I Know That Voice (2013)

Several voice actors discuss their art and their careers.

Director:

Lawrence Shapiro

Writers:

Lawrence Shapiro, Tommy Reid

Stars:

Charlie Adler, Pamela Adlon, Carlos Alazraqui

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charlie Adler	...	Self
Pamela Adlon	...	Self (as Pamela Segall Adlon)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Self
Jack Angel	...	Self
Edward Asner	...	Self (as Ed Asner)
Hank Azaria	...	Self
Diedrich Bader	...	Self
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Self
Eric Bauza	...	Self
Jeff Bennett	...	Self
Bob Bergen	...	Self
Robert S. Birchard	...	Self (as Bob Birchard)
Justin Brinsfield	...	Self (as Justin Birnsfield)
Noel Blanc	...	Self
Steve Blum	...	Self

Storyline

Several voice actors discuss their art and their careers.

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Plot Keywords:

voice acting | voice actor | voice | actor | microphone | 

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Taglines:

A documentary that puts a face to a face to all the voices that we know and love.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frank Welker and Tress MacNeille were asked to appear in the film but they both turned it down.

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Quotes

Jason Marsden: Uh, to be a good voice director, you uh, do research on a story and you have to know that story you wanna tell, to be able to give direction without line readings like uh "Say it like this, and uh I'm walking through the door." or I mean 'cause it's not my performance anymore, it's the director's performance.

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Crazy Credits

The credits are shown alongside several voice actors doing voices.

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Connections

References South Park (1997)

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Soundtracks

Minuet in A
Written by Luigi Boccherini (as Luigi Bocherini)
Courtesy of Extreme Music

User Reviews

Overlong Movie, But Great Two-Part Miniseries

John DiMaggio and his friends tell the story of voice acting, and nobody tells a story better than people who do funny voices. It's raucous, wild, silly, and honest. About 45 minutes in you've heard about the beginning of voice acting in cartoons and all the principals have told you how they got into the business and what it means to them. It's a complete experience, a great ride, and you're well and truly satiated. And a little exhausted by all the high-energy emoting.

But there' was still another 45 minutes to go. What, I asked, could the next 45 minutes possibly be about?

Well, actually, it's about the business of cartoon voice-overs: how you get work, what it's like to need work and the insecurity of the business, what a recording session is like, what their agents do for them, how they work with directors, and the different kinds of work that they do. The part about doing voice-overs for video games was a scream. But it was all good.

Taken all in a piece, it's too much. So here's my suggestion; especially doable if you see this on Netflix. At 45 minutes, stop the movie; you've seen Part 1. Go do something else. The next day, see the rest of the movie -- Part 2. You'll enjoy the two halves immensely -- much better than the whole. That's what I did, and I whole-heartedly recommend the movie, when watched this way.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Release Date:

6 November 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

I Know That Voice

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dundee Entertainment, Record Farm Industries

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Black and White Color