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User Rating:
7.1/10   1,635 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ross Bagdasarian (characters) and
Ross Bagdasarian Jr. (writer)
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Release Date:
22 May 1987 (USA) more
Tagline:
At last! Alvin's first motion picture. more
Plot:
Alvin has entered himself and Simon and Theodore in a hot-air balloon race around the world against... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Alvin and the Chipmunks
 (From Scorecard Review. 14 December 2007, 2:59 PM, PST)

User Comments:
They don't make em like the used to more (28 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
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)
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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
John Siskin .... photographer: backgrounds
 
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 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
Patty Burns .... animation checker (as Pat Burns)
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)
Sandra Kumashiro .... final checker
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)
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
Patty Burns .... production coordinator (as Pat Burns)
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
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
76 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Near the end of the "Getting Lucky" song, Jeanette and Brittany are both holding armfuls of Chipmunk dolls. When Eleanor enters the scene, only Brittany is holding them, and Jeanette is empty-handed. Then when Brittany is climbing down the snakes she is only holding one doll. more
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.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Diamond Dolls more

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15 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
They don't make em like the used to, 4 June 2004
Author: Zombafyed from Miami, Florida

Like many other reviewers of this film, I am an 80s child. At 21 now, I am still captivated by this extraordinary film. You see animated movies nowadays, and with some exceptions, are usually lacking substance, and clean fun. The Chipmunk Adventure is just plain fun. I, personally, found the chipmunk show boring when I was younger, and I don't remember how I ended up watching this movie. But I am really glad that I did. Not only is it great to keep and watch to remind you of childhood days past, but it is also a great film to keep in your family, and run through generations. I am keeping mine for me, and when my son gets old enough, we can enjoy it together. An adult who has not seen the movie before might find it boring, but if he/she does, then they are too warped by todays conception of what a 'good' animated flick is. There are no REAL celebrity voices, no fancy computer animated effects, just good animation, kick-ass songs, and a really solid, enjoyable storyline. The characters are impossible to forget, and the famous 'Boys/Girls of Rock 'n' Roll' seen has stuck with me for years. I love this movie, and I honestly can't think of why anyone would walk away from this movie disappointed. I give it a perfect score, because it is perfect for what it is.

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