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| Nathan Lane | ... | Ernest "Ernie" Smuntz | |
| Lee Evans | ... | Lars Smuntz | |
| Vicki Lewis | ... | April Smuntz | |
| Maury Chaykin | ... | Alexander Falko | |
| Eric Christmas | ... | Ernie and Lars' Lawyer | |
| Michael Jeter | ... | Quincy Thorpe | |
| Debra Christofferson | ... | Ingrid | |
| Camilla Søeberg | ... | Hilde, the Bench Lady (as Camilla Soeberg) | |
| Ian Abercrombie | ... | Auctioneer | |
| Annabelle Gurwitch | ... | Roxanne Atkins | |
| Eric Poppick | ... | The Banker | |
| Ernie Sabella | ... | Maury, the Cat Care Society Owner | |
| William Hickey | ... | Rudolph Smuntz | |
| Christopher Walken | ... | Caeser, the Exterminator | |
| Cliff Emmich | ... | Mayor McKringle | |
| Melanie MacQueen | ... | Mrs. McKringle, the mayor's Wife | |
| Brianna Shebby | ... | Becky | |
| Danielle Shebby | ... | Betty | |
| Leslie Upson | ... | Leslie Reinhart | |
| Mario Cantone | ... | Zeppco Suit #1 | |
| Peter Anthony Rocca | ... | Zeppco Suit #2 | |
| Steve Bean | ... | Lester Dinkus | |
| Suzanne Krull | ... | Waitress #1 | |
| William Frankfather | ... | Mr. Texas | |
| Patrick Thomas | ... | Construction Worker #1 (as Pat Thomas) | |
| Peter Gregory | ... | Doctor | |
| E.J. Callahan | ... | Historical Clerk | |
| Susan Blommaert | ... | Ms. Park Avenue | |
| Valorie Armstrong | ... | Franklin's Wife | |
| Michael X. Sommers | ... | Paramedic | |
| Michael Ross | ... | Cop | |
| José Rey | ... | Cuban Postal Worker | |
| Carmen Filpi | ... | Pallbearer #4 | |
| Harper Roisman | ... | Factory Worker #1 | |
| David Fresco | ... | Factory Worker #2 | |
| Scott Alan Smith | ... | City Paramedic (as Scott Smith) | |
| Sarah Dampf | ... | Crying Child | |
| Orville Stoeber | ... | Expert #1 | |
| David Weisenberg | ... | Expert #2 | |
| Fred Pierce | ... | Large Nosed Man | |
| Clement Blake | ... | Homeless Man (as Clement E. Blake) | |
| Saverio Carubia | ... | Photographer | |
| Pep Torres | ... | Bus Boy | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jack Angeles | ... | Kennel Employee (uncredited) | |
| Michael Laren | ... | Drowning waiter (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Gore Verbinski | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Adam Rifkin | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Bart Brown | .... | associate producer | |
| Bruce Cohen | .... | producer | |
| Tony Ludwig | .... | producer | |
| Alan Riche | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Alan Silvestri | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Phedon Papamichael | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Craig Wood | |||
Casting by | |||
| Denise Chamian | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Linda DeScenna | (as Linda Descenna) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| James Nedza | (as Jim Nedza) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Ric McElvin | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Jill M. Ohanneson | (as Jill Ohanneson) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Stacey K. Black | .... | additional assistant hair stylist | |
| Carrey Gibbons | .... | makeup artist | |
| Julie Hewett | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Candace Neal | .... | hair department head | |
Production Management | |||
| Herb Gains | .... | unit production manager (as Herbert W. Gains) | |
| Brad Goodman | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Vicki Niemi | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Benita Allen | .... | first assistant director (as Benita Allen-Honess) | |
| Jessy Melowicz | .... | dga trainee | |
| Frederic Roth | .... | second assistant director (as Fred Roth) | |
| Alan Steinman | .... | second second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| John J. Bradley | .... | set dresser | |
| James Ward Byrkit | .... | storyboard artist | |
| John Ceniceros | .... | set dresser | |
| Kevin Considine | .... | set dresser | |
| Alan Easley | .... | key set dresser | |
| Kirk Essiambre | .... | set dresser | |
| Ashley Fardys | .... | art department coordinator (as Ashley Cook) | |
| Bruce J. Gfeller | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Nancy Gilmore | .... | lead person | |
| Michael Goss | .... | labor | |
| Al Hobbs | .... | set designer | |
| John R. Jensen | .... | assistant art director | |
| Justin J. LaPresle | .... | propmaker | |
| Fireball Tim Lawrence | .... | concept artist (as Tim Lawrence) | |
| Ed Lee | .... | concept artist | |
| Mary Locatell | .... | illustrator | |
| Kris Peck | .... | assistant property master | |
| David Storm | .... | set dresser | |
| Sally Thornton | .... | assistant art director | |
| Tommy 'Tom' Tomlinson | .... | property master | |
| Stan Tropp | .... | set designer | |
| Walter Zieska | .... | propmaker gangboss | |
Sound Department | |||
| David W. Alstadter | .... | foley mixer | |
| John S. Coffey | .... | sound mixer: second unit | |
| Dino Dimuro | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Richard Dwan Jr. | .... | adr editor | |
| Richard Dwan Jr. | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Arthur Farkas | .... | foley editor | |
| Gregg Frazier | .... | boom operator: second unit | |
| Scott Martin Gershin | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Gregory Hainer | .... | sound designer | |
| Catherine Harper | .... | foley artist | |
