The Simpsons Movie
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The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 film based on The Simpsons television series.
- Directed by David Silverman. Written by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, and Jon Vitti. This film was released July 27, 2007 in United States.
- Music by Hans Zimmer.
See our family, and feel better about yours.(taglines)
- [whips dogs while using them for dog-sledding] Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! [jumps from one slope to the other side] Jump! Jump! Land! Land! [while dogs rest] Rest! Rest! [while dogs running again] Run! Run! [after stopping for the night] Now I know we've had a rough day, but I'm sure we can put all that behind us and just- [the dogs maul him] That's my whipping arm! [the dogs abandon him] Oh, why does everything I whip leave me?
- [sings while playing with his pig]
- Spider Pig. Spider Pig.
- Does whatever a Spider Pig does.
- Can he swing from a web?
- No, he can't. He's a pig.
- Look out!
- He is a Spider Pig.
- [Lisa has a girl talk with Marge about Colin] I still haven't told you the best part! He cares about the environment! No! I still haven't told you the best part! He's got an [with a heavy Irish accent] Irish brogue! [In normal voice] No, wait, I still haven't told you the best part! He's not imaginary!
- So...you want some of my electricity, do you? Well, for once the rich white man is in control! I have two buttons behind this desk: one will supply your town with power, the other releases the hounds. Reach me. Make me your brother.
- [Springfield has been trapped inside a dome]
- People! I have an important announcement. I have been working on a new acid-firing super-drill that can cut through anything. [pointing] It's right there...just outside of the dome.
Dialogue
[edit]- [First lines; The movie begins with the moon where a spaceship lands and Scratchy comes out]
- Scratchy: We come in peace for cats and mice everywhere.
- [Itchy harm Scratchy with an American flag, laughs and crazy his helmet. Itchy travels back to Earth with Scratchy space-rocket. In the front page of "The Washington Post" says "Mouse Hero Returns This Everything To Save Cat". Itchy gets honored and get at parade]
- Itchy: Hey, how you doing? Good to see you. Thanks for coming out.
- [Itchy becomes president and sit and eat cheese in the White House and hear scratchy calling]
- Scratchy: Itchy.... Itchy....
- [Itchy look at the moon on with a binoculars and sees Itchy holding a sign saying "I'm telling". Itchy gets worried and gets an idea. He targeting nuclear missiles by "mistake" to the moon and Scratchy explodes. The Simpsons are watching an Itchy & Scratchy movie at the cinema]
- Homer: Boring!
- Lisa: Dad, we can't see the movie!
- Homer: I can't believe we're paying to see something we get on TV for free! If you ask me, everybody in this theater is a giant sucker! [turns to face the camera and points straight forward, referring to the viewer] Especially you!
- Professor Frink: Movie on the big screen?
- [In Springfield Lake are Green day playing The Simpsons Theme and the crowd cheers. Comic Book Guy is carried but is released into the ground]
- Comic Book Guy: Excuse me. My heinie is dipping.
- [The music ends]
- Billie Joe: All right, well, thanks a lot for coming. We've been playing for three and a half hours. Now we'd like just a minute of your time to say something about the environment.
- [Silence occurs and the crowd throwing bottles at them and boo them]
- Man #1: You suck!
- Man #2: Shut up and play!
- Barney: Preachy!
- Mike: We're not being preachy. But the pollution in your lake, it's dissolving our barge.
- Tré Cool: But the pollution in your lake, it's dissolving our barge.
- Lisa: I thought they touched on a vital issue.
- Moe: I beg to differ.
- Mike: Gentlemen, it's been an honor playing with you tonight.
- [Green Day starts playing and the barge sinks. Lisa looks worried]
- [Bart set off through town on his skateboard naked. Bart's penis is covered almost all the time and Agnes urges residents not to look at Bart's penis]
- Ralph: I like men now.
- Agnes: Don't look where I'm pointing!
- [The police see that Bart's naked and begins to hunt him and Lou shoots a shot]
- Wiggum: Stop in the name of American squeamishness!
- [Bart crashes and flying in the air and lands on the window. Ned, Rod, and Todd are sat at a table at Krusty Burger]
- Ned: Boys, before we eat, don't forget to thank the Lord for this bountiful... [Bart lands on the window in front of them naked] Penis!
- Rod and Todd: [together] Bountiful penis, amen.
- Todd: Amen.
- Lou: Listen, kid, nobody likes wearing clothes in public, but, you know, it's the law.
