The Rugrats Movie

The Rugrats Movie

November 20, 1998 Theatrical Nickelodeon Movies

Studio
Klasky-Csupo, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures, Viacom International
Animation studio
Grimsaem Animation Co. Ltd., Stardust Pictures.
Animation Services: Sunwoo Entertainment.
Additional Animation Production in U.S.A.: Class-Key Chew-Po Commercials
Distributor
Paramount Pictures

Synopsis

Tommy faces responsibility when his new baby brother Dil is born. As with all newborns, the child becomes a bane to Tommy and the rest of his gang. Even Phil and Lil don't like them. So they decide to return Dil to where he came from, the hospital. But they get lost along the way, REALLY lost, and get into even more trouble with a circus. Can they find their way home and can Tommy and Dil just get along?

Characters

Ranger Frank, Ranger Margaret, Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, Phillip DeVille, Lillian DeVille, Betty DeVille, Dylan Pickles, Angelica Pickles, Minka, Didi Pickles, Stu Pickles, Grandpa Lou Pickles, Chas Finster, Drew Pickles, Grandpa Boris, Rex Pester, Reptar Wagon, Air Crewman, Lt. Klavin, Newborn Babies, Howard DeVille, Igor, Susie Carmichael, Aunt Miriam, Charlotte Pickles, Dr. Lipschitz, Nurse, Dr. Lucy Carmichael, Circus TV Announcer, Serge, United Express Driver, Woman Guest, Male Guest, Reporters

Credits

Producing

Producer
Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo
Co-Producers
Julia Pistor, Hal Waite, Eryk Casemiro
Executive Producers
Debby Beece, Albie Hecht
Executive Producers (Artists Inc.)
Alfonso Weinlein, Thad Weinlein
Executive Producer (for Grimsaem)
Han-Young Kang

Writing

Writer
David N. Weiss, J. David Stem
Characters
Peter Chung
Rugrats Created By
Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, Paul Germain

Animation

Animator
Becky Bristow, Tom Decker, Eduardo Olivares, Bonita Versh
Assistant Animators
Julius Aguimatang, Catherine Choi, Renate Kempowski, Eric Lara, Christine Mallouf, Lynn Walsh
Lead CGI Animator
Mark Lefitz
CGI Animators
Alisa Loren Klein, Mark Lefitz, Jim Ovelmen
Supervising Animation Timing Directors
Debbie Baber, Raymie Muzquiz
Animation Timers
Ray Claffey, Phil Cummings, Jamie Diaz, Neal Warner
Effects Animation Designer
Dexter Reed
Animation Supervisor (Overseas)
Annie Elvin

Voices

Voice
David Spade (Ranger Frank), Whoopi Goldberg (Ranger Margaret), E.G. Daily (Tommy Pickles), Christine Cavanaugh (Chuckie Finster), Kath Soucie (Phillip DeVille, Lillian DeVille, Betty DeVille), Tara Charendoff (Dylan Pickles), Cheryl Chase (Angelica Pickles), Melanie Chartoff (Minka, Didi Pickles), Jack Riley (Stu Pickles), Joe Alaskey (Grandpa Lou Pickles), Michael Bell (Chas Finster, Drew Pickles, Grandpa Boris), Tim Curry (Rex Pester), Busta Rhymes (Reptar Wagon), Roger Clinton (Air Crewman), Margaret Cho (Lt. Klavin), Laurie Anderson (Newborn Baby), Beck (Newborn Baby), B-Real Louis Freese (Newborn Baby), Jakob Dylan (Newborn Baby), Phife (Newborn Baby), Gordon Gano (Newborn Baby), Iggy Pop (Newborn Baby), Lenny Kravitz (Newborn Baby), Lisa Loeb (Newborn Baby), Lou Rawls (Newborn Baby), Patti Smith (Newborn Baby), Dawn Robinson (Newborn Baby), Fred Schneider (Newborn Baby), Kate Pierson (Newborn Baby), Cindy Wilson (Newborn Baby), Phil Proctor (Howard DeVille, Igor), Cree Summer (Susie Carmichael), Andrea Martin (Aunt Miriam), Tress MacNeille (Charlotte Pickles), Tony Jay (Dr. Lipschitz), Edie McClurg (Nurse), Hattie Winston (Dr. Lucy Carmichael), Gregg Berger (Circus TV Announcer), Abe Benrubi (Serge), Charles Adler (United Express Driver), Mary Gross (Woman Guest), Kevin McBride (Male Guest), Steven Zirnkilton (Reporter), Robin Groth (Reporter), Angel Harper (Reporter)

