The Smurfs
Also known as: The Smurf Movie
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Kerner Entertainment Company, Sony Pictures Animation
- Animation studio
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Distributor
- Columbia Pictures
Synopsis
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
Characters
Smurfette, Clumsy Smurf, Gutsy Smurf, Jokey Smurf, Baker Smurf, Grouchy Smurf, Brainy Smurf, Greedy Smurf, Papa Smurf, Vanity Smurf, Panicky Smurf, Handy Smurf, Hefty Smurf, Chef Smurf.
Live Action: Johan, Odile, Grace, Gargamel, FAO Schwarz Shopper, Waitress, Extra, Tourist, Little Girl in FAO Schwarz, Smurf Dancer, Prisoner, Upscale Toy Store Shopper, Concerned Father, European Fashion Designer, FAO Schwarz Employee, Pedestrian, Rich Upper East Side Resident, Model, Bum, Weightlifting Convict, Midwestern Tourists, Kids at FAO Schwarz, Girls, Parents, Police Officers
Live Action: Johan, Odile, Grace, Gargamel, FAO Schwarz Shopper, Waitress, Extra, Tourist, Little Girl in FAO Schwarz, Smurf Dancer, Prisoner, Upscale Toy Store Shopper, Concerned Father, European Fashion Designer, FAO Schwarz Employee, Pedestrian, Rich Upper East Side Resident, Model, Bum, Weightlifting Convict, Midwestern Tourists, Kids at FAO Schwarz, Girls, Parents, Police Officers
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Raja Gosnell
- First Assistant Director
- Benita Allen
- Second Assistant Director
- Peter Thorell
- Second Second Assistant Director ("Love to Hate" Musical Sequence)
- Conor Kelly
- Additional Second Assistant Directors
- David Catalano, Maura Kelly, Justin Ritson, Salvatore E. Sutera
- Second Unit Director
- G.A. Aguilar
- Second Assistant Director (Second Unit)
- Chris Gibson
Producing
- Producer
- Jordan Kerner
- Executive Producers
- Ezra Swerdlow, Ben Haber, Paul Neesan
Writing
- Writer
- J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick, David Ronn
- Based On The Characters Created By
- Peyo
- Script Coordinator
- Veronique Lee
- Script Supervisor
- Jessica Lichtner
- Script Supervisor (Second Unit)
- Melissa Kalbfus
- Script Secretary
- Brittany Rostron
Voices
- Voice
- Katy Brand (as Katy Perry) (Smurfette), Anton Yelchin (Clumsy Smurf), Alan Cumming (Gutsy Smurf), Paul Reubens (Jokey Smurf), B.J. Novak (Baker Smurf), George Lopez (Grouchy Smurf), Fred Armisen (Brainy Smurf), Kenan Thompson (Greedy Smurf), Jonathan Winters (Papa Smurf), John Oliver (Vanity Smurf), Adam Wylie (Panicky Smurf), Jeff Foxworthy (Handy Smurf), Gary Basaraba (Hefty Smurf), Wolfgang Puck (Chef Smurf)
- Live Action
- Neil Patrick Harris (Johan), Sofía Vergara (Odile), Jayma Mays (Grace), Hank Azaria (Gargamel), Monica Ciszczon (FAO Schwarz Shopper), Anna Kuchma (Waitress), Cheryl Alessio (Girl #1), Shirley Dluginski (Extra), John Speredakos (Parent #3), Todd Fredericks (Tourist), Scott Dillin (Police Officer #1), Tyree Michael Simpson (Cop #2), Lizzie Yousko (Little Girl in FAO Schwarz), Dominique Kelley (Smurf Dancer), Steve Antonucci (Prisoner [uncredited]), Gail Bugeja (Midwestern Tourist [uncredited]), Nicolina Capitanio (Upscale Toy Store Shopper [uncredited]), Scott Churchson (Midwestern Tourist [uncredited]), Marc I. Daniels (Concerned Father [uncredited]), Bryan Dechart (European Fashion Designer [uncredited]), Ashley Fung (Kid at FAO Schwarz [uncredited]), Kevin Fung (Kid at FAO Schwarz [uncredited]), Jillian Joseph (FAO Schwarz Employee [uncredited]), Nick Latrenta (Pedestrian [uncredited]), Ron Maestri (Rich Upper East Side Resident [uncredited]), Madison McKinley (Model [uncredited]), Ken Myers (Midwestern Tourist [uncredited]), Victor Pagan (Bum [uncredited]), Joe Urban (Weightlifting Convict [uncredited]), Tim Gunn
