Bee Movie (film)
Bee Movie is a Golden Globe-nominated computer animated film starring Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard, and Patrick Warburton. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is directed by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner. Its title is a play on the term B movie.
Bee Movie is the first motion-picture script to be written by Seinfeld, who co-wrote it with Spike Feresten, Barry Marder, and Andy Robin. The cast and crew include some veterans of Seinfeld's long-running NBC sitcom Seinfeld, including writer/producers Feresten and Robin, and actors Michael Richards (Seinfeld character Cosmo Kramer), Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld character David Puddy), and Larry Miller (who plays the title character on the Seinfeld episode "The Doorman".)
The
film was produced by Jerry Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg and Cameron Stevning.
It was written by Jerry Seinfeld, Andy Robin, Barry Marder and Spike Feresten.
The production was designed by Alex McDowell, and Christophe Lautrette was art
director. Nick Fletcher was the supervising editor and music for the film was
composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams.
Two teaser trailers have been released for the film that feature Seinfeld dressed in a bee costume, attempting to shoot the film in live-action. Eddie Izzard portrays the director, and Steven Spielberg suggests to Seinfeld in the second trailer to just do it as a cartoon. Upon the release of the first trailer, it was announced that three of the live-action teasers would be released in total.
The
film opened with a weekend gross of $38,021,044. As of January 17, 2008, it grossed
$125,662,096 domestically and $148,172,542 overseas for a worldwide total of $273,834,638.
This placed it in the #16 ranking for domestic grosses of all 2007, and #26 in
terms of worldwide take.
Tagline : On November 2 Hold on to your honey
Cast
Jerry Seinfeld - Barry B. Benson (voice)
Renée Zellweger - Vanessa Bloome (voice)
Matthew Broderick - Adam Flayman (voice)
Patrick Warburton - Ken (voice)
John Goodman - Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Chris Rock - Mooseblood (voice)
Kathy Bates - Janet Benson (voice)
Barry Levinson - Martin Benson (voice)
Larry King - Bee Larry King (voice)
Ray Liotta - Ray Liotta (voice)
Sting - Sting (voice)
Oprah Winfrey - Judge Bumbleton (voice)
Larry Miller - Buzzwell (voice)
Megan Mullally - Trudy (voice)
Rip Torn - Lou Lo Duca
Plot
Having just graduated from three days of college, a bee by the name of Barry Bee Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice – honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bees' honey for centuries, and ultimately realizes that his true calling in life is to set the world right by suing the human race for stealing their precious honey. Because of this, Barry wins the lawsuit, and all honey in the world is confiscated and returned to the bees. But now, Barry and Vanessa realize that now all the honey in the world is back, every bee has been put out of a job, and thus cannot earn money for their families. Barry also realizes that without bees pollinating the flowers, the plant life is dying. To set things right, he and Vanessa find a way to re-pollinate the flowers by going to the final rose show in California, and bringing them as luggage to the airport. Afterwards, the Bees get all their jobs back and give the honey back to the humans, realizing that without their jobs they were not truly happy when they had all their honey, though the humans and bees treat each other better now. Barry becomes a member of the Bee Brigade, helping to repollinate the plants while running a law firm inside Vanessa's flower shop.
In the novelization, a little more is added. The Human-Bee Harmony Act is established, Central Park is made a non-smoking area, and the Benson-Roflex System is created, which allows bees to have one day off to pursue interests and hobbies. The book ends with Ken losing a tennis game with poor sportsmanship, and Barry offerind to help Vanessa with her swing.
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