- [Lou takes down Bart from the window and straps him naked to a lamp-post]
- Wiggum: Lunchtime!
- Bart: You can't just leave me out here.
- Wiggum: Don't worry, we found a friend for you to play with.
- [Nelson laughs, it becomes evening, and he gets tired of laughing]
- Mrs. Muntz: Nelson, honey, where have you been?
- Bart: Oh, this is the worst day of my life.
- Homer: The worst day of your life so far.
- [Fat Tony drags a bag towards the lake to get rid of it; feet are poking out of the top and it obviously contains a murder victim]
- Wiggum: Sorry, no dumping in the lake.
- Tony: Fine. I will go and put my [air quotes] "yard trimmings" in a car compactor. [leaves]
- Lou: Y’know, Chief, I thought he had a dead body in there.
- Wiggum: I thought that too, right up until he said "yard trimmings". Ya gotta learn to listen, Lou.
- Cargill: [enters the Oval Office] President Schwarzenegger.
- President: Ja, that is me.
- Cargill: The pollution in Springfield has reached crisis levels.
- President: Ach! Everything is "crisis this" and "end-of-the-world that"! No one opens with a joke! I miss Danny DeVito.
- Cargill: You like jokes, huh? Well, stop me if you've heard this one. [holds up cage with the mutant squirrel with many eyes]
- President: [gasp] Look at all those angry eyes and pointy teeth! It's like Christmas at the Kennedy Compound!
- Cargill: You know, sir, when you made me head of the EPA, you were applauded for appointing one of the most successful men of the America to the least successful agency in government. And why did I take the job? 'Cause I'm a rich man, and wanted to give something back. Not the money, but something. So here's our chance to kick some ass for Mother Earth!
- President: I'm listening.
- Cargill: [gets out five files] Well, I've narrowed your choices down to 5 unthinkable options. Each will cause untold misery and-
- President: [points to the third file] I pick number 3.
- Cargill: You don't even wanna read 'em first?
- President: I was elected to lead, not to read. Number 3!
- EPA Soldier: I'm afraid we lost them, sir.
- Cargill: Damn it! [throws the binoculars at the dome, but it bounces back and hits him in the face] Ow! Well, then you find 'em, and you get 'em back in the dome! And to make sure nobody else gets out, I want roving death squads around the perimeter 24-7! I want 10,000 tough guys, and I want 10,000 soft guys to make the tough guys look tougher! And here's how I want them arranged: tough, tough, soft, tough, soft, soft, tough, tough, soft, soft, tough, soft!
- [Pause]
- Soldier: Sir, I'm afraid you've gone mad with power.
- Cargill: Of course I have. Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring, no one listens to you.
- Cargill: [levels a shotgun at Homer and Bart] Hello, Homer.
- Homer: So, we meet at last, whoever you are!
- Cargill: There's a couple of things they don't teach you in Harvard Business School. One is how to cope with defeat; the other is how to handle a shotgun. I'm going to do both right now.
- Bart: Wait! If you kill my dad, you'll never know where the treasure is buried.
- Cargill: What treasure?
- Bart: The treasure of Imawiener.
- Cargill: I'm a wiener?
- Homer: Classic.
- Cargill: [last words] Well, always leave them laughing. Goodbye, sir.
- [As he is about to shoot Homer, a rock knocks Cargill out. We see Maggie up on the cliff]
- Homer: [relieved] Maggie! What a great little accident you turned out to be!
- [Maggie winks, does a hand gun gesture at Homer, and walks off]
- [After the credits, the Squeaky-Voiced Teen is seen sweeping the theater floor]
- Squeaky-Voiced Teen: Assistant Manager isn't all it's cracked up to be. [pulls a wad of gum off his broom] Four years of film school for this?
Taglines
[edit]- See Our Family, And Feel Better About Yours.
- For Years, Lines Have Been Drawn...And Then Colored In Yellow.