| Larry Kemp | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Gregg Landaker | .... | sound mixer | |
| Linda Lew | .... | foley recordist | |
| Martin Lopez | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Steve Maslow | .... | sound mixer | |
| Philip D. Morrill | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Tony Negrete | .... | adr assistant sound editor | |
| Mark Ormandy | .... | additional sound | |
| Timothy P. Salmon | .... | boom operator | |
| Mary Ruth Smith | .... | sound editor | |
| Jon Title | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Keith A. Wester | .... | production sound mixer | |
| Douglas J. Schulman | .... | production sound mixer: re-shoots (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Lisa Atkinson | .... | digital production manager | |
| Tony Barraza | .... | I/O Inferno | |
| Andy Barrios | .... | digital artist: Rainmaker Digital Los Angeles | |
| Bill Black | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Brigitte Bourque | .... | digital effects compositor: Rainmaker Digital | |
| Andy Brown | .... | visual effects art director animal logic | |
| Megan Bryant | .... | digital camera supervisor | |
| Tom Capizzi | .... | digital artist | |
| Lynne Cartwright | .... | senior animator | |
| Shannon Casey | .... | visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Jeffrey Castel De Oro | .... | digital artist | |
| Raymond Chen | .... | CG lead lighter | |
| Fiona Chilton | .... | visual effects coordinator: Animal Logic | |
| Jim Davidson | .... | model maker: visual effects rigger | |
| John Dietz | .... | CG lead lighter | |
| Brian Dowrick | .... | 3D lead animator | |
| Alex Drought | .... | digital nonlinear engineer | |
| Peter Farson | .... | special effects animator | |
| Michael Feder | .... | digital effects coordinator | |
| Raffaella Filipponi | .... | 3D lead animator | |
| Lindsay Fleay | .... | CG animator: Animal Logic | |
| Mark Franco | .... | visual effects executive producer: Rainmaker Digital | |
| Jenny Fulle | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Doug Gallery | .... | 3D animator | |
| Charles Gibson | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Bryan Greenberg | .... | visual effects | |
| Royce Hager | .... | motion control rigger | |
| Mark Hamilton | .... | digital artist | |
| Albert Hastings | .... | digital artist | |
| Karl Herbst | .... | CG lighter | |
| Jesse Hollander | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Sharon Smith Holley | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Cheryl A. Jones | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Jongo | .... | CG lighter (as Jongo Yuk) | |
| Jongo | .... | lighting technical director | |
| Michael Joyce | .... | model shop supervisor | |
| Perry Kass | .... | software | |
| Nancy Kato | .... | 3D lead animator | |
| Mitch Kopelman | .... | digital effects supervisor | |
| Jennifer Law-Stump | .... | digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital | |
| Tom Leeser | .... | digital compositing supervisor: Rhythm & Hues | |
| John Lockwood | .... | digital artist: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Mark Alan Loso | .... | compositor | |
| Mary Lynn Machado | .... | CG supervisor | |
| Paul Maples | .... | motion control operator | |
| Mark 'Crash' McCreery | .... | art director | |
| Chad Merriam | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Justin Mettam | .... | animation | |
| Justin Mettam | .... | visual effects | |
| Kirsty Millar | .... | digital compositor | |
| Steven Moder | .... | digital non-linear engineer | |
| Betsy Paterson | .... | lead compositor | |
| Brian Peterson | .... | senior systems engineer | |
| Patrick Phillips | .... | visual effects | |
| Glenn Ramos | .... | 3D animator | |
| Marc-Andre Samson | .... | CG lighter | |
| Juan-Luis Sanchez | .... | technical support: Rhythm & Hues | |
| Robin Saxen | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Christopher Scollard | .... | digital effects producer | |
| Mark A. Shelton | .... | visual effects director of photography | |
| Mark A. Shelton | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Todd Shifflett | .... | CG lead lighter | |
| John Siczewicz | .... | senior digital artist: Blue Sky Studios | |
| Chris Sjoholm | .... | special effects animator | |
| Robert Skotak | .... | visual effects supervisor: 4-ward productions | |
| Scott Suess | .... | Flame artist | |
| Scott Suess | .... | compositor | |
| Stephanie Taylor | .... | plate coordinator | |
| Randy Wei | .... | CG lighter | |
| Jeff Wells | .... | digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital | |
| Sylvia Wong | .... | animation & lighting supervisor | |
| Julius Yang | .... | computer graphics match mover | |
| Tsz 'Gee' Yeung | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Kent Yoshida | .... | 3D animator | |
| Charlie Armstrong | .... | digital artist (uncredited) | |
| Chris DeAngelis | .... | visual effects editor: EFilm (uncredited) | |
| Todd Fellows | .... | model maker: Acme Model Shop (uncredited) | |
| Phillip Giles | .... | digital compositor (uncredited) | |
| Ben Gunsberger | .... | CG animator: Animal Logic (uncredited) | |
| Josh R. Jaggars | .... | visual effects producer: VIFX (uncredited) | |
| John Joyce | .... | model maker (uncredited) | |
| Mike Leben | .... | motion control operator (uncredited) | |
