Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) (V)

Directors:

Pete Michels
Peter Shin

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (creator)
Seth MacFarlane (developer) ...
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Release Date:

27 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

All new, Outrageous, Uncensored!

Plot:

The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.

Plot Keywords:

Male Virgin | Tivo | Self Referential | Bleeped Dialogue | Near Death Experience

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Seth MacFarlane	...	Stewie Griffin / Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Glen Quagmire / Tom Tucker / Stuart 'Stu' Griffin / Additional Voices (voice)
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin / Tricia Takanawa / Vanessa / Condoleezza Rice / Additional Voices (voice)
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin / Additional Voices (voice)
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin / Additional Voices (voice)
Lori Alan	...	Diane Simmons (voice)
Drew Barrymore	...	Herself (voice)
Noel Blanc	...	Elmer Fudd / Additional Voices (voice)
John G. Brennan	...	Horace / Additional Voices (voice) (as Johnny Brennan)
Mike Henry	...	Cleveland Brown / Herbert (voice)
Gary Janetti	...	(voice)
Don LaFontaine	...	FOX Announcer (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Ollie Williams / Additional Voices (voice)
Ron Livingston	...	Clerk (voice)
Rachael MacFarlane	...	Katie Couric / Baby-Expecting Woman (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Ray Charles / Additional Voices (voice)
Kate Rigg	...	(voice)
Will Sasso	...	Randy Newman / James Lipton (voice)
André Sogliuzzo	...	(voice) (as Andre Sogliuzzo)
Rory Thost	...	Casper (voice)
John Viener	...	Meg 'Ron' Griffin (voice)
Adam West	...	Mayor Adam West (voice)
Wally Wingert	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Rene Auberjonois	...	Odo (voice)
Ralph Garman	...	(voice)
Jennie Garth	...	Kelly Taylor (voice)
Larry Kenney	...	Lion-O (voice)
Lynne Lipton	...	Cheetara (voice)
Jason Priestley	...	Brandon Walsh (voice)
Chris Sheridan	...	(voice)
Danny Smith	...	(voice)
Tori Spelling	...	Donna Martin (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	(voice)
Adam Borstein	...	(voice)
Joy Behar	...	Herself (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	The Stork (voice)
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Indian (voice) (as Bill Fagerbaake)
David A. Goodman	...	Jesus (voice)
Ali Hillis	...	(voice)
Busy Philipps	...	(voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Joe Swanson (voice)
Audrey Wasilewski	...	(voice)

Directed by
Pete Michels
Peter Shin		(supervising)

Writing credits
Seth MacFarlane		(creator)
Seth MacFarlane		(developer) &
David Zuckerman		(developer)
Gary Janetti		(written by) (part 1) and
Chris Sheridan		(written by) (part 1)
Alex Borstein		(written by) (part 2)
Steve Callaghan		(written by) (part 3)
Tom Devanney		(staff writer) &
Kirker Butler		(staff writer)
Patrick Meighan		(staff writer) &
John Viener		(staff writer) &
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong		(staff writer)

Produced by
Alex Borstein	....	co-producer
Steve Callaghan	....	co-producer
Kim Fertman	....	associate producer
David A. Goodman	....	executive producer
Mike Henry	....	co-producer
Patrick Henry	....	co-producer
Mark Hentemann	....	consulting producer
Seth MacFarlane	....	executive producer
Michael Rowe	....	supervising producer
Chris Sheridan	....	executive producer
Danny Smith	....	co-executive producer
Shannon Smith	....	animation producer
Alec Sulkin	....	co-producer
Kara Vallow	....	producer
Wellesley Wild	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Ron Jones

Film Editing by
Mike Elias

Casting by
Linda Lamontagne

Production Management
Karin Perrotta	....	post-production supervisor
Brandee Stilwell	....	production supervisor
Brandi Young	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kurt Dumas	....	assistant director
Tuck Tucker	....	assistant director

Art Department
Young Baek	....	storyboard revisionist
Aldin Baroza	....	storyboard artist (as Aldin Barozza)
Dominic Bianchi	....	storyboard revisionist
Bob Bowen	....	storyboard artist
Andrew Burrell	....	prop designer
Sandra Calleros	....	color key (as Sandra Lee Calleros)
Cynthia Carrington	....	color key
Bev Chapman	....	prop designer
Won Ki Cho	....	storyboard artist
Mark Covell	....	storyboard revisionist
Joseph Daniello	....	storyboard artist (as Joe Daniello)
Rick Del Carmen	....	storyboard artist
Mark Ervin	....	storyboard artist
Steve Fonti	....	storyboard artist (as Steven Fonti)
Louis Gallegos	....	storyboard revisionist
Jennifer Graves	....	storyboard artist
Kevin Hanley	....	color key
Phil Langone	....	storyboard revisionist
Spencer Laudiero	....	storyboard revisionist
Young Lee	....	storyboard artist
Cynthia McIntosh	....	color key
John McIntyre	....	storyboard artist
Erik Moxcey	....	storyboard artist
Dan Povenmire	....	storyboard artist
Sharon Ross	....	character designer
Ted Seko	....	storyboard revisionist
Brandon Strathmann	....	storyboard revisionist
Niki Yang	....	storyboard revisionist (as Niki Hyun Yang)

Sound Department
Sam Black	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan Cubert	....	production sound mixer
Steve Dierkens	....	sound editor
Matthew T. Duncan	....	sound recordist
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bob Newlan	....	sound supervisor

