The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Janice Karman

Writers:

Ross Bagdasarian (characters) and
Ross Bagdasarian Jr. (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

22 May 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

At last! Alvin's first motion picture.

Plot:

Alvin has entered himself and Simon and Theodore in a hot-air balloon race around the world against...

Plot Keywords:

Diamond | Chipmunk | Diamond Smuggler | Balloon | Hot Air Balloon

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ross Bagdasarian Jr.	...	David Seville / Alvin Seville / Simon Seville (voice)
Janice Karman	...	Theodore Seville / Brittany Miller / Jeanette Miller / Eleanor Miller (voice)
Dody Goodman	...	Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
Anthony De Longis	...	Klaus Furschtien (voice)
Susan Tyrrell	...	Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Sophie / Additional Voices (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Arabian Prince (voice)
Philip L. Clarke	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Philip Clarke)
Ken Sansom	...	Additional Voices (voice)
George Poulos	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as George Poulous)
Charles Adler	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Patrick Pinney	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Janice Karman

Writing credits
Ross Bagdasarian		(characters)
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.		writer
Janice Karman		writer

Produced by
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.	....	producer
Sue Shakespeare	....	associate producer (as Gwendolyn Sue Shakespeare)

Original Music by
Randy Edelman

Film Editing by
Tony Mizgalski

Casting by
Louise Zingarelli

Production Design by
Carol Holman Grosvenor

Production Management
Rocky Solotoff	....	production supervisor
Michael Wolf	....	production manager

Art Department
Andy Gaskill	....	storyboard artist (as Andrew Gaskill)
Dan Haskett	....	storyboard artist
Glen Keane	....	storyboard artist
John Norton	....	storyboard artist
Michael Peraza Jr.	....	storyboard artist (as Mike Peraza)
Roy Allen Smith	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Cecil Broughton	....	sound editor
Donald W. Ernst	....	supervising sound editor (as Don Ernst)
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Russ Hill	....	foley editor
Shelley Rae Hinton	....	track reader (as Shelley Hinton)
Eileen Horta	....	foley artist
Sam Horta	....	sound editor
Scott D. Jackson	....	sound editor (as Scott Jackson)
Stephen Janisz	....	foley editor
Gary Krivacek	....	sound editor
Richard Newman	....	foley mixer
Mary Louise Rodgers	....	foley artist (as Mary Rodgers)
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg P. Russell	....	sound recording engineer
Greg P. Russell	....	voice recording engineer (as Gregory Russell)
Jackson Schwartz	....	voice recording engineer
Kevin Spears	....	adr editor
Leonard Wolf Jr.	....	foley editor (as Leonard Wolf)

