Mission to the Moon

***Mission to the Moon*** is a 2000 American computer-animated science-fiction fantasy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by John Lasseter, with a screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson David Reynolds, and Andrew Stanton, from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, Joe Ranft, Pete Docter, and Ash Brannon, and stars an ensemble voice cast consisting of Noel MacNeal, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Jon Lovitiz, . In the film, when a man is trapped on the moon, three unlikely teenagers who are outcasts at a local space station are willing to return him to his natural home while a mad scientist and an space alien threaten to capture him and use him to take over the world.

The film was released in the United States on November 22, 2000, and it received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its animation, humor and its vocal performances, but criticized the predictable story and writing. The film earned a total of $541.4 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, later gaining a cult following through television syndication and its home video release. After the successful 3D releases of *Finding Nemo* and *Monsters, Inc.*, The film was re-released in 3D on March 6, 2015 in time for the film's 15th anniversary. An animated series that continues the events of the film, titled *Space Friends: Missions*, premiered on Disney Channel on June 6, 2005. A sequel, titled, *Mission to the Moon 2* was planned but was cancelled.

### Additional Voices

* Jack Angel
* Bob Bergen
* Rodger Bumpass

## Music

*Main article: Mission to the Moon/Soundtrack*
The film's score was composed by Randy Newman. The soundtrack was released on November 21, 2000 by Walt Disney Records.

## Marketing

McFarlane Toys released a line of action figures and plushies based on the film, Nintendo produced a limited edition Space-themed Game Boy Advance, to coincide with the film's VHS and DVD release, and Windows XP presented their users with the opportunity to download a free animated and static content for use within their conversations. McDonalds promoted the film with a set of 7 happy meal toys featuring the characters from the film.

The teaser trailer was released on February 11, 2000, and was later attached to theatrical screenings of *The Tigger Movie*; and it was later shown with *Mission to Mars*, *The Road to El Dorado*, *The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas*,

The second trailer was released on May 19, 2000, and was attached to *Dinosaur*, *Titan A.E.*, *Chicken Run*, *The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)*, *The Kid*, *X-Men*, *Pokémon: The Movie 2000*, *Thomas and the Magic Railroad*, and *Space Cowboys*.

The film's final trailer was released on September 29, 2000 and was attached to screenings of *Beautiful* *Digimon: The Movie*, *Rugrats in Paris: The Movie*, *Upside Mystery*, and *Mr. Bean's Holiday.*

A video game based on the film has been released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, and PC and was developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Activision on October 24, 2000.

## Release

*Mission to the Moon* was originally scheduled to be released sometime in late 1999 by Universal Pictures, but in February 1997, shortly after taking over the rights, Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios rescheduled it to November 22, 2000.

*Mission to the Moon* had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on November 2, 2000, and was released widely on November 22. The film was rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for "sci-fi action and peril, rude humor and brief mild language".

### Home media

*Mission to the Moon* was released on VHS and DVD on October 30, 2001 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment, and it includes a sneak preview of the 2002 Disney/Pixar animated film *Rock-N-Roll*, a gallery of concept art and posters, a 17-minute making-of documentary, DVD-ROM features, a 5.1 isolated sound effects track, trailers and TV spots, and deleted scenes.

It was later re-released on Blu-ray 3D, and Digital HD on June 16, 2015.

## Television series

*Main article: Space Friends: Missions*
*Space Friends: Missions* is an American animated television series created by Walt Disney Television Animation in 2005, The series aired on Disney Channel from June 6, 2005 to January 30, 2006, and continues the story of the 2000 film.

## 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.