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2007 live-activeness/CGI movie directed by Tim Colina

Alvin and the Chipmunks
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Theatrical release affiche
Directed past 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 by
  • Janice Karman
  • Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
Starring
  • Jason Lee
  • David Cantankerous
  • 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 Play a trick on Animation (uncredited)[1]
  • Fox 2000 Pictures[2]
  • Regency Enterprises[2]
  • Bagdasarian Productions[3]
  • Dune Entertainment[3]
Distributed by 20th Century Fox[two]

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

Running time

 92 minutes[2]
Country United states[2]
Linguistic communication English
Budget $threescore million[4]
Box office $361.3 meg[4]

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-activity/computer animated musical one-act moving picture directed by Tim Hill. Based on the characters of the same 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 Play a joke on released it worldwide on Dec 14, and it was produced past Play a joke on 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises. It received generally negative reviews from critics. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus criticizes the film'southward humour and "rehashed kids' picture formula".[5] Alvin and the Chipmunks grossed $361 one thousand thousand worldwide on a upkeep of $60 million[6] [4] and was the 7th-all-time-selling DVD of 2008.

Alvin and the Chipmunks is the first live-action/animated pic starring Alvin and the Chipmunks since Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks was released in 2003, as that pic features puppetry used for the Chipmunks and this motion-picture show features computer animation used for them. The film 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 immature chipmunk brothers Alvin, Simon, and Theodore live in, is cut downward and driven to Los Angeles afterward JETT Records purchases information technology 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 give upwards writing songs. The Chipmunks hop into a handbasket of muffins that Dave stole from 1 of Ian's coworkers, and follow Dave dwelling house.

Once there, Dave discovers the Chipmunks and kicks them out of the business firm, simply to hear them sing "Only You (And You Alone)" and "Funkytown." Dave so makes a bargain with the Chipmunks to sing songs he writes in exchange for shelter. After, when Dave tries to present the Chipmunks to Ian, they neglect to sing because of stage fear. The day worsens every bit Dave is dismissed from his ad job 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 exit. To brand information technology up to him, the Chipmunks get to Ian's lavish mansion where they sing Dave'south vocal to him, prompting Ian to sign a record deal.

The Chipmunks speedily become 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 interest is profiting off the Chipmunks' success. One time the Chipmunks arrive at Ian's mansion, he spoils them with candy and toys, and they prepare off on a nationwide coast-to-declension tour, in which Ian decides to exploit their naïveté by overworking them constantly. Frustrated past what Ian has done to the Chipmunks, Dave decides to infiltrate their concert at the Orpheum Theatre to reunite with them.

Before their tour tin brainstorm, a veterinarian explains to Ian that the Chipmunks' voices have been worn out due to exhaustion and suggests that they accept a long rest, but Ian, refusing to issue refunds, advises the Chipmunks to lip-sync. With Claire's aid, Dave is immune into the concert; the Chipmunks see Dave and decide to sabotage the show. Ian locks the Chipmunks in a cage and prepares to take them on their world tour, escaping in his limousine with Dave in pursuit, though the Chipmunks have already escaped into Dave's car, replacing themselves with stuffed animate being decoys. Dave considers the Chipmunks his own family unit, while Ian uncovers the escape, which costs him both his career and his fortune.

Cast [edit]

  • Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville, a struggling songwriter and male parent figure to Alvin, Simon and Theodore
  • David Cantankerous as Ian Hawke, the chief executive at JETT Records
  • Cameron Richardson as Claire Wilson, Dave'south ex-girlfriend
  • Jane Lynch as Gail, an advert executive, and Dave's sometime boss
  • Justin Long as Alvin
  • Matthew Gray Gubler equally Simon
  • Jesse McCartney as Theodore

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

Production [edit]

Evolution [edit]

Ross Bagdasarian Jr., the son of Alvin and the Chipmunks creator Ross Bagdasarian Sr. who revived the franchise after his male parent'southward expiry, dreamed of making a alive-activeness Alvin film since 1997, "and the dream has had many nightmare moments."[viii] On September 17, 2004, Fob 2000 Pictures, 20th Century Fox Animation and Bagdasarian Productions announced they would collaborate to create a live-action calculator-generated flick starring Alvin and the Chipmunks.[1] On April 17, 2005, The Simpsons author Jon Vitti was revealed to be writing the screenplay.[9] On January 24, 2007, it was announced Tim Hill was in talks with Trick to straight the film.[10]

