Monkeybone (2001)

Director:

Henry Selick

Writers (WGA):

Kaja Blackley (graphic novel "Dark Town")
Sam Hamm (written by)

Release Date:

23 February 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Comedy

Tagline:

If It Yells, If It Swings, It's Got To Be Monkeybone!

Plot:

In a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone.

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Critically Bashed | Parallel World | Cartoon Reality Crossover | Part Animated

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Stu Miley
Bridget Fonda	...	Dr. Julie McElroy
John Turturro	...	Monkeybone (voice)
Chris Kattan	...	Organ Donor Stu
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Hypnos
Rose McGowan	...	Miss Kitty
Dave Foley	...	Herb (as David Foley)
Megan Mullally	...	Kimmy Miley
Bob Odenkirk	...	Head Surgeon
Pat Kilbane	...	Burger God Representative
Lisa Zane	...	Medusa
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Death
Sandra Thigpen	...	Alice
Wayne Wilderson	...	Hutch
Amy Higgins	...	Clarissa (as Amy D. Higgins)
Alan Gelfant	...	Dr. Edelstein
Kristin Norton	...	Nurse
Chris Hogan	...	Bill, Bazoom Toy Representative
Lucy Butler	...	Guest
John Sylvain	...	Ambulance Driver
Lou Romano	...	Cop / Psycharist
Leon Laderach	...	Surgeon in Nightmare
Scott Rogers	...	Surgeon
Cris Thomas-Palomino	...	Surgeon
Tony Panterra	...	Surgeon
Ted Rooney	...	Grim Reaper (voice)
Christopher Franciosa	...	Reaper Who Takes Lulu
Mary Stein	...	Lulu
Fred Pierce	...	Reaper in Death's Office
Harper Roisman	...	Earl Biegler
Kristopher Logan	...	Patron
Scott Workman	...	Arnold the Super Reaper
Shawnee Free Jones	...	Lizzie Borden
Ilia Volokh	...	Rasputin (as Ilia Volok)
Edgar Allan Poe IV	...	Edgar Allan Poe
Claudette Mink	...	Typhoid Mary
Jon Bruno	...	Man in the Dungeon
Owen Masterson	...	Jack the Ripper
Jen Sung Outerbridge	...	Attila the Hun
Tracy Zahoryin	...	Model
Sunshine Deia Tutt	...	Model
Jo Haugen Gash	...	Model
Lindsay Bryan	...	Model
Brooke Boisse	...	Model
Meron Abebe	...	Model
Mie Kringelbach	...	Model
Rex Reddick	...	Museum / Tuxedo Guard (as Rex J. Reddick)
Sybil Azur	...	Museum Dancer
Anne Fletcher	...	Museum Dancer
Diane Mizota	...	Museum Dancer
Etty Lau	...	All-Girl Band Sax Player
LaTonya Holmes	...	All-Girl Band Percussionist
Lesli Jean Matta	...	All-Girl Band Drummer
Dawn Soler	...	All-Girl Band
Miko Watanbe	...	All-Girl Band (as Miiko Watanbe)
Frankie Pine	...	All-Girl Band
Anne King	...	All-Girl Band
Rachen Assapiomonwait	...	Korean Father (as Rachen Assapimonwait)
Veena Bidasha	...	Statue Woman
Michael Anthony Jackson	...	Bug Man (as M. Anthony Jackson)
Doug Jones	...	Yeti
Arturo Gil	...	Rat Guard
Jody St. Michael	...	Centaur
Frit Fuller	...	3 Headed Devil
Frat Fuller	...	3 Headed Devil
Brian Steele	...	Jumbo the Elephant God
Leif Tilden	...	Cyclops
Tom Fisher	...	Community Service Cigarette Sweeper
Joseph S. Griffo	...	BBQ Pig
Kim Timbers-Patteri	...	Wasp Woman (as Kim Timbers Patteri)
Lisa Ebeyer	...	Betty the Bovine (as Lisa M. Ebeyer)
Wayne Doba	...	Scorpion (as Wayne D. Doba)
Mark Viniello	...	Assbackward
Nathan Stein	...	Sea Monster
Ed Holmes	...	Buffalo Kachina
Erica Gudis	...	#1 Party Babe Hybrid
Melinda Milton	...	#2 Party Babe Hybrid
Caroline A. Rice	...	#3 Party Babe Hybrid (as Caroline)
Michael L. Hammond	...	Reaper Performer
Joe Ranft	...	Streetsquash Rabbit (voice)
Bruce Lanoil	...	Streetsquash Raccoon (voice)
Debi Durst	...	Streetsquash Snake (voice)
Phil Brotherton	...	Subramansa (voice) (as Philip Brotherton)
Roger Jackson	...	Arnold the Super Reaper (voice) (as Roger L. Jackson)
Jym Dingler	...	Community Service Cigarette Sweeper (voice)
Leslie Hedger	...	Assbackward (voice)
Toby Gleason	...	Buffalo Kachina (voice)
Allan Trautman	...	BBQ Pig (voice)
Mike Mitchell	...	Miss Hudiapp (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lee Armstrong	...	Puppeteer on Grim Reaper (uncredited)
Randall Bosley	...	Fred (uncredited)
Brendan Burns	...	Detective #1 (uncredited)
Robert 'Duckie' Carpenter	...	Record Store Owner / Coma Victim (uncredited)
Thomas Haden Church	...	Death's Assistant (uncredited)
Jamie Donovan	...	Reporter #1 (uncredited)
Wendy Fowler	...	Beautiful Fan (uncredited)
Peter Gardner	...	Grim Reaper in Death's Office (uncredited)
Paul Guiles	...	Reporter #2 (uncredited)
Harry Jay Knowles	...	Lucky (uncredited)
Jason Kravits	...	Guest (uncredited)
Jim Kundig	...	Puppeteer (uncredited)
Pons Maar	...	Lead Puppeteer (uncredited)
Skyler Marshall	...	Janitor (uncredited)
Michelle Shaffer	...	Woman with bat (uncredited)
Tom Tangen	...	Burger God Representative (uncredited)
Dina Torok	...	Background Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Henry Selick

