2006 animated film directed by Matthew O'Callaghan
Curious George
is a 2006 animated
adventure film
[1]
based on the
book series
written by
H. A. Rey
and
Margret Rey
. It was directed by
Matthew O'Callaghan
(in his theatrical
feature directorial debut
), written by Ken Kaufman and produced by
Ron Howard
,
David Kirschner
, and Jon Shapiro. Featuring the voices of
Will Ferrell
,
Drew Barrymore
,
David Cross
,
Eugene Levy
,
Joan Plowright
, and
Dick Van Dyke
, it tells the story of how the Man with the Yellow Hat, a tour guide at a museum, first befriended a curious monkey named George and started going on adventures with him around the city while attempting to save the museum from closure.
It is the first theatrically-released animated film from
Universal Pictures
since 1995's
Balto
, the first theatrical animated film from
Universal Animation Studios
(making this Universal's first in-house theatrical animated film), and the first animated film from
Imagine Entertainment
.
[4]
The film had languished in
development hell
at Imagine Entertainment since at least 1992, but it is possible that it was conceived years before. The film employs a notable blend of traditional animation and CGI scenery and objects that make up 20% of its environment. The soundtrack was composed by
Heitor Pereira
and features several songs by musician
Jack Johnson
.
Curious George
was released in the United States by
Universal Pictures
on February 10, 2006. It was met with generally positive reviews, but only grossed $70 million worldwide against a budget of $50 million.
Curious George
made $48 million in DVD sales in the home market. It received five sequels, although all but one of them were released as
direct-to-video
films.
Plot
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A happy and mischievous but lonely orphaned monkey lives in the
jungle of Africa
. Meanwhile, Ted is a
tour guide
living in
New York City
, who works at the Bloomsberry
Museum
and gives weekly presentations to schoolteacher Maggie Dunlop and her students. His boss and the museum owner, Mr. Bloomsberry, informs Ted that the museum is losing money and will have to close. Mr. Bloomsberry's son Junior wants to tear down the museum and replace it with a commercial parking lot. Ted impulsively volunteers to travel to
Africa
to bring back an ancient 40-foot-tall idol, the Lost Shrine of Zagawa, hoping that it will attract visitors. Junior gets jealous of Ted's constant praise from Mr Bloomsberry that he burns half the map to sabotage the exhibition. Ted is outfitted with a bright yellow suit and hat and boards a
cargo ship
to Africa.
In the jungle, Ted finds the idol with the help of his guide, Edu, but it is only three inches tall. He sends a photograph of it to the museum, but the photograph's angle leads Mr. Bloomsberry to believe that the idol is even larger than he thought. Ted encounters the monkey living there and gives him his yellow hat. Not wanting to be left alone, the monkey follows him and boards the cargo ship. Ted returns home and finds advertisements for the shrine all over the city.
In Ted's apartment building, the monkey makes his way to the
penthouse
and
vandalizes
the walls of Ted's neighbor, Miss Plushbottom, with paint. Due to the building's strict no-pet policy, Ted is evicted by Ivan, the
Russian
doorman. At the museum, Ted reveals the idol's actual size to Mr. Bloomsberry and is kicked out by Junior after the monkey accidentally destroys an
Apatosaurus
skeleton. After a failed call to the
animal control service
, Ted and the monkey are forced to sleep outside in a park, where they start to bond. The next morning, Ted follows the monkey into the zoo, where Maggie and her students name the monkey George after a nearby statue of
George Washington
. George floats away on
helium
balloons that are popped by
bird control spikes
, but he is saved by Ted.
At the home of Clovis, an inventor, George discovers that an
overhead projector
makes the idol appear 40 feet tall. Ted shows the projector to Mr. Bloomsberry, who sees it as the only way to save the museum and tells Ted that he is proud of him. The still jealous Junior pours some of his coffee on the projector and gives the rest to George, blaming him when the projector breaks. With his plan derailed, Ted sadly informs the public that the museum will permanently close and that there is no idol. Ted has a falling-out with George and orders him to leave, allowing animal control to capture George to be returned to Africa.
Ted speaks with Maggie, who helps him understand what is important in life. He sneaks onto the ship and reunites with George in the cargo hold. George notices that the idol reveals a
pictogram
when turned to the light, and Ted realizes that it is a map leading to the real idol, which they find in the jungle.
The real idol is displayed in the museum, which reopens with new interactive exhibits. Although disappointed that he did not get his parking lot, Junior gets a job as a valet and finds joy in his father finally being proud of him. Ivan, who has grown fond of George, invites Ted to move back into his apartment. Ted and Maggie share a romantic moment, but are interrupted by George, who has activated a
rocket ship
; Ted jumps in and they repeatedly circumnavigate the globe.
