Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Directors:

Rob Letterman
Conrad Vernon

Writers:

Maya Forbes (screenplay) &
Wallace Wolodarsky (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

27 March 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Oooze gonna save us?

Plot:

When a meteorite from outer space hits a young woman and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years.

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Giant | Alien | President | Destruction

Cast

Reese Witherspoon	...	Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
Seth Rogen	...	B.O.B. (voice)
Hugh Laurie	...	Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Will Arnett	...	The Missing Link (voice)
Kiefer Sutherland	...	General W.R. Monger (voice)
Rainn Wilson	...	Gallaxhar (voice)
Stephen Colbert	...	President Hathaway (voice)
Paul Rudd	...	Derek Dietl (voice)
Julie White	...	Wendy Murphy (voice)
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Carl Murphy (voice)
Amy Poehler	...	Computer (voice)
Ed Helms	...	News Reporter (voice)
Renée Zellweger	...	Katie (voice)
John Krasinski	...	Cuthbert (voice)
Sean Bishop	...	Private Bullhorn / Helicopter Pilot / Advisor Ortega (voice)
Rich Dietl	...	Commander / Advisor Smith (voice) (as Rich B. Dietl)
Stephen Kearin	...	Technician Ben (voice)
Rob Letterman	...	Secret Service Man #1 / Lieutenant (voice)
Tom McGrath	...	Wilson (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Advisor Cole / Army Commander Jones (voice)
Mike Mitchell	...	Advisor Wedgie (voice)
Kent Osborne	...	Technician Jerry (voice)
Latifa Ouaou	...	Advisor Ouaou / Mrs. Ronson / Female Advisor #2 / Panicked Guest (voice)
Geoffrey Pomeroy	...	Soldier #4 / Pilot / Soldier #3 / News Technician (voice)
David P. Smith	...	Soldier #1 / Advisor Jackson (voice)
Lisa Stewart	...	Bridesmaid Candy (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Advisor Hawk / Advisor Dither / Minister / Secret Service Man #2 / Mama Dietl (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kristian Boland	...	President (voice: Danish Version)
Lars Brygmann	...	Dr. Kakerlak (voice: Danish Version)
Pernille Hilgart	...	Computer (voice: Danish Version)
Tom Jensen	...	B.O.B. (voice: Danish Version)
Joachim Knop	...	Derek Dietl (voice: Danish Version)
Mads Mikkelsen	...	O.K. MacMission (voice: Danish Version)
Thomas Mørk	...	Galaxhar (voice: Danish Version)
Stine Stengade	...	Susan (voice: Danish Version)
Peter Zhelder	...	Missing Link (voice: Danish Version)
David Koch	...	Reporter (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Rob Letterman
Conrad Vernon

Writing credits
Maya Forbes		(screenplay) &
Wallace Wolodarsky		(screenplay) and
Rob Letterman		(screenplay) and
Jonathan Aibel		(screenplay) &
Glenn Berger		(screenplay)
Rob Letterman		(story) &
Conrad Vernon		(story)

Produced by
Jill Hopper	....	co-producer
Latifa Ouaou	....	co-producer
Lisa Stewart	....	producer

Original Music by
Henry Jackman

Film Editing by
Joyce Arrastia
Eric Dapkewicz

Production Design by
David James

Art Direction by
Scott Wills

Production Management
Jeff Chasin	....	production supervisor
Philip M. Cohen	....	production supervisor
Alison Fedrick Donahue	....	production supervisor
Robyn Mesher	....	production supervisor
Matt Pomeroy	....	production supervisor
Craig Rittenbaum	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Damon Bard	....	sculptor
Kevin Conran	....	visual development
Richard Daskas	....	visual development artist
Alfred Gimeno	....	storyboard artist
Peter Maynez	....	visual development artist
Mark Nonnenmacher	....	matte painter
Brett Nystul	....	visual development artist
Caprice Ann Ridgeway	....	art researcher
Rachel Tiep-Daniels	....	visual development artist
Kara Ulseth	....	production coordinator
Athanassios Vakalis	....	storyboard artist
J.J. Villard	....	visual development artist
Michael Yamada	....	visual development artist
Anthony Zierhut	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Erik Aadahl	....	supervising sound editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Courtney Bishop	....	sound recordist
Blake R. Cornett	....	sound recordist
Susan Dudeck	....	supervising adr editor
Dante Fazio	....	sound recordist
P.K. Hooker	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Klein	....	foley editor
Roy Latham	....	original dialogue mixer
Wayne Lemmer	....	adr editor
Cory Mandel	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Marquis	....	sound effects editor
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr editor
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr recordist
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Chad Roucroft	....	sound recordist
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Ethan Van der Ryn	....	supervising sound editor
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue mixer

