Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Carlos Saldanha

Writers:

Gerry Swallow (writer) and
Peter Gaulke (screenplay)
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Release Date:

31 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Kiss Your Ice Goodbye

Plot:

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit Ice Age. This time around the Ice Age is over and is starting to melt, which will destroy their valley. So they must unite and warn everyone about the situation.

Plot Keywords:

Valley | Mammoth | Tiger | Squirrel | Sloth

Awards:

3 wins & 13 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 5	9:00 PM	FX
Mon. July 6	6:00 PM	FX

Cast

Ray Romano	...	Manny (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Seann William Scott	...	Crash (voice)
Josh Peck	...	Eddie (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Will Arnett	...	Lone Gunslinger Vulture (voice)
Jay Leno	...	Fast Tony (voice)
Chris Wedge	...	Scrat (voice)
Peter Ackerman	...	Dung Beetle Dad (voice)
Caitlin Rose Anderson	...	Glypto Boy Billy / Beaver Girl (voice)
Connor Anderson	...	Rhino Boy / Beaver Boy (voice)
Joseph Bologna	...	Mr. Start (voice)
Jack Crocicchia	...	Elk Boy (voice)
Peter DeSève	...	Condor Chick (voice)
Nicole DeFelice	...	Start Girl (voice)
Debi Derryberry	...	Diatryma Mom (voice)
Marshall Efron	...	Start Dad (voice)
Tom Fahn	...	Stu / Male Ox (voice)
Jason Fricchione	...	Molehog Grandpa / Shovelmouth Male (voice)
James Edmund Godwin	...	Traffic Vulture (voice)
George Jacobs	...	Beaver Dad (voice)
Clea Lewis	...	Female Mini Sloth / Dung Beetle Mom (voice)
Brian McFadden	...	Glyptodon (voice)
Jansen Panettiere	...	Shovelmouth Boy (voice)
Gregory Romano	...	Start Boy 1 (voice)
Matthew Romano	...	Start Boy 2 (voice)
Stephen Root	...	Aardvark Dad (voice)
Carlos Saldanha	...	Dodo (voice)
Manoela Scarpa Saldanha	...	Molehog Kid 1 (voice)
Sofia Scarpa Saldanha	...	Molehog Kid 2 (voice)
Reyna Shaskan	...	Diego's Bird Girl (voice)
James Sie	...	Freaky Male (voice)
Cindy Slattery	...	Aardvark Mom (voice)
Mindy Sterling	...	Female Ox (voice)
Alex Sullivan	...	James (voice)
Renée Taylor	...	Mrs. Start (voice)
Alan Tudyk	...	Cholly (voice)
Emily Anderson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jack Angel	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Shane Baumel	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Claudia Besso	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kyle J. Bogert	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Rodger Bumpass	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Paul Butcher	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Blanca Camacho	...	Additional Voices (voice)
John Cygan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Olivia DeLaurentis	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Harrison Fahn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Crispin Freeman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Spencer Lacey Ganus	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tim Kirkpatrick	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David H. Kramer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Laura Marano	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Madeleine Martin	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Matthew P. McCarthy	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Laraine Newman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jan Rabson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Zack Shada	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Thomas Sharkey	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ross Simanteris	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Rachel Diaz-Stand	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Rachel Stand)
Ariel Winter	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Carlos Saldanha

Writing credits
Gerry Swallow		(writer)
Peter Gaulke		screenplay
Peter Gaulke		story
Jim Hecht		screenplay
Gerry Swallow		screenplay
Gerry Swallow		story

Produced by
Lori Forte	....	producer
Bob Gordon	....	line producer
Christopher Meledandri	....	executive producer
Chris Wedge	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Powell