Cast
[edit]- Dan Castellaneta – Homer Simpson, Itchy, Barney, Grampa, Stage Manager, Krusty the Clown, Mayor Quimby, Mayor's Aide, Multi-Eyed Squirrel, Panicky Man, Sideshow Mel, Mr. Teeny, EPA Official, Kissing Cop, Bear, Boy on Phone, NSA Worker, Officer, Santa's Little Helper, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Groundskeeper Willie
- Julie Kavner – Marge Simpson, Selma Bouvier, Patty Bouvier
- Nancy Cartwright – Bart Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders, TV Daughter, Woman on Phone
- Yeardley Smith – Lisa Simpson
- Hank Azaria – Professor Frink, Comic Book Guy, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Lou, Carl, Cletus, Bumblebee Man, Male EPA Worker, Dome Depot Announcer, Kissing Cop, Carnival Barker, Counter Man, Apu, Dredrick Tatum, Sea Captain, EPA Passenger, Robot, Dr. Nick Riviera
- Harry Shearer – Scratchy, Mr. Burns, Rev. Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, Lenny, Skull, President Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kent Brockman, Principal Skinner, Dr. Hibbert, Smithers, Toll Booth Man, Guard, Otto, Kang
- Pamela Hayden – Milhouse Van Houten / Rod Flanders / Jimbo
- Tress MacNeille – Sweet Old Lady, Colin, Agnes Skinner, Nelson's Mother, Pig, Crazy Cat Lady, Female EPA Worker, G.P.S. Woman, Cookie Kwan, Lindsey Naegle, TV Son, Medicine Woman, Girl on Phone
- A. Brooks – Russ Cargill
- Karl Wiedergott – Man, EPA Driver
- Marcia Wallace – Mrs. Krabappel
- Russi Taylor – Martin Prince
- Maggie Roswell – Helen Lovejoy
- Phil Rosenthal – TV Dad
- Billie Joe Armstrong
Tré Cool
Mike Dirnt – Green Day - Joe Mantegna – Fat Tony
- Tom Hanks – Himself
Teaser Trailer
[edit]- Announcer: In 2007, leaping his way onto the silver screen. The greatest hero in American history.
- [Zoom out to reveal Homer Simpson sitting on the couch]
- Homer: I forgot what I'm supposed to say.
- [Cut to an early version of "The Simpsons Movie" logo on a purple background]
- Announcer: The Simpsons Movie, opening worldwide, July 27, 2007.
- Homer: [off-screen] Uh-oh, we better get started.
- Man: [off-screen] Excellent!
- [The title says July 27, 2007]
Production quotes
[edit]- We're very excited about the performances in this movie. Come next Oscars, we think it's going to be Milhouse's night. ~ Matt Groening[1]
- Since 2001 we had been working to get a script that would be worthy of people actually paying to see the Simpsons. ~ Matt Groening[2]
- We've been running a little behind schedule, but only by about 15 years. ~ Matt Groening[2]
- If I were feeling any more pressure, I'd be a diamond. ~ Al Jean[2]
- We're going to put some fake plots out there just to make things interesting. ~ James L. Brooks[3]
- The idea of the movie is that all of us who ran the show at one point, and who have been there from the beginning come together as the writing team for this movie. ~ James L. Brooks
- That trailer is running on 7000 screens this weekend, committing us to opening every place in the world on the same date, which means we'd better get started. ~ James L. Brooks[4]
- We've taken script security to the point of lunacy, although it helped that we wrote it in Aramaic. ~ Mike Scully
- This was enormously challenging, because it involved filling 120 blank pages with an actual story and words people say. ~ James L. Brooks
- I can absolutely guarantee that this film will far exceed the wildest expectations of every Simpsons fan. Start lining up at the theater now, preferably in costume. ~ Al Jean
- The movie is a result of the very singular vision of 11 people. ~ Mike Scully
- It has been rough. We worked at it for a long time and then found out that Snakes on a Plane was doing the same story. ~ James L. Brooks
Notes and references
[edit]- ↑ Weinberg, Scott (2006-04-04). "Fox Issues Official Word on "The Simpsons Movie"". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2006-04-04.
- ↑ a b c Bowles, Scott (2006-04-02). "Mmmm, popcorn: A 'Simpsons' film in '07". USA Today. Retrieved on 2006-04-02.
- ↑ As Good As He Gets at filmmonthly.com, December 13, 2004
- ↑ Homer going to bat in '07 at Variety.com, April 2, 2006
External links
[edit]- The Simpsons Movie quotes at the Internet Movie Database.
- The Simpsons Movie at Rotten Tomatoes.
Categories:
- 2007 films
- 2000s American adult animated films
- Adult animated films
- American animated comedy films
- Traditionally animated films
- The Simpsons
- Films directed by David Silverman
- Films based on adult animated television series
- Screenplays by James L. Brooks
- American adult animated comedy films
- Animated films set in Alaska
- Animated films set in Washington, D.C.
- Animated films set in Seattle