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2007 live-action/CGI film directed past Tim Hill

Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks2007.jpg

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tim Hill
Screenplay by
  • Jon Vitti
  • Will McRobb
  • Chris Viscardi
Story by Jon Vitti
Based on Alvin and the Chipmunks
by Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
Produced past
  • Janice Karman
  • Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
Starring
  • Jason Lee
  • David Cross
  • Cameron Richardson
  • Justin Long
  • Matthew Gray Gubler
  • Jesse McCartney
Cinematography Peter Lyons Collister
Edited by Peter Berger
Music by Christopher Lennertz

Production
companies
  • 20th Century Flim-flam Blitheness (uncredited)[1]
  • Flim-flam 2000 Pictures[2]
  • Regency Enterprises[ii]
  • Bagdasarian Productions[3]
  • Dune Entertainment[three]
Distributed by 20th Century Fob[2]

Release date
  • December xiv, 2007 (2007-12-14)

Running fourth dimension

 92 minutes[2]
Country United States[2]
Language English
Budget $60 million[four]
Box office $361.3 million[4]

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-activeness/computer animated musical comedy film directed by Tim Hill. Based on the characters of the same proper name created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr., the film stars Jason Lee, David Cross and Cameron Richardson, while Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney play the self-titled Chipmunks.

20th Century Fox released it worldwide on Dec fourteen, and information technology was produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises. It received generally negative reviews from critics. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus criticizes the moving-picture show's sense of humor and "rehashed kids' motion picture formula".[5] Alvin and the Chipmunks grossed $361 million worldwide on a upkeep of $lx million[half dozen] [4] and was the seventh-all-time-selling DVD of 2008.

Alvin and the Chipmunks is the first live-activity/animated film starring Alvin and the Chipmunks since Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks was released in 2003, as that film features puppetry used for the Chipmunks and this film features computer blitheness used for them. The moving picture was followed by three sequels: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011), and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015).[7]

Plot [edit]

A tree that three young chipmunk brothers Alvin, Simon, and Theodore live in, is cut downwards and driven to Los Angeles after JETT Records purchases it as a Christmas tree. Struggling songwriter and composer David Seville has his latest demo rejected by their chief executive, Ian Hawke, his college roommate, who suggests that Dave surrender writing songs. The Chipmunks hop into a basket of muffins that Dave stole from one of Ian's coworkers, and follow Dave home.

In one case at that place, Dave discovers the Chipmunks and kicks them out of the house, merely to hear them sing "Simply Yous (And You Alone)", and "Funkytown." Dave and then makes a deal with the Chipmunks to sing songs he writes in commutation for shelter. Later, when Dave tries to present the Chipmunks to Ian, they fail to sing because of stage fright. The solar day worsens every bit Dave is dismissed from his advertising task due to the Chipmunks having unknowingly ruined his presentation. While hosting dinner with former girlfriend Claire, Dave struggles to hide the Chipmunks after Alvin attempts to create a romantic atmosphere, making Claire uncomfortable and causing her to leave. To brand it up to him, the Chipmunks go to Ian's lavish mansion where they sing Dave's song to him, prompting Ian to sign a tape deal.

The Chipmunks quickly go internationally successful. When Dave, concerned for their well-being, insists that the Chipmunks are as well young to handle fame, Ian convinces them that Dave is holding them back. After a misunderstanding, the Chipmunks choose to live with Ian, whose simply involvement is profiting off the Chipmunks' success as they set off on a nationwide declension-to-coast bout where Ian exploits their naïveté by overworking them constantly. Frustrated by what Ian has washed to the Chipmunks, Dave decides to infiltrate their concert at the Orpheum Theatre to accept them back.

Before their tour can begin, a veterinarian explains to Ian that the Chipmunks' voices have been worn out due to exhaustion and suggests that they take a long rest, but Ian, unwilling to issue refunds, advises the Chipmunks to lip-sync. With Claire's assistance, Dave is allowed into the concert; the Chipmunks hear Dave calling and decide to sabotage the testify. Dave is taken hostage by security and Ian steps on the Chipmunks' tails, locks them in a muzzle, and prepares to take them on their earth tour, escaping in his limousine with Dave in pursuit, though the Chipmunks take already escaped into Dave's motorcar. As Dave and the Chipmunks reconcile, Ian uncovers the escape, which costs him both his career and his fortune.

