Scooby-Doo! And the Legend of the Vampire (2003) (V)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Scott Jeralds

Writer:

Mark Turosz (writer)

Release Date:

4 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Mystery

Plot:

Scooby and the gang faced on the vampire.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Kidnapping | Vacation | Dog | Great Dane

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Casey Kasem	...	Shaggy (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)
Nicole Jaffe	...	Velma (voice)
Heather North	...	Daphne (voice) (as Heather North Kenney)
Jeff Bennett	...	Jasper Ridgeway / Jack / Lifeguard #1 (voice) (as Jeff Bennet)
Kimberly Brooks	...	Luna (voice)
Jennifer Hale	...	Thorn / Queen (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Harry / Stormy Weathers / Barry / Lightning Strikes / Lifeguard #2 (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Daniel Illiwara / King (voice)
Michael Neill	...	Russell / Dark Skull / Matt Marvelous (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Malcolm Illiwara / Yowie Yahoo / Crocodile (voice)
Jane Wiedlin	...	Dusk (voice)

Directed by
Scott Jeralds

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mark Turosz		writer (as Mark E. Turosz)

Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	executive producer
Margaret M. Dean	....	producer
Scott Jeralds	....	producer
Kathryn Page	....	associate producer
Sander Schwartz	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Rich Dickerson
Gigi Meroni

Film Editing by
Joe Gall

Casting by
Collette Sunderman

Production Management
Bonnie Buckner	....	post-production supervisor
Toshi Hiruma	....	production supervisor
Andy Lewis	....	production manager
Howard Schwartz	....	production supervisor
Linda Steiner	....	production supervisor
A.J. Vargas	....	assistant production manager

Art Department
Mark Bachand	....	props
Tristin Cole	....	background painter (as Tristin Roesch-Cole)
Jerry Eisenberg	....	storyboard artist
James Fujii	....	storyboard artist
Scott Jeralds	....	storyboard artist
Eddie Lin	....	storyboard artist
Tim Maltby	....	storyboard artist
Samuel Montes	....	storyboard artist
Sebastian Montes	....	storyboard artist
Joe Sichta	....	storyboard artist
Marcus Williams	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Sanaa Cannella	....	foley walker
Gregory Cathcart	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ed Collins	....	supervising recording engineer (as Edwin O. Collins)
Jeff O. Collins	....	recording machine operator
Rick Hinson	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Keefer	....	dialogue editor
Lance Wiseman	....	sound re-recording mixer

Animation Department
Scott Awley	....	character designer
Cullen Blaine	....	animation timing director
Jan Browning	....	animation checker
Eleanor Dahlen	....	animation checker
Geno DuBois	....	ink and paint artist
Chuck Gefre	....	animation checker
Karl Jacobs	....	animation checker
Scott Jeralds	....	character designer
Mike Mangan	....	animator
Herb Moore	....	animation timing director
Eric Nordberg	....	digital painter

Casting Department
Liz Carroll	....	casting administrator

Editorial Department
Tim Iverson	....	director of post-production
Bradford Keatts	....	on-line editor (as Bradford H. Keatts)
Michael Miscio	....	post-production coordinator
Linda Redondo	....	color key

Music Department
Rich Dickerson	....	music editor
Gigi Meroni	....	music editor
Gigi Meroni	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Athena Christianakis	....	production accountant
Rita Cooper	....	publicist
Michael Diaz	....	production administrator
Luisa Guzman	....	production accountant
Robert Harand	....	background key design
Carol Iverson	....	track reader
Bradford Keatts	....	director: technical operations (as Bradford H. Keatts)
Christopher Keenan	....	development and creative supervisor
Bill Proctor	....	background key design
Fred Salinas	....	track reader
Collette Sunderman	....	voice director
Amy E. Wagner	....	production administrator
Maria Womack	....	production accountant

Thanks
Bob Onorato	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Animation

Distributors

• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2004) (Finland) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (video)

Other Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions  copyright author (as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Inc.)
• Salami Studios  sound re-recording facilities

Runtime:

USA:72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-7 | Canada:G | UK:U

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Trivia:

This is the first installment of Scooby-Doo to feature Casey Kasem, Heather North, Nicole Jaffe and Frank Welker together since 1973, and it is the first to feature Heather North since 1997.

Goofs:

Factual errors: An Australian Aborigine is shown sending smoke signals. This is a tradition of Native Americans, not indigenous Australians.

Movie Connections:

Follows Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Who Do Voodoo

Average

Voice actor Frank Welker is to voice acting what Lon Chaney & Lon Chaney Jr. were to acting through layers of makeup. But while Frank has done just about everything from people to animals to special creature vocalizations to killer robots (he voiced 13 of the original Decepticons on "Transformers"), to some people Frank will ALWAYS be the voice of Fred from "Scooby-Doo". But for some reason, Frank has been pulling double duty lately as both Fred and Scooby, who was previously voiced by Scott Innes, who got the job after the original voice of Scooby, Don Messick, died. Frank's still a good Fred, but despite his considerable vocal talent, his Scooby is something of a disappointment: he never quite captures Don's Scooby pitch the way Scott did and for the most part his Scooby sounds too much like Fred. Which is strange considering that Frank's been with Scooby from the beginning. That's just one of the dis-pleasures of this entry.

The gang heads down under for vacation and ends up investigating the goings on at a rock festival which leads to a group of alleged vampires. Though colorfully drawn and full of gags, it never reaches the height of "Zombie Island", "Witch's Ghost", "Alien Invaders" and even the original show itself. The best bit is probably Fred carrying the whole gang across a rope bridge. Velma also sings with the voice of Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Still, it's nice to have the old crew back together - Nicole Jaffe as Velma, Heather North as Daphne (though technically Daphne #2) and Casey Kasem as Shaggy (who was absent from the previous entries). The "commentary" by Fred, Shaggy and Scooby is mildly amusing.