Barney's Great Adventure

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Barney's Great Adventure
Directed by Steve Gomer
Produced by Sheryl Leach
Written by Stephen White & Sheryl Leach & Dennis DeShazer (story); Stephen White (screenplay)
Starring Kyla Pratt
Trevor Morgan
Diana Rice
Bob West
George Hearn
Shirley Douglas
Music by Jerry Herman
Bernadette Peters
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
John Philip Sousa
Valerie Carter
Johnny Van Zant
Roberta Flack
Jane Siberry
Peabo Bryson
Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes
Stephen Bishop
Colin Boyd
Jane Siberry
Sheena Easton
Jeffrey Osborne
The First AME Choir Of L.A. & Gina
Joyce Slocum
Distributed by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (now Universal Studios)(USA)(UK)
20th Century Fox (Argentina)
Warner Bros. (Spain)
in association with
Lyrick Studios
Release date(s) March 30, 1998
Running time 78 minutes
Language English
Budget $15 million
IMDb profile

Barney's Great Adventure is a 1998 film based on the United States television series Barney & Friends, and featured the children's television character Barney. The film was written by Stephen White and directed by Steve Gomer. The movie trailer and movie poster said it would be in theaters in April of that year, but it was released March 30, 1998.

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[edit] Plot

Cody, his sister Abby, her best friend Marcella, and Fig (their baby brother) are left by their parents on their grandparents' farm. After a game of keep-away started by Cody, Barney the purple dinosaur soon appears to entertain them. Cody doesn't believe in Barney at first, as he claims that imagination is kids stuff to his sister and her and told Barney that "real dinosaurs don't talk and real dinosaurs don't laugh." That night, Cody wishes for a real adventure for that summer, something no one has done before. A shooting star deposits a large colorful egg, which is accidentally knocked onto a birdseed truck by Cody and is carted off. Barney and kids begin their adventure to recover it through a parade, a fancy restaurant, a circus and even in the sky from a collector on a balloon. After they returned it to the barn, the egg finally hatched. It was a koala-like dream maker named Twinken. He shows everyone Abby's dream and then Barney's, which is none other than a special time, a special place and sharing it with the people he loves.

[edit] Cast

  • Barney (voice) - Bob West
  • Barney (costume) - David Joyner
  • Grandpa Greenfield - George Hearn
  • Grandma Greenfield - Shirley Douglas
  • Abby Newton - Diana Rice
  • Cody Newton - Trevor Morgan
  • Marcella Walker - Kyla Pratt
  • David Newton (Dad) - Alan Fawcett
  • Christine Newton (Mom) - Jane Wheeler
  • Miss Goldfinch - Renee Madeline Le Guerrier
  • Baby Bop (voice) - Julie Johnson
  • Baby Bop (costume) - Jeff Ayers
  • BJ (voice) - Patty Wirtz
  • BJ (costume) - Jeff Brooks
Music

The title song was written by Jerry Herman and performed by Bernadette Peters (Buffalo News (New York), p.28G, April 3, 1998)

[edit] Songs

  • Barney- The Song (Main Title) - (Bernadette Peters)
  • Imagine - (Barney / Abby / Cody / Marcella)
  • Let Me Call You Sweetheart - (Grandpa)
  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - (Barney / Abby / Marcella)
  • Old McDonald Had a Farm - (Barney / Abby / Marcella)
  • If You're Happy and You Know It - (Barney)
  • Who's Inside It - (Miss Goldfinch / Barney / Abby / Cody / Marcella)
  • If All The Raindrops - (Barney / Grown Up Chorus)
  • We're Gonna Find Away - (Barney / Abby / Cody / Marcella)
  • I Love You - (Barney / Baby Bop / BJ / Grandma / Grandpa / Abby / Cody / Marcella)
  • We Can Do Anything - (Donald O'Conner)
  • Rainbows Follow The Rain - (Eddie Carroll)
  • Barney- The Song (Reprise / End Title) - Bernadette Peters

[edit] Reception

This movie was panned by critics and was nominated for 2 Golden Raspberry Awards.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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