Futurama: Bender's Game (2008) (V)

Director:

Dwayne Carey-Hill

Writers:

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

4 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Planet Express crew get trapped in a fantasy world. |

Plot Keywords:

Hug | Future | Sewer | Role Playing Game | Lobotomy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Billy West	...	Philip J. Fry / Frydo / Professor Hubert Farnsworth / The Great Wizard Greyfarn / Dr. Zoidberg / Monster Zoidberg / Farmer / Dwarf / Smitty / Treedledum / Additional Voices (voice)
Katey Sagal	...	Turanga Leela / Leegola (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Bender / Titanius Anglesmith / Igner / Ignus / Sal / Hood Ornament Thief / Hermaphrobot / Frydo's Reflection #1 / URL / Bellboy Robot / Additional Voices (voice) (as John DiMaggio)
Tress MacNeille	...	Mom / Momon / Turanga Munda / Nurse Ratchet / Linda / Slurm Queen / Ship's Computer / Natalie Maines / Intercom Robot / Rosie the Robot Maid / Swamp Hag / Centaurette / Additional Voices (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Walt / Waltazar / The Scary Door Narrator / Dr. Perceptron / Morbo / Calculon / Mad Hatter Robot / Vending Machine Robot / Killbots / Morcs / Centaur / Additional Voices (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Hermes Conrad / Hermaphrodite / Dwight Conrad / Pay 'n' Chew Robot / Nibblonian #1 / Slave Robot / Peaches / Additional Voices (voice)
Lauren Tom	...	Amy Wong / Gynecaladriel / Chinese Boy / Additional Voices (voice)
David Herman	...	Larry / Larius / Turanga Morris / Scruffy / Dr. Ogden Wernstrom / Roberto / Nibblonian #2 / Cook / Redneck / Military Man / Frydo's Reflection #2 / Additional Voices (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Cubert Farnsworth / Indian Boy / Additional Voices (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Nibbler / Trolls / Tyrannosaurus Rex / Monkey / Polar Bear / Rat / Chickens / Tunneling Horror / Additional Voices (voice)
E. Gary Gygax	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage) (as Gary Gygax)
Rich Little	...	Himself (voice)
George Takei	...	Himself (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul D. Calder	...	The Die of Power (voice) (uncredited)
David X. Cohen	...	The Die of Power (voice) (uncredited)
Danik Thomas	...	The Die of Power (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Dwayne Carey-Hill

Writing credits
Matt Groening		(creator)
Matt Groening		(developer) &
David X. Cohen		(developer)
Eric Horsted		(teleplay) (parts 1 & 2)
Michael Rowe		(teleplay) (part 3) &
Eric Kaplan		(teleplay) (part 3)
David X. Cohen		(teleplay) (part 4) &
Patric Verrone		(teleplay) (part 4) (as Patric M. Verrone)
Eric Horsted		(story) &
David X. Cohen		(story)

Produced by
David X. Cohen	....	executive producer
Matt Groening	....	executive producer
Eric Horsted	....	co-executive producer
Eric Kaplan	....	co-executive producer
Claudia Katz	....	producer
Rich Moore	....	animation executive producer
Michael Rowe	....	co-executive producer
Lee Supercinski	....	producer
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

Art Department
Stephen Sandoval	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
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
Scott Vanzo	....	director of computer graphics

Animation Department
David D. Au	....	character layout artist
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
T.C. Starnes Jr.	....	background layout artist

Editorial Department
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

Thanks
E. Gary Gygax	....	in memory of (as Gary Gygax)

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Television
• Curiosity Company, The

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Comedy Central (2008) (USA) (TV)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Rough Draft Korea (animation)
• Rough Draft Studios (animation)

Other Companies

• Before Noon Post-Production  post-production facility
• L.A. Studios, The  recording studio
• Travis Powers Sound Design  sound design

Also Known As:

Bender's Game (Australia)
The Futurama Movie 3 (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

UK:12 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-7 | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:6 | Ireland:12 | South Africa:13L | New Zealand:PG

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

When Frydo's (Fry's) two alter egos are fighting with each other, he asks, "S'awright?" and the other replies, "S'awright!", a routine made famous by the Spanish ventriloquist Senor Wences, and his character Pedro, a disembodied head in a box.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The mailbox of Leela's parents house in the sewer reads "Turanga". Turanga may be Leela's 'first' name, but Turanga is actually the family name - Turanga Leela and her parents Turanga Morris and Turanga Munda.

Quotes:

Leegola: What else can we slay? Is that a hobbit over there?
Titanius Anglesmith: No, that's a hobo and a rabbit. But they're making a hobbit.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#40.2)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Chewy Chewy

better than i expected

i won't say i'm a huge fan of Futurama.i have seen a few episodes of the TV series and was not all that impressed. i found them to be mostly slow and boring and unfunny.but,since my friend had bought this direct to video Futurama movie,i thought why not.what's that the worst that could happen?well,as it turns out,i liked it.i thought the story was very interesting,and flowed very well and there were some very funny moments and funny characters.the best part was that i was able to follow everything without knowing that much about the series.after watching this movie(number 3 in the series)i might check out the other three Futurama movies.they are:#1 Bender's Big Score:#2 The Beast With A Billion Backs:#4 Into the Wild Green Yonder.for me,Bender's Game is a 7/10.