Fat Albert (2004)

Director:

Joel Zwick

Writers (WGA):

Bill Cosby (written by) &
Charles Kipps (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Hey! Hey! Hey! Christmas Day

Plot:

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.

Plot Keywords:

Television | Party | Junkyard | Love | Animated Sequence

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kenan Thompson	...	Fat Albert
Kyla Pratt	...	Doris
Dania Ramirez	...	Lauri
Shedrack Anderson III	...	Rudy
Aaron Frazier	...	Old Weird Harold (as Aaron A. Frazier)
Marques Houston	...	Dumb Donald (as Marques B. Houston)
Alphonso McAuley	...	Bucky
Keith Robinson	...	Bill (as Keith D. Robinson)
Jermaine Williams	...	Mushmouth
Aaron Carter	...	Teen
Omarion Grandberry	...	Reggie (as Omari Grandberry)
J. Mack Slaughter	...	Arthur (as J. Mack Slaughter Jr.)
Nick Zano	...	Camera Salesman
Annie Abbott	...	Mrs. Forchick
Alice Greczyn	...	Becky
Rick Overton	...	Coach Gillespie
Keri Lynn Pratt	...	Heather
Fonzworth Bentley	...	Salesman (as Derek 'Mr. Bentley' Watkins)
Jeff Leaf	...	Basketball Player
Cody Fleetwood	...	Kid
Jeanne Chinn	...	Woman #1
Jenifer Yeuroukis	...	Woman #2 (as Jenifer Kingsley)
Alyssa Shafer	...	Little Girl
Dylan Cash	...	Emmitt
Damon Elliott	...	DJ
Jeff Harlan	...	Dad
Russell Cosby	...	Russell
James Bynum	...	Old Old Weird Harold (as James E. Bynum)
Michael Honablue	...	Race Starter
Raven-Symoné	...	Danielle (voice) (as Raven-Symone)
Jeremy Suarez	...	Russell (voice)
Earl Billings	...	Mr. Mudfoot (voice)
Catero Colbert	...	Lead Teen (voice) (as Catero Alain Colbert)
Charles Duckworth	...	Teen #1 (voice)
Ben Diskin	...	Teen #2 (voice)
Josh Uhler	...	Teen #3 (voice)
Bill Ratner	...	Announcer (voice)
Bill Cosby	...	Himself
Tiana Brown	...	Dancer
Criscilla Crossland	...	Dancer
Annalisia Simone	...	Dancer
Michael Franklin	...	Dancer
Richard Jackson	...	Dancer
Reginald Jackson	...	Dancer
Monique Lea-Gall	...	Dancer (as Monique Leacook)
Destiny Lightsy	...	Dancer
Shannon Rudolph	...	Dancer
Michele Martinez	...	Dancer (as Michele Marie Martinez)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Storm Ascher	...	Mall Patron (uncredited)
Nina Avetisova	...	Relay Racer (uncredited)
Ray Buffer	...	Construction Foreman (uncredited)
Victoria Chalaya	...	Scared Cheerleader (uncredited)
Guy Chapman	...	Track Meet Spectator (uncredited)
Meghan Elizabeth	...	Student (uncredited)
Jeff Garlin	...	Jer (uncredited)
Cathy Immordino	...	Classroom Student (uncredited)
Mitch Kalamian	...	Basketball Player (uncredited)
Arron Kinser	...	Cool Kid (uncredited)
Joe Koons	...	Hero / Track Star (uncredited)
Mandi Leigh	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Joel Madden	...	Kid in Classroom (uncredited)
Mase	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Stamey	...	Track Star / Pizza Guy (uncredited)
Chris Watson	...	Track fan (uncredited)

Directed by
Joel Zwick

Writing credits (WGA)
Bill Cosby		(written by) (as William H. Cosby Jr. Ed.D.) &
Charles Kipps		(written by)