Bandage [edit]

  • Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville, a struggling songwriter and father figure to Alvin, Simon and Theodore
  • David Cross as Ian Hawke, the CEO of JETT Records
  • Cameron Richardson as Claire Wilson, Dave'south ex-girlfriend
  • Jane Lynch as Gail, an advertisement executive, and Dave's erstwhile boss
  • Justin Long equally Alvin
  • Matthew Grey Gubler as Simon
  • Jesse McCartney as Theodore

Additionally, Kevin Symons appears as Ted, Frank Maharajh appears every bit Barry, and Veronica Alicino appears equally Amy, Dave's three former co-workers.

Production [edit]

Development [edit]

Ross Bagdasarian Jr., the son of Alvin and the Chipmunks creator Ross Bagdasarian Sr. who revived the franchise after his father'southward decease, dreamed of making a alive-action Alvin motion-picture show since 1997, "and the dream has had many nightmare moments."[eight] On September 17, 2004, Fox 2000 Pictures, 20th Century Trick Animation and Bagdasarian Productions announced they would collaborate to create a live-action computer-generated moving-picture show starring Alvin and the Chipmunks.[1] On Apr 17, 2005, The Simpsons writer Jon Vitti was revealed to be writing the screenplay.[nine] On January 24, 2007, it was appear Tim Hill was in talks with Fox to direct the motion picture.[10]

Casting [edit]

Chevy Chase, Jim Carrey, Tim Allen, John Travolta, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Bill Murray were originally considered for the part of David Seville.[eleven] [12] [xiii] On March 7, 2007, Jason Lee joined the project to play David Seville,[14] and Cameron Richardson signed on March 21.[15] David was a more make clean-cut grapheme for Lee than his past roles, which he appreciated.[sixteen] Patton Oswalt and Brian Posehn were approached to play Ian Hawke but both of whom declined.[17]

Bagdasarian and his wife, Janice Karman, had e'er voiced the chipmunks since they revived the franchise; nonetheless, for the film, they were replaced past Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney for marketing reasons.,[xviii] despite the fact that for the first trailer of the movie, Bagdasarian and Karman voiced the chipmunks.

For recording, the chipmunk voice actors spoke their lines slowly to be sped up to normal speed in postal service-production; McCartney described it as a "tedious process," where "it could take 40 takes for one line." He was such an Alvin and the Chipmunks fan that he even owned the album Chipmunk Punk (1980), and studied 1980s Alvin cartoons for his role in the film.[xix]

Filming [edit]

Principal photography began on March 28, 2007,[20] making it the first film to exist produced under the leadership of Play a trick on Animation president Vanessa Morrison.[21] Seville's house was built on Sunset Gower Studios and contains references to Bagdasarian Sr.'southward life. The set pieces included an upright piano he used to write his songs and a flower visual he painted; the firm's accost number includes 1958, the year he created the chipmunk characters; and the house pattern is based on a cottage built in 1919, the twelvemonth Bagdasarian Sr. was born.[16] In shots where Lee interacted with the chipmunks, the actor rehearsed with small stuffed animals indicating where the chipmunks would be; the animals were then removed when information technology was time to shoot, and he used his memory of where the animals were.[22]

Visual-effects [edit]

The Chipmunks were animated by Rhythm and Hues Studios, a company that previously blithe creatures for projects such as Mouse Hunt (1997); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); and Infant (1995), which garnered Rhythm & Hues an University Honor.[22] As with all of its past projects, Rhythm & Hues used its ain software for animating Alvin and the Chipmunks, such as Voodoo and Icy, which was used for placing the CGI into live-action shots;[22] although Autodesk programs similar Flame and Maya were used.[23]

