Igor (2008)

Director:

Anthony Leondis

Writers:

Chris McKenna (written by) and
John Hoffman (additional screenplay)
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Release Date:

19 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

All men aren't created Evil.

Plot:

Animated fable about a cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.

Plot Keywords:

Evil Scientist | Mad Scientist | Assistant | Science | Invention

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Cusack	...	Igor (voice)
Myleene Klass	...	Dr. Holzwurm (voice)
Robin Walsh	...	Dr. Holzwurm's Igor (voice) (as Robin Howard)
Matt McKenna	...	Dr. Herzschlag (voice)
John Cleese	...	Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
Steve Buscemi	...	Scamper (voice)
Sean Hayes	...	Brain (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Announcer / Royal Guard #2 (voice)
Eddie Izzard	...	Dr. Schadenfreude (voice)
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Jaclyn / Heidi (voice)
Jay Leno	...	King Malbert (voice)
Molly Shannon	...	Eva (voice)
Zoë Bright	...	Blind Woman / Killiseum Fan #1 (voice)
Sophia Eraklis	...	Blind Orphan #1 (voice)
A. Cheron Hall	...	Blind Orphan #2 / Blind Orphan #4 (voice)
Alexander Leondis	...	Blind Orphan #3 (voice)
Juliana Leondis	...	Blind Orphan #5 (voice)
Michael Leondis	...	Blind Orphan #6 (voice)
Nicole Leondis	...	Blind Orphan #7 (voice)
Robin Tisserand	...	Blind Orphan #8 (voice)
Paul Vogt	...	Buzz Offmann (voice) (as Paul C. Vogt)
Kay Cole	...	Grand Dame (voice)
James Lipton	...	Himself (voice)
Christian Slater	...	Dr. Schadenfreude's Igor (voice)
Arsenio Hall	...	Carl Cristall (voice)
Tayah Howard	...	Tatiana (voice)
Justin Eick	...	Royal Guard #1 (voice)
John D. Eraklis	...	Killiseum Fan #2 (voice) (as John Eraklis)
Max Howard	...	Killiseum Fan #3 (voice)
Anthony Leondis	...	Killiseum Fan #4 (voice) (as Tony Leondis)
Chris McKenna	...	Killiseum Fan #5 (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher Maleki	...	Killiseum fan #6 (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Anthony Leondis

Writing credits
Chris McKenna		(written by)
John Hoffman		additional screenplay
Anthony Leondis		additional screenplay
Dimitri Toscas		additional screenplay

Produced by
Jean-Luc De Fanti	....	executive producer
Jamée Deruso	....	associate producer
John D. Eraklis	....	producer
Max Howard	....	producer
Darius A. Kamali	....	associate producer
John McKenna	....	line producer
Matthew J. Parker	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Patrick Doyle

Film Editing by
Hervé Schneid

Production Design by
Loïc Rastout		(as Loic Rastout)

Art Direction by
Olivier Besson

Production Management
Rafael Curulla	....	production manager
Alexandra Giuliano	....	production manager
Sandrine Hauducoeur	....	production manager
Asen Kanchev	....	music production manager
Nadine Mombo	....	production manager
David Pelle	....	production manager
Alexandra Skinazi	....	production manager

Art Department
Matthieu Gosselin	....	set designer
Vincent Massy	....	lead set designer
Richard Ory	....	props

Sound Department
Jeremy Balko	....	original dialogue mixer
Samy Bardet	....	sound designer
Samy Bardet	....	sound editor
Samy Bardet	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Dehn	....	sound studio manager
Frederic Dubois	....	sound designer
Frederic Dubois	....	sound editor
Frederic Dubois	....	sound effects re-recording mixer
Sean England	....	adr recordist
Jérôme Faurel	....	assistant sound editor
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer
Judah Getz	....	assistant adr recordist
Suzanne Gillet	....	sound post-productiuon coordinator
Josh Gladstone	....	dialogue editor
Andrew Kay	....	adr dialogue engineer
Thierry Lebon	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clare Manning	....	dialogue synchronization
Paul Michael	....	adr recordist: Molly Shannon
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Evaristo Scarsanela Junior	....	assistant sound editor
Kyle Tilbury	....	additional voice recordings
Dave Wagg	....	adr recordist

Visual Effects by
Quentin Auger	....	character setup
Guillaume Barlier	....	character setup
Alex Bernardi	....	software engineer: research & development
Gaëlle Bossis	....	digital compositor
Elliott Broutin	....	lighting artist
Romain Côte	....	character modeler
Laurent Davene	....	character modeler
Benjamin Deboute	....	render software engineer
Alexis De Hauteclocque	....	software developer
Fabrice Delapierre	....	CGI supervisor
Julien Depoortere	....	character setup
Fabrice Fernandez	....	digital compositor
Valerie Gabriel	....	CGI supervisor
Pierre-Loic Hamon	....	character modeler
Stephane Hoarau	....	character setup
Paul Jacamon	....	digital compositor
Marc Joubert-Nederveen	....	digital effects artist
Jean-Charles Laurent	....	character setup
Maxime Leduc	....	character modeler
Vincent Lemaire	....	character rigger
Vincent Lemaire	....	character setup
Mathieu Le Meur	....	character setup
Yann Leroux	....	digital compositor
Catherine Loonis	....	lead lighter
Thierry Malherbe	....	head of CG
Sandrine Moniez	....	digital compositor
Antony Nguyen	....	character modeler
Alexis Peraste	....	digital compositor
Thibault Petillon	....	digital compositor
Lucini Philippe	....	digital compositor
Armand Pouya	....	character setup
Emmanuel Revah	....	render wrangler
François Rimasson	....	character modeler
Marion Roger	....	senior digital compositor
Marcia Spira	....	set and prop modeler
Renaud Staut	....	character modeling artist
Renaud Staut	....	character rigging lead
Wiliam Untereiner	....	software developer
Pènèlope Vandecave	....	digital compositor
Fabien Yorgandjian	....	modeler / texture artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Catherine Loonis	....	lighting lead