Casting [edit]

Chevy Chase, Jim Carrey, Tim Allen, John Travolta, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Bill Murray were originally considered for the role of David Seville.[xi] [12] [thirteen] On March seven, 2007, Jason Lee joined the project to play David Seville,[14] and Cameron Richardson signed on March 21.[15] David was a more groomed graphic symbol for Lee than his past roles, which he appreciated.[16] Patton Oswalt and Brian Posehn were approached to play Ian Hawke merely both of whom declined.[17]

Bagdasarian and his wife, Janice Karman, had e'er voiced the chipmunks since they revived the franchise; all the same, for the film, they were replaced past Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney for marketing reasons.,[18] despite the fact that for the start trailer of the motion-picture show, Bagdasarian and Karman voiced the chipmunks.

For recording, the chipmunk vocalism actors spoke their lines slowly to exist sped up to normal speed in post-production; McCartney described it as a "tedious process," where "information technology could take 40 takes for ane line." He was such an Alvin and the Chipmunks fan that he fifty-fifty owned the album Chipmunk Punk (1980), and studied 1980s Alvin cartoons for his office in the film.[19]

Filming [edit]

Principal photography began on March 28, 2007,[20] making it the outset flick to be produced under the leadership of Play tricks Animation president Vanessa Morrison.[21] Seville's house was built on Sunset Gower Studios and contains references to Bagdasarian Sr.'s life. The set pieces included an upright piano he used to write his songs and a flower visual he painted; the house'due south address number includes 1958, the year he created the chipmunk characters; and the house design is based on a cottage congenital in 1919, the twelvemonth Bagdasarian Sr. was born.[16] In shots where Lee interacted with the chipmunks, the player apposite with small stuffed animals indicating where the chipmunks would exist; the animals were and then removed when it was time to shoot, and he used his retentiveness 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 equally Mouse Chase (1997); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Panthera leo, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); and Babe (1995), which garnered Rhythm & Hues an Academy Award.[22] As with all of its by projects, Rhythm & Hues used its own software for animative Alvin and the Chipmunks, such as Voodoo and Icy, which was used for placing the CGI into live-action shots;[22] although Autodesk programs like Flame and Maya were used.[23]

Co-ordinate to Bagdasarian Jr., getting the look of the chipmunks suited for a alive-activity setting while maintaining the essence of the cartoon designs was challenging, and information technology took until September 10, 2006, for the artists to become it correct.[24] Hill instructed the artists to make the chipmunks look realistic, but non entirely similar 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 animative designs for the film.[22] Human being dancers were referenced for animating the dance movements of the chipmunks, and YouTube videos of famous guitarists playing the guitar influenced how Alvin's guitar-playing was animated.[22] High-dynamic-range images of sets were too used for lighting the chipmunks to fit the live-activity shots.[22] The most difficult office of integrating the CGI critters in the alive-activeness shots was match moving for instances when they climb on Seville'southward head.[22] For scenes where the chipmunks interacted with props, some of them were live-activeness props while others, such as a paper aeroplane, were produced and blithe with computers.[22]

Music [edit]

Soundtrack [edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Movement Moving picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack anthology by

The Chipmunks
Released November 20, 2007 (2007-eleven-20)
Length 48:17
Label Razor & Tie
Producer Ali Dee Theodore
The Chipmunks chronology
Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks
(2004) 		Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Move Picture Soundtrack
(2007) 		Christmas with The Chipmunks (2008 reissue)
(2008)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Flick Soundtrack Sampler

The soundtrack was released November 20, 2007, iii weeks before the film's opening, and contains new versions of onetime songs such as "Witch Doc" and "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas, Don't Exist Late)" (as made famous by David Seville and the Chipmunks), cover versions of songs such equally "Bad Mean solar day" (every bit made famous by Daniel Powter) and "Funkytown" (as made famous by Lipps Inc.) and new songs such as "Coast two Coast", "Go You Goin'" and "Become Munk'd". The 2nd rails on the album is "The Chipmunk Vocal (Christmas Don't Be Tardily)", a remake version, without Jason Lee equally the vocalism of Dave. Still, the seventh track, the stone version of the vocal, features Lee equally the phonation of Dave. The soundtrack is the first album to be released in three years by Bagdasarian Productions, and is the group'south 43rd anthology overall. Four songs from the album have charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

The anthology has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over one million copies.