Co-ordinate to Bagdasarian Jr., getting the look of the chipmunks suited for a live-activeness setting while maintaining the essence of the cartoon designs was challenging, and it took until September 10, 2006, for the artists to get it right.[24] Hill instructed the artists to make the chipmunks look realistic, simply non entirely like chipmunks.[22] In addition to observing existent chipmunks offered by Universal Studios, Rhythm and Hues studied all versions of the chipmunk characters from past Alvin media for conceiving, fur-texturing, and animating designs for the movie.[22] Human dancers were referenced for animative the dance movements of the chipmunks, and YouTube videos of famous guitarists playing the guitar influenced how Alvin's guitar-playing was blithe.[22] Loftier-dynamic-range images of sets were also used for lighting the chipmunks to fit the alive-action shots.[22] The nearly difficult role of integrating the CGI critters in the alive-action shots was match moving for instances when they climb on Seville's head.[22] For scenes where the chipmunks interacted with props, some of them were alive-action props while others, such as a newspaper airplane, were produced and animated with computers.[22]

Music [edit]

Soundtrack [edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motility Moving-picture show Soundtrack
Soundtrack anthology by

The Chipmunks
Released November 20, 2007 (2007-xi-xx)
Length 48:17
Label Razor & Tie
Producer Ali Dee Theodore
The Chipmunks chronology
Footling Alvin and the Mini-Munks
(2004) 		Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Moving picture Soundtrack
(2007) 		Christmas with The Chipmunks (2008 reissue)
(2008)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Picture show Soundtrack Sampler

The soundtrack was released November xx, 2007, three weeks earlier the film's opening, and contains new versions of one-time songs such as "Witch Dr." and "The Chipmunk Vocal (Christmas, Don't Be Late)" (as made famous by David Seville and the Chipmunks), encompass versions of songs such as "Bad Mean solar day" (as made famous past Daniel Powter) and "Funkytown" (as fabricated famous by Lipps Inc.) and new songs such as "Declension two Coast", "Become You Goin'" and "Get Munk'd". The second rail on the album is "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Tardily)", a remake version, without Jason Lee every bit the voice of Dave. Notwithstanding, the seventh track, the rock version of the song, features Lee equally the voice of Dave. The soundtrack is the first album to exist released in three years past Bagdasarian Productions, and is the group's 43rd album overall. Four songs from the anthology have charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album has been certified Platinum by the Recording Manufacture Association of America for shipments of over one one thousand thousand copies.

Reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [25]

In December 2007, the anthology debuted at number 133 on the Billboard 200. In its second calendar week of sales, the album jumped to number 67 on the chart.

The album'southward highest peak was number 5 on the Billboard 200, making it the group's highest on the chart album since Chipmunks in Low Places (which peaked at number 21). Following Alvin and the Chipmunk 's DVD release, the soundtrack went back into the top ten from number 16 to number five with a 111% sales increase; it sold 51,000 copies of what was its 18th week on the nautical chart,[26] and was the issue'southward greatest gainer.[27]

The album has been certified Platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the Usa. By doing this, the album has become the group's first RIAA-certified album since Chipmunks in Depression Places (which likewise went Platinum). Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Movement Picture Soundtrack has become the Chipmunks' third Platinum album and sixth RIAA-certified album total.

Songs [edit]

Four songs from the album managed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 during the month of December 2007. They became the group'southward first charting songs in 47 years ("Alvin for President" had been the concluding charting unmarried for the grouping, it peaked at number 95 in 1960). None of the songs were released as singles or e'er solicited to mainstream radio (although it is possible that child-oriented radio stations, such as Radio Disney, might have played them anyway); they charted solely because of loftier digital downloads.

The four songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and/or the Hot Digital Songs chart were:

Rail listing [edit]

A soundtrack sampler was released along with the DVD of the flick in a two-pack sold exclusively at Walmart.[28] This features five songs produced exclusively for the soundtrack.

