Digimon: The Movie (2000)

Throughout three different stories, Kari Kamiya and her friends take on explosive adventures involving digital creatures.

Directors:

Bob Buchholz, Mamoru Hosoda

Writers:

Akiyoshi Hongo (original concept by), Jeff Nimoy (adaptation)

Stars:

Lara Jill Miller, Joshua Seth, Bob Papenbrook

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lara Jill Miller	...	Kari / Young Kari (voice)
Joshua Seth	...	Young Tai / Tai (voice)
Bob Papenbrook	...	Red Greymon (voice)
David Lodge	...	Parrotmon (voice)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Tal's Mom (voice)
Michael Sorich	...	Miko / Big Agumon / Gargomon (voice)
Peggy O'Neal	...	Botamon (voice)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	...	Sora / Male Student (voice)
Brianne Brozey	...	Koromon / Kuramon (voice)
Jeff Nimoy	...	Truck Driver 1 / Tentomon / Phone Voice 1 / Kabuterimon / MegaKabuterimon / Floyd the Barber / Barney / Cabbie / Kid 3 (voice)
Bob Buchholz	...	Truck Driver 2 / Male Customer / Phone Voice 2 / Voice Mail Operator / Uncle Al / Andy / Squad Leader (voice)
Philece Sampler	...	Mimi / Cody / Matt's Grandma (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Izzy / Terriermon (voice)
Michael Lindsay	...	Joe / Greymon (voice)
Michael Reisz	...	Matt (voice)

Storyline

The film is an edited version of three different Japanese short films, which have been combined together. There is narration by a continuing character, Kari. The first segment of the film revolves around the first encounter with a digimon and a fight that occurs between their digimon and another. The two kids, Kari and Tai, raise a fast-growing digimon from an egg to a large, dinosaur-like digimon, which escapes from their house and then has an encounter and a battle with a parrot-like digimon. The second segment mainly involves Tai and another digiDestined friend of his, Izzy. A computer virus sweeps across the internet, effecting a digiEgg, and thus creating an infected digimon. This infected digimon begins to start eating computer information and data, and the two protagonists attempt to stop the digimon, but fail. After the infected digimon manages to get into the American information system and launch two nukes, one at japan and one at Colorado, Tai and Izzy get help from ...

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Plot Keywords:

digimon | computer | internet | compilation | teenage boy | 

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Taglines:

New Monsters. New Battles. Now on the Big Screen.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite Tai being the main character and Kari the secondary in the regular show, Kari is the main character of the film while Tai is the secondary character. This is because Kari provides first person narration and has more screen time and lines than Tai and/or the new Digidestined members.

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Goofs

A Lopmon is featured on the cover and poster art of the movie quite prominently, however in the English version of the movie no Lopmon is present.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Kari: [narrating] Who says there's no such things as monsters? You're never quite the same after you meet your first Digimon. My name's Kari. I'm part of a team called the Digidestined. there were only a handful of us at first, but we've added a few members since then. That's me with TK, another one of the DigiDestined. And that's Willis in America. While the rest of us in Japan only had one Digimon, he had twins. And while we had our team to count on, Willis didn't have any human friends...

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Crazy Credits

In the Japanese version of segment 3: During the credits a scene appears with a reddish tint and it slowly fades to a picture of Wallace with his two digimon flying around him.

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Alternate Versions

The ABC Family broadcast premiere removed the 4-minute intro with Angela Anaconda before the 20th Century Fox logo sequence, and replaced the Fox Kids logo between the 20th logo sequence and the opening credit sequence with the Saban International logo. 20th Century Fox is owned by the News Corporation in which it and Haim Saban, in 2001, sold what Fox Family became ABC Family, including what Saban Entertainment became BVS Entertainment and what the Fox Kids International channels became Jetix in 2005, to the Walt Disney Company.

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Connections

Featured in Animenia: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2011)

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Soundtracks

Nowhere Near
Performed by Summercamp
Written by T. Cullen and Sean McCue
Produced by Chris Shaw and Summercamp

User Reviews

Funny, fast paced and packed with action

For an animation, this film was the best I've ever seen. It had exceptional quality throughout and it actually convinced me to watch the television series. I like the way it spans different time lines and explains the whole story, rather than the Pokemon movie. It entertained me every step of the way with a great sound track, dialogue, and characters. The plot seems rather simple when you first hear what it's actually about, but its modern approach makes it original and likeable. The only problem was, the screenplay was a little too quick, even for people who watch the television show, and I lost track in some parts of the movies; in fact, I had to watch it twice to properly understand the entire film. But, everything else aside, I really liked this film and I'd seriously recommend it to anyone, adults or children. If you think it's just another Pokemon movie, you're wrong.

Details

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Digimon: The Movie

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,233,304, 8 October 2000

Gross USA:

$9,631,153

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,643,191

Company Credits

Production Co:

Saban Entertainment, Toei Company, Fox Family Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1