Visual Effects by
Gianni Aliotti	....	lead lighter
William E. Arias	....	lighter
Robert Armstrong	....	technical director
Jason Arold	....	matte painting compositor
Ricky Baba	....	surfacing artist
David Bazelon	....	crowds artist
Ken Bielenberg	....	visual effects supervisor
Cathy E. Blanco	....	lighting artist
Jorge Bobadilla Jr.	....	lighter
Silviu Borac	....	senior fx r&d engineer
Eric Bouffard	....	matte painter
Terran Boylan	....	character technical director
Michael Brainerd	....	effects technical director
Julie Anne Brame	....	effects developer
Daniel J. Brick	....	matte painting technical director
Scott Brisbane	....	matte painting supervisor
Wendell Bruno	....	assistant DMR editor (IMAX version)
Markus Burki	....	effects animator
Craig Cannon	....	paint fix artist
Jessica Canter	....	surfacing artist
Mark T. Carlson	....	effects engineer
Gregg Carrier	....	software engineer
Jason Carter	....	layout artist
Scott Cegielski	....	effects developer
Min-Yu Chang	....	CG modeler: PDI DreamWorks
Alan Cheney	....	visual effects artist
Wes Chilton	....	visual effects
Joong-ryang Choi	....	character effects
Sebastien Chort	....	lighting artist
Shaun Collaco	....	lead lighting and compositing artist: Dreamworks Animation
D. Wallace Colvard	....	lighting artist
Gregory Creaser	....	digital colorist
Gregory Creaser	....	digital intermediate colorist
Christian Cunningham	....	lighting artist
Kwesi Davis	....	production engineer
Gilbert Davoud	....	character technical director
Daniel Dawson	....	character technical director
Mark A. Decker	....	lighting artist
Christina N. de Juan	....	character technical director
Caine Dickinson	....	lighter: DreamWorks Animation SKG
David Doepp	....	surfacing artist
Chris Doerhoff	....	paint fix artist
Russell Dumornay	....	lighting technical director
Avedis Ekmekjian	....	lighter
Erin J. Elliott	....	crowds artist
Kolja Erman	....	effects technical director
Cassandra Fanning	....	digital artist
Mark Fattibene	....	cg supervisor
David V. Fedele	....	character effects: Dreamworks
Oliver Finkelde	....	character effects artist: DreamWorks
Angela Ensele Firebaugh	....	modeler
Louis Flores	....	digital effects artist
Nathan Fok	....	head of character effects
Edwin Fong	....	surfacer: Dreamworks Feature Animation
Quentin Frost	....	digital artist
Adam Gaige	....	lighting technical director
Mariana Galindo	....	character effects animator
Ashraf Ghoniem	....	effects animator
Jonathan Gibbs	....	chief effects architect
Dan Golembeski	....	technical director
Darin K. Grant	....	head of production technology
Michael P. Hamler	....	lead lighter (as Mike Hamler)
Lei Han	....	lighting artist
Andy Harbeck	....	surfacing lead
Katy Harrison	....	lighting technical director
Christian Hatfield	....	effects lead (as Christian A. Hatfield)
Susan Hayden	....	cg supervisor
Andy Hayes	....	visual effects artist
Matt Head	....	visual effects artist
Edward Helmers	....	lighter
Corey Hels	....	rough layout artist: Dreamworks Animation
Michael J. Henderson	....	supervising technical director
George Ho	....	digital artist
Robert Holder	....	lighter: DreamWorks
Cindy Hong	....	lead lighter
Joe Hughes	....	character effects animator
Robbin Huntingdale	....	surfacing artist
Lok Ming Hwa	....	lighting technical director
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	....	surfacing artist
Lucas Janin	....	effects animator
Geoffrey Jarrett	....	crowd animator
Jeffrey 'JJ' Jay	....	character technical director
Patrick Jensen	....	matte painter
Yong Duk Jhun	....	layout artist
Brandi Johnson	....	surfacing artist
Matt Johnson	....	lead technical director
David Jordan	....	lighting artist
Kurt Kaminski	....	lighter
Kurt Kaminski	....	lighting artist
Jeff Kasunic	....	lead lighter: DreamWorks
Louis Katz	....	matte painting compositor
Farid Khadiri-Yazami	....	lighting & compositing
Lisa Kim	....	lead lighting artist
Soo Kyung Kim	....	lighting artist
Takumi Kimura	....	lighter
Michel Kinfoussia	....	lighting artist
Jennifer Leigh King	....	digital artist
Soo Jin King	....	surfacing artist
Gokhan Kisacikoglu	....	digital effects artist
Stephen Krauth	....	lead technical director
Bert Laonipon	....	effects technical director
David C. Lawson	....	lead lighter
Daniel Khin Lay	....	character effects artist
