The ChubbChubbs!
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| The ChubbChubbs! | |
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 The ChubbChubbs! film poster |
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| Directed by | Eric Armstrong |
| Produced by | Jacquie Barnbook |
| Written by | Jeff Wolverton |
| Starring | Bradford Simonsen, Jeff Wolverton, Mortonette Jenkins, Peter Lurie, Rick Zieff |
| Music by | Chance Thomas |
| Cinematography | Thor Freudenthal, Kevin Johnson, Brian Kindregan, Sean Mullen, Vladimir Todorov (storyboard artists) |
| Editing by | Robert Gordon |
| Distributed by | Theatrical Realese: Columbia Pictures (2002, with Stuart Little 2 and Men in Black II.) |
| Release date(s) | 2002 |
| Running time | 0 hr. 5 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007) |
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The ChubbChubbs! is a Academy-Award winning 2002 computer-animated short by Sony Pictures Imageworks. It was produced by Jacquie Barnbrook, directed by Eric Armstrong (Stuart Little 1 and 2) and written by Jeff Wolverton. The ChubbChubbs won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. It was theatrically released along with Stuart Little 2 and Men in Black II.
On August 8, 2007, a sequel short film The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas was released, playing in theaters before TriStar Pictures' Daddy Day Camp. On October 9, 2007 both The ChubbChubbs! and The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas animated shorts were released on the Surf's Up DVD.
[edit] Cast
- Bradford Simonsen as Meeper , a troll/turtle-like alien who finds the ChubbChubbs
- Jeff Wolverton as the ChubbChubbs
- Mortonette Jenkins as Singing Diva
- Peter Lurie as Zyzaks
- Rick Zieff as Bouncer
- Glorfs: Dustin Adair, Eric Armstrong, Yakov Baytler, Mary Biondo, Sumit Das, Layne Friedman, Robert Gordon, Sully Jacome-Wilkes, Franco Pietrantonio, Rick Richards, Chance Thomas, Julie Zackary
- Evan Wu as various aliens
[edit] Plot Summary
Meeper, the janitor of an alien pub, has higher aspirations - a karaoke performer. After an accident involving a bucket of water, an electric cord, and an electrocuted singer, Meeper is booted from the pub. Outside, he is told by a dying JarJar Binks that "THE CHUBBCHUBBS ARE COMING!!!" Meeper sees in the distance an aircraft landing, and huge, weapon bearing monsters exiting the craft. He assumes these are the chubbchubbs. He rushes to warn the pub, but before he can shout a warning, he has further injured the singer and is once again booted from the club. Outside, he finds a handful of cute chicks pecking at the ground. The monsters are getting closer. He tries to warn the pub a third time, once more trashing the singer, when someone bursts through the door and yells "THE CHUBBCHUBBS ARE COMING!!!". The pub is emptied, and everyone takes off into the night, leaving Meeper behind. The monsters are almost at the pub. Meeper hides the chicks under his pail in a hope to save them, and then launches into a rendition of Why Can't We Be Friends? until, so caught up in the song, he trips over the pail, revealing the chicks. The monsters all flee, screaming, "It's the ChubbChubbs!!!!" The chicks reveal razor sharp teeth and devour the monsters. They gather around Meeper, who says, "So... You guys into Karaoke?" As the credits roll, you hear Meeper and the ChubbChubbs singing a rewrite of Aretha Frankin's Respect in the pub. When the song is finished, there is dead silence. The ChubbChubbs glare and reveal their teeth, and the crowd hastily bursts into applause.
[edit] External links
- The ChubbChubbs! page at Sony Pictures' website
- The ChubbChubbs! at the Internet Movie Database
- The ChubbChubbs! page at Sony Pictures Imageworks' website
- The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas page at Sony Pictures Imageworks' website
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