Writing credits (WGA)
Kaja Blackley		(graphic novel "Dark Town")
Sam Hamm		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Barnathan	....	producer
Chris Columbus	....	executive producer
Paula DuPré Pesman	....	associate producer
Sam Hamm	....	executive producer
Mark Radcliffe	....	producer
Lata Ryan	....	executive producer
Henry Selick	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Anne Dudley

Cinematography by
Andrew Dunn

Film Editing by
Jon Poll
Nicholas C. Smith
Mark Warner

Casting by
Sheila Jaffe
Georgianne Walken

Production Design by
Bill Boes

Art Direction by
John Chichester
Bruce Robert Hill

Set Decoration by
Jackie Carr

Costume Design by
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

Makeup Department
Gary Archer	....	dental prosthetics
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup effects
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist: crew
Robert Hallowell II	....	key hair stylist
John Kim	....	makeup effects technician: Captive Audience Productions
Mary Kim	....	makeup effects crew: Captive Audience Productions Inc.
Michael Mills	....	key makeup artist
Mark Nieman	....	makeup effects artist
Ben Nye Jr.	....	key makeup artist
Michael Peterson	....	lab makeup effects
Craig Reardon	....	makeup artist
Heidi Seeholzer	....	makeup artist
Brian Sipe	....	special makeup effects artist
Danny Valencia	....	hair stylist
Keith VanderLaan	....	creature effects producer: Captive Audience Productions
Keith VanderLaan	....	makeup effects producer: Captive Audience Productions
Julia L. Walker	....	hair stylist: Ms. Goldberg