Runway listing[29]
All songs performed by The Chipmunks except equally noted
No. Championship Writer(southward) Length
1. "Bad Day" Daniel Powter 3:47
2. "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) DeeTown OG Mix" Ross Bagdasarian 2:34
3. "Follow Me Now1 (featuring Jason Gleed)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Amusement, Inc. iii:07
4. "How We Rollane" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Amusement, Inc. 3:54
5. "Witch Physician (featuring Chris Classic)" Ross Bagdasarian iii:03
6. "Come Get Itane (featuring Rebecca Jones)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 3:34
vii. "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) DeeTown Rock Mix" Ross Bagdasarian 2:14
eight. "Funkytown" Steve Greenberg iii:34
9. "Go You Goin'1" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 3:16
10. "Declension 2 Coastane" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. two:47
11. "Mess Effectually1" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. three:20
12. "Only You (And You Alone)" Cadet Ram, Ande Rand 2:fifty
13. "Own't No Partyone (featuring Rebecca Jones and Chris Archetype)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. two:43
14. "Get Munk'dane (featuring Al D)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. three:01
Bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
15. "Witch Doctor Classic Version2" Ross Bagdasarian ii:15
xvi. "The Chipmunk Vocal (Christmas Don't Be Belatedly) Classic Versioniii" Ross Bagdasarian 2:17
Soundtrack CD Sampler
No. Title Writer(south) Length
1. "How We Curlicue" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 3:54
2. "Get You Goin'" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 3:16
3. "Get Munk'd (featuring Al D)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. three:01
4. "Ain't No Political party (featuring Rebecca Jones and Chris Archetype)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 2:41
5. "Mess Around" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 3:20
  • 1Denotes original song.
  • 2Performed by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. as David Seville. This version is technically without the Chipmunks.
  • 3Featuring Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. as David Seville (speaking merely) and the singing voice for Alvin, Simon and Theodore.

Personnel [edit]

  • Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. — pb guitars and the spoken voice of Dave on track ii and the sung vocal of Alvin
  • Steve Vining — bass on rails 8 and the sung vocal of Simon
  • Janice Karman — the sung vocal of Theodore
  • Jason Lee — spoken voiceover on track 7 (as "David Seville")
  • Justin Long - spoken voiceover on tracks 7 (as "Alvin")
  • Matthew Gray Gubler — spoken voiceover on tracks 7 (equally "Simon")
  • Jesse McCartney — spoken voiceover on tracks vii (equally "Theodore")
  • Jason Gleed — invitee vocals and rhythm guitars
  • Chris Classic — secondary guest lead vocals
  • Rebecca Jones — 3rd guest lead vocals
  • Ali Dee Theodore — keyboards, bass (except rails 8) and drum programming
  • Alana Da Fonseca — uncharacterized backing vocals
  • Joey Katsaros — manipulation of original concept album samples and uncharacterized backing vocals
  • Zach Danzinger — live drums and uncharacterized backing vocals
  • Vinny Alfieri — uncharacterized backing vocals
  • Andy Richards — string synthesizer on track 4, piano on rail 8
  • Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. — piano on rails xv, the singing voice of Dave on rails 15, and the spoken vox of Dave, as well as singing voices for Alvin, Simon, and Theodore on track sixteen
  • Aaron Sandlofer —keyboards, bass, guitar, drums & uncharacterized bankroll vocals

Charts [edit]

Chart (2007) Meridian
position 		Certification Sales
U.s.a. Billboard 200 5 Platinum[30] 1,000,000+

Score anthology [edit]

The film'due south original score was composed and conducted by Christopher Lennertz, a fan of the Chipmunks since babyhood.[31] La-La Land Records released a limited edition album on September nineteen, 2008.

  1. Primary Title (i:07)
  2. I'm Late (:xl)
  3. E'er? (ii:07)
  4. Dave's Theme (:48)
  5. No More than Nuts/Storing Food for the Winter (4:43)
  6. Rescue the Gear/Toaster Waffles (1:44)
  7. Leave Me Solitary (2:17)
  8. I'll Clean Out My Office (1:35)
  9. Are You Awake? (1:xiii)
  10. Christmas Morning (4:09)
  11. Alive with Uncle Ian (2:36)
  12. Dinner! (2:07)
  13. Dave Remembers/Missing the Boys (1:08)
  14. Get Them! (1:03)
  15. Dave's Phone Call (1:06)
  16. Theodore's Nightmare (one:05)
  17. I Want to Go Habitation (1:28)
  18. Alvin!!!/You'll Never Accept Usa Alive (four:09)

Release [edit]

Marketing [edit]

The first affiche for Alvin and the Chipmunks was revealed online on July iv, 2007.[32] Afterwards that month, Play a joke on launched the official website for Alvin and the Chipmunks with simply a trailer and synopsis;[33] Several games were added afterward on.[34] In an Baronial 2007 survey of 750 American teens ran by eCRUSH and OTX, Alvin and the Chipmunks, alongside Saw IV, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Mama's Boy, Fred Claus, I Am Legend, and Enchanted, were the nearly anticipated films of the 2007 fall and winter seasons in the grouping.[35]