Produced by
Bill Cosby	....	executive producer (as William H. Cosby Jr.)
Camille O. Cosby	....	executive producer
John Davis	....	producer
Alexander H. Gayner	....	associate producer
Vanessa Morrison	....	supervising producer
Jeffrey Stott	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Richard Gibbs

Cinematography by
Paul Elliott

Film Editing by
Tony Lombardo

Casting by
Chemin Sylvia Bernard
Monica Swann

Production Design by
Nina Ruscio

Art Direction by
Scott Meehan

Set Decoration by
K.C. Fox

Costume Design by
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck		(as Francine Tanchuck)

Makeup Department
Louisa V. Anthony	....	hair stylist
Scott Cameron	....	hair stylist
Rebecca DeHerrera	....	additional makeup artist
Debra Denson	....	makeup department head
Cheryl Eckert	....	hair stylist
Camille Friend	....	key hair stylist
Grady Holder	....	dental prosthetics: K.N.B. EFX Group
Edward Morrison	....	hair department head (as Edward D. Morrison)
Josée Normand	....	hair stylist
Cole Patterson	....	makeup artist
Beverly Jo Pryor	....	key makeup artist
Joanetta Stowers	....	makeup artist
Judy Twine	....	makeup artist
Adam Brandy	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Jake Garber	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Christopher Allen Nelson	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Charlie Davis	....	post-production supervisor
Ilyssa Katz	....	animation production manager
Catherine S. McComb	....	production supervisor
Len Simon	....	production supervisor
Jeffrey Stott	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Katie Carroll	....	second second assistant director
Alexander H. Gayner	....	first assistant director
Larry D. Katz	....	dga trainee
Buck McDancer	....	second unit director
Marisol 'Ari' Oyola	....	day player second second assistant director
David H. Venghaus Jr.	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Anthony Aguilar	....	propmaker (as Tony Aguilar)
Matt Callahan	....	assistant set decorator
Doug Crawford	....	propmaker
Shannon Curfman	....	lead person (as Shannon Curfman-Dayan)
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist
David E. Duncan	....	storyboard artist
Michael Grover Forster	....	propmaker gangboss
Bob Fox	....	painter decorator gang boss
Gabriel Higgins	....	property master
Matthew C. Kime	....	assistant property master
Jim Krase	....	foreman
William F. Matthews	....	set designer
Jeffrey McMahon	....	construction foreman
Jennifer Moller	....	art department production assistant
Troy Myers	....	set dresser
Charlie Nicholson	....	on-set dresser
Roderick Nunnally	....	paint supervisor
Steven O'Bannon	....	labor foreman
Mike Piccirillo	....	art department coordinator
Steve Roll	....	propmaker
John H. Samson	....	construction coordinator
David Scott	....	graphic designer
Jeff Shewbert	....	propmaker
Glenn Williams	....	set designer
Amanda Hunter	....	additional graphic designer (uncredited)
Kris Nagle	....	welder foreman (uncredited)
Teresa Raschilla	....	painter (uncredited)
Ilya Seperich	....	additional props (uncredited)
Kirk Tingblad	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve Bissinger	....	sound effects editor
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stacy Brownrigg	....	production sound mixer
Ted Caplan	....	sound effects editor
Vincent Cirilli	....	ProTools engineer
Rob Cunningham	....	boom operator: promo
Mildred Iatrou	....	dialogue editor (as Mildred Iatrou Morgan)
Vanessa Lapato	....	foley editor
Howard Neiman	....	foley editor
Nicholas O'Toole	....	Midi transcription
Rocky Quiroz	....	cable person
Monique Salvato	....	first sound assistant
David A. Smith	....	boom operator
William Stein	....	re-recording engineer
Assen Stoyanov	....	additional sound engineer
Donald Sylvester	....	supervising sound editor
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anthony Woodman	....	sound librarian
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David Blitstein	....	special effects coordinator
Jay King	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Douglas Aiken	....	digital compositor: S4 Studios
