Scooby-Doo (film)
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| Directed by | Raja Gosnell |
| Produced by | Charles Roven Richard Suckle |
| Written by | Screenplay: James Gunn Story: Craig Titley James Gunn Characters and series: William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Starring | Sarah Michelle Gellar Freddie Prinze, Jr. Matthew Lillard Linda Cardellini Rowan Atkinson Miguel A. Núñez Jr. Isla Fisher Neil Fanning (voice) |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | David Eggby |
| Editing by | Kent Beyda |
| Studio | Mosaic Media Group Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | June 14, 2002 |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $84 million[1] |
| Gross revenue | $275,650,703 |
| Followed by | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed |
Scooby-Doo is a 2002 live-action film based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon show, Scooby-Doo. The film was directed by Raja Gosnell and written by James Gunn and Craig Titley. It was produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for Warner Bros. and stars Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne, Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Fred, Linda Cardellini as Velma, and Neil Fanning as the voice of Scooby-Doo (who was created on screen using computer-generated imagery), Scott Innes as Scrappy Doo and Rowan Atkinson as Emile Mondavarious. Pamela Anderson made an uncredited appearance at the beginning of the movie. The Blu-Ray was released on January 16,2007.
Reggae artist Shaggy and rock group MXPX perform different versions of the theme song. Shaggy got his stage name from the show/film's character. In 2004, this film was followed by a sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. A prequel, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, aired on Cartoon Network Sunday, September 13, 2009.
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[edit] Plot
After solving the case of the Luna Ghost, an uncooperative Mystery Inc. splits apart. Two years later, the group are unexpectedly reunited to solve mysteries occurring at the remote amusement park Spooky Island. In the time that has passed, Fred has become a celebrity, Daphne a blackbelt expert, Velma an employee at NASA, and Shaggy and Scooby have stopped investigating mysteries. On the plane, Shaggy and Scooby are eating when Shaggy sees a pretty young woman (Isla Fisher) with whom he is immediately smitten. The following conversation reveals she is called Mary Jane, likes Scooby Snacks, but is allergic to dogs (Scooby was disguised as Shaggy's grandmother to get on the plane).
Upon arrival at the island, the gang are greeted by Emelius Mondavarious, the park's owner, who explains that a "spell" has been placed upon the visiting students who arrive as hyperactive but leave as emotionless people with inhuman abilities. The gang split up after an argument to solve the mystery for themselves. Velma watches a dance led by a man named N'Goo Tuana who explains the island was once home to demons who seek vengeance after Mondavarious built the theme park. Daphne encounters Voodoo Maestro who advises her not to go to the closed down castle-styled ghost train. Mistaking this for trickery, Daphne does indeed go to the castle. Scooby is lured into a secluded forest and is chased by a demon but escapes, before going to the castle with Shaggy and Daphne.
The gang is reunited inside the castle where they split up properly to look for clues. Daphne finds a strange triangular artifact called the Daemon Ritus, whilst Velma and Fred discover a strange schoolroom where a training video is played which seems addressed to non-human creatures. The gang escape the castle when N'Goo's minions appear, including a masked wrestler named Zarkos. They return to the island's hotel and tell Mondavarious their suspects: N'Goo, Maestro and Mondavarious (mostly cause he "creeps Fred out"..) N'Goo plays a piano tune which seemingly summons dog-like demons which capture most of the guests including Fred, Velma and Mondavarious. Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, and Mary Jane try to call the coast guard, but they've already been turned into monsters.
The next day, everything seems normal until Fred, Velma, Daphne, Mary Jane and most of the guests are revealed to now be possessed by the demons. After running from demons, Daphne runs into Zarkos and he grabs her, steals the Daemon Ritus from her, captures her, takes her to the underground hideout, and steals her protoplasm. Scooby falls down a hole followed by Shaggy, who discovers a pool of ectoplasmic heads and returns Velma, Daphne and Fred to their bodies (there was also another man, but Shaggy put him back), although they all end up swapping bodies (save for Velma). The all meet up in the forest, where we learn that Shaggy has stolen the Daemon Ritus. They all start randomly switching bodies (Velma, in Shaggy's body, explains that due to being in the inproper bodies while near the Daemon Ritus, they'll just keep switching bodies until they are all in their right places) After eventually returning to their normal bodies, the gang find Maestro who explains that if the demon's leader absorbs the captured ectoplasmic heads via the Daemon Ritus and then a sacrificed pure soul, the demons will be fully allowed to walk the Earth for the next 10,000 or so years. The pure soul turns out to be Scooby's (since no human could ever be pure) who is tricked by Mondavarious, the mastermind behind the plan to be a sacrifice. The gang set up a trap to destroy the demons via their weakness of sunlight but it does not go according to plan and Fred and Velma are captured.
