Garfield's Fun Fest
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Directed by | Mark A.Z. Dippé |
Written by | Jim Davis |
Produced by | Jim Davis |
Starring | Frank Welker Gregg Berger Tim Conway Greg Eagles Wally Wingert Jason Marsden Jennifer Darling Pat Fraley Neil Ross Stephen Stanton Fred Tatasciore Audrey Wasilewski |
Narrated by | Tim Conway |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Lionsgate Home Entertainment (UK) |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Garfield's Fun Fest is a 2008 CGI movie starring Garfield. It was produced by Paws, Inc. in cooperation with The Animation Picture Company and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. It was written by Garfield's creator Jim Davis as a sequel to Garfield Gets Real. The DVD was released in stores on August 5, 2008. It was followed by a third direct to video film, Garfield's Pet Force, in 2009.
Plot
Garfield and his friends enter a talent contest, the Fun Fest, but as the audience was not entertained by his performance another cat (with bigger muscles and an accent) arrives to compete against him, Leonard.
He and Odie venture into a forest and climb a steep mountain in search of the legendary "Funny Water", which is supposed to make them more humorous. They gather some of the water and fly back to the studio using a hang glider, only to find that Leonardo is dancing with his girlfriend Arlene. Just as Garfield is about to give up, Freddy Frog tells him to search within himself for his own humorous talent, so Garfield beats Leonardo and wins the Fun Fest. Leonardo is revealed to be a robot controlled by Nermal, as the latter also sought to win the contest's prize.
Although the script lacks literary depth[original research?] and the film garnered no important accolades or serious critical notice, it does contain elements of the meta-story (the film opens with one of the characters reading a story; a character from that story later appears in the main exposition, and is ultimately revealed to be the narrator of the entire film, itself merely a story), metatheatrical overtones (the characters inhabit a comic strip and are aware of it), and the quest motif (the protagonist, Garfield, must travel through strange lands, overcome various obstacles, and achieve transformative wisdom to attain his goal).
Cast
- Frank Welker - Garfield, Jeff, Leonard, Delivery Gnome, Prop Boy
- Tim Conway - Freddy Frog, Gate Guard, Momma Bear, Roger, Narrator
- Gregg Berger - Odie
- Jennifer Darling - Bonita Stegman, Betty, Bonnie Bear
- Greg Eagles - Eli
- Jason Marsden - Nermal/Ramone
- Neil Ross - Walter "Wally" Stegman, Charles
- Stephen Stanton - Randy Rabbit, Stanislavsky
- Fred Tatasciore - Billy Bear, Junior Bear
- Audrey Wasilewski - Arlene, Momma Bear, Zelda
- Wally Wingert - Jon Arbuckle
Additional voices
- Cathy Cavadini -
- Kaden Dippe -
- Greg Finley -
- Jeffery Todd Fischer -
- David Michie -
- Paige Nan Pollack -
- Ruth Zalduando -
Video game
A Nintendo DS game that is based on the film was released on July 29, 2008. It was developed by Black Lantern Studios and published by DSI Games in North America and Zoo Digital Publishing in Europe.
Future
Following the success of Fun Fest, a sequel to the film, titled Garfield's Pet Force, was released as a direct-to-video film on DVD and Blu-ray. The film was released on June 16, 2009. It is the final instalment in a trilogy of computer animation Garfield films, including Fun Fest and Garfield Gets Real. [1]
References
- ^ "Alcon Plans A Series of Fully-CG 'Garfield' Features". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/garfields-fun-fest/
External links
- 2008 films
- Computer-animated films
- Garfield films
- Screenplays by Jim Davis (cartoonist)
- Direct-to-video animated films
- 20th Century Fox animated films
- Davis Entertainment films
- Films featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Direct-to-video sequel films
- 20th Century Fox direct-to video films
- 2000s American animated films
- American films
- Films directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé
- Animated films based on comics