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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Directed by Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne. With Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke. SpongeBob takes leave from Bikini Bottom in order to track down, with Patrick, King Neptune's stolen crown.
- Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne
- 1 min
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Soundtrack
- Release
- Reception
- Trivia
The film starts with a pirate crew, led by Captain Pinty, eagerly awaiting their treasure: tickets to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. When they recover it, they sail to the movie theater and sat down at the front row seats to watch the movie. SpongeBob SquarePants has a dream of becoming the manager of the Krusty Krab restaurant and that the resta...
Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants and Gary the SnailBill Fagerbakke as Patrick StarClancy Brown as Mr. KrabsRodger Bumpass as Squidward TentaclesDevelopment
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was long-planned; Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures had approached series creator Stephen Hillenburg for a film based on the show, but he refused for more than a year. Hillenburg was concerned, after watching The Iron Giant and Toy Storywith his son, about the challenge of SpongeBob and Patrick doing something more cinematically-consequential and inspiring without losing what he calls the SpongeBob "cadence". While on a break from season four post-production,...
Casting
The film stars the series' main cast members: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary the Snail, and the French Narrator, Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star, Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles, Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, Mr. Lawrence as Plankton, Jill Talley as Karen, Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks, Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff, and Lori Alan as Pearl Krabs. It also features Dee Bradley Baker as Perch Perkins, Carlos Alazraqui as King Neptune's squire, Aaron Hendry as the Cyclops, and Neil...
Animation
There were a number of stages involved in the making of the film, beginning with a rough animation process of ideas drawn on Post-it notes. The writers drew, working from rough outlines rather than scripts (which made the humor more visual than verbal). The storyboard artists, including Sherm Cohen, then illustrated ideas conceived by the writers. In the series Tom Yasumi and Andrew Overtoom do the animatics, but director Hillenburg and writer Derek Drymon did the animatics for the film. Yasu...
Gregor Narholz composed the score for the film, conducting the recording sessions (in 5.1 surround sound) with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London. Narholz was signed when series music editor Nick Carr recommended him to Hillenburg after they worked together at the Associated Production Music library. Narholz was honor...
The first teaser trailer was released on December 26, 2003, and was attached to Peter Pan. The teaser includes footage from Das Boot, The Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, and U-571. The film's second trailer was released on May 19, 2004, and was attached to Shrek 2. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie opened in theaters on November 19, 2004; its yel...
Box office
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie earned $9,559,752 on its opening day in the United States, second behind Disney's National Treasure (which earned $11 million). It grossed a combined total of $32,018,216 during its opening weekend, on 4,300 screens at 3,212 theaters, averaging $9,968 per venue (or $7,446 per screen, again second to National Treasure). The film dropped an unexpected 44 percent over the Thanksgiving weekend, and 57 percent the weekend after that. The opening weekend earned 37.48...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 68% based on 129 reviews and an average score of 6.18/10. The website's consensus reads, "Surreally goofy and entertaining for both children and their parents." Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.
Hillenburg actually stated that the film was going to be the show's series finale because of the films conclusion. However due to the success of the film and the episodes, the show has continued to...The celebrities who voiced the new characters for the movie were all fans of the show.The film was directed, co-written, and produced by series creator Stephen Hillenburg, with live-action sequences directed by Mark Osborne. It features the series' regular voice cast with Alec Baldwin, David Hasselhoff, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeffrey Tambor portraying new characters.
Click above to see the live-action opening sequence of the first Spongebob Squarepants Movie directed by Stephen Hillenburg. This and all of the other live-action/animation hybrid sequences in the movie was directed by Mark Osborne.
Steve Belfer. "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song". Lyrics by Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon. Composed by Hank Smith Music. Performed by Pat Pinney. "I Wish I Could Fly". Composed by Eban Schletter. Lyrics by Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne. Performed by Tom Kenny.
Osborne has also directed a majority of the live-action material for the popular animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Patchy the Pirate, as well as all of the live-action sequences for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, featuring David Hasselhoff.
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 American live-action animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series of the same name. The film was co-written, directed, and produced by series creator Stephen Hillenburg, with live-action sequences directed by Mark Osborne. It...