Stephanie Allen	....	visual effects producer
Daniel Arkin	....	assistant visual effects editor
Chris Bailey	....	animation supervisor
Damon Bingham	....	visual effects coordinator
Brett Boggs	....	visual effects
Randy Brown	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Burns	....	digital supervisor
Wally Chin	....	rotoscope artist
Craig Crawford	....	digital compositor
Chris Dawson	....	digital artist
Thomas R. Dickens	....	CGI backgrounds/additional effects
Hugo Dominguez	....	lead rotoscope artist: WB Feature Animation
Leif Einarsson	....	visual effects
Mathias Frodin	....	digital compositor: Warner Brothers VFX
Robin Griffin	....	visual effects executive producer
James Hathcock	....	visual effects
Ben Kalina	....	animation coordinator
Jeffrey Kalmus	....	digital imaging
Brad Kuehn	....	visual effects supervisor
Christopher Lance	....	compositing technical director
Doug Luberts	....	production support engineer
Joel MacMillan	....	character animator
Kama Moiha	....	digital compositor: Warner Brothers
Beth S. Morris	....	scene planner
Laura Murillo	....	rotoscope artist
Jason Piccioni	....	additional visual effects supervisor
Susan Pickett	....	visual effects coordinator
Matt J. Popham	....	production support engineer
Stuart Robertson	....	visual effects consultant
Rowsby	....	digital artist
Paul Runyan	....	digital artist
Dave Scarpitti	....	digital scene planner
Bill Schaeffer	....	roto/digital paint artist
Steven Seed	....	senior systems administrator
Jason Solberg	....	visual effects editor
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Chris Watts	....	digital artist
David Noel Williams	....	CG artist
Susan Zwerman	....	visual effects producer
Francisco Chaigneau	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Rick Avery	....	stunts
LaFaye Baker	....	stunts (as Lafay Baker)
Darryl Crews	....	stunt double: Alphonso McAuley
Kellie Cunningham	....	stunts (uncreditied)
Kofi Elam	....	stunts (as Kofi W. Elam)
Mark Hicks	....	stunts (as Mark A. Hicks)
Reggie Hooks Jr.	....	stunts
Kenny Hughes	....	stunts
Sonia Izzolena	....	stunts (as Sonia Jo McDancer)
Claudette James	....	stunts
Kelsee King-Devoreaux	....	stunt double: Kyla Pratt
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts (as Henri M. Kingi Jr.)
Buck McDancer	....	stunt coordinator
Jeffrey McDancer	....	stunts
David Medrano	....	stunts
Alan Oliney	....	stunts
Kisha Poteete	....	stunts
Darryl Reeves	....	stunts
Robair Sims	....	stunts
Jared Day	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Justin Rodgers Hall	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Thomas Bango	....	first assistant camera
Cory Beaird	....	grip
Nick Beaird	....	grip
Paul Birk	....	electrician
William Coss	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
James B. Crawford	....	gaffer
Ronnie Dennis	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Dan Enneking	....	electrician
Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald	....	best boy grip
Jay Galbo	....	electrician
Mark Gutterud	....	key first assistant camera: second unit
Cheddy D. Hart	....	camera operator
Paul Hazard	....	best boy rigging electric
Tony Hibbard	....	electrician
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
Scott Kidner	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Kia Kiso	....	camera loader (as Kia Dawson)
Alex Klabukov	....	key grip: second unit
Nick Liampetchakul	....	grip
Victor Macias	....	dolly grip
Abraham Martinez	....	film loader
Jim McComas	....	rigging electrician
Igor Meglic	....	director of photography: second unit
Darren Michaels	....	unit still photographer
Tony Porto	....	rigging grip
Steve Robertson	....	dolly grip
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator: second unit
George Stephenson	....	camera operator
Michael Stumpf	....	Steadicam operator: re-shoot
Jennifer Tanksley	....	second assistant camera: second camera
Joseph T. Terranova	....	set lighting technician
Dempsey Tillman	....	digital video assist operator
Bela Trutz	....	Steadicam operator: third unit
Chuck Turner	....	best boy rigging grip

