TMNT (2007)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Kevin Munroe

Writers:

Kevin Munroe (written by)
Peter Laird (characters) ...
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Release Date:

23 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Raising Shell In 2007

Plot:

The continued adventures of the four adolescent mutated turtles gifted in the art of the ninja, as they attempt to stop a mysterious evil that threatens to end the world.

Plot Keywords:

Turtle | New York City | Ninja | Monster | Martial Arts

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Chris Evans	...	Casey (voice)
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	April O'Neil (voice)
Mako	...	Splinter (voice)
Kevin Smith	...	Diner Cook (voice)
Patrick Stewart	...	Winters (voice)
Ziyi Zhang	...	Karai (voice)
Laurence Fishburne	...	Narrator (voice)
Mitchell Whitfield	...	Donatello (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Leonardo (voice)
Mikey Kelley	...	Michelangelo (voice)
Nolan North	...	Raphael / Nightwatcher (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Colonel Santino (voice)
Paula Mattioli	...	General Serpiente (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	General Aguila / Additional Voices (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	General Gato (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Dee Baker)
Greg Baldwin	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Chris Edgerly	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kim Mai Guest	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jennifer Hale	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Paul Michael Robinson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tara Strong	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Billy West	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jason Broad	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)
Willow Geer	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)
Andy Hirsch	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)
Barbara Iley	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)
Terry Maratos	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)
Jeremy Maxwell	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)
Tracy Metro	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)
David Michie	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)
David Randolph	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice) (as David J. Randolph)
Vernon Scott	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)
Andreana Weiner	...	Background Voices (Wallah) (voice)

Directed by
Kevin Munroe

Writing credits
Kevin Munroe		(written by)
Peter Laird		(characters) &
Kevin Eastman		(characters)

Produced by
Michael J. Arnold	....	line producer
Kyle Clark	....	producer (studio segments)
Frederick U. Fierst	....	executive producer
Thomas K. Gray	....	producer
Felix Ip	....	co-producer
Francis Kao	....	executive producer
Peter Laird	....	executive producer
Gary Richardson	....	executive producer
Galen Walker	....	producer (as H. Galen Walker)
Paul Wang	....	producer

Original Music by
Klaus Badelt

Cinematography by
Stephen G. Lumley		(as Steve Lumley)

Film Editing by
John Damien Ryan

Casting by
Dawn Hershey

Production Design by
Simon Murton

Art Direction by
Mon Cheung
Simon Murton
Ahtam Tam

Production Management
Brad Arensman	....	post-production supervisor
Shanna Bassinger	....	production manager
Jojo Chuk	....	production manager
Justine Lam	....	production manager
Shuk Fan Leung	....	production manager
William Maurer	....	production manager
Mo Mou	....	head of production
Kris Zhai	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Tanaka	....	assistant director

Art Department
Greg Bartkus	....	assistant art director
Jonathan Carlos	....	art department coordinator
James Doh	....	storyboard artist
Trevor Goring	....	storyboard artist
Anson Jew	....	storyboard artist
Jeff Julian	....	concept designer
Steve Jung	....	concept artist
Steve Jung	....	illustrator
Steve Jung	....	matte painter
Dave McCaig	....	color designer
Samir Patel	....	layout
David Schwartz	....	storyboard supervisor (as Dave Schwartz)
Rhoydon Shishido	....	storyboard artist
Adam Tankell	....	graphic designer
Francis Tsai	....	conceptual designer
Seth Wilder	....	graffiti artist
Simeon Wilkins	....	storyboard artist
Andy Chung	....	concept designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
J. David Atherton	....	production sound mixer
Petra Bach	....	adr supervisor
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bradford Bell	....	foley recordist
David V. Butler	....	adr editor
Christopher Carmichael	....	assistant sound engineer
Russell Farmarco	....	adr editor
John P. Fasal	....	sound effects recordist (as John Paul Fasal)
Eric Flickinger	....	sound recordist
Cameron Frankley	....	sound designer
Cameron Frankley	....	supervising sound editor
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer (as D.M. Hemphill)
Doug Jackson	....	sound designer
Jason W. Jennings	....	sound designer
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Ryan Juggler	....	supervising foley editor (as Ryan B. Juggler)
Randy Kelley	....	sound designer (as Randall Kelley)
Randy Kelley	....	sound effects editor
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound designer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound effects editor
Jon Michaels	....	assistant sound editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Carlos Sotolongo	....	adr mixer
Jamie Thomason	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Desmond Chan	....	lead technical director
Tony Dustin	....	digital film colorist
Sean Ermey	....	character animator
Joshua Gunther	....	visual effects
Earl A. Hibbert	....	pre-visualization artist
Rodney Montague	....	visual effects producer: main title sequence
Kith Ng	....	visual effects supervisor
Kim Ooi	....	supervising animator
Ira Shain	....	pre-visualisation artist
Brad Sutton	....	digital quality control
Wilson Tang	....	digital quality control
Sammy Wong	....	pre-visualization
Joey Wray	....	systems engineer
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Justin M. Lubin	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Drew Adams	....	animator
Colin Brady	....	supervisor: additional animation
Ray Chase	....	character animator
Mark Donald	....	character animator
Ken Duncan	....	supervising animator
Bryan Engram	....	supervising animator
Shaun Freeman	....	animator
Tim Hatcher	....	character animator
Adam Holmes	....	head of layout
Jeff Matsuda	....	character designer
Kim Ooi	....	supervising animator
Thomas Perkins	....	character designer