Reception [edit]

Predictions [edit]

Months before its release, bloggers predicted Alvin and the Chipmunks to be terrible considering of the involvement of the director of Garfield: A Tail of 2 Kitties (2006);[36] [37] the writers of the Ice Age films, Robots (2005) and Big Momma'due south Firm 2 (2006);[37] and the poor quality of previous live-action adaptations of old cartoons.[36]

Disquisitional response [edit]

Rotten Tomatoes reported that "critics say this may be the weakest vehicle for the helium-voiced rodents all the same," elaborating, "the pundits say despite a few laughs, this is pretty bland stuff: dated, weakly constructed, and lacking in three-dimensional characters of the human or CGI diversity."[38] As of Nov 2020[update], on Rotten Tomatoes the film had an approval rating of 28% based on 109 reviews and an average score of 4.52/10. The site'due south critical consensus reads, "Though cutely rendered, Alvin and the Chipmunks suffers from bland potty humor and a rehashed kids' movie formula."[39] Equally of November 2020[update], on Metacritic the motion picture had a weighted average score of 39 out of 100 based on reviews from 23 critics.[xl] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it course A, on a scale of A+ to F.[41]

Several movie reviewers praised Cantankerous' operation as the villain.[42] [43]

Ty Burr of the Boston Globe said, "the script leans heavily on the pranks and big-eyed cuteness of the li'fifty guys and leaves the live actors with unfunny dialogue and cypher to practice."[44] According to The New York Times, "its animated protagonists are egregiously eclipsed past the alive-action characters."[43] Chicago Reader criticized the "cardboard" characters of David Seville and Ian Hawke.[45] The most common censure was the picture show's satire on capitalism, which was hypocritical due to existence bombarded with popular brands, including the chipmunks themselves.[45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] Explained Burr, the picture's bulletin "is torn betwixt the glitz that sells and the homilies that endure."[44]

Some critics disliked Lee's under-acting, specially his underwhelming yelling of the give-and-take "Alvin!"[a] In Premiere's view, "Jason Lee makes for a sympathetic Dave, yet there'south an well-nigh somnambulistic quality to his performance;"[56] and Vice wrote that Lee'due south "rather 'cartoony' acting style here leaves a lot to be desired."[54] However, Lee'due south acting did take some supporters for working as a likable protagonist,[58] [51] [59] such as Time Out, a source that thought his "wry arroyo lends an edge to some of the script's wittier moments."[48] Some reviewers praised Cantankerous' performance,[b] such as Neb Goodykoontz of The Arizona Democracy who called the villain the highlight of the motion picture: "Cantankerous is hilarious in everything he does, just he's surprisingly effective in a kids comedy. His villainy is then broad that it's never really scary, and he'due south so funny that you never tire of seeing him on-screen."[61] All the same, one reviewer, Tim Robey, admitted to being annoyed by Cross in the movie.[l] Premiere called Richardson "sufficiently adorable and winsome, though the pic'due south purity makes information technology difficult to imagine any sort of romantic entanglement."[56] Wrote Roger Ebert, "Jason Lee and David Cross manfully play roles that crave them, as actors, to relate with empty space that would later be filled with CGI."[62]

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "the values and the CGI are good."[63] Some critics praised the chipmunk protagonists;[45] [46] with Vice writing they were "integrated pretty well into the alive-activeness elements."[54] The A.5. Club wrote, "the manic Chipmunks wear out their welcome pretty quickly."[53] The Globe and Mail service also commented on the shot composition: "you've got regulation-meridian dancers and musicians backing a singing group the size of kids' mittens."[64] "As rendered here by the average-looking CGI effects, the characters are underwhelming in their appeal, lacking the charm of their previous animated incarnations," summarized The Hollywood Reporter.[59] Some reviewers, including Ebert, also panned the lack of distinction between the chipmunks.[62] [63] However, Diverseness idea in that location was a "persuasive interaction of human and digital co-stars."[52]

Accolades [edit]