Voice cast
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- Will Ferrell
as Ted / The Man with the Yellow Hat, a tour guide at the Bloomsberry Museum. In a deleted scene, his last name was revealed to be Shackleford.
[5]
Ferrell described the character as "a blank canvas" and "a guy who's lived his life in a box".
[6]
O'Callaghan said that Ferrell's casting led to an expanded role for the character, in contrast to The Man with the Yellow Hat's relatively limited presence in the book series.
[7]
- Drew Barrymore
as Maggie Dunlop, an elementary school teacher and Ted's love interest. The character was named after
Margret Rey
, who created the
Curious George
series with her husband,
H. A. Rey
.
[6]
O'Callaghan favored Barrymore for the role, saying: "I've always been a big fan of Drew Barrymore so I suggested her to the studio and they all loved the idea of her".
[8]
- Dick Van Dyke
as Mr. Bloomsberry, the owner of the Bloomsberry Museum. O'Callaghan said he was surprised that Van Dyke had never done voice work before, explaining that "as an animation director you always want to use people who are fresh, who haven't done animated voices?at least I do. So it was really exciting to get [Van Dyke] in the room and work with him".
[8]
- David Cross
as Junior, the son of the museum's owner. An early version of the screenplay involved several antagonists; O'Callaghan and screenwriter Ken Kaufman eventually replaced the multiple characters with Junior in order to simplify the story.
[9]
- Frank Welker
as
George
, a curious tailless monkey. The film's
press notes
mentioned that while George would be more accurately described as a
chimpanzee
, he was referred to as a monkey for tradition and consistency with the
book series
.
[10]
[11]
Welker described the character as "the nicest little monkey you would ever want to meet".
[12]
Director
Matthew O'Callaghan
said that it was challenging to effectively convey the monkey's emotions because the character does not speak; because of this, George's original design from the books' illustrations was modified, including replacing his black-dot eyes with larger, more expressive eyes that have
irises
.
[9]
- Eugene Levy
as Clovis, an inventor who builds robotic animals. Levy has said that his experience with the character (his first voice role since 1981's
Heavy Metal
) informed his approach to subsequent voice work; although he prepared extensively with the script, he found that he had to do "just about everything 10 or 15 different ways until they get what it is they're actually looking for", and remarked that the recording process "is a really interesting way to work".
[13]
- Ed O'Ross
as Ivan, the doorman of Ted's apartment. He strictly enforces his "No-Pet" policy and suspects Ted of having one with him. He speaks with a thick
Russian accent
.
- Joan Plowright
as Ms. Plushbottom, Ted's wealthy neighbor and opera singer, whose apartment gets vandalized by George.
Production
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Development
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Producers Jon Shapiro and
David Kirschner
contacted Margret Rey in 1990 about the possibility of producing a film based on the classic children's stories that she wrote with her husband, H. A. Rey. Shapiro recalled that he promised her to make the best version of
Curious George
as possible.
[7]
Rey agreed and
Imagine Entertainment
secured the film rights for
Curious George
in June 1990, with plans to produce a
live action
film jointly with
Hanna-Barbera Productions
.
[14]
Universal Pictures
acquired the merchandising rights to
Curious George
from publisher
Houghton Mifflin
in September 1997, after Margret Rey's death the previous year.
[15]
Larry Guterman
signed on to direct in 1998 and worked closely with Imagine Entertainment co-chairman
Ron Howard
to develop the film.
[17]
However, Guterman left the project reportedly after budget concerns about the film's
special effects
led Universal and Imagine to postpone production.
[18]
[19]
By January 1999, the project continued to be "in active development".
[7]
Universal and Imagine were in finalizing a deal with
Brad Bird
to write and direct a
Curious George
film that combined live action and
computer-generated imagery
(CGI) in October 1999,
[19]
but Bird left the project in 2000 when he was hired at
Pixar
.
[20]
In July 2001, the newly merged
Vivendi Universal
acquired Houghton Mifflin, with plans to make Curious George the company's new mascot, coincident with the film's development and release (Houghton Mifflin would be sold the following year due to Vivendi's mounting financial pressures).
Bird left the project after the studios decided to shift the film to all-CGI, and in December, Universal was in negotiations with
David Silverman
to direct the film.
[22]
[23]
By September 2003,
Jun Falkenstein
signed on to direct the screenplay,
[24]
but was later fired by the studio and replaced by Matthew O'Callaghan in August 2004.
[7]
Writing
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According to Stacey Snider, then-chairman of Universal Pictures, it was challenging to turn the relatively simple
Curious George
books into a full-length film with substantial character development.
