Is It Fall Yet? (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Directors:

Karen Disher
Guy Moore

Writers:

Glenn Eichler (writer)
Peggy Nicoll (writer)

Release Date:

27 August 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

This animated made-for-TV movie, based on MTV's hit "Daria," explores the summer vacation of Daria and her classmates at Lawndale High.

Plot Keywords:

Summer | Vacation | Artist | Summer Vacation | Classmate

Cast

Rachel Anton	...	(voice)
Brett Barsky	...	(voice)
Corey Block	...	(voice)
Cindy E. Brolsma	...	(voice)
Joseph Buoye	...	(voice)
Sarah Drew	...	Stacy Rowe (voice)
Bart Fasbender	...	Andrew Landon (voice)
Amanda Fox	...	Katherine 'Kay' Sloane (voice)
Maggie Fredric	...	(voice) (as Maggie Frederic)
Amy Goldman	...	(voice)
Alvaro J. Gonzalez	...	Trent Lane (voice)
Tracy Grandstaff	...	Daria Morgendorffer (voice)
Russell Hankin	...	Thomas 'Tom' Sloane (voice)
Wendy Hoopes	...	Jane Lane / Helen Barksdale Morgendorffer / Quinn Morgendorffer (voice)
Steven Huppert	...	Joey (voice)
Jessica Cydnee Jackson	...	Jodie Abigail Landon (voice)
Lemon Krasny	...	(voice)
Nora Laudani	...	Ms. Angela Li (voice)
John Lynn	...	'Sick, Sad World' Announcer (voice) (as John Worth Lynn, Jr.)
Janie Mertz	...	Sandi Griffin / Brittany Taylor (voice)
David Moritt	...	(voice)
Rhodri J. Murphy	...	(voice)
Tim Novikoff	...	Jeffy (voice)
Amy Palmer	...	(voice)
Ashley Albert	...	Tiffany Blum-Deckler (voice) (as Petunia)
Julián Rebolledo	...	Jake Morgendorffer (voice)
Willy Schwenz	...	Jesse Moreno (voice)
Marc Thompson	...	Mr. Anthony DeMartino / Mr. Timothy O'Neill / Kevin Thompson / Jamie White (voice)
Amir Williams	...	Michael Jordan 'Mack' Mackenzie (voice)
James Woods	...	(voice)
Carson Daly	...	David Sorenson (voice)
David Grohl	...	Daniel (voice)
Bif Naked	...	Alison (voice)

Directed by
Karen Disher
Guy Moore

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Glenn Eichler		writer
Peggy Nicoll		writer

Produced by
Cindy E. Brolsma	....	producer
Glenn Eichler	....	executive producer
Ryan Ingrasin	....	segment producer
Lemon Krasny	....	co-producer
Karen Kunkel	....	post-production producer
John Lynn	....	studio supervising producer
Amy Palmer	....	producer
Maria Rodas	....	associate producer
Abby Terkuhle	....	executive producer

Original Music by
George Brennan
Janet Wygal

Film Editing by
Karen Sztajnberg

Art Direction by
Tom Marsan

Production Management
Terry Clark	....	production manager
Adam Liggio	....	production manager
Donna Rankin	....	production manager
David Trexler	....	production manager

Art Department
Tony Eastman	....	storyboard consultant
Danny Kimanyen	....	lay-out artist
Susannah Maurer	....	design coordinator
Ted Stearn	....	storyboard supervisor
Olivia Ward	....	design supervisor

Sound Department
John Bowen	....	post-production sound editor
John Bowen	....	sound mixer
John Bowen	....	sound supervisor
Danny Caccavo	....	production sound editor
Neil Cedar	....	sound recording engineer
Philippe Desloovere	....	post-production sound editor
Tony Pipitone	....	production sound editor
Randy Ward	....	post-production sound editor

Animation Department
Corey Block	....	animation production coordinator
Anthony Davis	....	layout supervisor
Tim Shankweiler	....	layout artist
Euralis Weekes	....	layout artist

Editorial Department
Gilat Meltzer	....	post-production coordinator

Other crew
Terry Clark	....	production accountant
Karen Disher	....	original character development
Karen Disher	....	supervising director
Kent Holaday	....	mouth director
Choon Man Lee	....	supervising director: Plus One Animation
Adam Liggio	....	production accountant
Donna Rankin	....	production accountant
Tara Sherman	....	closed caption coordinator
Felicia Stevens	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• MTV Animation
• MTV Networks

Distributors

• Music Television (MTV)
• Noggin
• Paramount Pictures
• YTV

Other Companies

• Betelgeuse Productions LLC  closed caption coordinator
• Creative Group  video post-production
• Plus One Animation  overseas animation studio
• Sync Sound  audio post-production

Also Known As:

Daria in Is It Fall Yet? (USA) (complete title)
Daria the Movie: Is It Fall Yet? (USA) (video box title)
Daria: Is It Fall Yet? (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA | South Korea

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Colombia:12 | UK:12 | Chile:14 | Peru:14 | Australia:PG | Venezuela:PG-13 | USA:TV-14

Company:

MTV Animation

Trivia:

In the final scene of the movie Quinn answers a question about the meaning of Manifest Destiny. This is the same question answered by her sister Daria in the first episode of the TV series "Daria" (1997).

Goofs:

Continuity: The cylindrical object on the table when Jane and Alison are in the restaurant appears in the long shot, disappears in the close shots, then reappears the next time we see the table.

Quotes:

Mr. DeMartino: Why couldn't I have been born during an influenza epidemic? Or at the base of a volcano? Why did I survive, grow tall and strong, only to squander all my potential by becoming a teacher?

Movie Connections:

References "Matlock" (1986)

Soundtrack:

Don't Stay Home

Charming and funny

I watched the Daria TV-movie "Is It Fall Yet?" primarily because I have a friend from the Internet (won't name names) who loves the show, and urged me to see it -- and to see the episode before it called, "Dye! Dye! My Darling!" (I think that's the title).

So, I taped it and last Tuesday, I watched it. And was it ever fun! The movie features the adventures of Daria, Jane, and the rest of the crew from Lawndale High off on summer vacation. However, it's more about how Jane and Daria try to deal with their relationship, which has been tested thanks to the fact that Jane's romance with Tom Sloane didn't work out and he is now dating Daria (something which begins in the earlier episode). Daria feels torn between Jane and Tom and her cynical attitude and her guilt nearly wreck any possible romance between her and Tom! Fortunately, things work out: Jane gets over her understandable feelings of hurt, Daria doesn't lose her friend, and she and Tom try again in their developing relationship.

As I said, I really enjoyed it. The movie was very smart and funny, and it was rather deep too, as it dealt with a friendship being strained, and a romance strained by the attitude of Daria and by her own guilt. I was glad that the whole thing was resolved -- Daria and Jane emerge from this crisis with a stronger friendship than before, enabling Daria to try again with Tom. A neat subplot deals with Quinn, Daria's sister, and how she learns she has more depth and more intelligence than she may have once realized. Her seeming lack of depth is a mask -- one of the many masks or defensive shields used by characters in this movie, such as Jane and Daria.

In short, I almost wish I had seen the series earlier. I hope to see how things turn out in the fifth season.

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