Visual Effects by
Rob Bekuhrs	....	effects assistant animator
Sari Gennis	....	effects animator
January Nordman	....	effects animator
Don Paul	....	effects animator
Kathleen Quaife-Hodge	....	supervising effects animator
Rocky Solotoff	....	special optical effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Hyung Hee Kim	....	camera operator
Chul-kyu Lim	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Beverly Adams	....	assistant animator
Diane Albracht	....	color mark-up
Renee Ilsa Alcazar	....	additional color modeler (as Renee Alcazar)
Tim Allen	....	additional animator
Kevin Anderson	....	additional color modeler
Viki Anderson	....	animator
Danny Antonucci	....	assistant animator
Debra Armstrong	....	assistant animator
Andrew Austin	....	layout artist
Rasoul Azadani	....	additional layout clean-up artist
Jin-Sook Bae	....	ink artist
Vicki Banks	....	assistant animator
Judith Barnes	....	assistant animator (as Judy Barnes)
Vonnie Batson	....	animation checker
Sandra Berez	....	character designer: "Chipmunks" and "Chipettes" (as Sandra)
Sandra Berez	....	character key supervisor (as Sandra)
Dorris Bergstrom	....	assistant animator
James Bird	....	assistant animator (as Jim Bird)
Rejean Bourdages	....	clean-up supervisor (as Reg Bourdages)
Ken Boyer	....	additional animator
Becky Bristow	....	directing animator
Pat Burns	....	animation checker
Marc Christenson	....	key layout clean-up artist
Corny Cole	....	additional animator
Jesse Cosio	....	additional animator
Annamarie Costa	....	animation checker
Susan I. Craig	....	assistant animator (as Susan Craig)
Kent Culotta	....	assistant animator
Ron Dias	....	additional color key artist
Ron Dias	....	background artist
Norman Drew	....	animator
Eileen Dunn	....	assistant animator
Park Eunmi	....	ink artist (as Eun-Mee Park)
Craig Evans	....	assistant animator
Dan Fausett	....	additional layout artist (as Dan Faucett)
David Feiss	....	animator
June Fujimoto	....	assistant animator
Raul Garcia	....	animator
Raul Garcia	....	clean-up supervisor
Andy Gaskill	....	directing animator (as Andrew Gaskill)
Gary Graham	....	layout artist
Mary Grant	....	additional color modeler
Heidi Guedel	....	assistant animator
Karen Hardenbergh	....	assistant animator
Ray Harris	....	assistant animator
Chuck Harvey	....	animator
Dan Haskett	....	animator
Tim Hauser	....	additional animator
Glenn M. Higa	....	scene planner (as Glenn Higa)
Mike Hodgson	....	additional layout artist
Al Holter	....	assistant animator
Renee Holt	....	clean-up supervisor
Richard Hoppe	....	key clean-up supervisor
Joe Horne	....	assistant animator
Michael Horowitz	....	assistant animator
Mona Hosbjor	....	assistant animator (as Mona)
William Houchins	....	assistant animator
Soon Rae Hwang	....	painter (as Soon-Rae Hwang)
Han Hyung Hak	....	background artist (as Hyung-Hak Han)
Emily Jiuliano	....	assistant animator
Skip Jones	....	directing animator
Janice Karman	....	color key artist
Glen Keane	....	animator
Eun-Jung Kim	....	ink artist
J.K. Kim	....	animator
Sarah-Jane King	....	color mark-up
Lureline Kohler	....	character key supervisor (as Lureline Weatherly)
Susan Kroyer	....	additional animator (as Sue Kroyer)
Sandy Kumashiro	....	final checker (as Sandra Kumashiro)
Byung-Seon Kwak	....	background artist
Mi Kyung Kwon	....	color modeler
Calvin Le Duc	....	assistant animator (as Cal Le Duc)
Jin-woo Lee	....	assistant animator
Jong Hee Lee	....	background artist (as Jong-Hee Lee)
Tae Jung Lee	....	painter (as Tae-Jung Lee)
Tae Jung Lee	....	painter
Michael Lessa	....	assistant animator (as Mike Lessa)
Leticia Lichtwardt	....	assistant animator
William Lorencz	....	background artist
Marlene Robinson May	....	clean-up supervisor: Korea (as Marlene Robinson)
Beth Ann McCoy	....	additional color modeler
Brian McKim	....	assistant animator
Ron Migliore	....	clean-up supervisor
David Molina	....	additional animator
Deborah Mooneyham	....	additional color modeler
SoonJin Mooney	....	key clean-up artist: Korea (as Soon-Jin Lee)
Bunny Munns	....	additional color key artist
Sharon Murray	....	assistant animator
Terry Naughton	....	assistant animator
Jan Naylor	....	assistant animator
Jan Naylor	....	final checker
Sean Newton	....	additional animator
John Norton	....	animator
Kwan-sic Park	....	background artist (as Kwan-Sik Park)
Seon-Ok Park	....	xerox
Yong Nam Park	....	final checker (as Yong-Nam Park)
Young-hyn Park	....	ink artist (as Young-Hyun Park)
Robin Police	....	final checker
David Pruiksma	....	animator
Rebecca Rees	....	additional animator
Paul Riley	....	animator
Frank Rocco	....	assistant animator
Mitch Rochon	....	directing animator
Jim Schlenker	....	additional layout clean-up artist
Natasha Selfridge	....	assistant animator
Terry Shakespeare	....	assistant animator
Patty Shinagawa	....	assistant animator (as Pat Shinagawa)
Alan Smart	....	assistant animator
Roy Allen Smith	....	layout supervisor
Victor Solis	....	color mark-up
Jaki Sommerich	....	color modeler
John Sparey	....	scene planner
Don Spencer	....	directing animator
J. Michael Spooner	....	additional layout artist
Ann Telnaes	....	assistant animator
Bill Thinnes	....	assistant animator
Alex Topete	....	assistant animator
Donald Towns	....	background artist
Jane Tucker	....	assistant animator (as Jane Bonnet)
Michelle Urbano	....	color mark-up
Katherine Victor	....	animation checker (as Kathrin Victor)
John Williamson	....	assistant animator
Tanya T. Wilson	....	additional animator (as Tanya Wilson)
Christopher Wirosko	....	color mark-up (as Chris Wirosko)
Nyoung-koo Won	....	assistant animator (as Myung-Ku Won)
Thomas Woodington	....	background artist
Margie Wright-Stansbery	....	assistant animator
Thomas Ling Yen	....	animation checker
Louise Zingarelli	....	animator
Louise Zingarelli	....	character designer
Susan M. Zytka	....	assistant animator (as Susan Zytka)
Will Finn	....	additional animator (uncredited)
Lenord Robinson	....	story artist (uncredited)
Cynthia Ward	....	animation posing artist (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Greg Griffin	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Randy Edelman	....	conductor
Ralph Ferraro	....	orchestrator
Douglas M. Lackey	....	music editor (as Doug Lackey)
Bob Mallet	....	music recording engineer
Rob Matheny	....	music supervisor
Howard Pfeifer	....	arranger: songs (as Howard Pfeiffer)
Rick Riccobono	....	music supervisor
Randy Tominaga	....	engineer: songs
Ralph Velasco	....	music coordinator: London

