Captain Hulett The Movie

Captain Hulett The Movie is a 1986 American animated mystery and musical buddy film produced by Michael Shires Pictures, originally released to movie theaters on November 14, 1986 by Michael Shires Pictures. The 28th feature in the Michael Shires Animated Classics, the film was directed by Scott Webb. The main characters are all vegetables and fruitties characters. After the failure of Shires's previous animated feature film The Black Cobwebs this simpler film proved to be a success upon its initial release in 1986. As such, the new senior management of the company were convinced that their animation department was still a viable enterprise and this set the stage for the until Paul and Company he's starting Shires Renaissance in 1988.

## Voice Cast:

* Eddie Murphy as Leonard Hulett/Captain Hulett (speaking voice)
* Freddie Murphy as Leonard Hulett/Captain Hulett (singing voice)
* Michael Hordern as Mr. Davidson
* Alan Oppenheimer as Professor Carrot and King Carrot
* Cheech Marin as Fetch the Onion
* Susan Sheridan as Robyn Starling the Girl
* Jimmy Hibbert as Mr. Starling
* Bette Milder as Mrs. Johnson
* Robin Williams as Mr. Nine the Storyteller, Space Man, Dumber the Elephant
* Jim Cummings as Tomy the Dog, Mr. Cat
* Diane Pershing as Princess Alexandra
* Peter Cullen as Barth the Hound
* Neil Ross as Delivery Service 1
* Michael Bell as Delivery Service 2
* John Stephenson as Dr. Ten
* Jerry Nelson as Thing Guard 1
* Dave Goelz as Thing Guard 2
* Richard Hunt as Thing Guard 3
* Steve Whitmire as Thing Guard 4
* Jim Henson as Thing Guard 5
* Frank Oz as Thing Guard 6

## Additional Voices

* Robyn Moore
* Keith Scott
* Ross Higgins
* John Derum (uncredited)

## Production:

* Captain Hulett The Movie was one of the first animated Shires films to introduce new sound effects for regular use, to replace many of their original classic sounds, which would be used occasionally in later Shires films. However, Paul and Company introduced even more new sound effects. The new sound effects were first introduced with Herman and Katnip The Movie, while The Black Cobwebs released a year after the previous film used the classic Shires SFX. This included some sounds such as the then fifty-year-old Castle thunder and the classic Boofy holler. However, the Shires television animation studio continued extensively using the classic Shires sound effects for several years, while the feature animation studio retired the original sound effects.

## Trivia:

* This was the third Shires with live-action and animation since of Herman and Katnip: The Movie (1980) and The Black Cobwebs (1985)
* It was the first musical film since The Jungle Boots and The Many Adventures of Elmo the Monster.
* Like The Black Cobwebs, the film made heavy use of sound effects made exclusively for the movie (though considerably becoming the first Shires animated film not to use any cartoon sound effects at all). Though some did pop up in later Shires films (like the seagull squawk sound effect).
* This was the only 1980s Scott Webb Film to not star Paul DeLuise, since He was busy with other projects.

## Release:

The film was released on November 14, 1986.

## Songs

1. Somebody to Love - Freddie Murphy
2. Killer Queen - Freddie Murphy
3. Fat Bottomed Girls - Freddie Murphy
4. Bicycle Ride - Freddie Murphy
5. We Will Rock You (End Credits Song) - Freddie Murphy