Reception [edit]

Professional person ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [25]

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

The album'south highest peak was number five on the Billboard 200, making it the group's highest on the chart album since Chipmunks in Depression Places (which peaked at number 21). Following Alvin and the Chipmunk 'southward DVD release, the soundtrack went back into the top 10 from number 16 to number five with a 111% sales increment; information technology sold 51,000 copies of what was its 18th week on the chart,[26] and was the result'south greatest gainer.[27]

The anthology has been certified Platinum by the RIAA and has sold over one,000,000 copies in the U.s.a.. By doing this, the album has go the group's showtime RIAA-certified album since Chipmunks in Low Places (which also went Platinum). Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Motion picture Soundtrack has get the Chipmunks' 3rd Platinum anthology and 6th RIAA-certified anthology total.

Songs [edit]

Four songs from the album managed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 during the calendar month of Dec 2007. They became the group's first charting songs in 47 years ("Alvin for President" had been the terminal charting single for the group; it peaked at number 95 in 1960). None of the songs were released as singles or always solicited to mainstream radio (although it is possible that kid-oriented radio stations, such as Radio Disney, might accept played them anyway); they charted solely because of high digital downloads.

The 4 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and/or the Hot Digital Songs chart were:

Track listing [edit]

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

Track listing[29]
All songs performed past The Chipmunks except equally noted
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Bad Day" Daniel Powter iii:47
2. "The Chipmunk Vocal (Christmas Don't Be Late) DeeTown OG Mix" Ross Bagdasarian two:34
iii. "Follow Me Now1 (featuring Jason Gleed)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. three:07
4. "How We Ringlet1" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 3:54
five. "Witch Dr. (featuring Chris Classic)" Ross Bagdasarian 3:03
6. "Come up Go It1 (featuring Rebecca Jones)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 3:34
7. "The Chipmunk Vocal (Christmas Don't Be Late) DeeTown Rock Mix" Ross Bagdasarian 2:xiv
8. "Funkytown" Steve Greenberg 3:34
9. "Go You Goin'one" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. three:16
10. "Declension two Coast1" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 2:47
11. "Mess Around1" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 3:20
12. "Merely You (And You lot Lone)" Buck Ram, Ande Rand 2:50
13. "Own't No Partyane (featuring Rebecca Jones and Chris Classic)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Amusement, Inc. 2:43
14. "Go Munk'done (featuring Al D)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Amusement, Inc. 3:01
Bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
15. "Witch Doctor Classic Version2" Ross Bagdasarian 2:15
16. "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) Classic Versioniii" Ross Bagdasarian ii:17
Soundtrack CD Sampler
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "How We Gyre" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. 3:54
2. "Get You Goin'" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Amusement, Inc. 3:16
3. "Become Munk'd (featuring Al D)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Amusement, Inc. 3:01
four. "Own't No Party (featuring Rebecca Jones and Chris Classic)" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Entertainment, Inc. ii:41
5. "Mess Around" The DeeTown Syndicate for DeeTown Amusement, Inc. iii:20
  • aneDenotes original song
  • 2Performed by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. as David Seville. This version is technically without the Chipmunks.
  • iiiFeaturing Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. equally David Seville (speaking only) and the singing voice for Alvin, Simon and Theodore.

Personnel [edit]

  • Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. — lead guitars and the spoken voice of Dave on track two and the sung vocal of Alvin
  • Steve Vining — bass on runway 8 and the sung vocal of Simon
  • Janice Karman — the sung vocal of Theodore
  • Jason Lee — spoken voiceover on track seven (as "David Seville")
  • Justin Long - spoken voiceover on tracks 7 (as "Alvin")
  • Matthew Gray Gubler — spoken voiceover on tracks 7 (as "Simon")
  • Jesse McCartney — spoken voiceover on tracks 7 (equally "Theodore")
  • Jason Gleed — guest vocals and rhythm guitars
  • Chris Archetype — secondary invitee pb vocals
  • Rebecca Jones — 3rd guest atomic number 82 vocals
  • Ali Dee Theodore — keyboards, bass (except rail 8) and pulsate 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 runway 8
  • Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. — piano on track xv, the singing phonation of Dave on runway 15, and the spoken voice of Dave, as well equally singing voices for Alvin, Simon, and Theodore on track 16
  • Aaron Sandlofer —keyboards, bass, guitar, drums & uncharacterized backing vocals

Charts [edit]

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

Score album [edit]

The moving picture's original score was composed and conducted by Christopher Lennertz, a fan of the Chipmunks since childhood.[31] La-La Land Records released a express edition album on September xix, 2008.