Production Management
Doris Donnenberg	....	production supervisor
Paul Moen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Bradley	....	second unit director
Pamela Cederquist	....	assistant director: second unit
Peter Crosman	....	second unit director
Valerie Finkel	....	assistant director
Michael McCue	....	assistant director
Lisa C. Satriano	....	assistant director: second unit
Gregory Kent Simmons	....	assistant director: second unit (as Gregory Simmons)
Mike Topoozian	....	first assistant director
Bob Wagner	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Tom Altobello	....	assistant property master
Craig Baron	....	set dresser
Mike Cachuela	....	conceptual artist
Mike Cachuela	....	storyboard supervisor
Marco A. Campos	....	general foreman
Peter Chan	....	concept artist
Peter Chan	....	storyboard artist
Martin Charles	....	graphic designer
Everett Chase	....	set designer
Melanie S. Chretin	....	second assistant props
Guy Dyas	....	conceptual illustrator
Jann K. Engel	....	set designer (as Jann Engel)
Egan Gauntt	....	art department assistant
A. Todd Holland	....	set designer
Gary A. Krakoff	....	construction coordinator
Gary B. Krakoff Jr.	....	propmaker foreman
Scott W. Leslie	....	set dresser
Lyle Maves	....	lead plasterer foreman
Martin Roy Mervel	....	set designer (as Martin Mervel)
Kirstin Mooney	....	art department coordinator
Fred O'Connor	....	propmaker
Jeff Ozimek	....	set designer
Hugo Santiago	....	set designer
Dawn Swiderski	....	assistant art director
Chris Ubick	....	property master
Anthony Zierhut	....	storyboard artist
Tammy DeRuiter	....	painter (uncredited)
Kristine Grippo	....	painter (uncredited)
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Kon Iliov	....	gangboss (uncredited)
Franklin T. Perry	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Axinn	....	assistant adr editor
Steve Boeddeker	....	sound designer
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Tom Fox	....	utility sound
Claire Graybill	....	dialogue editor
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Holland	....	supervising sound editor
R.J. Kizer	....	adr supervisor
Dave Kulczycki	....	foley editor (as David Kulczycki)
Dave Kulczycki	....	sound effects editor (as David Kulczycki)
Bruce Lacey	....	adr supervisor
John A. Larsen	....	supervising sound editor
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley recordist
Cheryl Nardi	....	assistant dialogue editor
Timothy Nielsen	....	assistant sound designer
Jonathan Null	....	foley editor
Larry Oatfield	....	foley editor
Geoffrey Patterson	....	production sound mixer
Steve F. Price	....	assistant sound editor
Kevin Sellers	....	foley editor
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Donald Sylvester	....	dialogue editor
Ewa Sztompke	....	dialogue editor (as Ewa Sztompke-Oatfield)
Addison Teague	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Hugh Waddell	....	adr editor
Ben Wienert	....	cable person
Karen G. Wilson	....	sound effects editor (as Karen Wilson)
John Lajvort	....	sound editorial engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chad Baalbergen	....	special effects technician
Brent Baker	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Enrique Bilsland	....	creature mechanical designer
Joel P. Blanchard	....	special effects technician
Robert Calvert	....	special effects technician
Shea Clayton	....	special effects supervisor
Joe Colwell	....	special effects key: O.D. Stu Effects
Thomas M. Craven	....	special effects technician
Steve Dearth	....	special effects technician
Michael Eder	....	motion control assistant
Christian Eisenhaur	....	master mold maker
Terry Erickson	....	special effects technician
Ian Eyre	....	special effects assistant
Steve Fink	....	special effects makeup
Damian Fisher	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Scott Garcia	....	special effects technician
Paul Gentry	....	director of photography: stop motion animation unit
Terrance Graven	....	model maker
Jeff Jingle	....	mechanical fabrication
Greg Johnson	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Patrick S. Johnson	....	model production assistant (as Patrick Johnson)
Jeffrey Knott	....	special effects technician
Randy Krohmer	....	special effects technician
Jim Kundig	....	animatronic designer
Andy Lawless	....	assistant camera
Paul J. Lombardi	....	special effects coordinator
Ron Macinnes	....	special effects technician
Pierre Maurer	....	special effects
Ian C. McArthur	....	special effects technician
John R. McConnell	....	pre-visualization: XFX Inc.
Jeff Miller	....	special effects
David Monzingo	....	special effects artist: Steve Johnson's XFX
Stephen D. Moore	....	special effects technician
George Paine	....	special effects technician
David Peterson	....	shop foreman
Tuck John Porter	....	special effects shop fabricator
Jeff Rand	....	special effects technician
Scott Roark	....	special effects technician
Damon B. Sarafian	....	special effects technician
Mike Scanlan	....	animatronics supervisor
Russell Shinkle	....	mechanical creature effects supervisor
Matt Singer	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Bryan Smith	....	mold maker
Chuck E. Stewart	....	first unit special effects supervisor
F. Lee Stone	....	special effects technician (as Frank Lee Stone)
Valek Sykes	....	special effects
Frank W. Tarantino	....	special effects supervisor
Keith VanderLaan	....	creature effects producer: Captive Audience Productions
Brian Van Dorn	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX
