Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) (V)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Dwayne Carey-Hill

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator)
Matt Groening (developer) ...
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Release Date:

27 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Just when you thought it was safe to watch something else!

Plot:

Planet Express sees a hostile takeover and Bender falls into the hands of criminals where he is used to fulfill their schemes. |

Plot Keywords:

Hostile Takeover | Cult Cartoon | Marital Problem | Scam | Cult Comedy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Billy West	...	Philip J. Fry / Dr. John Zoidberg / Prof. Hubert Farnsworth / Zapp Brannigan / God Entity / President Richard Nixon's Head / Lars Fillmore / Inuit #1 / Silly Willy Wideo Will Guy / Additional Voices (voice)
Katey Sagal	...	Turanga Leela (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Bender Rodriguez / Barbados Slim / Robot Santa / Mr. Panucci / Elzar / Sal / Constantine / Curly Joe / Additional Voices (voice) (as John DiMaggio)
Tress MacNeille	...	Linda / Dr. Cahill / Dr. Shlavinowitz / Turanga Munda / Tinny Tim / Hattie McDoogal / Leela's Wrist Thingy / Bender's Computer / Additional Voices (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Kif Kroker / Transition Announcer / Hedonismbot / Schlump / Morbo / Horrible Gelatinous Blob / Donbot / Clamps / Leelu / Cyrogenist / Leroy / Inuit #2 / Charles de Gaulle's Head / Headless Body of Agnew / Additional Voices (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Hermes Conrad / Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate / Dwight Conrad / Philip Joshua Fry / Additional Voices (voice)
Lauren Tom	...	Amy Wong / Philip J. Fry II / Additional Voices (voice)
David Herman	...	Nudar / Scruffy / Turanga Morris / Terry / Father Changstein-El-Gamal / Nude Bartender / Sweet Clyde / Phillip Fry / 21st Century Newscaster / Additional Voices (voice)
Dawnn Lewis	...	LaBarbara Conrad (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Cubert Farnsworth (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Nibbler / Fleb / Seymour / Additional Voices (voice)
Coolio	...	Kwanzabot (voice)
Al Gore	...	Himself (voice)
Mark Hamill	...	Chanukah Zombie (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Yancy Fry Jr. (voice)
Sarah Silverman	...	Michelle (voice)

Directed by
Dwayne Carey-Hill

Writing credits
Matt Groening		(creator)
Matt Groening		(developer) &
David X. Cohen		(developer)
Ken Keeler		(teleplay)
Ken Keeler		(story) &
David X. Cohen		(story)

Produced by
Elise Belknap	....	associate producer
David X. Cohen	....	executive producer
Matt Groening	....	executive producer
Eric Kaplan	....	supervising producer
Claudia Katz	....	producer
Rich Moore	....	animation executive producer
Michael Rowe	....	supervising producer
Lee Supercinski	....	producer
Geraldine Symon	....	animation line producer
Geraldine Symon	....	producer: main title
Gregg Vanzo	....	animation executive producer
Patric Verrone	....	co-executive producer (as Patric M. Verrone)

Original Music by
Christopher Tyng

Film Editing by
Paul D. Calder

Casting by
Scott Muller

Production Design by
Serban Cristescu

Production Management
Michael Hughes	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Smith	....	director: main title
Mun Jeong Yu	....	assistant director (as Yumun Jeong)

Sound Department
Peter Cole	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Phillipson	....	track reader
Travis Powers	....	sound designer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	production mixer

Visual Effects by
Don W. Kim	....	3D animator (as Don Kim)
Gena Kornyshev	....	digital background painter (as Genna Kornyshev)
David Lee	....	effects animator
John MacFarlane	....	effects animator
Mark Orme	....	3D animator
Jason Plapp	....	digital camera and composite
Chris Stover	....	3D animator
Doug Tiano	....	digital camera and composite
Scott Vanzo	....	3D director: main title
Scott Vanzo	....	digital camera and composite supervisor
Scott Vanzo	....	director of computer graphics
Eric Whited	....	3D animator
Eric Whited	....	3D animator: main title
Mike Wodkowski	....	digital camera and composite

