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Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Directed byNorton Virgien
Screenplay byChuck Tately
Produced by
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 2, 2010 (2010-03-02)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguageEnglish

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! is a traditionally-animated film adaptation of the children's stories by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey. It is a sequel to the successful 2006 film Curious George. It was originally titled Curious George: Monkey on the Run.

Plot

The movie starts with George (Frank Welker) swinging around town, helping people with what they're doing. He jumps on a big tennis racket, off a rocket (which relates to the end of the first movie), and even picks up the newspaper. He reads it when he gets home and finds out that the great wizard Piccadilly (Tim Curry) is holding an act with an elephant called Kayla. It sounded interesting to George so he woke up Ted (Jeff Bennett) who was sleeping on a laptop and the letters ZZZ... pop up. George put the alarm clock in Ted's face which woke him up. George tries to show Ted the news, but Ted is late for a meeting with Mr. Bloomsberry.

When Ted gets to the museum Mr. Bloomsberry says who was able to take his place since he was retiring. He says that Ted was the only candidate available because he couldn't imagine leaving not even Junior (the main antagonist from the first film) to own the museum. Therefore, Ted had to write charts of what his vision of what the museum would look like, in one week, to the "Board of Directors". However Ted is scared of the "Board of Directors", saying they're big, bushy men with mustaches.

Ted is in his office writing his charts, while Maggie tells him that his family needs more attention. Her, George, etc. George comes in and tries to show Ted the poster with Kayla (indicating Piccadily's act). This fails, but Ted takes him (so that George won't disturb him). During one of Piccadliy's magic tricks, Kayla disappears, and George goes looking for her. He jumps in a cabinet and pushes a button. The floor disappears but George falls on a mattress and bounces up and down (along with a duck). He finds Kayla starts playing with her and, eventually, escapes the building. This worries Piccadliy so he calls the security, which consists of Danna Wolf.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features the hit "California Sun" performed by Brian Wilson as well as all new songs by Carbon Leaf, a special title track recorded by 429 Records' artist Jackie Greene and an original score by Heitor Pereira.

The soundtrack was released on March 2nd, 2010.[1] Jack Johnson does not return to score the film

Tracklisting

  1. "Life Less Ordinary" - Carbon Leaf
  2. "The Friendship" - Carbon Leaf
  3. "California Sun" - Brian Wilson
  4. "On A Roll" - Carbon Leaf
  5. "Heart Of The Day" - Carbon Leaf
  6. "Let Your Troubles Roll By" - Carbon Leaf
  7. "Walking In The Sun" - Carbon Leaf
  8. "Follow That Monkey" - Jackie Greene
  9. "Moon Man" - Heitor Pereira
  10. "Going East" - Heitor Pereira
  11. "Giving A Hand" - Heitor Pereira
  12. "Zoo" - Heitor Pereira
  13. "Friendship" - Heitor Pereira

Cast

  • Frank Welker as George- The main protagnigst of the film. He, along with Ted, are seen as crimanals in New York, because they think George and Ted kidnapped Kayla. However, the real story is that they're reuniting Kayla with her famliy.
  • Jeff Bennett as Ted- He helps George reunite Kayla with her famliy. He also has to write an essay to the "Board of Directors"
  • Tim Curry as Piccadillay- the ringmaster. He took Kayla from her famliy so that she could be in his act, which causes George and Ted to bring her back

Release

The film was released in the United States on March 2, 2010 as a direct-to-DVD release.[2] It was broadcast on PBS as a special on the day before Thanksgiving in 2010.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Savoy Label Group to Release 'Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey' Soundtrack --Soundtrack Features Brian Wilson, Jackie Greene and Carbon Leaf --In Stores on Denon Records March 2nd". Denon. PR Newswire. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-21. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) [dead link]
  2. ^ Epstein, Ronald (2010-01-12). "USHE Press Release: Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey". Ronald J Epstein. Home Theater Forum. Retrieved 2010-01-21. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2010/curiousgeorge2-tv-debut/
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