Daphne carries out her part of the plan but ends up fighting Zarkos in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer-like battle, and Zarkos nearly wins when he grabs Daphne and puts her in a hold on his back, and says that she has been captured again, but she escapes this hold (after giving him a good bite in the hand) and wins. Shaggy saves Scooby but knocks over Mondavarious as he absorbs the ectoplasmic heads, revealing him to actually be a robot controlled by noneother than Scrappy Doo. After being kicked out of the gang, Scrappy vowed revenge and carried out his plan to conquer the world and destroy Mystery Inc. in the process. He transforms into a monstrous giant version of himself and chases down Scooby and Shaggy, all the mean while saying things about Scooby being on T.V. (i.e., "You look so much bigger on T.V.," or saying, the famous line, "Scooby-Doo! Where are you?"). After Daphne manages to defeat Zarkos, she releases sunlight and destroys the demons. Shaggy destroys the Daemon Ritus and Scrappy reverts to his smaller self. Fred and Daphne share a kiss, and the real Mondavarious is located by Shaggy, for he had been trapped underground by Scrappy for two years. Mary Jane comes to Shaggy and thanks him for saving her life. They try to kiss but Mary Jane sneezes because Scooby is there. At the end, the Coast Guard and a few men/women from the army take the villains and Scrappy (who is locked in a dog cage and demands to see his lawyer, after which the Coast Guard gladly shuts the door in his face). The media tells the gang about a new mystery, and they decide that they're a team again and leave to solve it.
In a tag scene, the real Mondevarious (who had been locked in a vault underground while Scrappy wreaked havoc above) has given Scooby and Shaggy the 'all they can eat' deal that the imposter had promised. Shaggy dares Scooby to drink a whole bottle of dangerously hot hot sauce. Scooby dares him too, and on the count of three, they both down a bottle. Smoke begins to pour out of their ears, noses, etc. and the camera zooms to a shot of the outside. Smoke is coming from the doors from the two, and Shaggy and Scooby can both be heard screaming.
[edit] Cast
- Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Fred Jones
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne Blake
- Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers
- Linda Cardellini as Velma Dinkley
- Neil Fanning as Scooby-Doo (voice)
- Scott Innes as Scrappy-Doo (voice)
- J. P. Manoux as Scrappy Rex (voice)
- Pamela Anderson as Herself
- Rowan Atkinson as Emile Mondavarious
- Isla Fisher as Mary Jane
- Steven Grives as N' Goo Tuana
- Cheung Man as Gay Moreau
- Michala Banas as Carol (the young woman who throws Brad)
- Kristian Schmid as Brad (the boy who is thrown by the young woman)
- Nicholas Hope as Old Man Smithers
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Voodoo Maestro
- Sam Greco as Zarkos aka The Masked Wrestler
- Pamela Anderson as Herself (uncredited)
- Holly Brisley as Training video woman
- Sugar Ray as Themselves
[edit] Reception
The film was released to generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has a "Rotten" rating of 28%, with an average score of 4.3 out of 10. On Metacritic, the film has a 35 out of 100 rating which indicates "generally negative reviews". However, despite a negative reception, it made $19,204,859 on its opening day and $54,155,312 over the weekend from 3,447 theaters, averaging about $15,711 per venue and ranked #1 at the box office. The film closed on October 31, 2002, with a final gross of $153,294,164 in the United States. It made an additional $122,356,539 in other territories, bringing the total worldwide gross to $275,650,703. It is the 15th most successful film worldwide of 2002.[2] Gellar was voted Choice Movie Actress: Comedy at the The Teen Choice awards
[edit] Soundtrack
A soundtrack containing hip hop, reggae and alternative rock was released on June 4, 2002 by Atlantic Records. It peaked at #24 on the Billboard 200 and #49 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
[edit] Video games
A video game based upon the film was released for Game Boy Advance shortly before the film was released. The game is played in 3rd person point-of-view and has multiple puzzle games and mini-games. The game's structure was similar to a board game. The game was panned by critics and was a poor seller.
[edit] Novelization
Scholastic Inc. released a novelization of the story in conjunction with the film. The novel was written by American fantasy and science fiction author Suzanne Weyn.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Dayna Van Buskirk, Reg Seeton (2004-03-01). "Unleashing Monsters & Zombies". UGO. http://screenwriting.ugo.com/screenwriting/jamesgunn_interview.php. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2002&p=.htm
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