Visual Effects by
Chad Katona	....	compositing supervisor

Animation Department
Ed Acosta	....	character designer
Matt Barrios	....	animatic editor: DVD
David Beall	....	background designer
David Bemis	....	animatic scanner (as David A. Bemis)
Anthony Blasucci	....	animation production assistant
Peter R. Brown	....	overseas animation supervisor
Patrick Buchanan	....	animation timer
Acacia Caputo	....	animation timer
Acacia Caputo	....	lip assignment
Mick Cassidy	....	character designer
Chad E. Cooper	....	background designer (as Chad Cooper)
Jerilyn Dever	....	animation timer
Fitzgerald Gonzalez	....	animatic scanner
Gary Hall	....	animation checker
Ken Hayashi	....	character designer
Younghee Higa	....	animation timer
Nicki Hill	....	animation production assistant
Christopher Holt	....	background designer (as Christopher 'Seattle' Holt)
Robert Ingram	....	animation timer
Wendy Jacobsmeyer	....	animation checker
Mi-soon Kim	....	animation checker (as Misoon Kim)
Michael Kinkade	....	animation production assistant
Andi Klein	....	animation timer
Jim Lara	....	animatic editor (as Jim E. Lara)
Monica Lee	....	animatic editor
Jeff Mertz	....	background designer (as J.A. Mertz)
Kip Noschese	....	background designer
Andrew Overtoom	....	animation timer
Ginny Sherwood	....	background designer
Andy Tauke	....	animatic editor
Laurie Wetzler	....	track reader
Jungja Wolf	....	animation timer
Dave Woody	....	animation production assistant
Kim Keung Yeon	....	overseas animation director
Amanda Young	....	animation production assistant

Editorial Department
Eric Brown	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Stan Jones	....	music editor
Joe Zimmerman	....	music librarian

Other crew
Caitlin Alexander	....	retake coordinator
Amanda Bell	....	production coordinator
Amanda Bell	....	retake coordinator
Jim Bernstein	....	executive story editor
Kevin Biggins	....	production assistant
Tanya Calderon	....	production coordinator
Tanya Calderon	....	retake coordinator
Tom Dennis	....	accounting assistant
Mike Desilets	....	production assistant
Angelo Fazio	....	production assistant
Matt Fleckenstein	....	assistant to writers
Joanna Fuller	....	assistant: David A. Goodman
Andrew Goldberg	....	assistant: Seth MacFarlane
Michael Guerena	....	production assistant
Laura Hilker	....	assistant: Kara Vallow
John Holmquist	....	re-take director
Katie Krentz	....	production coordinator
Jerry Langford	....	re-take director
J. Lee	....	production assistant (as J Lee)
Dominic Polcino	....	re-take director
Daniel Ridgers	....	production coordinator
Shawn Ries	....	production assistant
Brooke Roberts	....	assistant to writers
Liddane Sanders	....	production controller
Michael Shipley	....	executive story editor
Oscar Sosa	....	assistant production accountant
John Tumlin	....	office manager
Tara Whitaker	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Television
• Fox Television Animation
• Fuzzy Door Productions
• Sunwoo Entertainment (overseas animation production)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Fox Broadcasting Company (2006) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• LaserPacific  post-production facility (as Laserpacific)
• Slightly Off Track  track reader (as Slightly-Off Track Inc.)
• Technicolor Sound Services  post-production sound
• Wilshire Stages, The  post-production sound (as Wilshire Stages)

Also Known As:

Family Guy: The Movie (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-MA (uncut version) | Australia:M | UK:15 | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | USA:Not Rated

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

According to the DVD commentary there was an episode called "Queer as Stewie" where Stewie has a near-death experience and comes out of the closet, but when Fox canceled Family Guy in 2002, the idea was scrapped. Eventually, the idea became the first part of the movie, with the latter part of the plot removed. Also, "Stewie B. Goode" was originally going to be one episode, but the story was thought to be too long for half an hour and was changed into a DVD movie.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Several times, when Quagmire's RV is shown moving, it is going forward, but the wheels are not moving.

Quotes:

Wilfred Brimley: Hi, I'm Wilfred Brimley, and I have diabetes. It hurts me to pee, and it causes me to be short with my family. I can't sleep at night. The other day, I stubbed my toe and took it out on the dog. And two weeks ago, I ran out of vanilla ice cream and struck my wife. Then I find out my wife's been dead for six years. Who the hell did I hit?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Soundtrack:

East Bound And Down

I think "mildly entertained" would be the best way to describe my reaction

Much like the series, the "Family Guy"-movie was just okay and nothing more. There are a few amusing jokes and mostly the whole thing is just entertaining enough to keep watching. This show's problem has always been its lack of originality and one has to say that South Park hit the nail on the head when they made fun of the lazy writing in two of its recent episodes. "Family Guy" does mostly consist of completely random jokes that add nothing to the storyline, like a throwaway version of "The Simpsons". Once you see this formula through the whole "Do you remember when Peter did this and that"-jokes just become annoying.

Consequently "Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story" isn't so much a real "Family Guy"-movie but rather a stretched version of a regular episode that's built around countless random joke-sequences. If you're a huge fan of the show you're probably going to enjoy the movie. Personally, I think the "South Park" and even the "Beavis and Butt-Head" makers succeeded much better in producing actual movies for their respective franchises. I certainly hope "The Simpsons" motion picture will not just seem like an expanded version of a TV episode like this movie does.