Ultimate Avengers (2006) (V)

Directors:

Curt Geda
Steven E. Gordon
(more)

Writers:

Boyd Kirkland (screen story)
Greg Johnson (screen story and screenplay)
(more)

Release Date:

21 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Individually, they are super heroes. United, they are the Ultimate Avengers...

Plot:

To confront an alien menace, General Fury assembles a team of superheroes lead by a recently resuscitated Captain America.

Plot Keywords:

Captain | Avenger | Alien | Hand To Hand Combat | Redhead

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Justin Gross	...	Captain America / Steve Rogers (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Janet Pym / The Wasp (voice)
Michael Massee	...	Bruce Banner (voice)
Olivia d'Abo	...	Black Widow / Natalia Romanoff (voice)
Marc Worden	...	Iron Man / Tony Stark (voice)
Nan McNamara	...	Dr. Betty Ross (voice)
Nolan North	...	Giant Man / Hank Pym (voice)
Andre Ware	...	Nick Fury (voice)
David Boat	...	Thor (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	The Hulk / Edwin Jarvis / Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Ward	...	Herr Kleiser (voice) (as James K. Ward)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Steven Blum)
Keith Ferguson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Quinton Flynn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Aileen Sander	...	Additional Voices (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Bucky / Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Curt Geda
Steven E. Gordon
Bob Richardson		(supervising)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bryan Hitch		comic book and characters
Greg Johnson		screen story and screenplay
Boyd Kirkland		screen story
Craig Kyle		screen story
Mark Millar		comic book and characters

Produced by
Avi Arad	....	executive producer
Craig Kyle	....	executive producer
Stan Lee	....	co-executive producer
Bob Richardson	....	producer
Eric S. Rollman	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Guy Michelmore

Film Editing by
George Rizkallah

Production Management
Carrie Wassenaar	....	production manager

Art Department
Jason Hanks	....	storyboard artist
Rick Morales	....	storyboard artist
Nollan Obena	....	background designer
James Peters	....	color designer
Adam Van Wyk	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Timothy A. Cleveland	....	sound effects editor
Paul J. Diller	....	sound effects editor
Mike Draghi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Garcia	....	lead dialogue editor
Sean Kelley	....	assistant sound engineer
Walter Ledesma	....	sound re-recording mixer: Spanish version
Eric Lewis	....	dialogue recording engineer: Studiopolis, Inc.
Kirk M. Rogers	....	assistant sound engineer

Visual Effects by
Tom Elleman	....	visual effects supervisor
Jonathan Schwartz	....	information technology specialist

Stunts
John Smith	....	utility stunts

Editorial Department
Ralph A. Eusebio	....	editor: leica reel
Aeolan Kelly	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Angus Havers	....	music assistant: composer
Simon James	....	conductor
David Ari Leon	....	music supervisor
Roy Moore	....	orchestrator
Mark Ryan	....	music editor

Other crew
Roy Allen	....	production assistant
Julio Ferrario	....	creative director: main titles
Pamela B. Green	....	main title producer
Cory Gustke	....	production coordinator
Douglas W. McHenry	....	production accountant
Lindsey Myers	....	production assistant
Jamie Simone	....	voice director
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	creative director: main titles
Charles Kirkwood	....	production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• MLG Productions 1
• Marvel Studios

Distributors

• Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2006) (Non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2007) (Taiwan) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Maple Pictures (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
• New KSM (2010) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Modern VideoFilm  picture finishing
• My Eye Media  technical services
• PIC Agency  main titles design
• Studiopolis  music recorded and mixed at

Also Known As:

"Ultimate Avengers: The Movie" - USA (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence

Runtime:

72 min | Argentina:80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Argentina:Atp

Company:

MLG Productions 1

Trivia:

Captain America's sweetheart is Gail Richards. She is based on the character that appeared in the 1940's Captain America movie serial.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the Chitauri ships attack S.H.E.I.L.D., General Fury gives orders to "move to DEFCON 5". DEFCON 5 is "Normal peacetime readiness".

Quotes:

Nick Fury:We're forming a team, Janet. I believe you'd be an asset.
Janet Pym:A team for what? Superhuman softball?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Ultimate Avengers II (2006) (V)

Ultimate Avengers = Near Perfection ... GREAT Animated Film

I like the fact that jealous DC fans are trying their frustrated best to find flaws and bash this instant classic. It's a sure fire sign that Marvel did their job and gave us one quality animated feature.

I do agree that the movie wasn't as "complex" as the Ultimates in that it did not have the heroes intermingled with politics like the comics did. That's a good thing, however. Infusing politics is going to divide your audience because not all of them are going to agree. Quite frankly, I get tired of movies that preach politics to me and would prefer sometimes to be transported into another world that doesn't lecture to me. Most moviegoers seem to agree, as the highest grossing movies of 2005 were STAR WARS, NARNIA, HARRY POTTER, FANTASTIC FOUR, etc. All fantasy films.

Some fools are trying to complain about this masterful animation? What are they talking about? Did they want a CGI movie on par with FINAL FANTASY from a few years ago? That's very unrealistic and that movie bombed bigtime. Personally, I thought the animation was excellent. I loved the way Cap's shield seem to glimmer in almost every scene. The battle sequences were phenomenal. I watched the movie with those "factoid" bubbles activated and they mentioned some interesting items about the complexity of the animation. The characters looked great. Iron Man looked ten times better then he does in the Ultimates book. Attempted bashers of this film should move on to another item. The animation is anything but a weakness.

I thought Ultimate Avengers was near perfect and really couldn't have expected more. Keeping the "Ultimate" BS to a minimum was a SEVERE improvement in my opinion.

A very good effort all around here and I hope they don't change one thing for Avengers 2.