Rugrats Go Wild

Rugrats Go Wild
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Directed by	John Eng Norton Virgien
Written by	Kate Boutilier
Produced by	Gabor Csupo Arlene Klasky
Starring	Elizabeth Daily Nancy Cartwright Kath Soucie Dionne Quan Cheryl Chase Tim Curry Lacey Chabert Bruce Willis
Edited by	John Bryant Kimberly Rettberg
Music by	Drew Neumann
Release dates	June 13, 2003
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25,000,000
Box office	$55,405,466

Rugrats Go Wild is a crossover 2003 Nickelodeon animated film, with two animated television series Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys.Rugrats Go Wild was released on DVD & Video on January 27, 2004.

Plot

In the story, the Rugrats and their parents are on a ramshackle boat that Tommy's father, Stu, has rented in the South China Seas. A rogue wave hits their boat, causing the boat to shipwreck, leaving them deserted on a small island. On the same island, but on the other side, are the famous globe-trotting family, the Thornberrys (out to film a leopard). The babies set off to find them, for they suspect they are somewhere on the island (as it happens, Tommy treats Nigel like an idol). Somewhere along the way, Chuckie gets lost and runs into the Thornberrys' Tarzan-like child. Donnie, and the two switch clothes. Meanwhile, Eliza, the gifted Thornberry, is tramping around the jungle and runs into Spike, the Rugrats dog. Since Eliza can talk to animals, Spike tells her that the babies are lost somewhere in the island. Also, her father, Nigel, sees them. But after a bonk on the head with a coconut Nigel gets amnesia. Angelica runs into Debbie, the teenage Thornberry, and she takes off with Debbie in the Thornberry's all-purpose Comvee. While not paying attention, the bumbling twosome sink the Comvee and generally cause havoc. Meanwhile, pop culture references to just about anything about castaways on an island (in particular, Gilligan's Island, Survivor, and Lord of the Flies) ensue. Also, unlike the previous movies, Susie tags along with a Polaroid-like camera in hand, and doesn't have her parents traveling with her. Also near the end of the movie Spike and Darwin become friends.

Production

Rugrats Go Wild was originally made by Klasky Csupo's television unit, (directed by Mark Risley and written by Kate Boutilier) but after wildly successful screenings, Paramount decided it should be shelved and remade into a feature film. The television version, a 90 minute special, still exists somewhere in the Klasky Csupo/ Nickelodeon vaults.

Among the biggest hype this movie received was Bruce Willis voicing Spike, and the use of "Odorama" cards to enhance the viewing experience, Burger King and Blockbuster released a scratch and sniff piece of cardboard that was to be scratched and sniffed during the run of the movie, which was used with a scene from the movie involving how one of the babies' feet smelled. There were many complaints, however, that the only thing that the "Odorama" cards smelled like was cardboard. The Odorama card was some what of an homage to John Waters' film Polyester. Despite the homage, Waters felt he was ripped off and realized that New Line Cinema, the studio that released Polyester, didn't renew the copyright for Odorama. He later said that "a check would have been an homage". The Burger King cards proved ineffective because they had a Whopper section of the card and the scent permeated and ruined the rest of the scents for the movie.

Reception

This film was produced by released in the summer of 2003 and earned mixed to negative reviews (gaining a 40%, one less than The Rugrats Movie, which also got mixed reviews, gaining a 41% on Rotten Tomatoes), and opened at #4 at the box office, and ended up grossing about $39 million, about the same amount as The Wild Thornberrys Movie. The film made $39,402,572 in domestic grossing and $55,405,466 worldwide, making it a box office disappointment compared to the other 2 films(because of Rugrats losing Popularity) However, it earned enough money to cover its $25 million budget.

MPAA Rating

It earned a PG rating for mild crude humour and is the only Rugrats movie to have a PG rating and the second Wild Thornberrys movie to receive a PG rating.

Guest stars

Besides the regulars on both shows (see the respective articles), this film featured all of four non-regular voices:

• Bruce Willis - Himself/Spike
• Chrissie Hynde (of The Pretenders fame) - Siri the leopard
• Tony Jay - Dr. Lipshitz
• Ethan Phillips - Toa

Soundtrack

Untitled

A soundtrack was released on June 10, 2003.

Track listing

1. "Message in a Bottle" - American Hi-Fi
2. "Big Bad Cat" - Bruce Willis
3. "She's on Fire" - Train (band)
4. "Island Princess" - Cheryl Chase and Cree Summer
5. "Lizard Love" - Aerosmith
6. "Ready to Roll" - Flashlight Brown
7. "The Morning After" - Cheryl Chase,Cree Summer
8. "Atomic Dog" - George Clinton (musician)

1. "Dresses and Shoes (Precious & Few)" - Cheryl Chase,Cree Summer
2. "Should I Stay or Should I Go" - The Clash
3. "Lust for Life" - Bruce Willis
4. "Phil's Diapey's Hanging Low" - Tim Curry
5. "It's a Jungle Out Here" - The rugrats (except for Angelica since she's with Debbie)
6. "Changing Faces" - E.G. Daily

External links

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• Rugrats Go Wild! at IMDb
• The Unofficial Rugrats Online page on the movie