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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   62,533 votes
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Writers:
Jonathan Aibel (screenplay) &
Glenn Berger (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
6 June 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Prepare for awesomeness. more
Plot:
In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 20 nominations more
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(759 articles)
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User Reviews:
One of the five best CGI animated films ever! more (283 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Black ... Po (voice)

Dustin Hoffman ... Shifu (voice)

Angelina Jolie ... Tigress (voice)

Ian McShane ... Tai Lung (voice)

Jackie Chan ... Monkey (voice)

Seth Rogen ... Mantis (voice)

Lucy Liu ... Viper (voice)

David Cross ... Crane (voice)

Randall Duk Kim ... Oogway (voice)

James Hong ... Mr. Ping (voice)
Dan Fogler ... Zeng (voice)

Michael Clarke Duncan ... Commander Vachir (voice)
Wayne Knight ... Gang Boss (voice)
Kyle Gass ... KG Shaw (voice)

JR Reed ... JR Shaw (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kung Fu Panda: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for sequences of martial arts action.
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92 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The characters of KG Shaw and JR Shaw are a reference to the Shaw Brothers, who created many 1970's kung fu movies. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Po wakes up in the beginning of the movie a throwing star falls down and lands on the floor. Later when he tries to throw it back up on the wall you see the original throwing star is still in the wall. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Po: Legend tells of a legendary warrior whose kung fu skills were the stuff of legend.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Disaster Movie (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Kung Fu Fighting more

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118 out of 194 people found the following review useful.
One of the five best CGI animated films ever!, 27 May 2008
9/10
Author: pvd007 from Zurich, Switzerland

After the disappointing SHREK 3 and the only "cute" OVER THE HEDGE, DreamWorks Animation finally delivers another highlight to the CGI animated universe.

I got used to the rather simple story of MADAGASCAR after watching it again, I really liked SHREK and even more SHREK 2 (am I the only one?). I never liked the cultural references they built in, because I think they only work in their time (but in their time they worked great!). So for me KUNG FU PANDA is the first great "classic" DWA film. Go see it, it also works for adults. If you have seen some of the classic martial arts film (Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee etc) you will even more enjoy it. The voice talent of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Ian McShane is perfectly used. The other voices are OK.

It will be a big hit for DWA, north of 200 millions domestic, eventually even 300 mil.

That said, my favorite CGI's are 1. THE INCREDIBLES, 2. RATATOUILLE and 3. FINDING NEMO and closely followed by KUNG FU PANDA. Looking forward to seeing KFP an second time and then maybe it will become my new Nr. 3.

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