Music

Music
Mark Mothersbaugh
Song "One Way or Another"
Nigel Harrison
Song
Lisa Loeb
From "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
Richard Strauss
Theme From "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
John Williams
Additional Music
Jamshied Sharifi
Music Supervisors
Karyn Rachtman, Graham Walker
Music Producction Coordinator
Liz Schrek
Music Editors
Michael Baber, Jennifer “Jiffy” Blank, Kim Naves
Music Preparation
Vic Fraser
Orchestrators
Bruce Fowler, John Bell, Walter Fowler, Christopher Guardino, Vladimir Horunzhy, Ladd McIntosh, Yvonne S. Moriarty, Carlos Rodriguez, Miyuki Sakamoto, Steven Scott Smalley
Orchestra Leader
Tom Bowes
Orchestra Conducted By
Vladimir Horunzhy, Jamshied Sharifi, Allan Wilson
Musician
Brian King (uncredited)
Music Recorded By
Wembley (London), England
Music Mixed By
Hollywood
Masterd By
Eddy Scheyer at Oasis Mastering

Editing

Editor
Kimberly Rettberg
Supervising Editor
John Bryant
Assistant Editors
Kevin Nolting, Linda Sundlin

Crew

Voice Direction
Charlie Adler, Norton Virgien
Casting Director
Barbara Wright
Casting Coordinator
Stephán A. McKenzie
Casting Assistants
Beth King, Simone Raclin
Voice Casting
Barbara Harris
Character Designers
Steve Fellner, Sharon Ross, Konstantin Valov
Background Designers
Alex Dilts, Fides Gutierrez, Brian Rich, Amado Sangalang
Art Direction
Dima Malanitchev
Production Managers
Sean Lurie, Gayel Martin
Unit Production Manager
María Guerra
Executives in Charge of Production
Tracy Kramer, Terry Thoren
Storyboard Artists
Peter Avanzino, Peter Chung, Panagiotis Rappas, Mark Risley, Vitaly Shafirov, Gyula Szabó, Toni Vian, Kang Lin Zhu, Marco Cinello, Alex Dilts, Jeff McGrath, Shawn Murray, Monika Tomova, Rossen Varbanov, Bonita Versh, Barry Vodos, Dave Williams
Storyboard
Dino Athanassiou
Additional Storyboards
Chuck Klein
Additional Designer
Louie del Carmen
Supervising Sound Editor
Kurt Vanzo
Sound Editors
David B. Cohn, Tammy Fearing, Beth Sterner, Christopher T. Welch
First Assistant Sound Editor
Gus Medina
Lead Sound Effects Editor
David Eccles
Sound Effects Editors
Dan Cubert, Derek Vanderhorst
Additional Sound Effects Editors
Rick Arbuckle, Robert Duran, Derek Pippert
Lead Dialogue Editor
Jeremy Pitts
Dialogue Editors
Clare C. Freeman, Jeffrey R. Payne
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Jason England
Additional Dialogue Editors
Mike Myles, Michelle Rochester
Dialogue Recordists
Kurt Vanzo, Peter Carlstedt
Sound Mixer
Kurt Vanzo
Sound Recordist
Philip Rogers
Sound Re-Recording Mixers
Steve Pederson, Tom Perry
Sound Re-Recording Mixer (Sound Effects)
Gary Alexander
Sound Assist
Robert Morrisey
Score Recordist
Mike Ross-Trevor
Score Mixer
Shawn Murphy
Supervising Foley Editor
Scott Curtis
Foley Editor
Christopher Flick
Foley Artists
Robin Harlan, Sarah Monat
Foley Mixer
Randy Singer
ADR Mixer
Bob Baron
Digital Painters
Sam Ades, Shawn Ahn Lee, Fabio Novais
Digital Background Painters
Olga Andreyeva, Gena Kornyshev, Micky Rose
Digital Scanner Operators
Tom Bonzon, Devala Marshall
Conceptual Designer
Dale Herigstad
Technical Directors
Mike Giles, Alexandra Goldrich, Robert E. King, Kurt Reinholtz, Denise Wogatzke
Lead Technical Directors
Steven A. Mills, Celine Petker
Assistant Technical Directors
Gabriel Calderón, Beth S. Morris
CGI Designer/Technical Director
Michael Leung
Supervising Production Coordinator
K. Patrick Stapleton
Production Coordinators
Krista N. Albitz, María Guerra, Andy Haug, Robin Kay, Penelope Parr Thornton
Layout Supervisor
Panagiotis Rappas
Layout Artists
Mark Broeking, Brendan Houghton, Alan Kerswell, Neal Petty
Background Layout Supervisor
Mark Marren
Assistant Background Layout Supervisor
John Woo
Background Layout Artists
William "Bill" Bon, Marco Cinelo, Bismarck 'Butch' Datuin, Carol Delmindo Datuin, Paul Gil, Bela Kerek, Larry Miravalles, Renato 'Joey' Otacan, John Yee
Character Layout Supervisor
Andrei Svislotski
Character Layout Artists
Ernie Elicanal, Ray Indolos, Eric Lara, Juanito 'Tom' Madrid Jr, Dan O'Sullivan, Young Soo Lee, Gerard T. Galang, Kang Lin Zhu
Assistants to Producers
Norma Elena Castillo, Lisa Otte
Production Executive Assistant
Cari Mossman
Production Assistants
Andre Christou, Jessica Dalton, Melaney Love, Roger Stigliano, Kelly Yoon
ADR Artist
Aria Noelle Curzon
ADR Voice Casting
Barbara Harris, Tulani Bridgewater (uncredited)
ADR Voice
Jeff Coopwood (uncredited)
Lead Checker
Diane Matranga
Checkers
Sean Dempsey, Karen Hansen, Glenn Higa, Lin-Z Rogers, Carol Yao
Assistant Systems Administrator
James Jan
System Engineer
James Jan
Production Secretary
Lisaann Dupont
Executive Consultant
Paul Germain
Pre-Production Editor
Peter Tomaszewicz
Post-Production Services
Chris Miller
Workbook Director
Mark Marren
Additional Workbook Director
Steve Loter
Character Posing
Katerina Manolessou, Dave McFall, Darren Vandenburg
Supervising Coordinator
Ramsey Ann Naito
Negative Cutter
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Crew
Wesley Smith
Color Timer
Jim Passon (uncredited)
Production Accountants
Nicholisa Contis, Robin Hewitt
Assistant Accountants
Steven M. Boyd, Tony Criscione, Donna Ferman, Jennifer Wegrzyn
Prop Designers
Craig Simmons, Beverly Chapman
Baby Dil & Reptar Wagon Designed By
Igor Kovalyov
Writers' Assistant
Kathy Maher
Additional Layout By
London, England
Overseas Layout Supervisor
Simon Ward-Horner
Animation & Digital Paint Production
Seoul
Sunwoo Digital International Technical Director
Sang-Wook Park
Track Reading
Glenwood Editorial
Special Thanks To
Toltec Artists, Peter Chung, Vanessa Coffey, Vicki Ariyasu, Karen Rosenfelt, Chuck Swensen, Laverne McKinnon, Gerry Layborne, Mary Harrington, Jarrett

