Spookley the Square Pumpkin (2005) (V)

Director:

Bernie Denk

Writers:

Joe Troiano (story)
Tom Hughes (screenplay)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Tagline:

Dare to be Square!

Plot:

Poor Spookley is a pumpkin who's shape is square rather then round. He's teased and taunted by other mean round pumpkins. But he receives help from a Scarecrow and his 2 bat side-kicks and 3 very funny spiders. |

Plot Keywords:

Spider Web | Singing | Jack O'lantern | Outcast | Lightning

Cast

Sonja Ball	...	Spookley the Square Pumpkin / Other Honeydoos
Bruce Dinsmore	...	Poe
Craig Francis	...	Jack the Scarecrow
Holly G. Frankel	...	Bella / Other Honeydoos
Norman Groulx	...	Boris
Rick Jones	...	Little Tom / Edgar
Ranee Lee	...	Other Honeydoos
Michael Perron	...	Big Tom
Kim Richardson	...	Lead Honeydoo
Terrence Scammell	...	Allen
Jennifer Seguin	...	Bobo
Vlasta Vrana	...	Narrator
Sara Zahn	...	Other Honeydoos

Directed by
Bernie Denk

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tom Hughes		screenplay
Joe Troiano		story and screenplay

Produced by
Jonathan Flom	....	executive producer
Joe Troiano	....	executive producer
Jeffrey Zahn	....	producer
Mark Zander	....	producer

Original Music by
Joe Troiano
Jeffrey Zahn

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Guy Harvey	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Mario Choquette	....	sound effects editor
Benoît Coaillier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marie-Pierre Grenier	....	foley assistant
Kelly Kincaid	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Laurent M. Abecassis	....	technical director
Stephane 'Bal' Barbin	....	character rigger
Sebastien Bruneau	....	animator
Thai Son Doan	....	compositor
Virginie Lamotte	....	digital compositor

Animation Department
Emilie Goulet	....	animator (as Émilie Goulet)
Guy Harvey	....	layout supervisor
Hugo L. Morales	....	animator (as Hugo Morales)

Production Companies

• Holiday Hill Farm

Distributors

• Barnes & Noble (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• In Demand (2004) (USA) (TV)
• Kidtoon Films
• RCV Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Runtime:

USA:45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:G

Company:

Holiday Hill Farm

Trivia:

On the DVD release of this short in the Special Features section, it has a read along book called "The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin" read by Bobby "Boris/Monster Mash" Pickett.

Soundtrack:

The Boo Song

Spooklee the Square Masterpiece

This is my favourite children's film since Thomas And The Magic Railroad. My three year old likes it too but not as much as me. The story of a pumpkin who is held back from success because of his shape, this is an absolute must-see! There are very few spooky cartoons that work for the under-5 age group (Scooby Doo, of course), and fewer still than manage to do something interesting with Hallowe'en, but Spooklee hits the mark. It manages to celebrate the festival without being in any way disturbing, but is not saccharine either. I only bought it because it was going cheap in a Woolworth's clear-out but even if I'd paid full whack I wouldn't have been disappointed.