Animation Department
James Baker	....	animator
Julian Chaney	....	animator
Joel C. Cunanan	....	inbetween artist
Anthony de Rosa	....	animator
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	animator
Eric Goldberg	....	animator
Chris Hubbard	....	animator
Ron Husband	....	animator
Todd Jacobsen	....	animator
Emily Jiuliano	....	animator
Bert Klein	....	animation supervisor
Johan Klingler	....	layout artist
James Lopez	....	animator
Jamie Oliff	....	animator
Kevin Petrilak	....	animator
Philip Pignotti	....	animator
David Moses Pimentel	....	animator
Joven Sampang	....	inbetween artist
Beth Sleven	....	animator
Chris Sonnenberg	....	animator
Bob Tyler	....	animator
Bill Waldman	....	animator
Dean Wellins	....	animator
Andreas Wessel-Therhorn	....	animator
Stephanie Wisniewski	....	animation coordinator
Susan Zwerman	....	animation producer

Casting Department
Cynthia Ellis	....	casting associate
Ronen Gevint	....	casting associate (as Ronen Givent)
Johnny Gidcomb	....	adr casting
Bridgette Glover	....	casting associate (as Bridgette Glover White)
Sharon D. King	....	casting: Chicago
Elizabeth Lang	....	additional casting scout
Ellyn Long Marshall	....	casting: New York
Maria E. Nelson	....	casting: New York
Marvin Nelson	....	casting associate
Cash Oshman	....	crowd casting
Donna Tegan	....	extras casting coordinator
Natasha Ward	....	casting assistant
Christian Kaplan	....	executive in charge of casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Diane Charles	....	set costumer
Dawn A. DeWitt	....	costumer
Rebeka L. Roberts	....	costume dyer
Ivory Stanton	....	specialty costume fabricator

Editorial Department
Marisa Clayton	....	post-production Coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Audrey Evans	....	assistant editor
Trent Johnson	....	digital film colorist
Alice S. Kim	....	post-production coordinator
Peter Pav	....	first assistant editor
Eric Putz	....	telecine colorist
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor
Lonnie A. Mathes	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
John Eidsvoog	....	music preparation
Julie Eidsvoog	....	music preparation
Gordon Fordyce	....	score mixer
Brad Haehnel	....	additional music mixer
Paul S. Henning	....	musician: violin
Dave Jordan	....	music supervisor
Kevin Kliesch	....	composer: additional music
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring cue mixer
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Patrick Russ	....	orchestrator
Dennis S. Sands	....	scoring mixer
Warren Sherk	....	additional orchestrator
Scott Stambler	....	music editor: temp music
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician
Jojo Villanueva	....	music coordinator
Richard Whitfield	....	music editor
Sherry Whitfield	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Cesar Angobaldo	....	transportation captain (as Cesar Angebaldo)
Michael Antunez	....	transportation coordinator
Michael W. Broomer	....	driver
Mark Brown	....	driver: production van
Michael Forte	....	driver

