Digimon: The Movie (2000)

Directors:

Mamoru Hosoda
Minoru Hosoda

Writers:

Jeff Nimoy (adaptation) &
Bob Buchholz (adaptation) ...

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

New Monsters. New Battles. Now on the Big Screen.

Plot:

Three different stories involving digital creatures collide together.

Plot Keywords:

Digimon | Internet | Computer | Based On Cartoon | Good Versus Evil

Cast

Lara Jill Miller	...	Kari / Young Kari (voice)
Joshua Seth	...	Tai / Young Tai (voice)
Bob Papenbrook	...	Red Greymon (voice)
Doug Erholtz	...	T.K. (third segment) (voice)
David Lodge	...	Parrotmon (voice)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Mrs. Kamiya (voice)
Michael Sorich	...	Big Agumon / Gargomon / Miko (voice)
Peggy O'Neal	...	Botamon (voice)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	...	Sora / Male Student (voice)
Brianne Siddall	...	Koromon / Kuramon (voice)
Jeff Nimoy	...	Tentomon / Kabuterimon / MegaKabuterimon / Truck Driver#1 / Floyd the Barber / Barney / Cabbie / Kid #3 / Phone Voice #1 (voice)
Bob Buchholz	...	Andy / Uncle Al / Truck Driver #2 / Male Customer / Phone Voice #2 / Squad Leader / Voice Mail Operator (voice)
Philece Sampler	...	Mimi Tachikawa / Cody / Matt Ishida / T.K.'s grandmother (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Izzy / Terriermon (voice)
Michael Lindsay	...	Joe Kido / Greymon (voice)

Also Known As:

Digimon: Digital Monsters (USA)
Digimon: Digital Monsters: The Movie (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence.

Runtime:

UK:88 min | USA:82 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #37774) | France:U | Germany:6 | Spain:T | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Fox Family Films

Trivia:

The original title for the second segment of the movie was "Digimon: Our War Game"

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: On the Back on the video box, the movie says that the film's plot is highlighted behind the nuclear missiles in the movie and a kidnapping plot. The Kidnapping never happened in the American version, as it was edited out in the final release for American audiences.

Quotes:

Tai Kamiya: I wasn't going to send that letter!
Kari: Then what did you write it for?
Tai Kamiya: Ah go to your party. I can't believe Sora's gonna read my letter. Wait. Unable to deliver? I can't believe she's not going to read my letter! You try and tell a girl you're sorry and your computer shuts you down!

Movie Connections:

Edited from Dejimon adobenchâ 02 - Dejimon Hurricane joriku - Chousetsu shinka!! Ôgon no Dejimentaru (2000)

Funny, enjoyable, and is really just three episodes

It took me forever to figure it out, but after enough searching, I found out why.

I found that the movie was a lot like the show, so close that it seemed like they had just thrown three episodes together. The only reason I put up with this, these three 'episodes' were effectively on their own and were referred to briefely in the series (well, 2 of them were).

It ends up that I was half right. after searching, I found out that it isn't three episodes strung together, but currently there are some 6 digimon 'movies' released in Japan, and three of them are in this single movie that we saw in the western world. It seems that the Japanese form of a movie is 30 minutes long (how this works is beyond me).

Outside that, it was enjoyable. I had fun watching it, taping it and watching it again, and catching all the jokes they had. It's what makes the series enjoyable, and it sure saved the movie.