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Curious George is a 2006 animated adventure film [1] based on the book series written by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey. It was directed by Matthew O'Callaghan (in his theatrical feature directorial debut ), written by Ken Kaufman and produced by Ron Howard , David Kirschner , and Jon Shapiro.
Curious George: Directed by Matthew O'Callaghan. With Frank Welker, Will Ferrell, Shane Baumel, Timyra-Joi Beatty. The Man in the Yellow Hat is an oddball museum employee who looks after his pet monkey, an inquisitive and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best of him.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Matthew O'Callaghan
- 2006-02-10
Years active. 1981–present. Known for. Life with Louie. Notable work. Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas Curious George Looney Tunes short films. Matthew O'Callaghan is an American film director, animator, writer, and storyboard artist whose credits include directing the 2006 film Curious George and co-creating the television series Life with Louie.
technical director Nicole de Bellefroid ... clean-up artist: Neomis Animation Jian De Li ... key clean-up: Wang Film Productions Anthony de Rosa ... lead animator: "George" Thomas Debitus ... layout artist: Neomis Animation Thomas E. Decker ... animator: July Films (as Tom Decker) Jeroen Dejonckheere
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Your favorite little monkey, Curious George comes to life for the first time in an all-new animated movie featuring the voice talents of Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore. Discover how George, an inquisitive little monkey with an insatiable taste for adventure, first-time meets The Man with the Yellow Hat named Ted in Africa and ends up following him...
The introduction of the movie introduces us to a nameless little monkey (Frank Welker) somewhere in the jungle. He is cute, happy, artistic, and mischievous but lonely. In the city in Chicago, far away from Africa, Ted (Will Ferrell) is a 20-year-old handsome, clumsy, selfless, funny and nice employed tour guide at the Bloomsberry Museum. We're als...
Frank Welker as George, a curious little monkey who is compassionate and clever, with a proficiency in visual art.Will Ferrell as Theodore "Ted" Shackleford (aka The Man in the Yellow Hat), George's new human friend who is clumsy, but resilient and compassionate. In a deleted scene, his last name is establishe...Drew Barrymore as Margaret "Maggie" Dunlop, a school teacher and Ted's love interest/ girlfriend.David Cross as Junior Bloomsberry, the son and the only child of the museum's owner also Ted and George's enemy.In various points during its development, it was proposed that the film would be entirely CGI or live-action mixed with CGI, before the decision was finally made to use traditional animation to bring the titular character to life. As of 2000, Brad Bird had written a script for the film. Director Matthew O'Callaghan greatly appreciated having Dick V...
Box Office
The film was released to 2,566 theaters on February 10, 2006 and opened at #3 with a total opening weekend gross of $14.7 million averaging $5,730 per theater. The film grossed $58.4 million in the United States & $11.5 million overseas, totaling $69.8 million worldwide
Critical reception
The film received generally positive reviews and earned a 69% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert praised the design of the film & its faithfulness to the "spirit & innocence of the books." Since he himself didn't particularly enjoy the film, Ebert made an exception in this case in recommending it for young children based on its better qualities, a point on which he said he disagreed somewhat with his TV show co-host Richard Roeper. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly was "ple...
Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies for the Film Curious George is the film's soundtrack featuring songs by Jack Johnson & Sally Williams. In its 1st week on Billboard 200 albums chart, the soundtrack made it to #1, making it Jack Johnson's 1st #1 album (In Between Dreams peaked at 2, On & On peaked at 3) & making it the 1st soundtrack to reach #1 since the B...
September 26, 2006 (DVD)March 20, 2007 (DVD - 2-pack with The Land Before Time)November 20, 2007 (DVD - 2-movie collection with Babe: Pig in the City) (Note:This is a widescreen DVD box set only.)August 5, 2008 (Carrying Case DVD with Fun Activity Book - Universal Watch on the Go) (Note:This is a pan and scan DVD copy only.)The film has been adapted into a PBS Kids animated television series, also called Curious George, narrated by William H. Macy (Season 1) and Rino Romano (from Season 2 to Season 9).
A sneak peek for the new sequel, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! was included in the special features for The Tale of Despereaux. The sequel was released on March 2, 2009. The plot for the sequel centers around George becoming friends with a young circus elephant named Kayla. George tries to help Kayla travel across the country to be reunited...
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Sep 21, 2023 · The live-action adaptation of H. A. Rey and Margret Rey’s children’s book series ‘Curious George’ is reportedly back in development at Universal Pictures. The film, helmed by Andrew Adamson, is slated to start filming in New Zealand on an undisclosed date. The movie revolves around the shenanigans of an accident-prone mischievous monkey ...
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Curious George: Created by Joe Fallon. With Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Rino Romano, Jim Cummings. Follows the mischievous adventures of a Monkey by the name of George.
