Garfield Gets a Life (1991) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

John Sparey

Writers:

Jim Davis (creator) and
Jim Davis (writer)

Release Date:

8 May 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Garfield and his owner are in a rut. Jon cannot seem to get a date, until a school for the personality impaired opens a new window of opportunity for Jon, but is shut tight for Garfield.

Plot Keywords:

Garfield | Boredom | Disco Dancing | Library | Blues Singing

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Lorenzo Music	...	Garfield (voice)
Thom Huge	...	Jon Arbuckle (voice)
Gregg Berger	...	Odie (voice)
Julie Payne	...	Library Girl, Receptionist (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Lorenzo / Gunner (voice)
June Foray	...	Mona, Librarian (voice)
Kim Campbell	...	(voice)
Kevin Campbell	...	(voice)

Directed by
John Sparey

Writing credits
Jim Davis		(creator)
Jim Davis		writer

Produced by
Jim Davis	....	executive producer
Phil Roman	....	producer

Original Music by
David Benoit
Desirée Goyette

Film Editing by
Timothy Borquez		(as Tim Borquez)
Brian F. Mars		(as Brian Mars)

Production Management
Lolee Aries	....	production manager
Barbara Beck	....	post-production supervisor
John Cawley	....	production manager
Bill Schultz	....	executive in charge of production

Art Department
Don Foster	....	graphics

Sound Department
George Thompson	....	voice recording engineer: Buzzy's Hollywood

Animation Department
Russell Calabrese	....	animator
Phyllis Craig	....	ink and paint coordinator
Adam Dykstra	....	animator
Leslie Gorin	....	animator
Jeff Hall	....	sequence timer
Jack Heiter	....	background artist
Gary Hoffman	....	layout artist
Jean-Guy Jacques	....	animator
Jeff LaFlamme	....	animator
Jeff LaFlamme	....	key assistant animator
Lin Larsen	....	models
Larry Miller	....	key assistant animator
Michael Mitchell	....	layout artist (as Mike Mitchell)
Bob Nesler	....	sequence timer
Kevin Petrilak	....	animator
Art Roman	....	animator
Art Roman	....	key assistant animator
Joanna Romersa	....	animator
Dean Thompson	....	layout artist
Bonita Versh	....	animator
Cliff Voorhees	....	layout artist
Glenn Zimmerman	....	animator (as Glen Zimmerman)
Glenn Zimmerman	....	layout artist

Editorial Department
Julie Gustafson	....	picture editor
Sam Horta	....	editorial supervisor
Angela Ousey	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
David Benoit	....	conductor
David Benoit	....	music arranger
Clark Germain	....	music recording engineer: Group IV
B.B. King	....	vocals
Lou Rawls	....	vocals
The Temptations	....	vocals

Production Companies

• Film Roman Productions
• United Media Productions (in association with)
• Lee Mendelson Productions (in association with)
• Paws (in association with)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1990s) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Other Companies

• GRP Records  soundtrack
• Wang Film Productions Company  animation production
• Cuckoo's Nest Studios  animation production
• Buzzy's Recording Services  voice recording (as Buzzy's Hollywood)
• Group IV Recording  music recording (as Group IV)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:All | Canada:G | UK:U

Company:

Film Roman Productions

Quotes:

Lorenzo: Our motto is, "If you can get a pulse, you can get a life".
Garfield: [to Jon] Ah, maybe they'll take you anyway.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "Garfield and Friends" (1988)

Soundtrack:

Shake Your Paw

The final Garfield TV movie

On an ordinary day, Garfield and Jon Arbuckle are more bored than before.

Jon Arbuckle finds out that he doesn't have a life. And decides to do something about it by making better use of himself like going to night clubs and finding a woman to be with.

Unfortunately he doesn't have what it takes as he still thinks Disco was still in style, and gets a beating when flirting with women. Garfield accompanies him and just watches him fail every time.

So Jon Arbuckle decides to get some help at a Social center to learn how to be an out standing guy and what not. But will it really be worth it? This is pretty much a Jon Arbuckle TV movie, but the sarcasm of Garfield and performances of Frank Welker makes this one worth viewing. The last of the Garfield TV movies but it's still a memorable one.