Garfield (2004)

Jon Arbuckle buys a second pet, a dog named Odie. However, Odie is then abducted and it is up to Jon's cat, Garfield, to find and rescue the canine.

Director:

Peter Hewitt

Writers:

Jim Davis (comic strip "Garfield"), Joel Cohen,

Stars:

Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stephen Tobolowsky

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Breckin Meyer	...	Jon
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Liz
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Happy Chapman
Bill Murray	...	Garfield (voice)
Evan Arnold	...	Wendell
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Christopher Mello
Vanessa Christelle	...	Miss Ace Hardware
Daamen J. Krall	...	Announcer (as Daamen Krall)
Rufus Gifford	...	Dog Owner #1
Randee Reicher	...	Dog Owner #2
Ryan McKasson	...	Dog Owner #3
Susan Moore	...	Dog Owner #4
Eve Brent	...	Mrs. Baker
Bill Hoag	...	Roy the Lodge Member
Michael Monks	...	Deputy Hopkins

Storyline

Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-school crush - adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn't want. Competition. One night Odie runs away and gets dog-napped after Garfield locks him outside. Garfield, in an out of character move, goes to search for and rescue Odie with the help of a variety of animal friends along the way.

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Plot Keywords:

dog | cat | lasagna | veterinarian | cartoon on tv | 

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Taglines:

It ain't the Cat in the Hat.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for brief mild language

Details

Official Sites:

Fox France [fr] Official site [br]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 June 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Garfield: The Movie

Filming Locations:

Elm Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$849,745 (Italy) (24 September 2004)

Gross:

$1,496,587 (South Africa) (5 November 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Davis Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jim Carrey turned down the role of Jon Arbuckle.

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Goofs

In one of the scene when Jon's car is in his driveway, the license plate is not the generic I35 749, but in the next scene it changes back.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Garfield: I hate Mondays.

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Crazy Credits

Before the end credits, Garfield dances to "I Feel Good".

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Connections

Referenced in Shark Tale (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Baked Beans"
Written by Tim Boland, Matthew Schoenfeld, and Sam Retzer
Performed by Tim Boland
Courtesy of Echo Park Music & Sound

User Reviews

Quite a good kids movie.

I don't see why people blast this movie so much. It is funny, well acted and well animated. Breckin Meyer plays the nerdy Jon very well and acts like the pet loving dork that we loved so much in the cartoon. Garfield looks amazing, almost identical to what he looked like in the cartoon. Bill Murray is perfect to play him and his voice is similar to Lorenzo Music. They included all the trates of Garfield- lasagne, TV and being a lazy fat cat. Thye kept Odie the moronic but lovable dog. They kept the fact that Garfield has an agreement with the mice and gets on with them. They kept Liz the vet, which brings so much more to Jon. This is a great kids movie, that i am sure adults who watched this as a kid will love too.