Animation
- Animator
- Robert Fox, Mike Jahnke, Louis Jones, Benson Shum
- Animator (Tippett Studio)
- Danny Southard
- Lead Animator (Sony Pictures Animation)
- Mike Beaulieu
- Lighting Technicians
- John Alcantara, Chris Drechsler
- Senior Animators
- Rahul Dabholkar, Kevin Labanowich, Richard Smith
- Senior Character Animator
- Paul Wood
- Character Animator (Sony Pictures Imageworks)
- Matthew Meyer
- Rough Layout Artist
- John Clark
- Key Rigging Grip
- Kevin Flynn
- Best Boy Rigging Grip
- David M. Carr
- Rigging Grips
- Cesar Baptista, Jon Breen, Rashad Clinton, Matthew Jacobs, Bob Van Heek
- Lighting Console Programmer
- Michael Gallart
- Rigging Electrician
- Craig Paul Harris
- Senior Lighting and Compositing Technical Director (SPI)
- Neil Atkins, Sharmishtha Sohoni
- Lead Compositor/Senior Technical Director
- Fish Essenfeld
- Senior Technical Director
- Chris Hung
- Senior Technical Director (SPI)
- Bridget M. Taylor
- Modeling Supervisor
- Marvin Kim
- Modeler
- Taehyun Park
- Effects Technical Director
- Kevin Mannens
- Lighting Lead Technical Director
- Ryan Rogers
- Lead Lighting Technical Director (Tippett Studio)
- Larry Weiss
- Lighting and Compositing Technical Director (SPI)
- Ryan Tulloch
- Lighting and Compositing (SPI)
- Sarah Moore
- Pipeline Technical Director
- John Patrick
- Stunt Riggers
- Scott Burik, Jeffrey Lee Gibson, Zac Henry, J.C. Robaina, Aaron Vexler
- Puppet Design (Puppeteer)
- James Wojtal
Art Department
- Production Design
- Bill Boes
- Art Direction
- Chris Shriver, Christian Wintter
- Storyboard Artists
- Aaron Clark, Oliver Dear, Alex Mann, John Mann, Karl Shefelman, Dan Sweetman, Simeon Wilkins
- Character Designer
- Allen Battino
- Assistant Art Director
- Carl Baldasso
- Art Department Coordinator (Set Decoration Department)
- Gay Howard
- Art Department Assistant
- Phillip Orozco
- Art Department
- Shane Ladd
- Storyboard Supervisor
- Fergal Reilly
- Production Illustrator
- I. Javier Ameijeiras
- Visual Development
- John Butiu
- Illustrator
- Gregory Hill
- Graphic Design
- Joan Winters
- Graphic Artist
- Edward A. Ioffreda
- Costume Design
- Rita Ryack
- Makeup Designer
- Todd Tucker
- Texture Painter (SPI)
- Adil Mustafabekov
Visual Effects
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Blair Clark
- Director of Photography (Visual Effects Unit)
- David M. Dunlap
- Key Grip (Visual Effects Unit)
- Matt Blades
- Special Effects
- Illusion Industries
- Special Effects Technician
- Doug Coleman
- Special Effects Makeup
- Todd Tucker
- Visual Effects Coordinators
- Charise E. Angone, Danny Huerta, Kevin Noel
- Visual Effects Producer
- Maricel Pagulayan
- Visual Effects Artists
- David Conlon, Mike Lasker, Juan Carlos Moreno Rogel
- Visual Effects Accountant (SPI)
- Marc Ostroff
- Digital Compositor
- Kareem K.H
- Digital Compositor (Framestore New York)
- Ella Boliver
Camera
- Cinematography
- Phil Meheux
- First Assistant Camera ("A" Camera)
- Zoran Veselic
- Still Photographer
- K.C. Bailey
- Key Grip
- Tom Prate
- Best Boy Grip
- Chris Kilduff
- Dolly Grip (B Camera)
- John Krause
- Grips
- Michael J. Prate, Stuart Rogers, Chris Schait
- Camera Production Assistant
- Patrick M. Bracey
- Camera Loader
- Carissa Ridgeway (as Carissa Ridgeway Tudor)
- Camera Scenic
- Leslie Salter
Editing
- Editor
- Sabrina Plisco
- Assistant Editor
- Carrie Puchkoff
Sound
- Sound Designers
- Will Files, Robert L. Sephton
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Robert L. Sephton