[7]
During the film's production process, many screenwriters wrote potential scripts for the project, including
Joe Stillman
,
Dan Gerson
,
Babaloo Mandel
,
Lowell Ganz
,
Mike Werb
,
Brian Levant
,
David Reynolds
, and
Audrey Wells
.
[9]
[7]
[19]
[25]
Kirschner said that screenwriter
Pat Proft
wrote a live action draft of the film that contained a "funny stuff", but was also focusing on the relationship between The Man with the Yellow Hat and George the monkey, which was "really difficult to capture the innocence of that".
[7]
Brewster recalled that earlier versions of the script by
Brad Bird
and William Goldman were darker in tone and more adult.
[7]
[26]
When O'Callaghan signed on to direct, replacing Falkenstein, he and screenwriter Ken Kaufman rewrote the story, saying that they took some elements from the existing story and created new characters, simplified the story elements, and came up with the story of the film. They expanded the role of The Man in the Yellow Hat and gave him a name, making the script more like a
buddy film
rather than one that was focused primarily on George.
[9]
The final script contained scenes inspired by many of the earlier books, including
Curious George
,
Curious George Takes a Job
, and
Curious George Flies a Kite
.
[9]
[7]
Animation
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When Imagine Entertainment obtained the rights to
Curious George
in 1990, a live action feature was planned; by 1999, Brad Bird was in talks to direct the film as a combination of live action and CG.
[7]
The success of
Shrek
in 2001 led Imagine co-chairman
Brian Grazer
to shift the film towards all-CG, saying at the time that George would be easy to convey in CGI animation rather than in live-action mix.
[27]
Eventually, a final decision was made to use traditional 2D animation for the film to recreate the look and feel of the
Curious George
books.
[9]
[28]
According to executive producer Ken Tsumura, CGI animation was used to create the environments for 20 percent of the film, including the city scenes, in order to allow objects to move in 3D space.
[9]
A strict production schedule resulted in all animation work having to be completed within 18 months; Tsumura oversaw the outsourcing of the animation to studios around the world, including studios in the United States, Canada, France, Taiwan, and South Korea. The proportions of George and Ted were kept consistent with the books' illustrations, but their character designs were updated to accommodate the big screen, with O'Callaghan noting that they gave them eyes, pupils, teeth, etc. so Ted could enunciate dialog or to create strong expressions with George.
[9]
CG supervisor Thanh John Nguyen states that they tried to duplicate the look of the cars in the book, which Tsumura describes as bearing the look of the 1940s and 1950s; according to production designer
Yarrow Cheney
, the filmmakers also partnered with
Volkswagen
to design Clovis' red car that Ted drives, simplifying the design and rounding the edges.
[29]
Music
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]
Music is so important to the movie. Our main character doesn't speak. He makes little noises. He squeaks. ... Since George doesn't speak, Jack [Johnson] decided he wanted to be the voice of George. So his songs provide the narrative.
?Kathy Nelson, president of film music at Universal
[7]
The film's instrumental score was composed by
Heitor Pereira
, who replaced
Klaus Badelt
.
[31]
Hans Zimmer
and Kathy Nelson served as the film's executive music producers.
[32]
Jack Johnson
was hired to write and perform the songs in the film. Johnson said that he was originally asked to write two songs for
Curious George
, but his enthusiasm for the film led him to write more.
[33]
He worked closely with the animation team and described a back-and-forth process in which he would provide a sketch of a song in response to a preliminary drawing of a scene, then followed by more detailed animations and lyrics.
[34]
Describing the songwriting process, Johnson recalled: "The balance was writing lyrics that didn't match things too perfectly, but would kind of reference what was going on in the film. I tried to make metaphors that describe the scene better than trying to exactly match what was going on".
[33]
Johnson said that many of the film's songs were written for or inspired by his eldest son.
[35]
Release
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The world premiere of
Curious George
took place on January 28, 2006 at the
ArcLight Hollywood
in Los Angeles, California.
[36]
The film was released to 2,566 theaters in the following month on February 10, opened alongside
the 2006 remake of
The Pink Panther
,
Firewall
and
Final Destination 3
, and ranked at #3 with a total opening weekend gross of $14.7 million averaging $5,730 per theater. The film grossed $58.4 million in the
United States
and $11.5 million overseas, totaling $69.8 million worldwide.
[3]
The film was released in the
United Kingdom
on May 26, and opened on #5.
[37]
Home media
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The film was released on
DVD
on September 26, 2006 by
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
[38]
[39]
in separate widescreen and full-screen versions. It was then released on
Blu-ray
on March 3, 2015.
[40]
[41]
Curious George grossed a total of $48.3 million in DVD and Blu-ray sales.
