Curious George (2006)

Will Ferrell stars as The Man in the Yellow Hat, a gentleman who looks after his pet monkey - an inquisitive and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best of him.

Director:

Matthew O'Callaghan

Writers:

Ken Kaufman (screenplay), Ken Kaufman (story),

Stars:

Frank Welker, Will Ferrell, Eugene Levy

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Frank Welker	...	George (voice)
Will Ferrell	...	Ted - Man with the Yellow Hat (voice)
Shane Baumel	...	Kid (voice)
Timyra-Joi Beatty	...	Kid (voice)
Eugene Levy	...	Clovis (voice)
Christopher Chen	...	Kid (voice)
Jessie Flower	...	Kid (voice)
Dick Van Dyke	...	Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)
Alexander Gould	...	Kid (voice)
Terrence Hardy Jr.	...	Kid (voice) (as Terrence Hardy)
Hailey Noelle Johnson	...	Kid (voice)
Kelsey Lansdowne	...	Kid (voice)
Ariel Winter	...	Kid (voice)
Drew Barrymore	...	Maggie (voice)
David Cross	...	Junior (voice)

Storyline

The man with the yellow hat named Ted Shackleford works at a natural history museum that's fallen on hard times. The museum director's son wants to turn it into a parking lot, but Ted offers to bring back a mysterious idol from Africa that's guaranteed to pull in crowds. Unfortunately, the idol turns out to be three inches tall. But Ted accidentally brings back a lonely yet irrepressible monkey, soon dubbed George. They set off on a non-stop action, fun-filled journey through the wonders of the big city toward the warmth of true friendship.

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Plot Keywords:

museum | monkey | africa | product placement | tranquilizer dart | 

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Taglines:

Get Carried Away With The Cutest Little Monkey Around!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

United International Pictures [es] United International Pictures [fr]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jorge el curioso

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$255,505 (Australia) (18 August 2006)

Gross:

$536,512 (Australia) (25 August 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Universal Animation Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 78 min (Ontario)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The ship that Ted boards to travel back to the U.S. from Africa is named "H.A. Rey". H.A. Rey was the original author of the 'Curious George' books.

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Goofs

George puts one of his feet in the can of red paint and then walks to the bathroom where the opera singer is taking a bubble bath. George leaves red paint foot prints on the floor with one foot only. When Ted (the man in the yellow hat) arrives at the apartment, he sees George's foot prints leading to the bathroom. At that time there are red foot prints for both feet.

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Quotes

Clovis: That's a lot of yellow for one man.
Ted, The Man with the Yellow Hat: I thought you were color-blind.
Clovis: I can see that!

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Crazy Credits

George is heard laughing at the end of the movie.

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Connections

Version of Curious George (1991)

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Soundtracks

"Jungle Gym"
Written by Garrett Dutton
Performed by Jack Johnson and featuring Garrett Dutton (as G. Love)
Jack Johnson appears courtesy of Brushfire / Universal Records
G. Love appears courtesy of Philadelphonic Records

User Reviews

A kids movie that is actually for kids

I took my two-year-old son to see this movie, his first in a theater, and we both had a great time. Curious George is a light-hearted, sweet movie that portrays our little monkey's mayhem without resorting to manic pacing, blaring music or wise-cracking.

In fact, the makers deliberately put very little into the movie that is aimed over the children's head and at the parents. So, unlike a Shrek or a Toy Story movie, there was never an instance of a joke that mommy and daddy laugh at and the kids miss. All the jokes are shared.

So, see this movie with a small one. It probably isn't 'slick' enough for anyone over 8. People without small children can take a pass. The most hard core Curious George fans can rent the DVD.