Animation Department
Nicolas Bauduin	....	lead animator
Drifa Benseghir	....	animator
Julien Bizat	....	animator
Arnaud de Mullenheim	....	animator
Luca Erbetta	....	animator
Christophe Geron	....	animator
Valérie Hadida	....	character designer
Christele Jolens	....	animation director
Pierre Leduc	....	lead animator
Joe Martin Jr.	....	animator
Dominique Monfery	....	animatic
Compagnon Patrice	....	chief animator
Pierre Salazar	....	modeler
Yoshimichi Tamura	....	animation supervisor
Jean-Paul Tétu	....	layout artist

Editorial Department
Roxanne Dorman	....	assistant editor
Claire Fieschi	....	assistant editor
Nassim Gordji Tehrani	....	assistant editor
Svetlana Vaynblat	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Geoff Alexander	....	orchestrator
Christopher Benstead	....	music editor
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	assistant recording engineer
Tom Bullen	....	score assistant engineer
Patrick Doyle	....	orchestrator
Vic Fraser	....	music preparation
Christian Howes	....	music programmer
Maggie Rodford	....	music producer: Air-Edel
James Shearman	....	conductor
James Shearman	....	orchestrator
Jill Streeter	....	music preparation
Nick Taylor	....	score assistant engineer
Robin Urdang	....	music consultant
Nick Wollage	....	score engineer

Other crew
Jean-Philippe Agati	....	studio head: Paris
David Berthier	....	head of story
Julia Bordeau	....	texture lead
Tom Cross	....	production assistant
Brendan Daly	....	production executive
Elizabeth Hanson	....	production executive
Philippe Jacquot	....	IT lead
Ross Kaiman	....	producer: behind the scenes
Didier Kwak	....	studio manager: Paris
Remy Lalanne	....	software programming
Alexandra Lefeve	....	pipeline lead
Glenn Sauber	....	animation reference videography and EPK
Ilian Yotov	....	production executive

Thanks
Etan Cohen	....	special thanks
Phil Lord	....	special thanks
Matt McKenna	....	special thanks
Chris Miller	....	special thanks
Basil Poledouris	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Exodus Film Group
• Exodus Productions

Distributors

• Weinstein Company, The (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• ARM Distribution (2008) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Applause Entertainment (2008) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Aurum Producciones (2008) (Spain) (all media)
• Constantin Film Verleih (2008) (Germany) (all media)
• Eastern European Acquisition Pool (EEAP) (2008) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Europa Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (all media)
• Film Pop (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (all media)
• Italia Film (2008) (Middle East) (all media)
• Jung-A Entertainment (2008) (South Korea) (all media)
• Lusomundo (2008) (Portugal) (all media)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Momentum Pictures (2008) (UK) (all media)
• Motion Picture Distribution (2008) (Canada) (all media)
• Odeon (2008) (Cyprus) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2008) (Romania) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (2009) (Benelux) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (all media)
• Sundream Motion Pictures (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• TFM Distribution (2008) (France) (all media)
• Viva International Pictures (2008) (Philippines) (all media)
• West Video (2008) (Russia) (all media)

Other Companies

• Paramedia Studios  post-production sound services (ADR)
• Budapest Symphony Orchestra  music performed by
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Sonic Magic  adr recording
• Sparx*  animation
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated PG for some thematic elements, scary images, action and mild language.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44613) | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | New Zealand:PG | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Mexico:A | Portugal:M/6 (dubbed version)

Company:

Exodus Film Group

Trivia:

'Schadenfreude' is a German word meaning a feeling of pleasure caused by something bad happening to another person.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Igor takes Eva to the "Brain Wash", she's put in carriage/booth #12. Brian/Brain gets his own brain cleaned in #04. However, both of these are not only next to each other, but by the end, they both appear to be getting out of the same carriage #04, next to #03.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Igor: [voice over] Nice weather we're having, huh? Here in the Kingdom of Malaria, every day's forecast is rainy, with a 100% chance of horror! It wasn't always like this, though. Years ago, Malaria was a sunny land of farmers, until the mysterious storm clouds rolled in...
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Soundtrack:

Jump Jive N-Wail

Well, I Liked It

I don't know why this movie doesn't get more positive recognition; I thought it was terrific, and I've seen most the feature-length animated films of the past several years. This holds it own against most of them.

For an animated film, it has exactly what you want: fantastic colors and colorful characters -most of them very funny and entertaining to view and hear - and a good story with some interesting twists to it. The artwork in this film is just amazing, especially on Blu-Ray. (I've discovered that's how to watch these new animated movies - in high-def, because most of them look awesome. This film certainly is no exception.) There were many times I just wanted the freeze-frame the picture and take in all the wild artwork. I might do that on a second viewing.

Also no surprise is Steve Buscemi, who always gets humorous roles in these animated films and makes everyone laugh. He usually plays a rat, too. I mentioned that to a friend and he said, "That's because he looks like one in real life." I wouldn't go that far, but I understand where he's coming from.

Actually, all the leading voices - Buscemi, John Cusack, Molly Shannon, Sean Hayes, John Cleese, Jay Leno and more were all great. I'll give a special nod to the voice that cracked me up more than all the others, the one of "Hedi," done by Jennifer Coolidge. She was hilarious!

If you enjoy the famous Frankstein monster story, or wild characters in a monster-lab-type setting, you should enjoy this parody. It's an underrated film and looks super on DVD.