| Justen Marshall | .... | software developer (uncredited) | |
| Daryl Munton | .... | digital effects artist (uncredited) | |
| Justin Robson | .... | CG modeller: Animal Logic (uncredited) | |
| Olivier Sarda | .... | digital compositor (uncredited) | |
| Kevin Tengan | .... | systems administrator (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| M. James Arnett | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Keith Campbell | .... | stunts | |
| Jay Caputo | .... | stunts | |
| Eliza Coleman | .... | utility stunts | |
| John DePasquale | .... | stunts | |
| Annie Ellis | .... | stunts | |
| Cinda-Lin James | .... | stunt double | |
| Charlie Picerni | .... | stunts | |
| Walter Robles | .... | stunts | |
| Jimmy Romano | .... | stunts | |
| Pat Romano | .... | assistant stunt coordinator | |
| Lee Waddell | .... | stunts | |
| Randy Johnson | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Nancy Young | .... | stunt double: Susan Bloommaert (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Larry J. Aube | .... | rigging key grip | |
| Nico Bally | .... | grip | |
| Michael J. Coo | .... | key grip | |
| Kenneth Estes | .... | video playback operator | |
| Bob Hall | .... | first assistant camera: "a" camera | |
| D.J. Harder | .... | second assistant camera | |
| Casey Jones | .... | key grip | |
| Daniel C. McFadden | .... | camera loader | |
| Michael A. Mendez | .... | grip | |
| Steven J. Mikolas | .... | video assist operator (as Steven Mikolas) | |
| Wally Pfister | .... | camera operator | |
| Michael Santoro | .... | rigging best boy grip | |
| Lorey Sebastian | .... | still photographer | |
| David A. Seekins | .... | camera intern | |
| Philip Shanahan | .... | second assistant camera | |
| Mark Vargo | .... | director of photography: second unit | |
| Doug Weinmann | .... | rigging electric best boy | |
| Robert J. Reilly | .... | grip (uncredited) | |
Animation Department | |||
| Henry F. Anderson III | .... | animation director: Blue Sky Studios | |
| Jeffrey Joe | .... | computer animator (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Susan Maas | .... | casting assistant | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Christopher Lawrence | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Janet Stirner Ingram | .... | costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Tony Bacigalupi | .... | assistant editor | |
| Martin Cohen | .... | post-production executive | |
| Richard Currie | .... | assistant editor | |
| Chris Jackson | .... | assistant editor | |
| Alan Z. McCurdy | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Simon Morgan | .... | assistant editor | |
| Bob Putynkowski | .... | color timer | |
| David Reale | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Sandy DeCrescent | .... | orchestra contractor | |
| Dan DiPrima | .... | music editor | |
| Bruce Fowler | .... | additional orchestrator | |
| Daniel Gaber | .... | additional music editor: temp tracking | |
| Laurie Higgins Tobias | .... | music editor: temp music | |
| Todd Homme | .... | executive in charge of music | |
| Buck Ram | .... | composer: song "I'll Be Home For Christmas" | |
| William Ross | .... | orchestrator | |
| Lee Scott | .... | additional music editor | |
| Steven L. Smith | .... | music preparation | |
| Jacqueline Tager | .... | music editor | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Denny Caira | .... | transportation coordinator | |
Thanks | |||
| William Hickey | .... | dedicatee | |
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When their father dies, brothers Ernie and Lars inherit a rundown string factory and a run down house. When they find the house may be worth millions they set about renovating it to auction it. However they don't reckon on the house's one inhabitant a small mouse who has no intention of going anywhere.
In the wrong hands this could easily have turned into a cruel slapstick and nothing else. It's easy to see this sort of thing turning into a Home Alone type thing with the mouse dishing out cruel punishment after cruel punishment. However it's more than that, although it has elements of those films. The film is witty mixing the slapstick with a more adult humour and, although the slapstick is cartoony, it is also clever and imaginative in most cases.
The strength of the film is in three performances. First and second is Lane and Evans, both have an air of Laurel and Hardy (especially Lane) and they make for a good double act. Lane gets to do his usual stuff while the more goofy antics of Lars suit Evans' stand-up routine background to the ground. However the main success is the mouse. In other hands he would have been a mere excuse for destruction, however here he has `humanity' a character if you will. This is perfectly demonstrated by the unintentional chase with a nail gun how dramatic! How tense! But also how touching the mouse is given intelligence and has a motivation for what happens.
Of course at heart this is a kids film and it is a very good one at that. However these other points give it the feel that it was made for adults too. Certainly the inclusion of Walken as a pest controller is one no child will get.
Overall this is well made and is more that just a crude slapstick affair. It can be enjoyed on that level but it just feels that little more mature. To illustrate what I mean can you imagine the difference if Chris Columbus had directed it? Now you've got me!