Igor (2008)

Director:

Anthony Leondis

Writers:

Chris McKenna (written by) and
John Hoffman (additional screenplay)
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Release Date:

19 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

All men aren't created Evil.

Plot:

Animated fable about a cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.

Plot Keywords:

Assistant | Science | Mad Scientist | Evil Scientist | Invention

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Cusack	...	Igor (voice)
Myleene Klass	...	Dr. Holzwurm (voice)
Robin Walsh	...	Dr. Holzwurm's Igor (voice) (as Robin Howard)
Matt McKenna	...	Dr. Herzschlag (voice)
John Cleese	...	Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
Steve Buscemi	...	Scamper (voice)
Sean Hayes	...	Brain (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Announcer / Royal Guard #2 (voice)
Eddie Izzard	...	Dr. Schadenfreude (voice)
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Jaclyn / Heidi (voice)
Jay Leno	...	King Malbert (voice)
Molly Shannon	...	Eva (voice)
Zoë Bright	...	Blind Woman / Killiseum Fan #1 (voice)
Sophia Eraklis	...	Blind Orphan #1 (voice)
A. Cheron Hall	...	Blind Orphan #2 / Blind Orphan #4 (voice)
Alexander Leondis	...	Blind Orphan #3 (voice)
Juliana Leondis	...	Blind Orphan #5 (voice)
Michael Leondis	...	Blind Orphan #6 (voice)
Nicole Leondis	...	Blind Orphan #7 (voice)
Robin Tisserand	...	Blind Orphan #8 (voice)
Paul Vogt	...	Buzz Offmann (voice) (as Paul C. Vogt)
Kay Cole	...	Grand Dame (voice)
James Lipton	...	Himself
Christian Slater	...	Dr. Schadenfreude's Igor (voice)
Arsenio Hall	...	Carl Cristall (voice)
Tayah Howard	...	Tatiana (voice)
Justin Eick	...	Royal Guard #1 (voice)
John D. Eraklis	...	Killiseum Fan #2 (voice) (as John Eraklis)
Max Howard	...	Killiseum Fan #3 (voice)
Anthony Leondis	...	Killiseum Fan #4 (voice) (as Tony Leondis)
Chris McKenna	...	Killiseum Fan #5 (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher Maleki	...	Killiseum Fan #6 (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Welker	...	Animals' vocal effects (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Anthony Leondis

Writing credits
Chris McKenna		(written by)
John Hoffman		additional screenplay
Anthony Leondis		additional screenplay
Dimitri Toscas		additional screenplay

Produced by
Jean-Luc De Fanti	....	executive producer
Jamée Deruso	....	associate producer
John D. Eraklis	....	producer
Max Howard	....	producer
Darius A. Kamali	....	associate producer
John McKenna	....	line producer
Matthew J. Parker	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Patrick Doyle

Film Editing by
Hervé Schneid

Production Design by
Loïc Rastout		(as Loic Rastout)

Art Direction by
Olivier Besson

Production Management
Rafael Curulla	....	production manager
Alexandra Giuliano	....	production manager
Sandrine Hauducoeur	....	production manager
Nadine Mombo	....	production manager
David Pelle	....	production manager
Alexandra Skinazi	....	production manager

Art Department
Matthieu Gosselin	....	set designer
Vincent Massy	....	lead set designer
Richard Ory	....	props

Sound Department
Jeremy Balko	....	original dialogue mixer
Samy Bardet	....	sound designer
Samy Bardet	....	sound editor
Samy Bardet	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Chevallier	....	dialogue editor
Robert Dehn	....	sound studio manager
Frederic Dubois	....	sound designer
Frederic Dubois	....	sound editor
Frederic Dubois	....	sound effects re-recording mixer
Sean England	....	adr recordist
Jérôme Faurel	....	assistant sound editor
Andrew Feliciano	....	voice recording supervisor
Paul Furedi	....	adr recordist
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer
Judah Getz	....	assistant adr recordist
Suzanne Gillet	....	sound post-productiuon coordinator
Josh Gladstone	....	dialogue editor
Andrew Kay	....	adr dialogue engineer
Thierry Lebon	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clare Manning	....	dialogue synchronization
Paul Michael	....	adr recordist: Molly Shannon
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Travis Randall	....	sound recordist: Behind The Scenes
Olivier Roche	....	sound mix technician
Evaristo Scarsanela Junior	....	assistant sound editor
Kyle Tilbury	....	additional voice recordings
April Tucker	....	additional voice recordings (as April Cech)
Dave Wagg	....	adr recordist