- Production Sound Mixer
- James Sabat
- ADR Mixers
- Michael Fowler, Howard London, Beauxregard Neylon
- ADR Mixer (New York)
- Mark DeSimone
- ADR Recordists
- Jan Petrov, Paul Tirone
- Pro Tools Playback Mixer
- Egor Panchenko
- Boom Operator
- Mike Schmidt
- Sound Mix
- Dolby Laboratories
Casting
- Casting
- Richard Hicks, David Rubin
- Casting Assistant
- Mia Cusumano
- Casting Associate
- Kate Hubbell
- Extras Casting
- Deanna Gallucio
Production Management
- Production Coordinator
- John DeSimone
- Construction Coordinator
- Ron Petagna
- Set Decorating Production Assistants
- Imogen Lee, Hunter Popalis
- Unit Production Manager
- Richard Baratta
- Digital Coordinator
- Alyse Joseph
- Associate Digital Production Manager (Imageworks)
- Nooshin Vegh (as Nooshin Siadatnejad)
- Stunt Coordinator
- G.A. Aguilar
- Production Coordinator (Prep)
- Joanna Lara
- Assistant Production Coordinator
- Monica Barraza
- Production Assistants
- Will Bigwood, Joshua A. Friedman, Sandi Greenberg, Hakiem Greenhut, Wayne Han, Connor Jones, Beau Kline, Dee Martin, Jeff Sedwick, Wade Sullivan, Gabe Turiello Jr, Marguerite Weisman
- Set Production Assistants
- Alexie Elfmont, Jonathan Hoeg, Robert Teten
- Set Production Assistant (Plate Unit)
- George S. Matsuo
- Set Production Assistant (Splinter Unit)
- Clay Broaddus
- Office Production Assistants
- Joseph Perron-Kozar, Leo Shvedsky
- Additional Office Production Assistants
- MacKenzie Fallon, Brendan C. Lynch, Dustin Pownall
- Second Assistant Accountant
- Daniel Fine
- Payroll Accountant
- Dan Walton
- Key Construction Accountant
- Raphaella Giugliano
- Accounting Clerk
- Robert Spence
- Aerial Operations Coordinator
- Lucia Foster Found
- Production Secretary
- Veronique Lee
- Travel and Housing Coordinator
- Ashley Van Buren
Crew
- First Assistant (Second Unit)
- Michael Cambria
- Additional Second Assistant (Second Unit)
- Hamilton Longyear
- Remote Head Technician (Second Unit)
- Sebastián Almeida
- Digital Utility
- Dan Brosnan, Matthew Selkirk, John C. Walker
- Digital Imaging Technician
- Nicholas Kay
- Digital Imaging Technician Assistant
- Imanuel Smith
- Steadicam Operator
- Marc Ehrenbold
- Generator Operator
- Michael A. Leo
- Libra Head Technician
- Lance Mayer
- Technician (Technocrane/Louma 2)
- Paul C. McKenna
- Key Video Assist
- Darren Ryan
- Scenic Artists
- Stuart Auld, Nikolay Mikushkin, Will Redd, Paul Rice, Lawrence Robinson, Giovanni Rodriguez, John S. Schlicter, Timothy Tranzillo
- Key Scenic Industrial
- Mika James
- Scenic Industrial
- John Carambatos
- Scenic Foreman
- John Ralbovsky
- Charge Scenic
- Bruno Robotti
- Set Dressers
- Mike Biskupski, Wendy Brown, Jenn Bubka
- On-Set Dresser
- Christiopher Chenel
- Props
- Joe Dunckley
- Assistant Props
- Julie Dubrow (as Julie Duncan)
- Property Master
- James Mazzola
- Assistant Property Master
- David Schanker
- Shop Manager
- Lauren Favelson
- Shop Foreman
- Manny Sanchez
- Best Boy Greens
- Francis Maiorino
- Greens
- Jolie Scherberger
- Leadman
- Dick Tice
- Set Decorator
- Regina Graves
- Assistant Set Decorator
- Deborah Greene
- Key Costumer
- Askia Won-Ling Jacob
- Set Costumer
- Angela Mirabella
- Costumer
- Christine Schultz
- Ager/Dyer
- Ashley E. Singer
- Textile Artist
- Meg Thornton
- Key Makeup Artist
- Vincent Schicchi
- Key Hair Stylist
- Pamela May
- Hair Stylist
- Inga Thrasher
- Additional Hair Stylist
- Sarah Stamp
- Previsualization Artists
- Austin Bonang, Suzanne Cipolletti, Steven Qi Jin, Ti Ren, Gwendelyn Robson, Sung Wook Su, Paul Wood
- Previsualization Artists (The Third Floor Inc.)