  1. Main Title (1:07)
  2. I'grand Tardily (:40)
  3. Ever? (two:07)
  4. Dave's Theme (:48)
  5. No More Basics/Storing Food for the Winter (4:43)
  6. Rescue the Gear/Toaster Waffles (1:44)
  7. Get out Me Alone (2:17)
  8. I'll Clean Out My Part (1:35)
  9. Are Y'all Awake? (ane:13)
  10. Christmas Morning (4:09)
  11. Live with Uncle Ian (2:36)
  12. Dinner! (2:07)
  13. Dave Remembers/Missing the Boys (1:08)
  14. Get Them! (1:03)
  15. Dave'south Phone Phone call (1:06)
  16. Theodore'southward Nightmare (1:05)
  17. I Want to Become Home (1:28)
  18. Alvin!!!/You'll Never Accept Us Live (iv:09)

Release [edit]

Marketing [edit]

The outset poster for Alvin and the Chipmunks was revealed online on July 4, 2007.[32] Later that month, Fox launched the official website for Alvin and the Chipmunks with but a trailer and synopsis;[33] Several games were added later on.[34] In an August 2007 survey of 750 American teens ran past 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 almost anticipated films of the 2007 autumn and wintertime seasons in the group.[35]

Reception [edit]

Predictions [edit]

Months before its release, bloggers predicted Alvin and the Chipmunks to be terrible because of the interest of the director of Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006);[36] [37] the writers of the Ice Historic period films, Robots (2005) and Large Momma's Business firm 2 (2006);[37] and the poor quality of previous live-action adaptations of old cartoons.[36]

Critical response [edit]

Rotten Tomatoes reported that "critics say this may exist the weakest vehicle for the helium-voiced rodents notwithstanding," elaborating, "the pundits say despite a few laughs, this is pretty bland stuff: dated, weakly constructed, and lacking in three-dimensional characters of the homo or CGI variety."[38] As of November 2020[update], on Rotten Tomatoes the motion-picture show had an approval rating of 28% based on 109 reviews and an average score of four.52/10. The site'southward critical consensus reads, "Though cutely rendered, Alvin and the Chipmunks suffers from banal potty humor and a rehashed kids' movie formula."[39] Every bit of November 2020[update], on Metacritic the film had a weighted average score of 39 out of 100 based on reviews from 23 critics.[40] Audiences polled past CinemaScore gave it grade A, on a scale of A+ to F.[41]

Several moving picture 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'l guys and leaves the live actors with unfunny dialogue and nix to do."[44] According to The New York Times, "its animated protagonists are egregiously eclipsed past the live-action characters."[43] Chicago Reader criticized the "cardboard" characters of David Seville and Ian Hawke.[45] The nearly common censure was the film's satire on capitalism, which was hypocritical due to existence bombarded with popular brands, including the chipmunks themselves.[45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [l] [51] Explained Burr, the film's message "is torn between the glitz that sells and the homilies that endure."[44]