Visual Effects by
Laguerre Aline	....	lighting artist
Quentin Auger	....	character setup
Guillaume Barlier	....	character setup
Alex Bernardi	....	software engineer: research & development
Gaëlle Bossis	....	digital compositor
Elliott Broutin	....	lighting artist
Camille Campion	....	effects assistant
Romain Côte	....	character modeler
Laurent Davene	....	character modeler
Alexis De Hauteclocque	....	software developer
Benjamin Deboute	....	render software engineer
Fabrice Delapierre	....	CGI supervisor
Julien Depoortere	....	character setup
Fabrice Fernandez	....	digital compositor
Valerie Gabriel	....	CGI supervisor
Pierre-Loic Hamon	....	character modeler
Jerome Hereng	....	effects assistant
Stephane Hoarau	....	character setup
Paul Jacamon	....	digital compositor
Marc Joubert-Nederveen	....	digital effects artist
Jean-Charles Laurent	....	character setup
Mathieu Le Meur	....	character setup
Maxime Leduc	....	character modeler
Vincent Lemaire	....	character rigger
Vincent Lemaire	....	character setup
Yann Leroux	....	digital compositor
Catherine Loonis	....	lead lighter
David Louis	....	effects assistant
Thierry Malherbe	....	head of CG
Sandrine Moniez	....	digital compositor
Mathieu Negrel	....	effects supervisor
Antony Nguyen	....	character modeler
Alexis Peraste	....	digital compositor
Thibault Petillon	....	digital compositor
Lucini Philippe	....	digital compositor
Armand Pouya	....	character setup
Emmanuel Revah	....	render wrangler
François Rimasson	....	character modeler
Marion Roger	....	senior digital compositor
Marcia Spira	....	set and prop modeler
Renaud Staut	....	character modeling artist
Renaud Staut	....	character rigging lead
William Untereiner	....	effects and crowd artist
William Untereiner	....	software developer
Pènèlope Vandecave	....	digital compositor
Fabien Yorgandjian	....	modeling artist / texture artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Catherine Loonis	....	lighting lead

Animation Department
Nicolas Bauduin	....	lead animator
Drifa Benseghir	....	animator
Julien Bizat	....	animator
Arnaud de Mullenheim	....	animator
Luca Erbetta	....	animator
Christophe Geron	....	animator
Valérie Hadida	....	character designer
Christele Jolens	....	animation director
Pierre Leduc	....	lead animator
Stephane Mangin	....	animator
Joe Martin Jr.	....	animator
Hubert Maston	....	animation technical director
Dominique Monfery	....	animatic
Compagnon Patrice	....	chief animator
François Perreau	....	animation supervisor
Pierre Salazar	....	modeler
Yoshimichi Tamura	....	animation supervisor
Jean-Paul Tétu	....	layout artist

Editorial Department
Chrystèle Barbarat	....	digital intermediate producer
Roxanne Dorman	....	assistant editor
Claire Fieschi	....	assistant editor
George Folsey Jr.	....	additional editor
Nassim Gordji Tehrani	....	assistant editor
Mona-Lise Lanfant	....	assistant editor
Sophie Lustière	....	color grader
Terra Montgomery	....	digital intermediate producer
Svetlana Vaynblat	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Geoff Alexander	....	orchestrator
Christopher Benstead	....	music editor (as Chris Benstead)
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	assistant recording engineer
Tom Bullen	....	score assistant engineer
Patrick Doyle	....	orchestrator
Vic Fraser	....	music preparation
Christian Howes	....	music programmer
Asen Kanchev	....	music production manager
Maggie Rodford	....	music producer: Air-Edel
James Shearman	....	conductor
James Shearman	....	orchestrator
Jill Streater	....	music preparation
Nick Taylor	....	score assistant engineer
Robin Urdang	....	music consultant
Nick Wollage	....	score engineer
Nick Wollage	....	score mixer
Nick Wollage	....	score recordist

