Monkeybone (2001)

Regisseur:

Henry Selick

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Kaja Blackley (graphic novel "Dark Town")
Sam Hamm (written by)

Premierendatum:

23. Februar 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Trickfilm | Komödie | Fantasy | Romanze

Werbezeile:

If It Yells, If It Swings, It's Got To Be Monkeybone!

Plot:

In a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone.

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Parallel World | Male Female Relationship | Critically Bashed | Surrealism

Filmpreise:

2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A Beautiful Nightmare

Besetzung

Brendan Fraser	...	Stu Miley
Bridget Fonda	...	Dr. Julie McElroy
John Turturro	...	Monkeybone (voice)
Chris Kattan	...	Organ Donor Stu
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Hypnos
Rose McGowan	...	Miss Kitty
Dave Foley	...	Herb (as David Foley)
Megan Mullally	...	Kimmy Miley
Bob Odenkirk	...	Head Surgeon
Pat Kilbane	...	Burger God Representative
Lisa Zane	...	Medusa
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Death
Sandra Thigpen	...	Alice
Wayne Wilderson	...	Hutch
Amy Higgins	...	Clarissa (as Amy D. Higgins)

Alternativ:

Untitled Monkeybone Project (USA) (working title)
Monkeybone (Deutschland) (DVD title) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude humor and some nudity.

Länge:

93 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:U | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:12 | Iceland:LH | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Germany:12 | Hungary:16 | Ireland:15 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Dies und das:

Comparisons between Monkeybone and Cool World (1992):

• A cartoonist enters a strange world and meets his creation (Holli Would and Monkeybone).
• Vital scenes that take place in a night club (coma club/slash club).
• The cartoonist is offered a cigarette but refuses to smoke it.
• The cartoonist gets menaced by the strange world's creatures when they first enter (road kill animals/Holli's goons).
• The creation (holli would and monkeybone) both imitate Marylin Monroe.
• The creation plans to become human and enter the real world to take over it

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Stu's hands, which were covered in cake, are totally clean when he jumps away from the dog in the next scene.

Dialogzitate:

Julie: It looks so...new.
Stu: Well that's because it is new!
Julie: But the heirloom - your grandmother's ring--
Stu: What?? You want a used ring?!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Nimmt Bezug auf "South Park" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Renegades

A Beautiful Nightmare

"Monkeybone" is one of the most visually stimulating movies I've seen in quite a while! Its run in theaters was too brief, which doesn't do a movie like this justice. The imagery was surreal and disturbing, in a nice sort of way. It was interesting to see the strange denizens of Downtown, the mythological characters, the dead celebrities and so many others. The animated Monkeybone keeps the action and the comedy at a fever pitch. It all may have been too much for the average moviegoer. But I say this weird kaleidoscope is worth a look. You won't believe your eyes!