Animated Quest

***Animated Quest*** is a 1997 American live-action/animated comedy-adventure crossover film produced by Paramount Feature Animation and released by Paramount Pictures. It is the 39th feature film produced by the studio. It was directed by Rob Minkoff, written by Julie Young, Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Karey Kirkpatrick, and Zak Penn, and stars Matthew Broderick, Winona Ryder and John Goodman, with the voices of Gary Oldman, Billy West, Phil LaMarr, Bob Bergen, Tara Charendoff, Grey DeLisle, Clancy Brown, Frank Welker, and Charles Nelson Reilly. In the film, when a young animator (Matthew Broderick) gets sucked into the animated world, he is enlisted by Noveltoons character Friendly Fox (Billy West) and his friends to travel around different worlds to stop an evil villain who is out to turn their animated world into darkness.

The film was released into theatres on March 26, 1997, and it received mixed reviews from critics. It was a box office success, grossing over $535 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing film from Paramount Feature Animation.

## Cast

### Live-action

* Matthew Broderick
* Winona Ryder
* John Goodman

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### Voice cast

* Billy West as Friendly Fox
* Phil LaMarr as Barry Bird
* Gary Oldman as Lord Limited, a dark overlord who plans to turn Paramount animated world into his world of madness and darkness.
* Bob Bergen as Felipe Beaver
* Tara Charendoff as Sylvia Barker and Maria Johnson
* Grey DeLisle as Melody Fox
* Kath Soucie as Susan Wilson, David Jones and Holli
* Tress MacNeille as Donna
* Danny Mann and Charlie Adler as Clippy and Winkie
* Jim Cummings as Nack Wombat
* Rob Paulsen as Yowzers
* Dom DeLuise as Rylan T. Tex
* Eddie Murphy as Hot Smooth
* B.J. Ward as Mother Clock
* Yvette Mimieux as Destiny
* Paul Williams as Dr. Primate
* Clancy Brown, Frank Welker and Charles Nelson Reilly as Crawler, Liger and Ratty
* Olivia Newton-John as Stephanie Luck

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## Music

*Main article: Animated Quest/Soundtrack*
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## Release

*Animated Quest* was originally slated for fall 1996 but was pushed to March 1997 to give the production team more time to finish the film, with *Natalia's Story* taking over its original slot. On its theatrical release, it competed directly with Warner Bros./Turner Feature Animation's *Cats Don't Dance*, released on the same day.

### Marketing

The film was accompanied by a promotional campaign by Burger King, Pepsi, Baskin-Robbins, Mattel, and General Mills.

### Home media

*Animated Quest* was released on VHS and Laserdisc on August 26, 1997. The film was released on DVD for the first time on May 16, 2000. The DVD release included an audio commentary by Rob Minkoff and Julie Young, a 22-minute making-of documentary, a gallery of concept art, storyboards, test footage, trailers, deleted scenes, and DVD-ROM features. On October 11, 2005, the film was released as a 2-disc special edition DVD including newly made extras such as two commentary tracks, a sharper picture, a remastered home theater sound mix, interactive games, an hour of classic Paramount shorts, and a retrospective featurette.

A 10th anniversary edition was released on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray on March 27, 2007, by Paramount Home Entertainment. A double DVD and Blu-ray release, paired with *Game Zone*, was released on November 22, 2016. On March 28, 2017, Paramount Home Media Distribution released another Blu-ray for *Animated Quest*, to commemorate the film's 20th anniversary. *Animated Quest* was released for the first time on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on March 1, 2022, to celebrate the film's 25th anniversary.

## Transcripts

### Main

To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

### Trailers

To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.