Monday, December 27, 2010

Lilo & Stitch Review















Lilo & Stitch


Release Date: 19th September 2002 Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures (presents)
Walt Disney Feature Animation

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/
Sci-Fi/Comedy

Rating: G

Runtime: 85 minutes


Budget: $80,000,000

Box Office Gross: $273,144,151 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
A young Hawaiian girl gets more than she bargained for when she adopts a new "pet" named Stitch, who, unbeknownst to her, is a wild genetic experiment from another planet. Despite Stitch's initial intentions, the two bond and become a formidable team in fending off alien bounty hunters, a mad scientist, Dr. Jumba Jookiba and Agent Pleakley.


Voice Cast
Daviegh Chase – Lilo
Chris Sanders – Stitch
Tia Carrere – Nani
David Ogden Stiers – Dr. Jumba Jookiba
Kevin McDonald – Agent Pleakley
Ving Rhames – Cobra Bubbles
Zoe Caldwell – Grand Councilwoman
Jason Scott Lee – David Kawena
Kevin Michael Richardson – Captain Gantu
Miranda Paige Walls Mertle Edmonds
Kunewa Mook Hula Teacher
Susan Hegarty Rescue Lady

Crew
Based on an Idea/Writer/
Character Designer/
Director – Chris Sanders
Writer/Director – Dean DeBlois
Story Supervisors – Ed Gombert and Chris Williams
Additional Story Supervisors – Roger Allers and John Sanford
Producer – Clark Spencer
Casting Directors – Ruth Lambert and Mary Hildago
Production Designer – Paul A. Felix
Art Director – Ric Sluiter
Artistic Coordinator Jeff Dutton
Character Designer – Buck Lewis
Character Designer/Supervising
Animator: "Cobra Bubbles" Byron Howard
Visual Development Supervisors –
Jim Martin, Sue C. Nichols and
Marcelo Vignali
Layout Supervisor – Arden Chan
Background Supervisor – Robert E. Stanton
Supervising Animator: "Lilo" Andreas Deja
Supervising Animator: "Stitch" Alex Kupershmidt
Supervising Animator: "Nani" Stephane Sainte-Foi
Supervising Animator: "Pleakley" and
"David Kawena" Ruben A. Aquino
Supervising Animator: "Jumba" Bolhem Bouchiba
Lead Animator: "Grand Councilwoman" –
James Young Jackson
Lead Animator: "Captain Gantu" – Theodore Ty
Lead Animator: "Hula Teacher"/Animator:
"Cobra Bubbles" – Dominic M. Carola
Lead Animator: "Hula Dancers" – Mark Henn
Clean-Up Supervisors/Lead Key Clean-Up
Animators: "Miscellaneous" – Philip S. Boyd
and Christine Lawrence Finney
Computer Animation Supervisor – Eric Guaglione
Digital Animation Supervisor – Rob Bekuhrs
Visual Effects Supervisor – Joseph Gilland
Editor – Darren T. Holmes
Consulting Editor – Michael Kelly
Associate Editor – Eric Dapkewicz
Sound Designer/Supervisor/Supervising Sound
Editor (Uncredited)/Re-Recording Mixer
Christopher Boyes
Supervising Sound Editor – Frank E. Eulner
Sound Effects Editors – Scott Guitteau,
Al Nelson and Christopher Scarabosio
Foley Mixer – Tony Eckert
Foley Artists – Dennie Thorpe and
Jana Vance
Re-Recording Mixers – Mel Metcalfe,
Terry Porter and Dean A. Zupancic
Music Production Supervisor – Tom MacDougall
Music – Alan Silvestri
Executive Music Producer – Chris Montan
Choir Arranger/Composer: "Hawaiian Coaster
Ride"/Performer: "He Mele No Lilo" and
"Hawaiian Coaster Ride" Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu
Conductor: Kamehameha Schools Children's
Chorus Lynell K. Bright
Producer/Performer: "Burning Love"  
Wynonna Judd


Awards

2003 Academy Awards
Best Animated Feature – Chris Sanders (Nominated)


Review
LILO & STITCH may have been a great Disney animated classic, but it's certainly not the last. This film was funny and managed to create some heartwarming themes. The story explores family issues and shows its message of true friendship. I praise its terrific watercolour backgrounds, good classic songs from Elvis Presley and quirky hand-drawn animation. The music score by Alan Silvestri is also a remarkable aspect of this movie, fitting the scenes and creating a mood of sorrow with some of the emotional drama.

LILO & STITCH is Disney's only 2D animated feature to have succeeded at the box office in the early 2000s, where other movies had failed. For many of you who have enjoyed LILO & STITCH, try the directors' next film, How to Train Your Dragonas this feature raised the benchmark for animation.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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