Film Editing by
Harry Hitner

Casting by
Christian Kaplan

Art Direction by
Thomas Cardone

Production Management
Jeannine Berger	....	post-production supervisor
Jason Fricchione	....	assistant production manager
Ilyssa Katz	....	assistant production manager: lighting, paint
Angela Macias	....	assistant production manager
Sean M. Murphy	....	assistant production manager: effects
Anthony Nisi	....	production supervisor
Fred Weinberg	....	associate production manager: animation
Patrick Worlock	....	production manager

Art Department
Bob Camp	....	storyboard artist
Peter Clarke	....	conceptual designer
Mike Defeo	....	head of modeling
Mike Defeo	....	sculptor
Karen Disher	....	storyboard artist
William H. Frake III	....	storyboard artist
Chris Gilligan	....	storyboard artist
Mike Knapp	....	visual development artist
Robert MacKenzie	....	design and color
Tony Maki	....	storyboard artist
Daniel lopez Munoz	....	visual development
Daniel Lopez Munoz	....	visual development artist
Gareth Porter	....	set dressing lead
Chris Renaud	....	storyboard artist
Dan Shefelman	....	storyboard artist
Adam Van Wyk	....	storyboard artist
James Willingham III	....	set dresser
Nash Dunnigan	....	workbook layout artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Acord	....	assistant sound editor (as David M. Acord)
Chris Barron	....	digital sound transferer (as Christopher Barron)
Tim Burby	....	digital editorial services
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
John Countryman	....	digital sound transferer
Will Edwards	....	sound recordist
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Greg Farrell	....	sound recordist
Will Files	....	assistant sound designer (as William Files)
Kim Foscato	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Sue Fox	....	foley editor (as Suzanne Fox)
Jonathan Greber	....	digital sound transferer
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Samuel H. Hinckley	....	foley editor
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
David C. Hughes	....	sound effects editor (as David Hughes)
Nick Inhofe	....	sound effects recordist
Roy Latham	....	adr recordist
Roy Latham	....	dialogue mixer
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist
Alan Mays	....	sound engineer
Stuart McCowan	....	adr editor
Steve Morris	....	engineering services
Douglas Murray	....	supervising sound editor
Cheryl Nardi	....	assistant sound editor
Al Nelson	....	sound effects editor
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Brandon Proctor	....	sound mix technician
Charleen Richards	....	adr and dialogue editor
Frank Rinella	....	foley mixer
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Ronald G. Roumas	....	machine room operator
Christopher Scarabosio	....	sound re-recording mixer
Julie Soucek-Munnik	....	IT engineer
Amy Teague	....	apprentice sound editor
George Thompson	....	dialogue adr recordist
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Randy Thom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Dino Tomelden	....	IT engineer
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Marshall Winn	....	adr editor
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Heather M. Shepherd	....	model maker