Companies and other credits

  • Music Score Performed By: The London Metropolitan Orchestra
  • Music Recorded By: Mike Ross-Trevor at CTS Studios
  • Music Mixed By: Shawn Murphy at Capitol Recording Studios
  • Music Mixed By: CA
  • Additional Layout By: Stardust Pictures
  • Animation & Digital Paint Production: Grimsaem Animation Co
  • Animation & Digital Paint Production: Ltd
  • Animation & Digital Paint Production: (South) Korea
  • Soundtrack: Interscope Records
  • Special Thanks To: Brandon & Ruby
  • Printed on Eastman Kodak Film
  • MPAA certificate No. 36328

Production notes

Soundtrack: "Rugrats Theme," Written by Mark Mothersbaugh; "Raiders March," Written by John Williams; "All Day," Written and Performed by Lisa Loeb; "A Baby Is a Gift from a Bob," Written by Mark Mothersbaugh, Performed by Cheryl Chase and Cree Summer; "This World Is Something New to Me," Written by Mark Mothersbaugh, Performed by Dawn Robinson, Lisa Loeb, B Real [Louis Freese], Patti Smith, Lou Rawls, Laurie Anderson, Gordon Gano, Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson of the B-52s, Phife, Lenny Kravitz, Beck, Jakob Dylan and Iggy Pop; "Take the Train," Written by Danny Saber and Rakim, Performed by Rakim and Danny Saber; "Dull-a-Bye," Written by Mark Mothersbaugh, Performed by E.G. Daily, Melanie Chartoff and Jack Riley; "On Your Marks, Get Set, Ready, Go!", Written by Trevor Smith, Performed by Busta Rhymes; "One Way or Another," Written by Deborah Harry and Nigel Harrison, Performed by Blondie; "One Way or Another," Written by Deborah Harry and Nigel Harrison, Additional Lyric by Eryk Casemiro, Performed by Cheryl Chase; "Wild Ride," Written by Kevin Krakower, Mario Caldato Jr and Lisa Stone, Performed by Kevi from 1000 Clowns featuring Lisa Stone; "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Yum!", Written by Mark Mothersbaugh, Performed by E.G. Daily, Christine Cavanaugh and Kath Soucie; "Witch Doctor," Written by Ross Bagdasarian, Performed by Devo; "Dil-a-Bye," Written by Mark Mothersbaugh, Performed by E.G. Daily; "Also Sprach Zarathustra," Composed by Richard Strauss; "Take Me There," Written by Teddy Riley, Tamara Savage, Madeline Nelson, Mason Betha and Michael Foster, Performed by Blackstreet and MYA featuring Ma$e and Blinky Blink; "I Throw My Toys Around," Written by Elvis Costello and Cait O'Riordan, Performed by No Doubt featuring Elvis Costello.

Reviews

The Rugrats Movie

toonwizzDecember 29, 2001

A fan of the show, i still didn't expect much the first time i saw this film. I find not a lot of shows can make the jump to feature length films. Wow was i suprised, this movie has it all. Lots of action, humor and a decent plotline. Includes a couple of catchy tunes as well.