Andre LeBlanc	....	visual effects
Domin Lee	....	visual effects
In Soo Lee	....	character effects animator
Jaemin Lee	....	visual effects artist
Jaewon Lee	....	modeler
John J.S. Lee	....	lighter: DWA
Erin Lehmkühl	....	digital effects artist (as Erin Lehmkuhl)
Matthew Leishman	....	character effects technical director
Jim Leuper	....	effects engineer
Dan Levy	....	lighting artist
Kirk Lilwall	....	third assistant editor: DMR (IMAX version)
David Lipton	....	effects lead
Igor Lodeiro	....	lead lighter
Amber Stewart Lunderville	....	lighting artist
Robert Lurye	....	CG supervisor
Marc Machuca	....	paint fix artist
Michael Manza	....	lead lighter: DreamWorks Animation
Pietro Materossi	....	lighter
Jason Mayer	....	lead effects artist
Kevin McDonald	....	lighting artist
John McGee	....	digital artist
Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Zeki Melek	....	visual effects
Marc Miller	....	lighting artist
Madhavi Marigold Muppala	....	technical director
Gaku Nakatani	....	cg supervisor
Ori Neidich	....	media tools & post-production technology engineer
Ronman Yiu Yan Ng	....	key lighting artist
Mark Nonnenmacher	....	matte painter
Kevin Ochs	....	character technical director supervisor
Jeff Olm	....	stereo effects and color: Dreamworks Animation
William Opdyke	....	visual effects
Liska Ostojic	....	visual effects coordinator
Cosku Ozdemir	....	effects animator: PDI/Dreamworks
Michael J. Pan	....	production engineer
Rupali Parekh	....	lighting artist
Alex Patanjo	....	visual effects
Nikita Pavlov	....	visual effects
Andrew Pearce	....	director of reseach and development
Devon Penney	....	additional effects
Steve Petterborg	....	lighting technical director
Sven Pohle	....	character technical director
Bryan Poon	....	character effects
Gabriel Portnof	....	lead lighter
Dagan Potter	....	effects lead
Abhik Pramanik	....	fx engineer
Travis Price	....	surfacing artist
Andrew Pungprakearti	....	digital effects artist
Mahesh Ramasubramanian	....	digital effects supervisor
Eli Rod	....	additional lighter
Kevin Rodgers	....	character technical director supervisor
Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios	....	lead lighter
Alan Rosenfeld	....	digital effects artist
Frank Sabia Jr.	....	lead lighter
Jon Eric Schmidt	....	visual effects coordinator
David Schoneveld	....	digital effects artist
Marc Scott	....	cg supervisor
Scott C. Sells	....	digital effects artist
Sameer Shah	....	matte painting technical director
Hannah Sherman	....	lighting artist
Jon Shih	....	lighting technical director
Chris Simmons	....	digital artist
Scott Singer	....	visual effects
Ruhi Sinha	....	lighting technical director
Dax Siplin	....	digital paint artist
Marty Sixkiller	....	software engineer: media tools supervisor
Aaron Smith	....	CG supervisor
Drew Solodzuk	....	DMR editor (IMAX version)
David Spivack	....	additional animation
Ilia Standish	....	lighting technical director
Christa Starr	....	lead lighter
Curt Stewart	....	effects artist
Francois Sugny	....	visual effects
Joe Ark Sun	....	character effects animator
Bonnie Tai	....	surfacing technical director
Osamu Takehiro	....	visual effects
Ka Yaw Tan	....	lighting artist
Hector Tantoco	....	digital artist
Amy Taylor	....	character effects technical director
Don Taylor	....	lead lighter
Joanne Thiel	....	senior effects animator
James Thornton	....	crowds artist
Dave Tidgwell	....	visual effects lead
Anthony Tyler	....	character effects technical director
Ozgur Ustundag	....	lead lighting artist
George Vajna	....	second assistant DMR editor: IMAX version
Mauricio Valderrama	....	paint fix artist
Benjamin Venancie	....	lighting artist
Grant Viklund	....	layout technical director
Brent Villalobos	....	production engineer
Koen Vroeijenstijn	....	visual effects lead
Matthew Wang	....	lighting technical director
Lori Williams	....	digital artist
Ron Williams	....	character effects animator
Tony K. Williams	....	modeling lead
Laura Wood	....	production engineer
Stephen Wood	....	visual effects animator
Joanna Wu	....	lead lighter
Zhang Xiao	....	visual effects
Emily Yi	....	lighting artist
Ji Hyun Yoon	....	effects animator
Doug Yoshida	....	lighter
Masahito Yoshioka	....	visual effects
Alfred Young	....	lighting
Can Yuksel	....	visual effects