[42]
Reception
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On the review aggregation website
Rotten Tomatoes
,
Curious George
has a 70% approval rating based on 107 reviews and an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's consensus reads: "
Curious George
is a bright, sweet, faithful adaptation of the beloved children's books".
[43]
On
Metacritic
, the film has an average score of 62 out of 100 based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
[44]
Audiences polled by
CinemaScore
during opening weekend gave the film an average grade of "A?" on an A+ to F scale.
[45]
Reviews frequently praised the film's light-hearted tone and its traditional animation style, though some criticized the plot and modern references.
[43]
In
The New York Times
,
Dana Stevens
called the film "an unexpected delight", praising its "top-drawer voice talent" and "old-fashioned two-dimensional animation that echoes the simple colors and shapes of the books".
[46]
The Austin Chronicle
'
s Marrit Ingman wrote positively of the film's "sweet, simple message" that "children see the world differently and have much to teach the people who love them".
[47]
Christy Lemire
of the
Associated Press
praised George's character design, writing that "with his big eyes and bright smile and perpetually sunny disposition, he's pretty much impossible to resist".
[48]
Roger Ebert
gave the film three out of four stars, noting that it remained "faithful to the spirit and innocence of the books" and writing that the visual style was "uncluttered, charming, and not so realistic that it undermines the fantasies on the screen". Ebert wrote that while he did not particularly enjoy the film himself, he nevertheless gave the film a "thumbs up" on his
Ebert & Roeper
show because he felt that it would be enjoyable for young children.
[49]
Richard Roeper
, Ebert's co-host, criticized the film for similar reasons and said that he could not "tell people my age, or someone twenty-five [years old], that they should spend nine or ten bucks to see this movie".
[43]
Brian Lowry of
Variety
felt that the plot was too simplistic, writing that the film consisted primarily of "various chases through the city" and was "rudimentary on every level".
[50]
On the other hand,
Michael Phillips
of the
Chicago Tribune
wrote that the film was "overplotted and misfocused" and that "the script's jokes are tougher to find than the shrine", though he praised the film for staying "relatively faithful to the style of the original and delightful H. A. Rey illustrations".
[51]
Jan Stuart of
Newsday
criticized the modern references in the film, including cell phones and lattes, writing that they resulted in "modernization traps that the makers of the very respectable Winnie the Pooh films managed to avoid".
[43]
[
better source needed
]
Owen Gleiberman
of
Entertainment Weekly
also negatively noted the
anachronisms
in the film, such as the use of caller ID.
[52]
The song "
Upside Down
" by
Jack Johnson
received a
Satellite Award
nomination for
Best Original Song
.
[53]
Soundtrack
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Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George
is the soundtrack to the film, featuring songs by
Jack Johnson
and others. In its first week on
Billboard
200
albums chart, the soundtrack made it to the #1 spot, making it Jack Johnson's first number one album (
In Between Dreams
peaked at two,
On and On
peaked at three) and making it the first soundtrack to reach number one since the
Bad Boys II
soundtrack in August 2003 and the first soundtrack to an animated film to top the
Billboard
200 since the
Pocahontas
soundtrack reigned for one week in July 1995.
Future
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Television series
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]
The
PBS Kids
animated television series
, also called
Curious George
, was developed concurrent to the feature film. It also stars
Frank Welker
reprising his voice role of Curious George and with
William H. Macy
(later
Rino Romano
) narrating.
[54]
Sequels
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]
A sequel,
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
, was released on March 2, 2010. The plot for the sequel centers around George becoming friends with a young elephant named Kayla. George tries to help Kayla travel across the country to be reunited with her family. A second sequel,
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
was released on June 23, 2015. A third sequel,
Curious George: Royal Monkey
, serving as the fourth film of the series, which is flash-animated instead of traditionally animated was released on DVD on September 10, 2019. A fourth sequel titled
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild
premiered on September 8, 2020 on
Peacock
,
[55]
and was also released on DVD and digital on December 15.
[56]
A fifth sequel,
Curious George: Cape Ahoy
, serving as the sixth and final film of the series, was released on
Peacock
on September 30, 2021. With the exceptions of Frank Welker and Ed O'Ross, none of the voice cast from the original film returned for the sequels.
Reboot
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In July 2010, shortly after the release of their first film,
Despicable Me
,
Illumination Entertainment
was reportedly developing an animated film based on the book,
[57]
[58]
but the project never materialized.
In August 2016,
Andrew Adamson
was in negotiations to direct, write, and produce a live-action adaptation of
Curious George
for Universal Pictures, along with
Ron Howard
,
Brian Grazer
,
David Kirschner
, Jon Shapiro, and Erica Huggins serving as executive producers for it.
[59]
[60]
By March 2020,
Jim Taylor
was brought to re-write the film.
[61]
See also
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