Some critics disliked Lee's under-acting, particularly his underwhelming yelling of the word "Alvin!"[a] In Premiere's view, "Jason Lee makes for a sympathetic Dave, yet there's an almost somnambulistic quality to his functioning;"[56] and Vice wrote that Lee's "rather 'cartoony' acting style here leaves a lot to be desired."[54] However, Lee'southward interim did accept some supporters for working equally a likable protagonist,[58] [51] [59] such as Time Out, a source that thought his "wry approach lends an border to some of the script'south wittier moments."[48] Some reviewers praised Cantankerous' performance,[b] such every bit Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Commonwealth who called the villain the highlight of the film: "Cross is hilarious in everything he does, but he's surprisingly effective in a kids comedy. His villainy is and so broad that it's never actually scary, and he's so funny that you never tire of seeing him on-screen."[61] Withal, ane reviewer, Tim Robey, admitted to being bellyaching by Cross in the film.[l] Premiere chosen Richardson "sufficiently adorable and winsome, though the film's purity makes it difficult to imagine any sort of romantic entanglement."[56] Wrote Roger Ebert, "Jason Lee and David Cross manfully play roles that require them, as actors, to relate with empty infinite that would later exist 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.V. Club wrote, "the manic Chipmunks article of clothing out their welcome pretty chop-chop."[53] The Globe and Mail also commented on the shot limerick: "you've got regulation-height dancers and musicians backing a singing group the size of kids' mittens."[64] "As rendered here by the average-looking CGI furnishings, the characters are underwhelming in their appeal, lacking the amuse of their previous animated incarnations," summarized The Hollywood Reporter.[59] Some reviewers, including Ebert, besides panned the lack of distinction betwixt the chipmunks.[62] [63] However, Diverseness thought there was a "persuasive interaction of human and digital co-stars."[52]

Accolades [edit]

Fox submitted Alvin and the Chipmunks to the Academy Awards for a All-time Animated Feature earlier the flick had a theatrical run required for the award;[65] it wasn't nominated. Upon the announcement of the submitted films, Brad Brevet of ComingSoon.net questioned the submission of a alive-activeness/animated picture like Alvin: "I mean, why wouldn't Transformers then be considered blithe?"[66] While the Movieguide Awards named Alvin and the Chipmunks the third all-time family film of 2007,[67] PopMatters called it the second worst film of the twelvemonth.[68] It was too named one of 2007's worst pictures past science fiction writer John Varley.[69] In 2011, Entertainment Weekly ranked Alvin and the Chipmunks the 3rd worst live-activity/animation hybrid motion picture of all-time.[lxx] In terms of lists regarding the worst talking beast films of all fourth dimension, both Complex and Screen Rant named information technology eleventh worst.[71] [72] In 2013, information technology was ranked past GamesRadar the 48th worst Christmas movie ever.[73] In 2016, Box Role Prophets ranked it the 5th worst alive-activity film based on a drawing.[74] The moving picture also won a Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Picture, a BMI Movie & Tv Accolade for Flick Music, and was nominated for a Young Artist Honor for Best Family Feature Motion picture (Fantasy or Musical).

Response towards Cross [edit]

Negative fan responses too as a joke about Cross' involvement in Alvin and the Chipmunks fabricated in a blog by Patton Oswalt (pictured) influenced Cantankerous to write on his web log nearly why he worked on the film.

Cross' advent in Alvin and the Chipmunks was negatively received by fans of the comedian, The New York Observer reporting blog comments that called him a "smug, condescending asshole" and "a huge prick."[75] On December x, 2007, comedian Patton Oswalt published a writing on his MySpace blog titled "Godawful/Thank God," where he revealed he and Brian Posehn were approached for the office of Ian for Alvin and the Chipmunks; he made the following remark in the post: "Nosotros both threw the script across the room in disgust. 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 team approached Oswalt and Posehn, only rejected. He got the offer again after six months of failing to detect acting piece of work and having a downwards payment on a cottage in the center of Sullivan County, New York due; this fourth dimension, he accustomed the part out of desperation.[77] He besides admitted in the post he never saw the moving-picture show, and hoped that his post "hopefully lessens some of the sense that I'm some kind of whore sell-out who doesn't care nearly anything but making money."[77] The postal service only garnered more bad comments on web log stories about it: a Defamer reader commented that information technology was "the shittiest fucking defense since the Nuremberg trials," an A.V. Gild user stated that "he's digging his ain 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 January 2, 2008. He revealed that the comment towards Cross was nothing more than a "snide, private in-joke between us" that referenced a comment Cross made at a party in New York in March 2006; Cross had just received the script for Failure to Launch and stated, "Man, they sent me that script, and I read 10 pages and threw it across the room." He called blog comments that responded to Cross' writing "very entertaining," but also ended, "I don't intendance what any of my friends – or, for that affair, enemies – does to pay the bills. I recall my role in this is finished, so it'due south upward to someone else to mention your massive cash donations to Operation Rescue, or your upcoming tour with Toby Keith."[76]