Animation Department
Manuel Almela	....	animator
Line Korsgaard Andersen	....	supervising animator
Kevin Andrus	....	animator
James Baxter	....	animator
Jeremy Bernstein	....	animator
Nadja Bonacina	....	modeler
Wee Brian	....	animator
Deter Brown	....	animator
Dave Burgess	....	head of character animation
Dorian Bustamante	....	rough layout artist
Chris Capel	....	animator
Steve Cunningham	....	animator
Paolo deGuzman	....	surfacing artist
Eric Deuel	....	animator
Ares Deveaux	....	animator
Bill Diaz	....	animator
Jed Diffenderfer	....	story artist
Raffaella Filipponi	....	animator
Alfred Gimeno	....	additional story artist
Ron Griswold	....	animation rig engineer
Stan R. Haptas	....	final layout artist
Willy Harber	....	animator
Alexandre Heboyan	....	animator
Brad Herman	....	crowd animator
David Hofmann	....	rough layout artist
Martin Hopkins	....	animator
Mariko Hoshi	....	additional animator
Craig Kellman	....	character designer
Morgan R. Kelly	....	animator
Kavita Khosla	....	cloth developer
Marek Kochout	....	animator
Rachel Lagdao	....	layout artist
Josiah Larson	....	technical director
Philip K. Livingston Jr.	....	character effects animator
Kevin MacLean	....	animator
Mary Ann Malcomb	....	animator
Hezekiah McMurray	....	layout artist
Stephen Melagrano	....	animator
Bernard Mendiburu	....	layout artist
Pia Miniati	....	animation rig engineer
Anna Newman	....	animation research and development
Pierre Perifel	....	animator
Noah Peterson	....	character effects animator
Dan Pilgrim	....	layout artist
Robert Porter	....	story artist
Jordan Reichek	....	additional story artist
Carlos M. Rosas	....	senior character animator
Ben Rush	....	animator
William Salazar	....	supervising animator
Tannaz Sassooni	....	technical director
Matthew Schmidt	....	layout artist
Sean Sexton	....	animator
Jeremy Shaw	....	animator
Mike Stern	....	animator
Kemer Stevenson	....	character effects artist
Bill Tessier	....	animator
Philip To	....	animator
Theodore Ty	....	animator
Shane L. Wapskineh	....	layout artist
David Weatherly	....	animator
Scott Wright	....	animator
Onur Yeldan	....	animator
Kathy Zielinski	....	animator