Other crew
Jean-Philippe Agati	....	studio head: Paris
David Berthier	....	head of story
Julia Bordeau	....	texture lead
Robert L. Bradley IV	....	video reference & epk
Jared Chatelain	....	finance executive
Tom Cross	....	production assistant
Brendan Daly	....	production executive
Elizabeth Hanson	....	production executive
Philippe Jacquot	....	IT lead
Ross Kaiman	....	producer: behind the scenes
Banio Koroma Jr.	....	production executive
Didier Kwak	....	studio manager: Paris
Remy Lalanne	....	software programming
Alexandra Lefeve	....	pipeline lead
Emilie Maison	....	press attache
Glenn Sauber	....	animation reference videography and EPK
Virginie Simon	....	post-production legal services
Tennyson E. Stead	....	production executive
Kyle Eric Stevens	....	video reference & epk
Ilian Yotov	....	production executive
Dana Archer	....	publicist (uncredited)

Thanks
Dave Canseco	....	special thanks
Etan Cohen	....	special thanks
Aspasia Eraklis	....	in memory of
Phil Lord	....	special thanks
Matt McKenna	....	special thanks
Chris Miller	....	special thanks
Basil Poledouris	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Exodus Film Group
• Exodus Productions

Distributors

• Constantin Film Verleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Motion Picture Distribution (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2009) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• ARM Distribution (2008) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Applause Entertainment (2008) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Aurum Producciones (2008) (Spain) (all media)
• Bazuca Films (2010) (Chile) (all media)
• Eastern European Acquisition Pool (EEAP) (2008) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Europa Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (all media)
• Film Pop (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (all media)
• Italia Film (2008) (Middle East) (all media)
• Jung-A Entertainment (2008) (South Korea) (all media)
• Lusomundo (2008) (Portugal) (all media)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD)
• Odeon (2008) (Cyprus) (all media)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2008) (Romania) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (all media)
• Sundream Motion Pictures (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• TFM Distribution (2008) (France) (all media)
• Viva International Pictures (2008) (Philippines) (all media)
• West Video (2008) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Sparx* (animation) (as Sparx Animation Studios)

Other Companies

• Paramedia Studios  post-production sound services (ADR)
• Air-Edel Associates  music services
• Air-Edel Recording Studios  music mixed at
• Budapest Symphony Orchestra  music performed by
• Budget Film Stock Footage  film clips provided by
• Bulgarian National Radio, Studio 1  music recorded at (as The Bulgarian National Radio Studio 1)
• Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra  music performed by (as The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra and Choir)
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Lime Studios  voice recording (as Lime Studios Santa Monica)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)  special thanks (as MGM)
• Mikros Image  digital film transfer
• Monkeyland Audio  voice recording
• Postworks  voice recording
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording
• Santa Barbara Studios  voice recording (as Santa Barbara Sound Design)
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Sonic Magic  adr recording
• Sound One  voice recording (as Sound One NY)
• Sparx*  animation
• Studio Merjithur  sound services (as Nouveau Studios Merjithur)
• Technicolor  release printing
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some thematic elements, scary images, action and mild language

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44613) | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | New Zealand:PG | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Mexico:A | Portugal:M/6 (dubbed version) | South Korea:All

Company:

Exodus Film Group

Trivia:

Scamper was originally to be introduced while hanging himself as Igor returns to the castle at the beginning of the movie. This is included in the novelization of the film but was cut from the actual release.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Much of the dialogue was added in immediately before release, and could not be synchronized with the animation.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Igor:[voice over] Nice weather we're having, huh? Here in the Kingdom of Malaria, every day's forecast is rainy, with a 100% chance of horror! It wasn't always like this, though. Years ago, Malaria was a sunny land of farmers, until the mysterious storm clouds rolled in...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09 (#5.42)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Jump Jive N-Wail

Twisted fun (more fun than most kid's movies), and just a little coco-nutty!

I took my daughters (7 and 3) to see this movie today, knowing absolutely nothing other than seeing about 5 seconds of a TV commercial. I am normally relatively picky about what my kids see, but decided to join a friend who was going anyway. Plus my daughter loves Tim Burton, and this was at least stylistically similar.

I thought this movie had a cool twisted sense of humor, and much more original than the typical warmed over rehashes we normally get from a lower-budget CGI flick. And guess what- not a single fart joke! That alone means it meets my very low expectations for what passes as children's entertainment these days. Unofortunately, I think it is a little too off- kilter for most, thus the small marketing budget as well.

A nice little take on the classic Shelley Frankenstein tale. Not sure why the accusations of Nightmare Before Christmas rip-off, Frankenstein was obviously the source material for this story. Which is a very good thing in my opinion. Me and my daughters liked it a lot.