Fob submitted Alvin and the Chipmunks to the Academy Awards for a All-time Animated Feature before the film had a theatrical run required for the laurels;[65] information technology wasn't nominated. Upon the announcement of the submitted films, Brad Brevet of ComingSoon.net questioned the submission of a live-activity/animated film like Alvin: "I mean, why wouldn't Transformers so be considered blithe?"[66] While the Movieguide Awards named Alvin and the Chipmunks the third best family unit film of 2007,[67] PopMatters called information technology the second worst moving-picture show of the yr.[68] It was likewise named one of 2007'due south worst pictures past scientific discipline fiction writer John Varley.[69] In 2011, Entertainment Weekly ranked Alvin and the Chipmunks the third worst live-activity/animation hybrid motion picture of all-fourth dimension.[70] In terms of lists regarding the worst talking creature films of all time, both Complex and Screen Rant named information technology eleventh worst.[71] [72] In 2013, it was ranked by GamesRadar the 48th worst Christmas movie e'er.[73] In 2016, Box Office Prophets ranked information technology the 5th worst live-action film based on a cartoon.[74] The motion picture also won a Kids' Choice Laurels for Favorite Movie, a BMI Film & Tv Award for Film Music, and was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Family Feature Film (Fantasy or Musical).

Response towards Cross [edit]

Negative fan responses as well as a joke near Cross' involvement in Alvin and the Chipmunks made in a blog past Patton Oswalt (pictured) influenced Cross to write on his blog about why he worked on the film.

Cross' appearance in Alvin and the Chipmunks was negatively received past fans of the comedian, The New York Observer reporting web log comments that called him a "smug, condescending asshole" and "a huge prick."[75] On Dec 10, 2007, comedian Patton Oswalt published a writing on his MySpace blog titled "Godawful/Give thanks God," where he revealed he and Brian Posehn were approached for the office of Ian for Alvin and the Chipmunks; he fabricated the following remark in the post: "We both threw the script across the room in cloy. David Cross caught it."[76]

All of this prompted Cross to publicly discuss his involvement with the film on his website The Bob and Davider on December 31, 2007.[77] He explained that he actually was offered the role before the casting squad approached Oswalt and Posehn, but rejected. He got the offer again later six months of failing to detect acting work and having a downwardly payment on a cottage in the centre of Sullivan County, New York due; this time, he accepted the role out of agony.[77] He also admitted in the post he never saw the flick, and hoped that his post "hopefully lessens some of the sense that I'm some kind of whore sell-out who doesn't care about anything simply making money."[77] The postal service only garnered more bad comments on web log stories near information technology: a Defamer reader commented that it was "the shittiest fucking defence force since the Nuremberg trials," an A.Five. Club user stated that "he'south digging his own grave, professionally," and a Stereogum reader thought he "wouldn't mind if [Cross] dies."[75]

Oswalt responded to the mail via The A.V. Club on Jan 2, 2008. He revealed that the comment towards Cantankerous was nix more a "snide, private in-joke between u.s." that referenced a comment Cross fabricated at a political party in New York in March 2006; Cross had just received the script for Failure to Launch and stated, "Human, they sent me that script, and I read x pages and threw it across the room." He called blog comments that responded to Cross' writing "very entertaining," simply as well concluded, "I don't care what any of my friends – or, for that affair, enemies – does to pay the bills. I think my role in this is finished, then it's up to someone else to mention your massive cash donations to Operation Rescue, or your upcoming bout with Toby Keith."[76]

When it came to responses from professional writers towards Cantankerous' behavior in the debacle, Jeff Bergstrom of BrooklynVegan opined that "no explanation was needed; a person needs piece of work. And to exist honest, I found his five part response to be a mega-invaluable resources for learning what Cantankerous has been up to these days."[78] Gawker stated the post "will effectively quash any burgeoning feud betwixt two of our favorite comedians—especially since Cantankerous demonstrated the in a higher place-referenced respect for his Pixar-blessed peer past not noting Oswalt'due south longtime interest in King of Queens."[79] C. Robert Cargill, on the other hand, idea that while Cross gave "pretty good reasons" in his postal service, "he forgot that he could drib some really biting sarcasm in the place of a 1000-word diatribe" and "lost" in responding to Oswalt.[80]