Animation Department
Daniel Bond	....	character layout artist
Crystal Chesney	....	retake director
Patrick Dailey	....	character layout artist (as Patrick T. Dailey)
Stephen DeStefano	....	storyboard artist (as Stephen Destefano)
Erben Detrablan	....	background layout artist (as Erben Detablan)
Orlando Distor	....	character layout artist
Edgar Duncan	....	background & prop designer (as Edgar Duncan Jr.)
Tim Eldred	....	storyboard artist
Jim Feeley	....	character designer
Edmund Fong	....	storyboard artist
Bradley J. Gake	....	background layout artist (as Bradley Gake)
Christofer Graham	....	storyboard artist (as Chris Graham)
Colin Heck	....	storyboard artist
Peter Hixson	....	animation timer
Timothy Hwang	....	background layout artist (as Tim Hwang)
Claudia V. Keene	....	character layout artist (as Claudia Keene)
Karapet Keroglyan	....	character designer
Jae H. Kim	....	character layout artist
Sean Kim	....	character layout artist
Julianna Korsborn	....	character layout artist (as Juliana Korsborn)
Joy Ki Peum Lee	....	background layout artist
Sang Am Lee	....	animation checker
Brian LoSchiavo	....	character layout artist
Peter Maivia	....	design clean-up artist
Aimee Major	....	character layout artist (as Aimee Steinberger)
Kenny McGill	....	background layout artist
Jeff Mertz	....	background & prop designer
Maureen Mlynarczyk	....	animation timer
Robert P. Moore	....	character layout artist
Jeanette Moreno	....	character layout artist
Brian Phillipson	....	track reading & lip assignment
Drew T. Pierce	....	character layout artist (as Drew Pierce)
Vladi Rubizhevsky	....	background & prop designer
Stephen Sandoval	....	storyboard artist
John Seymore	....	background & prop designer
Hyunbo Simm	....	character layout artist
Steve Socki	....	animation timing director
Pablo Solis	....	storyboard artist
Derek Lee Thompson	....	character layout artist (as Derek Thompson)
Roger Viloria	....	character layout artist
Stevan Wahl	....	character layout artist
Bonnie F. Watkins	....	animation accountant (as Bonnie Watkins)
Cindy Azada Whitman	....	design coordinator
Mun Jeong Yu	....	overseas animation supervisor (as Yumun Jeong)

Editorial Department
Samantha Harrison	....	color supervisor
Rachel Stratton	....	color key
Danik Thomas	....	associate editor
Samuel S. Williams	....	editor: RDS (as Samuel Williams)
Chad Woods	....	color key

Music Department
Scott Schirle	....	music editor

Other crew
N. Vyolet Diaz	....	assistant to producers
Hugo Linares	....	production assistant
Deanna Maclellan	....	assistant to producers (as Deanna MacLellan)
Jeffrey Perez	....	production assistant
Sylvia Ramirez	....	assistant production accountant (as Sylvia C. Ramirez)
Carolyn Roach	....	production assistant
Michael Saikin	....	production assistant
Helen M. Saric	....	production coordinator
Carson Sciarrino	....	production coordinator
Ben Sigman	....	systems administrator
Ursula Wendel	....	assistant to producers
Hyejoon Yun	....	overseas liaison
Katie Krentz	....	assistant to production executive (uncredited)
Marci Proietto	....	studio executive (uncredited)

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Television
• Curiosity Company, The

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Comedy Central (2008) (USA) (TV)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Before Noon Post-Production  post-production facilities
• Travis Powers Sound Design  sound design

Also Known As:

Bender's Big Score (Australia)
The Futurama Movie (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | UK:12 | Spain:13 | Netherlands:6 | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Ireland:12 | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Norway:10 (TV rating)

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Amy Wong's email address is '[e-mail]', Zoidberg's is '[e-mail]' and Bender's is '[e-mail]'. Amy and Zoidberg's are fake, but www.ilovebender.com is a real promotional site for the movie.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Only the male of the Narwhal whale species has a tusk. Leelu is a female. However, it is a very rare case when female Narwhals have tusks, which was referenced in the movie as Leelu being a "rare horned female narwhal."

Quotes:

Amy Wong: Ahh, don't blame yourself, Bender.
Bender: I don't blame myself. I blame all of you!
Amy Wong: Us? How could you possibly blame us?
Bender: It ain't easy. It just proves how great I am.

Movie Connections:

References "Futurama: A Tale of Two Santas (#4.2)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Bender Scores Big.

The first of four Futrama DVDs gets a lot of things right. First of all it remembers why people liked the show in the first place from the oddball space aliens to the shipping romance (kind of an awesome pun for a show about international delivery agents) to the geektastic sci-fi humor and low brow slapstick. It's got everything, again. Only problem is, it's just not up to the series' admittedly high standards. It certainly hits more than misses though and repeat viewings reward with humour you may have missed or not fully been prepared for the first time around.

The plot is hilariously complicated featuring Nudist Spamming Alien Invaders, Time Travel Hijinx and the convoluted relationships between stupid men and the women they love.

Though the box features Bender prominently- our favorite Bending Latino Hearthrob plays second fiddle to a Fry/Leela romance love triangle that comes to a satisfying conclusion. There are so many returning characters from the series' run that very few of them have time to get comfortable before they are whisked away and only a handful have time to actually be funny (though far too many of them bomb) Its actually the little moments that get the biggest laughs.

It's good to have the crew of Planet Express back, even if our second date wasn't quite as hot as our first one.