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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Writers:
Matt Groening (creator) &
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Release Date:
24 June 2008 (USA) more
Plot:
The Planet Express crew must work to fix rips between their universe and another inhabited by a planet-sized... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
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FANTASTIC new exploration for the Planet Express team more (62 total)

Cast

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Billy West ... Philip J. Fry / Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth / Dr. Zoidberg / Zapp Brannigan / Richard Nixon / Leo Wong / Moon Farmer / M-5438 / Mr. Kroker / Judge Ron Whitey / Carnival Barker / Superhero / Land Squid (voice)

Katey Sagal ... Turanga Leela (voice)
John Di Maggio ... Bender / Randy Munchnick / URL / Calculon's Manservant / Funkalistics Lead Singer / Guard #1 (voice) (as John DiMaggio)
Tress MacNeille ... Crazed Fan / Bender's First Born Son / Hattie McDoogal / Linda / The Grand Midwife / Pocket Pal / Thog / Gladys Lennox / Suicide Booth / Monique / Petunia / Mrs. Kroker / Morgan Procter (voice)

Maurice LaMarche ... Kif Kroker / Calculon / Morbo / Schlomo / SportsBot 5000 / Lrrr / Destructor / Horrible Gelatinous Blob / Hedonismbot / Fishy Joseph Gillman / Harold Zoid / King Kong / Guard #2 (voice)

Phil LaMarr ... Hermes Conrad / Horse Repair Robot / Ndulu / Robot 1-X / Billionairebot / Bolt Rollands (voice)

Lauren Tom ... Amy Wong / Inez Wong (voice)

David Herman ... Dr. Ogden Wernstrom / Plastic Surgeon Robot / British Robot / Coffee Enema Robot / Chu / Warden Vogel / Three-Eyed Zebra / Fatbot / Giant Medium-Sized Ant / Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer / Pazuzu (voice)

Dan Castellaneta ... The Robot Devil (voice)

David Cross ... Yivo (voice)
Stephen Hawking ... Himself (voice)

Brittany Murphy ... Colleen O'Hallahan (voice)
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Directed by
Peter Avanzino 
 
Writing credits
Matt Groening  creator &
Matt Groening  developer &
David X. Cohen  developer

Michael Rowe  written by

Produced by
David X. Cohen .... executive producer
Matt Groening .... executive producer
Claudia Katz .... producer
Michael Rowe .... co-executive producer
Lee Supercinski .... producer
Patric Verrone .... co-executive producer
 
Original Music by
Christopher Tyng 
 
Film Editing by
Paul D. Calder 
 
Casting by
Scott Muller 
 
Art Department
Stephen Sandoval .... storyboard artist
 
Sound Department
Eric Friend .... sound recordist
Travis Powers .... sound designer
Carlos Sotolongo .... adr mixer
Carlos Sotolongo .... original dialogue mixer
Samuel C. Crutcher .... sound effects editor (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Mark Orme .... 3D generalist
Jason Plapp .... digital camera and composite
Chris Stover .... 3D animator
 
Animation Department
Edmund Fong .... story artist
Megan Kelly .... character layout artist
Brian LoSchiavo .... character layout artist
Jeff Mertz .... background artist
Robert P. Moore .... character layout artist
Vladi Rubizhevsky .... background artist
John Seymore .... model designer
T.C. Starnes Jr. .... background layout artist
 
Editorial Department
Danik Thomas .... associate editor
Chad Woods .... color key
 
Music Department
Scott Schirle .... music editor
 
Other crew
Michael Saikin .... production assistant
Ben Sigman .... systems administrator
Cindy Azada Whitman .... design coordinator
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Beast with a Billion Backs (Australia)
The Futurama Movie 2 (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Argentina:90 min | Greece:90 min | Spain:85 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When the monster's tentacle start breaking through the city, characters are seen running for cover in an insurance building. The insurance company is "Space Farm", a spoof on "State Farm." State Farm's symbol says "Life, Auto, and Fire". Space Farm's symbol says, "Life, Auto, and Monster". more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Kif says hello to Fry on the missile he switches back and forth from being on the left and right sides of its fin. more
Quotes:
[from trailer]
Turanga Leela: People of everywhere, I have shocking news!
Yivo: Hey, butt out!
Turanga Leela: These aren't tentacles, they're gentacles!
Philip J. Fry: Ewwwwwww...
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Movie Connections:
References Space Invaders (1978) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
Jungle Boogie more

FAQ

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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
FANTASTIC new exploration for the Planet Express team, 2 July 2008
10/10
Author: thelazygryphon from United States

Upon the very first viewing of this movie, Futurama fans ought to be willing to pony up the 25 bucks a pop for the next 2 installments in this series without even thinking twice. Even more so than the Simpsons theatrical feature, this should stand as Matt Groening's best usage of the full-length format to tell a story that is at once compelling and completely hilarious.

Bender steals the show, we all knew it would happen, but the real highlight here is the film's conclusion, which breaches the small-screen feel of the Futurama series to enter the realm of great space epics, with a final outcome that would rival any of Douglas Adams' wildest dreams. Critics of this film should realize that an animated movie isn't going to bring you ultimate happiness, but rather you should enjoy the simple message this film presents, and think twice about the story's moral questions about life, the universe and everything...

Fantastic movie, and some of the best jokes we've ever seen from Philip J. Fry and crew. Can't wait for the next one...

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