Digimon: The Movie (2000)

Three different stories involving digital creatures collide together.

Directors:

Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi

Writers:

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

Stars:

Lara Jill Miller, Joshua Seth, Bob Papenbrook

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

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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$9,628,751, 5 January 2001

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,643,191, 31 December 2001

Company Credits

Production Co:

Saban Entertainment, Toei Company, Fox Family Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the Digi-Egg emerges from the computer in the first part, the text in the background is from Psalm 109.

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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

Tai: [after Matt and TK's grandmother hangs up on Tai]
Tai: I... can't... TAKE THIS!

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Crazy Credits

In the Japanese version of segment 1: During the credits, Tai (season one style) is standing in a field with his eyes closed. Butterfly (the slightly different version) begins to play in the background. Taichi looks up to see Greymon. He reaches up and hugs him. The camera zooms out to Butterfly and then the scene finally fades to black.

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Alternate Versions

This movie is actually the second and third Japanese Digimon movies edited together as one. Japanese anime movies can often be under 60 minutes long, which is of course not marketable to American theaters. With these two movies on a similar theme, Fox Kids put them together.

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Connections

Featured in Anime Abandon: The Digimon Movie (2017)

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Soundtracks

Kids in America
Performed by Len
Courtesy of Maverick Recording Company
Written by Marty Wilde and Ricki Wilde
Used by permission of Finchley Music Corporation (ASCAP)/RAK Publishing, Ltd. (PRS)

User Reviews

One of the best!

For those of you who think Digimon rips off Poke'mon guess what?DIGIMON CAME FIRST!Although Poke'mon appeard here in america first,it was Digimon that came first in Japan where it all started,so Poke'mon is the rip off!Anyway,about the film.This is a good movie,with some great action,poor comedy,and some of the best drama found,and unlike most movies of a show,this one is linked with the Tv series,I recommend this,and the show to anybody,you'll like it,if you don't,better call for some help,if you know what I mean whacko!