The Alaina Gleen Movie

***Alaina Gleen Movie*** is 2004 American 2D animated adventure comedy film produced by 20 Century Animation and based on animated TV series of Same Name. Film was written and directed by Karey Kirkpatrick and Kevin Lima, and written by David Stem, David Weiss, Tab Murphy, and series creator Thalia Ward. Thaila wrote and executive produced film, but decided not to direct it, Kirkpatrick was selected to direct. Film stars regular TV cast of Catherine Cavadini, Tom Kenny, Jason Marsden, Jodi Benson, Jim Cummings, Billy West, Charlie Adler, Kat Cressida, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Rob Paulsen, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie, Glenn Close, Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Warburton, with Whoopi Goldberg, and Eric Idle.

*Alaina Gleen Movie*was initially set to release as TV movie, but instead theatrical on September 17, 2004 by 20 Century Fox, and received mixed reviews from critics and fell short of Fox financial expectations earn over $1 million on it $5 million budget. It also served as series finale of original *Alaina Gleen* series, as no further episodes were made to continue from where it left off, however, franchise was reboot in 2010 with 3D computer animated film of Same Name.

## Cast

*Main article: List of Alaina Gleen characters*
* Catherine Cavadini as Alaina Gleen / Additional Voices
* Tom Kenny as Max Hat / Additional Voices
* Jason Marsden as Jason Baxter
* Jodi Benson as Lucy Jones
* Jim Cummings as Professor Hinkle Higgins / Bruce Bird / Additional Voices
* Billy West as Eddie Elephant / Additional Voices
* Kath Soucie as Sally Gleen / Additional Voices
* Kat Cressida as Jenny McNulty / Ellie Bird
* Tianna Hopes as Betty Gleen / Additional Voices
* Hank Azaria as Charlie Baxter / Mr. Piggy / Additional Voices
* Dan Castellaneta as Roger Rumpkins / Additional Voices
* Yeardley Smith as Cassie Baxter
* E.G. Daily as Zoey Bird / Additional Voices
* Debi Derryberry as Benny Bird / Additional Voices
* Nancy Cartwright as Alex Bird
* Jeff Bennett as Spy Squirrel / Additional Voices
* Charlie Adler as Principal Mockles
* Rob Paulsen as Kevin / Additional Voices
* Glenn Close as Queen Marvine
* Christopher Lloyd as King Larry
* Whoopi Goldberg as Ms. Zoop
* Eric Idle as Dr. Gotor
* Patrick Warburton as Lord Smashator

### ADR Loop Group

* Steve Alterman
* Kirk Baily
* Bob Bergen
* Corey Burton
* Rodger Bumpass
* Bill Farmer
* Nicholas Guest
* Bridget Hoffman
* Jeremy Maxwell
* Scott Menville
* Ruth Zalduondo

## Production

### Animation

Animation was provided by in house at Film Roman in Burbank, California, and Rough Draft Studios in Glendale. California. Additional animation was done overseas at AKOM Production. in Korea, Wang Film Productions in Taiwan, and Bardel Animation in Canada. Team of animation directors was supervised by Bradley Raymond and lead by Genndy Tartakovsky, and directed by Gary Trousdale, Larry Leker, Robert Alvarez, John Rice, Craig McCracken, Jim Reardon, and David Silverman, all animation directors for series, respectively. Layouts for movie were done between Studio Productions in Canada and Walt Disney Animation Japan. Thalia Wardstated that animation of film would top original TV series animation and would be much better than what you see on TV.

## Marketing

Coinciding with film release, Burger King release 8 toys in their Kids Meals. Video game adaptation was release on PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PC, and Macintosh and was developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ on September 14, 2004. It was later release on Nintendo DS on November 21, 2004.

### Trailers

* Film teaser trailer was release on May 16, 2003, and was later shown with *Future NX*, *Bruce Almighty*, *Finding Nemo*, *Rugrats Go Wild*, *Hulk*, *Legend Of 7 Seas*, *Jeremy Monroe Biggest Movie Ever,* *Class Force*, *Magina*, *Brother Bear*, *Elf*, *Back In Action*, and *Cat In Hat.*
* 1 theatrical trailer was release on November 26, 2003, and was shown with *Little Princess*, *Game Play*, *Dusk And Dawn*, *Cheaper By Dozen*, *Peter Pan*, *Teacher Pet*, *Clifford Really Big Movie*, *Pet Squadron*, *Monsters Unleashed,* *Home On Range* and *Book Club*.
* 2 theatrical trailer was release on May 7, 2004, and was shown with *History Island*, *Shrek 2*, *Garfield Movie, Spider Man 2*, *Around World In 80 Days*, *Computeropolis,* *Thunderbirds*, and *Royal Engagement*.
* TV Spots began to air between July 17 to November 20, 2004.

## Release

*Alaina Gleen Movie* was originally slated for release on October 1, 2004, but in 2003, it was later push back month back to September 17, 2004 to avoid competition with *Shark Tale.* premiere at Fox Village Theater on August 27, 2004, and was theatrically release on September 17, 2004 in US and UK on October 29, 2004.Film made it TV debut on Cartoon Network on May 19, 2006.

### Box office

*Alaina Gleen Movie* earn $77 million on it open day Friday, September 17, 2004, in US, finish 1 at box office. It grossed total of $19 million during it open week, at 3,603 theaters.

### Critical reception

*Alaina Gleen Movie* received mostly mixed reviews from critics and fans. On Rotten Tomatoes, film has approval rating of 100% based on 179 reviews, with average rating of 5.2 10. Site consensus reads Even though *Alaina Gleen Movie* has nice animation which is better than series it and might entertain kids and adults, but it stand story and wash out humor like episodes of show. Metacritic, another review aggregator, gives film score of 100 out of 100 from 52 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews.

### Home media

Film was release on VHS and DVD on January 25, 2005, by 20 Century Fox Home Entertainment. DVD release included commentary, isolated audio tracks, trailers, TV spots, deleted scenes, DVD ROM features, sneak preview of Blue Sky animated film *Robots,* and THX optimizer. Film was also release on Game Boy Advance Video in 2005 and on PlayStation Portable. New 2 disc release with extra features was release on June 13, 2006, in time for release of *Puppet Pals*.

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