Visual Effects by
Alexander Adell	....	technical director
Lynn Bacino	....	lighting technical director
Victor Banks	....	digital paint artist
Andrew Beddini	....	senior lighting lead
Wim Bien	....	character animator
Sebastian Bilbao	....	effects technical director
Simon Brown	....	senior technical director: effects sequence supervisor
Ian M. Burkard	....	modeler
Ian D. Butterfield	....	materials technical director
Danielle Cambridge	....	senior technical support lead
Jon Campbell	....	visual effects
Robert V. Cavaleri	....	effects supervisor
Dan Cayer	....	digital compositor: Blue Sky Studios
Dan Cayer	....	lighting technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Dan Chaika	....	digital effects technical director
Eldar Cholich	....	digital compositor
Eldar Cholich	....	lighting technical director
Sheldon Chow	....	fur technical director
Sheldon Chow	....	materials technical director
Sheldon Chow	....	modeler
Rhett Collier	....	effects lead
Michael B. Comet	....	rigging artist
Shaun Cusick	....	co-head of modeling
Shaun Cusick	....	sculptor
Patrick Danaher	....	animator
Jason Davies	....	character rigger
Jonathan Davis	....	lighting technical director
Tamir Diab	....	compositor
Tamir Diab	....	lighter
Aaron Dimunno	....	fur technical director
Diana Diriwaechter	....	lighting technical director
Michael Eringis	....	materials supervisor
David Esneault	....	lighting supervisor
Harold Fraga	....	lighting technical director
Kirk Garfield	....	visual effects lead
Nick Gibbons	....	technical animator
Stephen Gressak	....	character rigger
Eric Grimenstein	....	effects technical director
Brian A. Hill	....	materials technical director
Brien Hindman	....	modeler
Nickie Huai	....	lighting technical director
Ben Kilgore	....	character rigger
Michael Kingsley	....	technical lead
Jamie Kirschenbaum	....	effects technical director
Alen Lai	....	effects technical director
Ken Lee	....	additional lighting technical director
Joe Lilli	....	lighting and technical assistant
Seth Lippman	....	effects technical director
Rosalinda Malibiran	....	lighting technical director
Erik Malvarez	....	character rigger
Joe Mandia	....	character animator
Melanie Martini	....	rendering technical support
Luke Martorelli	....	master lighting artist
Raphael Matto	....	materials technical director
Eric Maurer	....	fur and feathers supervisor
Brett McConnell	....	lighting technical director
David V. Mei	....	modeler
David V. Mei	....	senior digital paint artist
Salvatore Melluso	....	senior modeler
Karyn Monschein	....	layout artist
Cosku Ozdemir	....	effects technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Luis Pages	....	effects technical director
Sean Palmer	....	effects technical director
Pete Paquette	....	character animator
James Parente	....	set dresser
John A. Patterson	....	visual effects
David Ryan Phalen	....	effects technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Elvira Pinkhas	....	effects technical director
Mark Piretti	....	rigging supervisor
Arun Ram-Mohan	....	lighting technical director
Jacob Richards	....	lighting technical director
Matt Roach	....	effects technical director
Edward Robbins	....	modeler
Alan Rogers	....	animator
Aaron M. Ross	....	additional grass
Aaron M. Ross	....	fur technical director
Aaron M. Ross	....	lighting technical director
Ari Rubenstein	....	digital compositor: Blue Sky Studios
Nicole Samarron	....	digital/paint compositor
Jessica Sances	....	character animator
Monika Sawyer	....	lighting technical assistant
Monika Sawyer	....	visual effects technical director
Andrew Schneider	....	effects technical director
Jon Schroth	....	technical director
Chad Sellers	....	animator
Scott Sharp	....	senior character rigger
Ahmed Shehata	....	character rigger
Daniel Ken Shimmyo	....	materials technical director
Daniel Ken Shimmyo	....	modeler
John Siczewicz	....	senior digital artist
Jeeyun Sung	....	lighting lead
Prapanch Swamy	....	lighting technical director
Peter Szewczyk	....	lighting & compositing technical director
Dann Tarmy	....	digital compositor
Dann Tarmy	....	lighting technical director
Gary Telfer	....	3D layout artist
Gary Telfer	....	additional paint artist
Radhika Thirunarayanan	....	materials technical director
John David Thornton	....	visual effects animator
Nikki Tomaino	....	materials technical director
Michael J. Travers	....	computer graphics supervisor
Haji Uesato	....	sequence lighting lead
Stephen Unterfranz	....	character rigger
Stephen Unterfranz	....	effects technical director
Bryan Useo	....	modeling technical director
David Walden	....	character rigger
Jamie Williams	....	fur and feather technical lead
Jamie Williams	....	technical director
Joseph Yoo	....	character rigger
Terry Ziegelman	....	lighting technical director
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Quan Tran	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Quan Tran	....	lighting technical director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Dean	....	lighting technician

