	payroll accountant
Nathan W. Johnson	....	assistant: Stephen Hillenburg
Michael Kehoe	....	craft service
Michael B. Louis	....	assistant location manager
Jean Nakahara	....	assistant production coordinator: live action unit
Michael Neipris	....	marine coordinator
Gabriela Rios	....	production office coordinator
Russell Shinkle	....	puppeteer
Patrick R. Siembieda	....	production auditor
Ryan Spence	....	production assistant
Brian Stampnitsky	....	script transcriber
Van Starling	....	production coordinator
Charlie Stickney	....	script transcriber
Gabrielle Thomas	....	assistant: Gina Shay (as Gabrielle A. Thomas)
Danielle L. Vaughn	....	assistant: Julia Pistor
Magdey Vigoa	....	production assistant
Niki Williams	....	assistant: Julia Pistor

Production Companies

• Nickelodeon Movies
• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• United Plankton Pictures (in assocation with)
• Viacom International

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004-2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Russia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2005) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)

Special Effects

• WBA Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Alterian
• Alterian (prosthetic and animatronic effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes, dollies and remote camera systems
• Chef Robért Catering  catering
• Creative Imaging Alliance  imaging consulting
• Donna Daniels Public Relations  publicity
• Primal Screen  website design
• Sire Records Company  soundtrack

Also Known As:

SpongeBob SquarePants (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild crude humor.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Japan:U | Portugal:M/4 | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Norway:7 (DVD release) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario/Québec) | Chile:TE | Germany:6 | Ireland:G | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:G | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:8 (canton of Zurich) | UK:U | USA:PG | Finland:K-3

Filming Locations:

HMS Bounty, The Pier, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Company:

Nickelodeon Movies

Trivia:

The first two signal flags in the front of the Krusty Krab mean "Romeo" and "India" respectively while the last two mean "uniform" and "kilo". The middle flag has no meaning.

Goofs:

Continuity: The length of Spongebob and Patrick's "Facial Hair" changes frequently. You can clearly see during the "Now that we're men" scene that the "Facial Hair" is so long that it stretches off of there mouths but when you see their backs when they are jumping rocks you cant see the "Facial Hair" you can also see it during other shots.

Quotes:

[First Lines]
Bonesy the Pirate: I got it!

Movie Connections:

References The Endless Summer (1966)

Soundtrack:

The Best Day Ever

An underwater adventure of goofy proportions ensues.

This is a movie about an animated sponge that wears square cardboard pants. So there you go, you can't go to the movie and claim you didn't know what kind of humor to expect. It's goofy, it's silly, and it can be downright strange. But I can't call those negative attributes considering the fact that all of the above can also be used to describe me at times.

I've never seen the SpongeBob TV show, so I went into the movie without much of an idea of what I was in for. I must say that while I won't rush out and buy the DVD, I walked away fairly entertained. Expectedly, a lot of the humor is directed towards children, but there's enough here to keep the adults snickering. I may be nearing 30, but I'm not ashamed to laugh at a sponge wearing square whitey tighties! Oh, and for those of us who never cease to mock David Hasselhoff - he has a cameo. I've gotta give the guy credit - he's very aware that the entire country is laughing *at* him, yet he's completely willing to join in.

The children at the screening loved the movie, singing along to songs and everything. One of the funniest things was when Patrick the starfish first appeared on screen and the kids erupted in applause. It was like watching an episode of Seinfeld when Kramer makes his first appearance of an episode and the studio audience goes crazy. I briefly thought about booing just for the fun of it, but the thought of a bunch of tiny little hands pattering me upon my face didn't sound too fun.

But let's go back to the whole "singing along to songs" bit. I think it's only fair to warn parents that this may start to drive you crazy after the movie. Good luck trying to keep your kid from singing, "I'm ready, promotion! I'm ready, promotion!" or "I'm a goofy goober, you're a goofy goober, we're all goofy goobers" over and over and over again. I had to bribe my 9-year-old brother with cold hard cash to knock it off with the "I'm ready, promotion!" song.

Speaking of my brother, I asked him after the movie which he preferred -SpongeBob or The Polar Express. To my surprise, he said SpongeBob because it was "funnier." I suppose this is a lesson that children aren't quite as impressed with fancy animation as adults are.

But he's right, SpongeBob is a funny movie in it's own quirky, original way. I'm not dying to see it again, and I don't think I'll be glued to the TV set every time it's on, but I enjoyed it, and I'm not gonna waste my time or yours by picking apart what I didn't like. The target audience should be pleased with the end result, so mission accomplished.

THE GIST

If you're a fan of the TV show, then you should definitely get a kick out of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. This movie isn't exactly for everybody though. If you've never heard of SpongeBob, then there's quite a bit here that may humor you. But if you hate all things silly, goofy, and immature, then this isn't for you.