The Movies (2005) (VG)

Director:

Peter Molyneux

Writers:

Martin Alexander Korda (writer) and
Mark Hill (writer)

Release Date:

8 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family

Plot:

You play the head of a movie studio who must produce movies, manage your personnel and market your product as the technology of the medium changes over the years.

Plot Keywords:

Studio | Movie Studio | 1920s | Performance | Gibberish

Cast

Benedict Caeser	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ben Cullum	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jamie Cullum	...	DJ English Hughie (voice)
Kyle Eastwood	...	DJ Andy Wright (voice)
Kenny Andrews	...	DJ Randy Shaw (voice) (as Kennie Andrews)
Louisa Gummer	...	Voice (voice)
Lillian Paulson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
William Roberts	...	DJ Wally Krunckleburger, Awards Man (voice)
Eric Meyers	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Eric Myers)
Kerry Shale	...	DJ William McDuff, Future News (voice)
Laurel Lefkow	...	PA Announcer (voice)
Patricia Rodriguez	...	Adwards Woman (voice)
Lorelei King	...	Tech News Announcer (voice)
Robert O. Smith	...	DJ Mad Dog John (voice)
Tony Guida	...	Current News (voice)

Country:

UK

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:12 | USA:T

Company:

Lionhead Studios

Trivia:

Most of the names of the various Stars and other crew that show up to work on your studio lot throughout the game are taken from staff members who worked on the game.

Quotes:

Alexa St. Fontain: I'm Alexa St. Fontain, your goddess of gossip.
Jim Sashe': And this is swami of celebrity swank, Jim Sashe', you're watching...
Both: This is Hollywood!
Alexa St. Fontain: [off-screen] Remember this apple-cheek little starlet? Here she is in her very first picture, "Cross Country with Uncle Leadfoot."
Jim Sashe': Wow, grandpa, keep your hands on the wheel!
Alexa St. Fontain: That's screen sensation Ashley Brown, star of last summer mega-blockbuster "Monkey in the Hauntings."
Jim Sashe': Of course she is, Alexa. Ashley Brown is bonified movie magic. Let's take a look at her transformation from "Barely Legal" to "Double D-light".

Wonderfully Encapsulating

The Movies was the first game I had played in years that had me giggling at the computer monitor with ardent glee. I was fascinated by it, and could hardly get going as a player, because I was so perplexed by just how unique it is. In a time where Hollywood is struggling with ideas and music is manufacturing pop idols after pop idols for destitute cover versions, it's great to know the gaming industry comes up trumps with things like this, when it gets constantly criticised for ripping off the film industry.

There's so much to do. As the producer of your studio you must hire actors, extras, writers, crewmen and directors to film your movies. And builders, janitors and Scientists to help upkeep your studio. The music played throughout very nicely suits whichever decade you are playing in, be it the jazzy 30s or the rockin' 60s. The PA is wonderfully ironic. Early days you here a man frowning upon the movie industry, as he was once on the stage, don't you know. In the 50s it is at it's most hilarious with a Joe McCarthy style anti-communist paranoia. Little touches like this are what give "The Movies" it's genius. But the real genius lies in the film making. I was just sitting there wondering how on earth we had got to this. It's so much fun. And really funny. There are obvious problems, but I'm sure they'll be tended to in the inevitable sequels. The main problem with the game is it'll probably take over your life. I can't remember the last time I went to sleep.