Delgo (2008)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Directors:

Marc F. Adler
Jason Maurer

Writers:

Marc F. Adler (story)
Scott Biear (story)
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Release Date:

12 December 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

In a divided land, a troubled youth and some unlikely friends must save the world from itself.

Plot:

Delgo, an adventurous but naive teenager, must rally his group of friends to protect their world from conflict between the Lockni and Nohrin people.

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Surrealism | One Word Title | Computer Animation | Independent Film

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Delgo (voice)
Chris Kattan	...	Filo (voice)
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Princess Kyla (voice)
Anne Bancroft	...	Sedessa (voice)
Val Kilmer	...	Bogardus (voice)
Malcolm McDowell	...	Raius (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Elder Marley (voice)
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	King Zahn (voice)
Eric Idle	...	Spig (voice)
Burt Reynolds	...	Delgo's Father (voice)
Kelly Ripa	...	Kurrin (voice)
Sally Kellerman	...	Narrator (voice)
Jed Rhein	...	Ando
Melissa Suzanne McBride	...	Miss Sutley / Elder Pearo (voice) (as Melissa McBride)
Jeffrey Winter	...	Giddy / Lockni Man (voice) (as Jeff Winter)
Armin Shimerman	...	Nohrin Merchant (voice)
Don Stallings	...	Gelmore / Elder Kiros (voice)
Brad Abrell	...	Spog (voice)
Tristan Rogers	...	Nohrin Officer (voice)
Gustavo Rex	...	Elder Canta (voice)
Nika Futterman	...	Elder Jaspin (voice)
John Vernon	...	Nohrin Judge (voice)
Susan Bennett	...	Melsa (voice)
David Heyer	...	Talusi (voice)
Mary Matilyn Mouser	...	Baby Delgo (voice)
Louis K. Adler	...	Soldiers (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William R. Dean	...	Prondo (voice)

Directed by
Marc F. Adler
Jason Maurer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Marc F. Adler		story
Scott Biear		story
Patrick J. Cowan		screenplay
Carl Dream		screenplay
Jennifer A. Jones		screenplay
Jason Maurer		story

Produced by
Marc F. Adler	....	producer
Wenden K. Baldwin	....	line producer (as Wenden Baldwin)
Jennifer A. Jones	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Geoff Zanelli

Cinematography by
Herb Kossover

Casting by
Ruth Lambert

Art Direction by
Mark A.W. Jackson
Jang Chol Lee

Production Management
Jason S. Rogers	....	production manager

Art Department
Dave K. Komorowski	....	lead sculptor
Jang Chol Lee	....	storyboard art director
Jang Chol Lee	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Steve LeSieur	....	foley mixer
Tom Ozanich	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Ozanich	....	supervising sound editor
Wouter van Herwerden	....	sound recordist
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue mixer
Drew Yerys	....	assistant sound editor

Visual Effects by
Daniele Bigi	....	lighter
Rufus Blow	....	character animator
Jeff Brodsky	....	digital artist
Alexandre Camargo	....	compositing artist
Alexandre Camargo	....	digital lighter
Floyd Casey	....	visual effects supervisor
Eldar Cholich	....	digital compositor
Eldar Cholich	....	digital lighting
Patrick J. Cowan	....	senior lighter
Scott Dace	....	character animator
Scott Dace	....	modeler
Jonathan Davis	....	digital artist
Paul Diaz	....	character animator
Erik Fokkens	....	matte painter
Harold Fraga	....	compositing artist
Harold Fraga	....	digital lighter
Jonathan Galindez	....	lighter
Matt Giovingo	....	digital compositor
Matt Giovingo	....	digital lighter
Philip Graham	....	render wrangler
Warren Grubb	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Hickman	....	character animator
Joe Hughes	....	animation technical director
Chris Jolly	....	lighter
Jina Kang	....	digital lighter
Jason Key	....	lighter
Dave K. Komorowski	....	character modeler/rigger
Lee Kordel	....	digital compositor
Lee Kordel	....	digital lighter
Jeffrey Ling	....	digital lighter
Gresham Lochner	....	digital compositor
Cheryl Meier	....	digital artist
Sid Moye	....	modeler
Christopher Mullins	....	animation technical director
Jorge Obregon	....	digital lighting artist
Hongseo Park	....	character modeler/rigger
Maria Pavlou	....	character animator
Brian Prince	....	digital compositor
Brian Prince	....	digital lighter
Jonathan Pytko	....	digital artist
Jon Sadonsky	....	render manager
Kott Skripalshikov	....	character animator
Jeff Sullivan	....	assistant character technical director
Jeff Sullivan	....	lead crowd technical director
Scott G. Trosclair	....	visual effects
Michael van Tonder	....	visual effects
Jeremy Vickery	....	lighting director
Matt Wilson	....	environment effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephanie Cushing	....	lighting supervisor

Animation Department
Kevin W. Clark	....	crowd animator
Scott Dace	....	animator
Pete Devlin	....	animator
Peter Devlin	....	animator
Paul Diaz	....	animator
Paxton Gerrish	....	animator
Warren Grubb	....	animation director
Christopher Hickman	....	animator
Thomas Judd	....	animator
Cheryl Meier	....	animator
Eileen Middleton	....	animator
Matthew Munn	....	animator
Matt Munn	....	animator
Brett Paton	....	animator
Maria Pavlou	....	animator
Robyne Powell	....	animator
Joe Shaw	....	animator
Kott Skripalshikov	....	animator
Ando Tammik	....	animator
Danny Wawrzaszek	....	animator

Music Department
Jeffrey Biggers	....	score music mixer
Bobby Tahouri	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Bryan Chaikin	....	production assistant
Bora Dayioglu	....	programmer
Laura Harris	....	administrator
Jennifer A. Jones	....	publicist
John Lytle	....	technical director
Amy Taylor	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation
• Fathom Studios

Distributors

• Key Creatives (2008) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Freestyle Releasing (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Danetracks  sound design and sound mix
• Joy Tashjian Marketing Group  marketing
• Penguin Group  novelization
• Playmates Toys  master toy license

MPAA:

Rated PG for sequences of fantasy action violence.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44176)

Company:

Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation

Trivia:

Had the lowest per-theater gross on its opening weekend of any wide release in American film history.

Lots To Appreciate

Despite its unfortunate promotional failings, and some downright mean-spirited reviews, I managed to find this film, and also more than managed to enjoy it, discovering plenty about DELGO to appreciate. The mix of what I've decided to regard as "vintage CGI" with the newer and beautifully detailed set design, prop design, original landscapes and life-forms was truly an interesting and very unlike-anything-I've-seen delicious visual feast. Its use of color as well as shadows is so rich, with sequences that often times edge on breathtaking.

The list of who's hot and who's not and who-never-was that the critics also can't seem to move beyond, was of no consideration to me; all of the voice cast are quite capable in their roles. And it was great hearing the evil Sedessa voiced by Anne Bancroft, to whom the film is dedicated.

The musical score, I thought, was fantastic and blended perfectly. The story, though a traditional theme of enemy territories, takeovers, unrequited love, heroic rescue, etc, and the usual archetypes, did combine with it a few original elements as its devices unfolded. There were five kids in the theater, wide awake, no restless shifting to be seen, laughing at the funny/silly parts, apparently enjoying it.

I hope it does better in the DVD realm. It by no means deserves to be overlooked, nor does the company that produced it. There's a lot of heart in both.