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:

$9,631,153

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

The first appearance of Botamon, Koromon, Agumon and Greymon although not same ones Tai has in the TV series.

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Goofs

When the train passes by, the front of the locomotive reads "Amtrak", yet the top reads "Amtrack".

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Quotes

[first lines]
Kari: [narrating] Who says there's no such things as monsters?

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Crazy Credits

In the Japanese version of segment 2: An hour glass mouse pointer is seen. Then a Windows computer screen with a window open on the right side appears. As the credits go by on the left side of the screen, images flash by in the open window. They are: TK and the old couple, Matt getting a hair cut, Joe after his test, Mimi and her family surrounded by bags, Kari and the group of friends at the birthday party, TK and Matt's grandma, random tinted yellow flashes of everyone who sent e-mails (including Yolei and Ryo), Tai's mother sitting at the kitchen table looking at the cake she baked, Izzy leaving Tai's appartment, All the digimon happy with Gennai, and Sora e-mails Tai back. The e-mail reads "Taichi, I'm so sorry. Let's forget it happened. Thanks... Sora." Sora smiles and The mouse pointer closes the open window then shuts down the computer. The screen goes black.

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Alternate Versions

In the Japanese version of the third segment of the movie, Willis (or Wallace) has nothing to do with the creation of Diaboromon, Yolei didn't have uncles that helped her and the others go to Colorado, and there was a subplot where Endigomon (Diaboromon) kidnapped the original DigiDestined (Chosen Children) and made them younger in order to find Willis. Also, Willis never appeared in the second segment, that was added in the US release only.

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

Change into Power
Performed and produced by Paul Gordon
Written by Paul Gordon, Shuki Levy, and Haim Saban (as Kussa Mahchi)
Used by permission of Eifoata Music and Kukunia Music

User Reviews

Part two of the movie was hilarious

I like the second part of the movie best because of the way Izzy looked liked when he was about to burst. Furthermore, this movie serves as to what happens after the first series ends. To me, I loved how it was told and I loved how Tai got frustrated over a silly letter to his friend Sora. It was funny to see the movie, especially when Izzy ate all that bad food of Tai's mother. But its purpose of it will never be forgotten for this movie really rocks.