Playlist was very harsh, calling Cross' post an "extremely lengthy and ho-hum defense" and that "at to the lowest degree Jason Lee had the expert sense to take the pay check and shut the fuck up."[81] Writing for The A.V. Club, Steve Hyden called Cantankerous' blog postal service a "snide, dishonest, and largely unsuccessful attempt" to deflect the harsh responses thrown at him. He cited similar public statements Cross made when involved in previous projects, such as when he discussed existence in the Law & Lodge: Criminal Intent episode "Bombshell" with Time Out Chicago; he elaborated, "Even at his funniest Cantankerous is distant, cold, untouchable; he either tin't admit to the occasional lame moment in his own life or he honestly believes he's above the foibles the rest of u.s.a. idiots are guilty of every day."[82]

A week after Cross-published on his weblog, The New York Observer interviewed him and reported that he "seemed genuinely hurt by the criticism he was being subjected to online." Cross stated while being interviewed:[75]

In that location'due south no minor part of people wanting to telephone call you on your shit. And I call up some of It's deserved on my role, simply I also think a lot of it isn't. I retrieve a lot of it is lazy and not actually thoughtful. Wait, practice I actually think that Lobsterboy103 thinks that I'm 'evil'? Of course not … Simply Information technology's but the Internet, you know. It'south tippity-tappity-tippity-tap … [here he mimics simian typing] … Done. Hitting send.

In 2014, Flavorwire named Oswalt'south snide remark in the MySpace blog the 30th harshest comedian-on-comedian insult of all time.[83]

Box office [edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks was released in North America on December 14, 2007. The film grossed $44.3 million in 3,475 theaters its opening weekend averaging to near $12,750 per venue, and placing second at the box office behind I Am Legend.[84] Its 2d weekend was $28.2 million, behind National Treasure: Volume of Secrets and I Am Legend. On its third weekend, it surpassed I Am Legend for number 2 at the box part, but even so ranked behind National Treasure: Volume of Secrets. The film closed on Thursday June 5, 2008, making $217.iii million in the United states of america and $144 meg overseas for a total of $361.iii one thousand thousand worldwide.[84] The sustained box-part success surprised the studio; Elizabeth Gabler of Fox 2000 told the Los Angeles Times, "I await at the numbers every day, and we just laugh". Given its $sixty million upkeep, Alvin was far more assisting than either I Am Fable or National Treasure: Volume of Secrets.[85] According to MTV, information technology also became the highest-grossing talking animal/cartoon adaptation until its sequel. It is also 20th Century Play a trick on's highest-grossing film in the US to be released in 2007.[6]

Dwelling house media [edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks was released in DVD in Due north America, Greece, and Mexico on April 1, 2008; Hong Kong on April 10, 2008; the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland on Apr xiv, 2008; and Taiwan on November 24, 2008. On Blu-ray, the film was issued in the United States on April 1, 2008; Portugal, Due south Africa, and the United kingdom on Apr xiv, 2008, Deutschland on Apr 25, 2008; Australia on June 18, 2008; Norway and Sweden on July 2, 2008; South korea on July seven, 2008; Brazil on July ten, 2008; Finland on July 11, 2008; Hong Kong on July 18, 2008; Taiwan on Baronial eight, 2008; French republic on November 19, 2008; Kingdom of denmark on December 19, 2009; Canada on March 29, 2011; Mexico on October 16, 2011; and Kingdom of spain on November 16, 2011. Likewise on April 1, 2008, a Blu-ray "souvenir set" that included dolls of all the three chipmunks aslope the movie was released. On Amazon Prime, the picture show was originally released in standard definition on March thirty, 2010, earlier being issued in Hd on September eighteen, 2012; and it was made bachelor on Movies Anywhere on October 12, 2017.

Video game [edit]

The video game for this film was released December 4, 2007 for the Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, and the PC. Information technology was written and produced by DeeTown Entertainment.

Sequels [edit]

A sequel, titled Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, was released on December 23, 2009. Zachary Levi joined the cast to replace Jason Lee due to his small-scale role and because of his function on My Proper name Is Earl; the principal bandage members reprised their roles for the sequel and the film also re-introduced the Chipettes. A 3rd film, titled Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, was released on December 16, 2011. A fourth and concluding picture, titled Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Bit, was released on December 18, 2015.

Notes [edit]

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  2. ^ [42] [43] [threescore] [47] [58] [52]

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External links [edit]

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks at IMDb
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks at the TCM Movie Database
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks at The Big Drawing DataBase
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks at AllMovie
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks at Box Office Mojo

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