Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
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Directed by	Spike Brandt Tony Cervone
Written by	Paul Dini
Based on	Tom and Jerry by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera Tex Avery's characters and Barney Bear by Rudolf Ising and MGM cartoon studio Jack and the Beanstalk
Produced by	Spike Brandt Tony Cervone Sam Register
Starring	William Hanna Spike Brandt Tom Wilson Garrison Keillor Paul Reubens Kath Soucie Richard McGonagle Grey DeLisle Jacob Bertrand Joe Alaskey Phil LaMarr John DiMaggio
Edited by	Kyle Stafford Damon P. Yoches
Music by	Michael Tavera
Production companies	Turner Entertainment Co. Warner Bros. Animation
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure is a 2013 animated fantasy comedy direct-to-video film starring Tom and Jerry, produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Tom and Jerry are the faithful servants of Jack, son of the founder of a struggling storybook amusement park that gets a much-needed boost thanks to some mysterious magical beans. A sequel is in development with Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone returning as directors and producers.

Plot

Tom and Jerry live with Jack and his mother in Storybook Town, a fairy tale-inspired theme park. The park has been ailing since the death of its founder Jack's father. Young Jack is desperate to save the park from the hands of greedy billionaire Mr. Bigley who bought the park's mortgage, setting out with his loyal cat and mouse friends to sell his performing cow to make the next mortgage payment. Too late to sell it to a nearby circus, they trade the cow to a mysterious farmer named Farmer O'Dell for a handful of magic beans. What follows is a journey up a beanstalk to Fairyland, a magical land ruled by a greedy giant named Mr. Ginormous and home to all manner of fabled characters, some portrayed by classic MGM cartoon characters such as Droopy as Old King Cole and Screwy Squirrel as Simple Simon's pieman. Now, Tom and Jerry must put an end to their furry feud long enough to save both Fairyland and Storybook Town.

Cast

• Spike Brandt as Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse (uncredited)
• William Hanna as Tyke (archive sound, uncredited)
• Jacob Bertrand as Jack Bradley
• Garrison Keillor as Narrator and Farmer O'Dell
• Tom Wilson as Mr. Bigley and Mr. Ginormous
• Kath Soucie as Tuffy
• Joe Alaskey as Droopy as Old King Cole
• Paul Reubens as Screwy Squirrel as the Pieman
• Grey DeLisle as Mrs. Bradley, Red as the Red Fairy
• Richard McGonagle as Barney Bear
• Phil LaMarr as Spike as Old Mother Hubbard's Dog
• John DiMaggio as Meathead Dog as Simple Simon

Reception

Chaz Lipp states the film is "a harmless hour of fun that should ably hold the attention of its target audiences," but confused about the lack of "fighting, chasing and general struggle between the title characters."

Follow-up film

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon was released on September 2, 2014.

External links

• Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure at IMDb