Animation Department
Jeff Beazley	....	workbook layout artist
Andrea Blasich	....	additional workbook artist
James Bresnahan	....	animation supervisor
James Bresnahan	....	animator
Nick Bruno	....	animator
James Campbell	....	animation: camera
James Campbell	....	animator
Robert Cardone	....	layout supervisor
Juan Carlos Navarro Carrion	....	senior animator
Scott Carroll	....	animator
Scott Carroll	....	character animator
Jony Chandra	....	story artist
Raul Chavez	....	animator
Kevin Chesnos	....	animator
Jerod Chirico	....	animator
Galen T. Chu	....	animation supervisor (as Galen Tan Chu)
David Couchariere	....	animator
Jason Davies	....	character technical director
Rylan Davies	....	character animator
Ron DeFelice	....	color key artist
Ryan Denniston	....	animator
Peter DeSève	....	character designer
Paul Diaz	....	character animator
Thierry DiDonna	....	character animator
Aaron Dimunno	....	final layout artist
Karen Disher	....	story artist
Paul Downs	....	animator
Scott Farrell	....	character animator
Scott Farrell	....	layout assistant
David Figliola	....	character animator
David Figliola	....	layout artist
William H. Frake III	....	storyboard artist
Jeff Gabor	....	animator
David Gallagher	....	animator
Dean Gordon	....	additional color key artist
Aaron J. Hartline	....	lead animator
Tom Humber	....	workbook layout artist
Leif Jeffers	....	animator
Xiangyuan Jie	....	color key artist
Bruce Kuei	....	character animator
Ken Lee	....	workbook layout artist
Moonsung Lee	....	animator
Alex Li	....	layout artist
Jean Lin	....	animator
Chip Lotierzo	....	animator
Robin Luera	....	animator
Wesley Mandell	....	character animator
Jason Martinsen	....	animator
Chris Wolfgang Mauch	....	additional workbook artist
Rich McKain	....	animator
Peter Moehrle	....	additional color key artist
Felipe Morell	....	additional workbook artist
P. Jeep Naarkom	....	animator
Peter Nguyen	....	additional color key artist
David S. Peng	....	animator
Antonin Plante	....	animator
Robyne Powell	....	animator
Andreas Procopiou	....	animator
Mika Ripatti	....	animator
Derek Rozmes	....	animator
Amber Rudolph	....	animator (as Amber Martorelli)
Tom Saville	....	character animator
Jeremy Shaw	....	animator
Oliver Staeubli	....	animation technical assistant
Melvin Tan	....	character animator
Kevin Thomason	....	layout artist
Mike Thurmeier	....	supervising animator
Zachary Torok	....	character animator
David Torres	....	lead animator
Steve Warbrick	....	animatic artist
Royce Wesley	....	animator
Stephen L. Wong	....	animator
Rafael Zentil	....	story artist
James Chiang	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mickie McGowan	....	group adr voice casting

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Erin Crackel	....	assistant editor
Natasha Leonnet	....	digital intermediate color timer
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Craig Paulsen	....	associate editor
Amy Pawlowski	....	digital intermediate editor
Randy Trager	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor (as Tom Carlson)
Randy Crenshaw	....	featured vocalist
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	orchestra contractor
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Monique Donnelly	....	vocals: soloist
Bruce Dukov	....	concert master
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Germaine Franco	....	assistant to composer
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
Tim Lauber	....	score recordist
Edie Lehmann	....	vocal contractor (as Edie Lehmann Boddicker)
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring crew
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring stage manager
James McKee Smith	....	additional music arranger
James McKee Smith	....	additional music programmer
James McKee Smith	....	additional orchestrator
James McKee Smith	....	composer: additional music
Mark McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Shawn Murphy	....	score mixer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician
John Ashton Thomas	....	additional music arranger
John Ashton Thomas	....	additional music programmer
John Ashton Thomas	....	additional orchestrator
John Ashton Thomas	....	composer: additional music
Karen Whipple	....	featured vocalist
Gina Zimmitti	....	orchestra contractor