Editorial Department
Gregory Creaser	....	digital colorist
Rich Dietl	....	associate editor
Daniel Fort	....	assistant editor
Lynn Hobson	....	associate editor
Maurissa Horwitz	....	assistant editor
T. Patrick Johnson	....	digital colorist production coordinator
Joe Monteleone	....	first assistant editor
Paul Neal	....	editor: high definition
Baron Northrop	....	film and color technician (as Baron C. Northrop)
Brendan O'Connor	....	digital colorist production coordinator
Jeff Olm	....	digital colorist
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Jon Eric Schmidt	....	digital colorist production coordinator
Vivek 'Vic' Sharma	....	assistant editor
Marcus Taylor	....	associate editor
David Teller	....	Assistant Editor - HD

Music Department
Ryeland Allison	....	composer: additional music
Tom Bailey	....	score assistant engineer
Chris Barrett	....	score assistant engineer
Julie Butchko	....	music clearances
Dan Butler	....	music business affairs
Jack Dolman	....	score technical engineer
Chris Douridas	....	music consultant
Gavin Greenaway	....	choir conductor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Charlene Ann Huang	....	music manager
Braden Kimball	....	score mixing assistant
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
Tom Kramer	....	preview music editor
Michael A. Levine	....	additional arrangements
Matthew Margeson	....	additional music arranger
Liz McNicoll	....	music business affairs
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Perry Montague Mason	....	orchestra leader
Jenny O'Grady	....	choir leader
Hal Oppenheim	....	composer: stock music
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Czarina Russell	....	music studio manager: Remote Control Productions
Jennifer Schiller	....	music coordinator
Adam Milo Smalley	....	music editor (as Adam Smalley)
Peter Oso Snell	....	assistant music editor
Roger Tang	....	music coordinator
Greg Vines	....	score mixing assistant
Lucy Whalley	....	assistant orchestra contractor
Nick Wollage	....	score engineer & mixer
Nick Wollage	....	score recordist
Hans Zimmer	....	executive music producer

Other crew
Adam Agardy	....	training and technical development
Holly Allen	....	production engineer
Rain Angeles	....	systems administrator
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Alain Banas	....	hardware engineer
Joe Bauman	....	technology coordinator
Allison Bernardi	....	media coordinator
Will Bilton	....	research and development
Mauricio Brenes	....	hardware engineer
Matthew C. Campbell	....	production assistant
Brian Chacon	....	manager of systems operations
Ariandy Chandra	....	title designer: end titles
Bryan Cline	....	research and development
Michael Coronado	....	hardware engineer
Sarah Counnas	....	technology production manager
Natalia Cronembold	....	post -production assistant
Jayson DeLancey	....	production engineer
Sean Ellis	....	network engineer
Jason Evaristo	....	production coordinator
G. Mark Fitzgerald	....	production coordinator
Reid Gershbein	....	research and development
Zachary Gold	....	production assistant
John T. Grod	....	stereo coordinator
Juli Gumbiner	....	technical resource supervisor
David Hail	....	unit publicist
Adam Hall	....	training and technical development
Clint W. Heidorn	....	production coordinator
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production office supervisor
Stephanie Huber	....	production coordinator
David Isetta	....	production coordinator
Mark Jackels	....	production engineer
David James	....	title designer: end titles
T. Patrick Johnson	....	production coordinator
Sean Kamath	....	system architect
Jason Kankiewicz	....	infrastructure engineer
Scott Kilty	....	systems administrator
Andrea Montana Knoll	....	production coordinator
Ashley Kravitz	....	legal clearance coordinator
Hans Ku	....	alliance manager
Jon Leibowitz	....	technical resource administrator
Ed Leonard	....	chief technology officer
Alex J. Levine	....	production assistant
Gustav Lindquist	....	post production executive assistant
Jason Lloyd	....	hardware engineer
Jim Mainard	....	head of production development
Rich Marco	....	engineering systems administrator
Kelly Matthews	....	production coordinator
Derek McClurg	....	production coordinator
Victor S. Mercieca	....	technical design director
Eric Michael Miller	....	production coordinator
Peter C. Miller	....	software quality assurance
Jesse Montrose	....	production engineer
Shane Mulholland	....	production coordinator
Brendan O'Connor	....	production coordinator
John O'Sullivan	....	systems administrator
Paul Parmer	....	editorial systems engineer
Devon Penney	....	global development
Harbor Peoples	....	office manager: technology
Drew Perttula	....	production engineer
Jacquelyn 'Jac' Piette	....	production assistant
Shaun Potts	....	technical resource administrator
Drew Puchalski	....	production assistant
Ernesto Quiroz	....	hardware engineer
Paul Replicon	....	technical resource administrator
Joshua F. Richards	....	research and development
Daniel Rich	....	engineering system administrator
Christian Roedel	....	script supervisor
Stephen E. Ross	....	engineering systems administrator
Donald Schmidt	....	research and development
Mandy Sechrist	....	administrative assistant
Cathy Sitzes	....	technical resource administrator
Morgan J. Steele	....	administrative assistant
Satheesh Subramanian	....	r&d engineer
Satheesh Subramanian	....	research and development
Michael Svihura	....	research and development
Casey Sword	....	technical resource administrator
Ryan Genji Thomas	....	production coordinator
Mackenzie Thompson	....	research and development
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	manager of digital resources
Selim Tuvi	....	production engineer
Charley Walters	....	international adaptation manager
Richard Williamson	....	engineering system administrator
Jon Young	....	media coordinator
Andrew Zack	....	production coordinator: Hans Zimmer
Nicholas Bencriscutto	....	technical resource administrator (uncredited)
Jorge Heredia	....	technical resource administrator (uncredited)