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Dave Lieber	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Ron Barr	....	digital intermediate editor
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Sean Coyle	....	second assistant editor
Tony Dustin	....	film colorist
Allyse Manoff	....	digital intermediate producer
Brett S. McCarthy	....	first assistant editor
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Kyle Kenneth Batter	....	additional orchestrator (as Kyle Batter)
Christine Bergren	....	music clearance
Christopher Brooks	....	score co-producer
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
George Doering	....	musician: guitar
Robert Elhai	....	music preparation
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator
Karen Han	....	musician: featured erhu
Ian Honeyman	....	music arranger
Ian Honeyman	....	music arranger: synthesizer
Ian Honeyman	....	music programmer: synthesizer
Ian Honeyman	....	orchestrator: synthesizer
Jim Honeyman	....	orchestrator
Joel Iwataki	....	music score mixer
Joel Iwataki	....	score recordist
Julianne Jordan	....	music supervisor
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Russ Kunkel	....	musician: featured drums
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Tobias Marberger	....	music arranger: synthesizer
Tobias Marberger	....	music programmer: synthesizer
Tobias Marberger	....	orchestrator: synthesizer
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Andrew Raiher	....	music arranger: synthesizer
Andrew Raiher	....	orchestrator: synthesizer
Andrew Raiher	....	programmer: synthesizer
Alexander Reumers	....	score technical assistant
William Ross	....	conductor
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Curtis Roush	....	music editor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Eric Stonerook	....	music preparation
John Ashton Thomas	....	music arranger: synthesizer
John Ashton Thomas	....	music programmer: synthesizer
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator: synthesizer
Jeff Toyne	....	orchestrator
Brad Warnaar	....	orchestrator
Masakazu Yoshizawa	....	musician: featured shakuhachi

Other crew
Jamie Bukowski	....	assistant: Klaus Badelt
Cassandra Fauss	....	production coordinator
Ray Felipe	....	script analyst
Howard Ho	....	assistant to producer
Vahe Kallibjian	....	assistant production coordinator
William Maurer	....	production coordinator
Mo Mou	....	head of production
Stephan Rothman	....	production accountant
Bruce Schluter	....	title designer: main titles
Jamie Thomason	....	dialogue director

Thanks
German Cheung	....	in memory of
Quinton Flynn	....	special thanks
Nika Futterman	....	special thanks
David S. Goyer	....	special thanks (as David Goyer)
Darren Higman	....	special thanks
Wayne Kazan	....	special thanks
Matt Landon	....	special thanks
Mako	....	in memory of (as Mako Iwamatsu)
Jeffrey Robinov	....	special thanks (as Jeff Robinov)
Kathy Sarreal	....	special thanks
Harvey Weinstein	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Imagi Animation Studios
• Imagi Production
• Mirage Studios
• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
• Weinstein Company, The (presents)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Applause Entertainment (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Cinergia (2007) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Cyprus) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Ster-Kinekor Pictures (2007) (South Africa) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Medyavizyon (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• Nordisk Film (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2007) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Reel FX Creative Studios (additional character animation)

Other Companies

• Atlantic Records  soundtrack
• Blue Yonder Films  special thanks
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Eastwood Scoring Stage  score recorded at (as Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros.)
• Groovemasters Studio  additional score recording (as Groovemasters)
• L.A. Studios, The  additional adr recorded at
• Margarita Mix  additional adr recorded at
• Pacific Title  main and end titles (as Pacific Title and Art Studio)
• Spot-On Scripts  continuity scripts
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  opticals
• Technicolor  prints
• Warner Bros. Studio Facilities  sound editing and re-recording

Also Known As:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (USA) (long title)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV (USA) (working title)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Immortal (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for animated action violence, some scary cartoon images and mild language.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Hong Kong | USA

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:PG | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-11 | Hong Kong:I | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:PG (certificate #43348) | Australia:PG | Malaysia:U | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:6 | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Sweden:7 | Denmark:7 | Norway:7 | South Korea:All | South Africa:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | France:U | Portugal:M/6 | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG

Company:

Imagi Animation Studios

Trivia:

One of the arcades at the Turtle's lair features the character Zeus from Imagi's animated TV series, "Zentrix" (2001).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After Raphael argues with Donatello, and Splinter is introduced, Raphael's bandanna briefly turns grey as he leaves.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: Four turtles. Four brothers. Genetically reborn in the sewers of New York. Named after the Renaissance masters and trained as ninjas.

Movie Connections:

References "Gilmore Girls" (2000)

Soundtrack:

NJ News

Welcome Back Green Dudes

Greetings again from the darkness. Reinventing a once popular franchise is always a bit of a gamble since the built-in audience will be very critical to changes and building a new audience can be extremely difficult. The secret usually lies in the ability to recapture the good parts from the original and add modern touches in order to attract new viewers.

Director Kevin Munroe delivers some witty one-liners and a couple of nice fight scenes all wrapped up in a terrific new animation style that lends itself very well to the dark side of sewers and big cities. Additionally, some complicated interaction between Leonardo and Rafael add a dimension not normally seen with the Turtles. All the necessary elements are there: the fight scenes (in keeping with the PG rating) are action packed, but with very little real violence; the bad guys are bent on world domination, even though the familiar Shredder is gone; the Turtle brothers struggle at times, but of course come together as a team when necessary; and the funny one-liners will make all ages giggle.

The downsides are the opening stage-setting scene, which will be a bit boring and hard to follow for the youngsters and the lack of any type of catchy music for the characters. Michaelangelo remains the fun-loving one, but he and Donnatello are pretty minor characters, and a big complaint is the lack of edge to Casey Jones. Instead of a hockey mask, he should probably dress as the Sta-Puff Marshmallow Man. Still, none of that takes away from a fun film with a beautiful look.

Voice acting is pretty well done by the likes of Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Patrick Stewart, Mako, Kevin Smith and Ziyi Zhang. So take the kids and if you were once a Turtle fan, you should treat yourself to the fine new version. Cowabunga!!