Other crew
Lourdes Arango	....	production assistant
F. James Barry	....	production controller
R.A. Brodhead	....	production assistant
Pat Burns	....	production coordinator
Denice Ferguson	....	assistant to producer and director
Andy Gaskill	....	title designer (as Andrew Gaskill)
Carol Holman Grosvenor	....	title layout (as Carol Grosvenor)
Gregory Hinde	....	production assistant (as Greg Hinde)
Mike Hodgson	....	title layout
Hope London	....	production executive
Charlie May	....	production assistant: Korea
Roxy Steven	....	production coordinator (as Roxy Novotny Steven)
Linda Strongin	....	production secretary
Veronica Wirth	....	production assistant
Choi Young-Chan	....	production coordinator: Korea (as Young-Chan Choi)

Thanks
Ollie Johnston	....	special thanks
Frank Thomas	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Bagdasarian Productions

Distributors

• Look Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Lorimar Home Video (1987) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Pictures (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The
• Senator Film (1988) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Hanho Heung-Up Co. Ltd.  overseas production
• Immersion Media Group  sound post-production (DVD version)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:o.Al. | USA:G

Company:

Bagdasarian Productions

Trivia:

Production of the movie became too time consuming, and with the deadline for the completed project fast approaching, several scenes in the original script had to be re-written to make them simpler for the animators to animate (including the sacrificing scene), or cut from the script completely, thus resulting in a much shorter movie with fewer locations The Chipmunks and Chipettes actually visit.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Klaus is about to start the race we see Sophie holding the rope to the boy's balloon. In the next shot she has the rope to the girl's balloon as well.

Quotes:

[first lines]
David Seville: The taxi will be here any minute and I'm not even ready! Has anyone seen my tie?
Simon Seville: You're wearing it, Dave.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Soundtrack:

Cuanto le gusta

Favorite Movie of my Childhood :-)

To this day, there isn't a movie I've seen more times than The Chipmunk Adventure, nor has any movie brought me more happiness. This is by no means the greatest film or even the greatest animated film, but to an 8 year old girl in 1988 it was the coolest, funniest, most exciting film ever! I'm still equally as impressed today with the musical numbers, each one a standout song with wonderfully dramatic lyrics in the epic tradition of 80's pop (think Pat Benetar on helium, only catchier).

Controversy has stirred over the blatantly suggestive tone of the Chipette's song "Gettin' Lucky With You", which to me seemed much more innocent at the time. However, looking at it as a rational adult, I can totally understand the concern; you've got three young girls in skimpy harem outfits passionately proclaiming "getting lucky is what it's all about". The Chipettes' were definitely sexualized tenfold for this movie.

But this controversial issue doesn't even come close to overshadowing the Chipmunks' otherwise fabulous feature length animated adventure, I encourage parents and childless adults alike to check out this movie. Especially if you were a child of the eighties/early nineties like me. :-)