Thanks
John Bruno	....	special thanks
Debbie L. O'Keeffe	....	thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks Animation

Distributors

• DreamWorks Distribution (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Paramount Japan (2009) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Paramount Pictures Japan)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical) (as Solar Entertainment)
• Tatrafilm (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Finnkino (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• fX Network (2010) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  post-production facilities (as Twentieth Century Fox Studios)
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recorded at (as Air Studios, London)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Dakota Music Services  music preparation
• Hewlett Packard  technical services
• Hewlett Packard  workstations and servers
• Howard Schwartz Recording  dialogue recording (as HSR)
• Isobel Griffiths Limited  orchestra contractor: London
• L.A. Mad Dogs  ADR
• L.A. Studios, The  dialogue recording
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra (uncredited)
• Metro Voices  choir
• One Step Up  foley
• Remote Control Productions  score mixed at

Also Known As:

Monsters vs Aliens: A Monstrous IMAX 3D Experience (USA) (IMAX version)

MPAA:

Rated PG for sci-fi action, some crude humor and mild language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Czech Republic:U | USA:PG (certificate #45124) | Ireland:PG | Australia:PG | UK:PG | South Korea:All | Finland:K-7 | Norway:7 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Portugal:M/6 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:7 | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Belgium:KT | Mexico:AA | Peru:PT | Brazil:Livre | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:PG | Iceland:L | Japan:G | Taiwan:GP | Netherlands:6

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Trivia:

The film has a localized version in Australia where the News Reporter is not voiced by Ed Helms but instead by David Koch, a co-presenter of the morning show "Sunrise" (2003) seen on Channel 7 Australia-wide.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The call letters for Derek's TV station are WDLH. If this station is in California, the call letters should begin with a "K".

Quotes:

Susan Murphy: [as she's growing, the others are running away] No, don't go! Please have some champagne while we sort this out!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Soundtrack:

Who's Crying Now

Doesn't live up to the promise.

When I first heard of Monsters vs. Aliens I literally went giddy. A 50's B-movie revival! Stephen Colbert as the President! Hugh Laurie as a cockroach! I mean, it's called Monsters vs. Aliens!!!

What I got was a mildly good movie. I mean, there were some nice gags in the Strangelove- lite War Room, and some great lines from BOB, but it really left me wanting more. As a whole, the film never got to the comical heights of Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, or even Shrek 2. There are times in the movie where you know that they are going completely random to try and get some laughs, but fail pretty badly.

Besides comedy, the story itself is pretty predictable. From the moment you meet the monsters you know what the moral of the story, and you know pretty much how the whole film will play out.

But it is not a bad film. Not at all. It's good, but not great. What IS great is the 3D. Me, I've never really warmed to 3D, but they use it here in a completely different sense. Monster's vs Alien's 3D is not about shouting "OMG I CAN TOUCH HIS BEARD!!", but more about perspective. And hair. I'm sorry but it's worth seeing just for Ginormica's (Susan's) hair alone.

So basically, it's fun - but not as fun as it should have been. And take it from me: even if you're cynical about 3D; see it in 3D. It's worth the ticket price alone.