Garfield's Babes and Bullets (1989) (TV)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Directors:

Phil Roman
Bob Nesler (co-director)
(more)

Writers:

Jim Davis (written by) and
Ron Tuthill (story)

Release Date:

23 May 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Mystery

Plot:

Garfield the cat daydreams that he's an old-time private detective. |

Plot Keywords:

Garfield The Cat | Cat | Private Detective | Daydream | Garfield

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Gregg Berger	...	Odie / Burt Fleebish (voice)
Desirée Goyette	...	Tanya (voice)
Thom Huge	...	Jon Arbuckle / Thug (voice)
Lorenzo Music	...	Garfield / Sam Spayed (voice)
Julie Payne	...	Kitty (voice)
Nino Tempo	...	Lt. Washington (voice)
C. Lindsay Workman	...	O'Felix (voice) (as Lindsay Workman)

Directed by
Phil Roman
Bob Nesler		(co-director)
John Sparey		(co-director)

Writing credits
Jim Davis		(written by)
Ron Tuthill		story

Produced by
Phil Roman	....	executive producer
George Singer	....	producer

Original Music by
Ed Bogas
Desirée Goyette

Film Editing by
Timothy Borquez		(as Tim Borquez)
Michael Gollom		(as Mike Gollum)
Julie Gustafson
Brian F. Mars		(as Brian Mars)

Production Management
Bill Schultz	....	executive in charge of production

Art Department
Don Foster	....	graphics

Sound Department
George Thompson	....	voice recording engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Ted T. Bemiller	....	camera operator
Gene Orozco	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Bonnie Callahan	....	background artist
Kathi Castillo	....	key assistant animator (as Kathy Castillo)
Craig Clark	....	animator
Gary Conrad	....	animator
Thomas Cook	....	key assistant animator
Phyllis Craig	....	ink and paint coordinator
James A. Davis	....	animator (as James Davis)
Alberto De Mello	....	layout artist
Ed Ghertner	....	layout artist
Lennie K. Graves	....	animator
Alison Julian	....	background artist
Ruth Kissane	....	animator
Burt Medall	....	animator
Shannon Meyer	....	ink and paint supervisor: C & D Ink and Paint Service
Marija Miletic Dail	....	animator (as Marija Dial)
Patricia Palmer-Phillipson	....	background artist (as Patti Palmer)
Kevin Petrilak	....	animator
Libby Reed	....	color modeler
Art Roman	....	key assistant animator
Jim Schumann	....	key assistant animator
Cliff Voorhees	....	layout artist
Kevin Wurzer	....	animator
Bob Scott	....	story artist (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Lizabeth Aguiar	....	post-production coordinator (as Liz Aguiar)
Sam Horta	....	editorial supervisor

Music Department
Gary Clayton	....	music recording engineer

Other crew
Ted C. Bemiller	....	production coordinator (as Ted Bemiller)
John Cawley	....	production coordinator
Lori Flora	....	production assistant
Richard Roman	....	production assistant

Production Companies

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

Other Companies

• C & D Ink and Paint  ink and paint (as C & D Ink and Paint Service)
• Cookies Ink and Paint  ink and paint
• Animation Cottage  ink and paint
• TLC Ink and Paint  ink and paint
• Buzzy's Recording Services  voice recording (as Buzzy's)
• Russian Hill Recording  music recording

Runtime:

USA:24 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White (Garfield's dream sequences) | Color

Certification:

South Korea:All | UK:U

Company:

Film Roman Productions

Trivia:

In Spayed's office is a picture of a criminal wanted "Dead or Alive". It's the picture of Jon Arbuckle, Garfield's owner.

Quotes:

Garfield: [voiceover] My first stop was the city morgue. As I walked up the stairs I saw my old adversary at the top of the steps. It was Lt. Washington.
Lt. Washington: Shpayed, what brings you down here? Trying to find a client?
Garfield: Sure, lieutenant. He's the one your blue-boys shot out back for jaywalking.
Lt. Washington: Watch it, Shpayed. I've still got your license under investigation.
Garfield: Oh, really? Then I know its safe for a while.
Lt. Washington: Shpayed, don't push me!
Garfield: Wouldn't dream of it, lieutenant. Have a nishe day.

Movie Connections:

Follows Garfield in Paradise (1986) (TV)

Garfield in his mystery fantasy.

Garfield finds a trench coat and derby in the closet and decides to imagine himself as Sam Spayed an old school detective.

The fantasy is all in black and white like a common mystery movie. Sam Spayed is meet-ed by a woman who said her husband's been murder in a car accident and knows there's more to the story than meets the eye.

Sam Spayed(Garfield) gets to the bottom of this by tracing clues and asking suspects on this mystery matter.

As soon as he gathers up the clues, the mystery becomes clearer to him like the scent of coffee he's always having through out the story.

With great animation and some jokes and Odie & Jon Arbuckle making small cameos, Babes and Bullets is a fine Garifeld TV movie. And one of the few fantasies TV movies on Garfield.