When it came to responses from professional person writers towards Cross' behavior in the debacle, Jeff Bergstrom of BrooklynVegan opined that "no explanation was needed; a person needs work. And to be honest, I constitute his 5 office response to exist a mega-invaluable resource for learning what Cross has been upwards to these days."[78] Gawker stated the post "volition effectively quash any burgeoning feud between two of our favorite comedians—particularly since Cross demonstrated the above-referenced respect for his Pixar-blest peer by not noting Oswalt'south longtime interest in King of Queens."[79] C. Robert Cargill, on the other hand, thought that while Cantankerous gave "pretty good reasons" in his post, "he forgot that he could drop 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 tedious defense force" and that "at least Jason Lee had the good sense to have the pay cheque and shut the fuck upward."[81] Writing for The A.5. Gild, Steve Hyden called Cross' blog post a "snide, dishonest, and largely unsuccessful effort" to deflect the harsh responses thrown at him. He cited like public statements Cross made when involved in previous projects, such as when he discussed being in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Bombshell" with Time Out Chicago; he elaborated, "Fifty-fifty at his funniest Cross is distant, cold, untouchable; he either can't admit to the occasional lame moment in his ain life or he honestly believes he's in a higher place the foibles the residual of united states of america idiots are guilty of every day."[82]

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

There'due south no pocket-sized part of people wanting to call you on your shit. And I call up some of It's deserved on my part, but I besides recollect a lot of it isn't. I remember a lot of it is lazy and not really thoughtful. Look, practice I really remember that Lobsterboy103 thinks that I'm 'evil'? Of course not … But It's merely the Cyberspace, you know. It's tippity-tappity-tippity-tap … [here he mimics simian typing] … Done. Hit send.

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

Box office [edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks was released in North America on December xiv, 2007. The motion-picture show grossed $44.3 1000000 in 3,475 theaters its opening weekend averaging to nigh $12,750 per venue, and placing second at the box part behind I Am Legend.[84] Its second weekend was $28.2 meg, backside 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, just withal ranked behind National Treasure: Volume of Secrets. The movie closed on Thursday June 5, 2008, making $217.3 million in the United states and $144 one thousand thousand overseas for a total of $361.3 million worldwide.[84] The sustained box-role success surprised the studio; Elizabeth Gabler of Fox 2000 told the Los Angeles Times, "I look at the numbers every mean solar day, and we just laugh". Given its $lx million budget, Alvin was far more profitable than either I Am Legend or National Treasure: Book of Secrets.[85] According to MTV, it also became the highest-grossing talking animal/drawing accommodation until its sequel. It is also 20th Century Fox'due south highest-grossing film in the Us to be released in 2007.[6]

Dwelling media [edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks was released in DVD in N America, Greece, and Mexico on April 1, 2008; Hong Kong on April x, 2008; the United Kingdom on April 14, 2008; and Taiwan on November 24, 2008. On Blu-ray, the film was issued in the United States on Apr 1, 2008; Portugal, S Africa, and the Britain on April 14, 2008, Germany on April 25, 2008; Australia on June xviii, 2008; Kingdom of norway and Sweden on July ii, 2008; South korea on July vii, 2008; Brazil on July x, 2008; Finland on July xi, 2008; Hong Kong on July 18, 2008; Taiwan on August 8, 2008; French republic on November 19, 2008; Denmark on Dec nineteen, 2009; Canada on March 29, 2011; Mexico on Oct 16, 2011; and Espana on November 16, 2011. Also on April 1, 2008, a Blu-ray "gift fix" that included dolls of all the 3 chipmunks alongside the movie was released. On Amazon Prime, the film was originally released in standard definition on March thirty, 2010, before being issued in Hard disk drive on September 18, 2012; and it was made available on Movies Anywhere on October 12, 2017.

Video game [edit]

The video game for this film was released Dec 4, 2007 for the Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation ii, and the PC. It 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 role and because of his role on My Proper noun Is Earl; the main cast members reprised their roles for the sequel and the film also re-introduced the Chipettes. A 3rd picture show, titled Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, was released on December 16, 2011. A fourth motion-picture show, titled Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Route Chip, was released on December xviii, 2015.

Notes [edit]

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External links [edit]

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

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