Parry Willard	....	special effects technician
William H. Wolf	....	special effects technician (as William Wolf)
Dick Wood	....	second unit special effects supervisor
Michael Del Rossa	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Joe Gomez	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Chris Grossnickle	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Grady Holder	....	lab technician: Captive Audience (uncredited)
Mike McFarlane	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Steve Newburn	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Michael O'Brien	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Thomas Ovenshire	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Susan Alegria	....	model maker
David Wallace Allen	....	visual effects previsualization
Christian T. Andrews	....	visual effects motion control technician
Curtis Augspurger	....	visual effects producer: Menace Effects
Adam Avitabile	....	digital compositor
Michael Backauskas	....	visual effects editor
Wenden K. Baldwin	....	digital compositor
Damon Bard	....	sculpture department supervisor
Lloyd Lee Barnett	....	digital compositor
John Bartle	....	visual effects editor
Eric M. Beaver	....	compositor: Look Effects
Salvatore Belleci	....	model maker
Paul Berry	....	stop-motion animation
Phil Brotherton	....	model maker
Kelly Bumbarger	....	digital compositor
Steward Burris	....	animator
Michelle Butler	....	digital artist: CFX
Aimee Campbell	....	motion tracking supervisor: Centropolis Effects
Terry Clotiaux	....	visual effects producer
Dan Cobbett	....	digital compositor
Buckley Collum	....	digital effects supervisor
Francisco Cortes	....	visual effects production assistant
Gregory Creaser	....	imaging/timing supervisor: Digiscope
Robert Cribbett	....	digital compositor: CFX
Peter Crosman	....	visual effects supervisor
Ken Dackermann	....	digital compositor
Andrea D'Amico	....	visual effects producer: POP Film
Michael Degtjarewsky	....	digital compositor
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer: CFX
Aaron Dem	....	visual effects head of production: CFX
Jon Doyle	....	digital artist: CFX
David S. Dranitzke	....	visual effects stage coordinator
Mark S. Driscoll	....	visual effects producer: LOOK! Effects Inc.
Todd Fellows	....	lead modelmaker: M5 Industries Inc.
Chris Flynn	....	digital compositor
Steve Fong	....	visual effects artist
Adam Francis	....	motion control technician
Mark Franco	....	visual effects executive producer: CFX
Fortunato Frattasio	....	digital artist
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Roy George	....	digital compositor
Ray Gilberti	....	animation director of photography
Archie Gogoladze	....	digital artist
Kelly Granite	....	visual effects producer: Howard Granite Films
Don Greenberg	....	digital compositor
Sheila Greene	....	set electician: visual effects crew, ILM
Greg Groenekamp	....	visual effects composite artist: CFX LA
Abra Grupp	....	digital effects supervisor
Martin Hall	....	paint/roto artist
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor
Jon Heckman	....	digital effects artist
Adam Howard	....	visual effects supervisor
Heather Hoyland	....	digital compositor
Anthony 'Max' Ivins	....	visual effects supervisor: LOOK! Effects
Christopher Ivins	....	lead compositor: Look! Effects Inc.
Rodney Iwashina	....	CG supervisor: CFX
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	....	texture artist
Justin Johnson	....	visual effects
Keith Kellogg	....	tracking supervisor
Danny S. Kim	....	compositor
Justin Kohn	....	animator
Keiko Koyama	....	digital effects coordinator: Digiscope
Pete Kozachik	....	visual effects supervisor
Brad Kuehn	....	visual effects supervisor
Daniel Kutner	....	visual effects production assistant
Ken Lam	....	digital compositor
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Charles Lem	....	visual effects production supervisor
Michael Leonard	....	model maker
Matt Linder	....	lead compositor: 3D effects animator
Ralph Maiers	....	digital artist: Digiscope
Ralph Maiers	....	digital compositor
James Marbas	....	digital effects supervisor
John P. McMullen	....	systems administrator: CFX
Meredith Meyer-Nichols	....	visual effects coordinator: giant killer robots
Brett Miller	....	senior technical director
Carl Miller	....	animation director of photography
Steve Miller	....	assistant visual effects editor: CFX
Rodney Montague	....	visual effects producer
Steve R. Moore	....	visual effects editor (as Steve Moore)
Tricia Mulgrew	....	visual effects coordinator
Jaime Norman	....	visual effects coordinator
Peter Oberdorfer	....	visual effects supervisor
Bill O'Donnell	....	visual effects assistant
James Park	....	data I/O technician: CFX
Cristin Pescosolido	....	digital compositor
Patrick Phillips	....	visual effects
Sean Prichard	....	miniatures key grip
Janet Quen	....	digital effects compositor
David Rand	....	digital artist
Linda Renaud	....	assistant visual effects editor
Dennis Rogers	....	first assistant camera: visual effects
Jacqueline Rosado	....	digital effects coordinator
Daniel P. Rosen	....	lead compositor: Giant Killer Robots
Kosta Saric	....	visual effects editor: CFX
Erik Satre	....	lead model maker: M5 Industries
Mike Schmitt	....	visual effects supervisor
Laura Schultz	....	visual effects coordinator
Kirk Scott	....	visual effects stage manager
Nicholas Siapkaris	....	visual effects production coordinator
Jenny Spamer	....	visual effects assistant (as Jenny Spamer Harris)
Joe Stevenson	....	motion control photographer