Other crew
Jinyi Baird	....	production coordinator: lighting, paint
LaWanda Black	....	assistant: Queen Latifah
Joe Bonomo	....	systems administrator
Jitendra Borse	....	research associate
Jennifer Brola	....	production programmer
Adam Burr	....	senior research associate
Blanca Camacho	....	adr loop group
Alex John Cuthbert	....	lead desktop systems administrator
Brian Dean	....	fur
Mona Falvey	....	assistant: Chris Wedge
Leo Gullotta	....	voice double: Ray Romano
Brett Hoffman	....	script coordinator
Brett Hoffman	....	story coordinator
Pino Insegno	....	voice dubbing: Denis Leary
Christopher Kappler	....	human resources
Kane Lee	....	production scheduler
Alexander Levenson	....	lead modeler
Justin Mandel	....	production assistant
Sean M. Murphy	....	production assistant: story department
Paul Ohrt	....	supervising production accountant
Celine O'Sullivan	....	graphic artist: titles
Kevin Porterfield	....	production systems manager
Cindy Slattery	....	assistant to director
Dave Strick	....	production assistant
Maurice Van Swaaij	....	manager software
Jon Vitti	....	consultant
Chad N. Walker	....	production assistant
Weera Tom Wichitsripornkul	....	technical director
Jayme Wilkinson	....	technical supervisor
Mindy Zemrak	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Blue Sky Studios
• Twentieth Century Fox Animation
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Italia (2006) (Italy) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Centfox Film (2006) (Austria) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Gemini Film (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL4)
• RTL (2008) (Germany) (TV)
• SF Film (2006) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as JoAnn Kane Music Services)
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  score recorded at
• Pacific Title  titles
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• The Hollywood Studio Orchestra  score performed by
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Ice Age 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA) (working title)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (USA) (trailer title)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language and innuendo.

Runtime:

91 min | Philippines:90 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | UK:U | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:G | Malaysia:U | Singapore:G | Brazil:Livre | Australia:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. | France:U | Norway:7 | Sweden:7 | Philippines:G | Portugal:M/6 | USA:PG (certificate #42465) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG

Company:

Blue Sky Studios

Trivia:

Improvements in fur simulation made since the first film required subtle changes in the original character models. Sid, in particular, look fatter with the more natural fur.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, Sid is stood at the top of the huge ice wall ready to jump down the waterfall, Manny and Diego are at the bottom on the floor watching him, they then say "wait there", and even though it takes Sid a while to get up the wall, somehow a Mammoth and a Tiger appear at the top with Sid a few seconds later.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mr. Start: Oy, this global warming is *killing* me!
Mrs. Start: This is too *hot*, the Ice Age was too *cold*, what will it take to make you happy? Aah!
[the ice that she is sitting on cracks and she falls into the water]
Mr. Start: *This* I like!

Movie Connections:

References Jerry Maguire (1996)

Soundtrack:

I Believe I Can Fly

Quite an enjoyable adventure

There are several aspects of this film that I found to be very enjoyable: Its terrific animation, the delightful vocal performances of all the actors involved, and its irresistible imaginative charm. John Leguizamo shines as the heart of the movie, the sloth that inspires all of us to have a good time and gives us hope that there is still some imagination left in Hollywood. His creation and very talented vocal turn perfectly interacts with the other actors' styles. Romano's deadpan delivery this time has found the heart that it sorely missed last time, when it was a just boring attempt to leave his character with no personality. Romano has now found the essence of Manny and has some fun with it. He compliments Queen Latifah's lovely and goofy Ellie. Leary's Diego is not the showiest turn, but he also has some great moments.

In addition to the principals, the possums and the mini sloths are welcome arrivals, and there are some wonderful moments of nutty entertainment, as now computers can portray some truly wacky moments, such as the Berkeley-inspired moment in the sacrificial fire pit and the vulture "food" numbers.

This film is a throwback to what made classics such as "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and The Beast" work: solid acting and a good writing base. It's a commendable and admirable effort.