Other crew
Michael Wesley Aycock	....	key assistant location manager: Los Angeles
Nico Bally	....	remote head technician
Susan Boyajian	....	voice actor
Scott Brant	....	accounting clerk
Brooke Brooks	....	assistant: John Davis
Brinton Bryan	....	set production assistant
Christopher S. Bryson	....	set production assistant
Brandi Burnside	....	assistant: Kenan Thompson
Jeffrey Caruso	....	assistant production coordinator
Kate Chase	....	location scout
Sam M. Cobb	....	set medic
Bob Corff	....	dialect coach
Leon Dewayne Cozy	....	set production assistant
Dante	....	warm-up comic
Carol Demarti	....	head dyer and ager
Joseph Dowd	....	production assistant
Kathy Edwards	....	post production accountant
Carey Field	....	additional set production assistant
Sernard Gill	....	assistant: Kenan Thompson
Sydney Gilner	....	script supervisor
Sherri Robin Goldman	....	first assistant accountant
Robbie Goldstein	....	location manager
D.J. Gugenheim	....	assistant: Joel Zwick
Monika Hanks	....	production assistant
Jason Hariton	....	studio stage manager
Julie Harry	....	production assistant
Ryce Hetherington	....	production secretary
Dennis M. Johnson	....	acme digital specialist
Aakomon Jones	....	assistant choreographer
Jason Keever	....	additional production assistant
Alice S. Kim	....	assistant production office coordinator
Arif S. Kinchen	....	voice actor
Mike Kohl	....	production assistant
Mike Manzel	....	special makeup effects artist
Marc Marcum	....	assistant: John Davis
Jay May	....	product placement
Kent McCormick	....	head of production: Mercury Filmworks
Tasha Prothro	....	production assistant: base camp
Tommie Svon Ringo	....	voice actor
Fatima Robinson	....	choreographer
Shannon D. Roddy	....	set production assistant (as S.D. Roddy)
Marci Rosenberg Gayner	....	production coordinator (as Marci Rosenberg)
Jennifer Salada	....	key second assistant accountant (as Jennifer Van Hoven)
Aileen Sander	....	voice actor
Tammy Sandler	....	unit publicist
Christopher Scull	....	set production assistant: second unit
Charline St. Charles	....	clearance coordinator
Erik Stone	....	associate: John Davis
Xandy Sussan	....	post production coordinator
Mark Sussman	....	additional voice
Sean Kevin Sweeney	....	production assistant
Marsha L. Swinton	....	key production accountant
David Lance Thomas	....	voice actor
Christopher Tipton	....	assistant: John Davis
Joel Tokarsky	....	payroll accountant
Paul Tomborello	....	production assistant
Amy Venghaus	....	additional set production assistant
Anthony Woods	....	production medic
Kevin Zelman	....	additional set production assistant
Hillary Zwick	....	production assistant
Marcus Ball	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
• Culver Studios
• Davis Entertainment

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• CTV International (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Italia (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• K.N.B. Effects Group (body suit: Fat Albert)
• Pacific Title (opticals)
• Warner Bros. Animation VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Big Crowds  crowd casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Creative Imaging Alliance  imaging consulting
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Island Records  soundtrack
• RPM Group  promotion and marketing

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for momentary language

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:G | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #41330) | UK:U | South Korea:All | Norway:7 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The people listed in the closing credits of the TV Land cartoon broadcast are all real-life Hollywood professionals, and some are credited with having served on the crew of this movie. The first on the list, D.J. Gugenheim, is listed as "Asst. to Z. Diddy." Joel Zwick's nickname during production was Z. Diddy, and D.J. Gugenheim was his assistant.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bucky's pants are torn, they go to the junkyard. Doris shows up, but when the Cosby Kids try and hide Bucky's pants, you can clearly see that his pants are fine.

Quotes:

[Old Weird Harold listens to music in the mall. He and Mushmouth pull the headphones off]
Old Weird Harold:What did he say?
Mushmouth:Budeep a bubba da beep my lubba.
Old Weird Harold:You watch your mouth.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "30 Rock: Jack Gets in the Game (#2.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

My First Love

A mildly amusing movie with great messages

Teenage Doris has a problem. No one wants to be her friend or invite her to their parties. As she is crying over the television's remote control, a tear drops into the device. As she happens to have a Fat Albert cartoon on the set, her sadness seeps onto the title character. Albert insists on jumping through the screen, along with his friends, to help her develop a more positive self image. While they are in the real world, the whole gang adapts to modern culture quickly. They never lose sight of their true goal, however. Will Fat Albert and his crew be able to better Doris' life? It is so satisfying to watch a film for teens and children that is determined to amuse and enlighten without objectionable material. Although the story is somewhat weak and a bit wandering, Albert and the actors playing the gang members are just wonderful, as is Doris and her lovely cousin, Laurie. Bill Cosby himself has a small part in the film, too. If you are a choosy parent, who screens every film before making a decision on a movie's worth, you will probably give thumbs up to this new entry into family features. It has an upbeat message that overcomes any weaknesses.