- Hunter Athey, Stephen A. Bloch, Peter Lonsdale
- Previsualization Asset Supervisor
- Andrew Hwang
- Character Character Director
- Kee Chang
- Director of Production Services and Resources
- Andrea Lackey Pace (uncredited)
- Lead Production Services Technician
- Milan Bhatt
- Senior Production Services Technicians
- Brett Bronson, Jim Harnish
- Matchmove Artists
- Jason DeParis, Glenn Wells
- Matchmove Artist (Tippett Studio)
- Jin Yong Kim
- Digital Artist
- Michael Muir
- Pipeline Technical Assistant (Tippett Studio)
- Frederick B. Vega
- 3D Scanning
- Frederick George Stuhrberg
- Manager Recruiting
- Aaron Tankenson
- Stunt Doubles (Neil Patrick Harris)
- Dan Brown, Mark Fichera
- Stunt Double (Jayma Mays)
- Naomi Peters
- Stunt Double (Hank Azaria)
- Christopher Place
- Stunt Performers
- Jill Brown, Shawnna Thibodeau
- Stunts
- John Cenatiempo, Blaise Corrigan, William Cote, Aja Frary, Drew Leary, Victor Paguia, Stephen A. Pope, Manny Siverio
- Stunt Driver
- Paul Marini
- Driver
- Michael Dawes
- Driver (Cast)
- Dan Buckman
- Head Animal Trainer
- Larry Madrid
- Animal Trainer (Dog)
- Raymond W. Beal
- Location Manager
- Jason Farrar
- Assistant Location Managers
- David M. McGuire, Nils Widboom
- Location Assistant
- Frank Dauro
- Location Scouts
- Nick Carr, Gine Lui, Jason Quimby
- Assistants to Producer
- Stefan Mentz, Kyle Peck, Lauren Waggoner
- Assistants to Director
- Julia Enescu
- Assistant (Neil Patrick Harris)
- James Post
- Unit Publicist
- Brooke Ensign
- Aerial Operations Manager
- Andy Stephens
- Stand-In
- Ron Maestri
- Intern
- Aaron Notestine
- Dialect Coach
- Diego Daniel Pardo
- Choreographer
- Keith Young
- Dailies Transfer
- Matt Breitenbach (uncredited)
- Transportation Equipment
- David Haddad, Haddad's
Companies and other credits
- Camera Dollies: Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment
- Special Effects: Drac Studios
- Special Effects: Tippett Studio
- Previsualization: The Third Floor Inc
- Aerial Filming Services Provided By: Flying Pictures
Production notes
A 3D release, combining animation and live action.
Planned to be part of a trilogy of CGI-animated films.
Quentin Tarantino was dropped as Brainy Smurf; Sofia Vergara was added to the cast in April 2010.
Planned to be part of a trilogy of CGI-animated films.
Quentin Tarantino was dropped as Brainy Smurf; Sofia Vergara was added to the cast in April 2010.
