Captain Bluetooth

Sarah Silverman

Kristen Stewart

Alison Clark

Thomas Middleditch

Michael Biehn

Patrick Warburton

Bill Hader

**Captain Bluetooth** is a 2003 American animated comedy film. Directed by Micheal Christchurch and Lewis Chuck (under his alias, **DR2**), the film stars Hugh Jackman, Carolyn Lawrence, Sarah Silverman, Kristen Stewart, Alison Clark, Thomas Middleditch, Michael Biehn, Patrick Warburton, and Bill Hader The film follows Brad Carderick, Alicia Broughman, Lilly Basher, Elizabeth Ableman, and Sally Bradswell as they seek to take back their school from their friend-turned-rival students of Apollo High School. Captain Bluetooth was the third feature film by S1 Media, and it's the first film to be based on the an S1 animated series and was also the first film to be written and produced by Lewis Chuck. The film is based on the show The Adventures of Captain Bluetooth

The film was originally meant to be a two-part episode for the show, but was scrapped due to time issues and the show at it's last season at the time. Micheal later found the script in his "idea bin" and decided to hand it over to Lewis Clark, who recently joined S1 Media at that time, to rework the script. Lewis Clark decided to take the script and fix it up some while starting from scratch and redoing some parts. After showing it to Micheal, he decided to keep the Captain Bluetooth name and convert it into a film.

Captain Bluetooth was released in theaters on April 11, 2003, in time for the show's 10th Anniversary. It received generally positive reviews from critics and fans of the show, who admired film for "retaining the same charm the show had and it's callbacks to past episodes of the show", and earned $130.5 million worldwide with its $50 million budget. It was released on DVD and VHS on September 23rd, 2003, and on Blu-Ray on June 5th, 2009.

## Voice Cast

* Hugh Jackman as Brad Carderick
* Carolyn Lawrence as Alicia Broughman
* Sarah Silverman as Lily Basher
* Kristen Stewart as Elizabeth Ableman
* Alison Clark as Sally Bradswell
* Mary Middleditch as Sarah Anderson
* Michael Biehn as Reginald Gomerson
* Hannah Warburton as Norma Carett
* Bill Hader as Jack Waburt

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## Production

### Development

The film originally was meant to be a two-part episode for The Adventures of Captain Bluetooth and was meant to be the season finale for Season 3. At the time, 20th Century Fox offered to produce a film adaption a feature film adaption of the series. Micheal initally declined the offer because he thought he wasn't ready to delve into making an animated movie as of now and that he also wanted to finish up the series before looking into the offer.

The two-part episode was originally intended to explore more into the history of the main characters as well as reason for the Alleyway and Apollo rivalry. But it was scrapped and ended up being used for the series finale. At around Season 5, the two-part episode had to be scrapped due to S1 Media producing BLVCK MVGIK, the series being at it's final season, and time constrants issues.

After the series ended and the company finished working on BLVCK MVGIK, Micheal decided to look into offer for making a film adaption of the series. He stated he wasn't ready to let go of the series yet and wanted to make one last thing for the series before moving onto other projects for S1. He originally wanted to do something new for the film, but he later on found the script of the two-part episode that was scrapped and thought he could use this script for the film.

### Writing

Lewis Clark (also known as **DR2**) had joined S1 Media at the time the film begun production. His first task assigned by Micheal was to rework the script for the film. He mentioned that there were a few problems with the rough script that needed to be fixed up and changed in order for it to work.

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### Casting

The voice cast is composed of the same cast from the series. But for the main characters' rivals, they contacted

### Animation

The animation started in around 2000. At that time, Dark Blue Apollo was in works. As a way to avoid time issues, the staff agreed to have different studios for when S1 Media was working on multiply projects.

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### Post-Production

The film was rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Assciocation of America for "Rude humor, some suggestive dialogue, and coarse language".

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## Music

Main Article: *Captain Bluetooth: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Captain Bluetooth: Original Motion Picture Score*

Micheal produced a track under the Slimeo alias with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters for the film titled "Start-Over", which marked a change in his sound. He stated he wanted to explore more into the rock and alternative genres for the future of his alias. The song was included in the soundtrack and later appeared on his album, Into The Wild.

The film's soundtrack album was released on April 11th, 2003 along side the movie by Atlantic Records, and features songs by Slimeo, UNKLE, Billy Idol, Radiohead, Nonpoint, Blur, Citizen Cope, Pitchshifter, The Verve, Goldie, Van Halen, Tal Bachman, Shawn Mullins, and Orgy.

The score was composed by AFX and Squarepusher. Micheal chose the two for the score because he thought their sound fitted the film score he wanted to be like. He felt like the ambient genre along with IDM would fit in with the movie.

The score was also released on April 11th, 2003 along side the movie through Warp Records and Varѐse Sarabande.

In 2017, Milan Records announced they would be reissuing both soundtrack and score in a two disc released titled "The Soundtrack and Score of Captain Bluetooth". It was released on June 16th, 2017 through Milan, Warp, and Atlantic.

## Release

### Critical Reception

*Captain Bluetooth* received generally positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 82% approval rating based on 93 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10; the site's consensus reads, "*Captain Bluetooth* succeeds in telling a new story from the series five years after it ended while retaining the same charm the show had, and it's callbacks to past episodes show us that even though a new writer has handled reworking the two-part episode into a full-length film, S1 hasn't forgotten about it's own hero." On Metacritic, it holds a score of 87 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

### Home Media

The film was released on DVD and VHS on September 23, 2003, with the DVD version containing widescreen and fullscreen versions of the film. The DVD release also includes an audio commentary track recorded by Micheal and Lewis along with voice cast members, Hugh Jackman, Carolyn Lawrence, and Sarah Silverman, as well as the behind-the-scenes featurette.

The film was released on Blu-Ray on June 5th, 2009, six years after the film came out on DVD. It was later reissued on April 11, 2013 along side the Blu-Ray release of entire series of The Adventures of Captain Bluetooth to commemorate the show's 20th anniversary.

## Gallery

*Main Article: Captain Bluetooth/Gallery*