Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Director:

Tim Hill

Writers (WGA):

Jon Vitti (screenplay) and
Will McRobb (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

14 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Music

Tagline:

Here comes trouble.

Plot:

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

Plot Keywords:

Chipmunk | Songwriter | Pineapple | Champagne | Wine

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jason Lee	...	Dave
David Cross	...	Ian
Cameron Richardson	...	Claire
Jane Lynch	...	Gail
Justin Long	...	Alvin (voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Simon (voice)
Jesse McCartney	...	Theodore (voice)
Allison Karman	...	Female Intern #1
Tiara Parker	...	Female Intern #2
Kira Verrastro	...	Female Intern #3
Veronica Alicino	...	Amy
Beth Riesgraf	...	Mother in Store
Adriane Lenox	...	Vet
Don Tiffany	...	Engineer
Lorne Green	...	Director
Kevin Symons	...	Ted
Frank Maharajh	...	Barry
Greg 'G-Spot' Siebel	...	Photographer (as Greg Siebel)
Oliver Muirhead	...	Butler
Jayden Lund	...	Security Guard
Erin Chambers	...	Press Coordinator
Jillian Barberie	...	Herself
Chris Classic	...	DJ
Adam Riancho	...	French Doll (voice)
Axel Alba	...	Spanish Doll (voice)
Rosero McCoy	...	Choreographer
Alexis Boyd	...	Dancer (as Alexis A. Boyd)
Criscilla Crossland	...	Dancer
Kevin Fisher	...	Dancer
Kyndra Reevey	...	Dancer (as Kyndra 'Binkie' Reevey)
Tucker Barkley	...	Dancer
Celestina	...	Dancer
Laura Edwards	...	Dancer
Christopher Scott	...	Dancer
Miss Prissy	...	Dancer (as Marquisa Gardner)
Bryan Gaw	...	Dancer
Michelle Maniscalco	...	Dancer (as Michelle 'Jersey' Maniscalco)
Nick Drago	...	Dancer
Melanie Lewis	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Colette Claire	...	Bass player (uncredited)
Natalie Cohen	...	Poolside Girl (uncredited)
Sommer Fehmel	...	Fan (uncredited)
Heaven Lee Porteous Jent	...	Hot Girl (uncredited)
Lisa Lee	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Christopher Recupito Rossi	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Jameel Saleem	...	Band Roadie (uncredited)
Melanie Stephens	...	Dancing DJ (uncredited)
Tony Swift	...	Roadie (uncredited)
Brianna Womick	...	Girl hit by stuffed chipmunk (uncredited)

Directed by
Tim Hill

Writing credits (WGA)
Jon Vitti		(screenplay) and
Will McRobb		(screenplay) &
Chris Viscardi		(screenplay)
Jon Vitti		(story)
Ross Bagdasarian		(characters Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Produced by
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.	....	producer (as Ross Bagdasarian)
Michele Imperato	....	executive producer (as Michele Imperato Stabile)
Janice Karman	....	producer
Arnon Milchan	....	executive producer
Michele Panelli-Venetis	....	associate producer
Karen Rosenfelt	....	executive producer
Steve Waterman	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christopher Lennertz

Cinematography by
Peter Lyons Collister		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter E. Berger

Casting by
Mindy Marin

Production Design by
Richard Holland

Art Direction by
Charles Daboub Jr.

Set Decoration by
Anne D. McCulley

Costume Design by
Alexandra Welker

Makeup Department
Elena Arroy	....	additional makeup artist (as Elena Erroy)
Kimberly 'Beverly' Beard	....	hair stylist: Mr. Lee (as Kimberly Beaird-Pennell)
Ora Green	....	additional hair stylist (as Ora T. Green)
Yuko T. Koach	....	additional hair stylist (as Yuko Tokunaga)
Cheri Minns	....	makeup department head
Peggy Teague	....	makeup artist: Mr. Lee
Toni-Ann Walker	....	hair department head
Jose Zamora	....	additional hair stylist (as Jose L. Zamora)

Production Management
David McKimmie	....	post-production supervisor
Leigh Shanta	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christian Clarke	....	second second assistant director
Mike Crotty	....	second second assistant director
Rusty Mahmood	....	first assistant director: second unit
David Mendoza	....	second assistant director
Michele Panelli-Venetis	....	first assistant director
Timothy R. Price	....	key second assistant director: second unit
Kea Watson	....	second second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Sharon E. Alshams	....	lead set designer
Fred Apolito	....	propmaker
George Atamian	....	set dresser
Ronald S. Baratie	....	greens foreman
James Beihold	....	storyboard artist
Matthew D. Egan	....	mill foreman
Melissa Elbaum	....	buyer
Alyssa Feener	....	art department production assistant
Emily Ferry	....	property master
Ilana Gordon	....	set decoration coordinator
George E. Hanson	....	set painter
Charli Jayson	....	property master: second unit
Eric Kelly	....	on-set dresser
Robert E. Knight	....	set painter
H.B. 'Buck' Lewis	....	character designer
Frank McEldowney	....	greens coordinator
Wayne Nycz	....	paint foreman
Tony Paolone	....	painter
Edmond Scott Ratliff	....	props
Steve Rice	....	greens foreman
Stephen Runningen	....	graphic artist
Lissette Schettini	....	assistant art director
Jesse Siono Jr.	....	painter
Bob Skemp	....	greensman
John L. Sullivan	....	propmaker gangboss
Joy Taylor	....	assistant property master
Steven C. Voll	....	general foreman
Greg Wilkinson	....	assistant property master
Emily A. Wilson	....	art department coordinator
Hannah M. Hinkel	....	additional set dresser (uncredited)
Lars Petersen	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Axinn	....	adr editor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor
Susan Dawes	....	supervising sound editor
Dawn Fintor	....	foley artist
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor
David Giammarco	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
Galen Goodpaster	....	first assistant sound editor
Jeffory Haddad	....	utility sound
Paulino Hemmer	....	voice over
Mildred Iatrou	....	supervising sound editor (as Mildred Iatrou Morgan)
R.J. Kizer	....	adr editor
David MacMillan	....	production sound mixer
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Erin Michael Rettig	....	sound engineer
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Steeves)
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist
Abel Schiro	....	boom operator
Christine Sirois	....	adr recordist
William Stein	....	re-recording engineer
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Douglas Calli	....	special effects technician
Alan E. Lorimer	....	special effects coordinator
William H. Schirmer	....	special effects: second unit

Visual Effects by
Alberto Abril	....	animator
Jude Adamson	....	look development artist (as Judith Adamson)
Amit Aidasani	....	educator
Shish Aikat	....	educator: Rhythm & Hues
Erik Akutagawa	....	scan record manager
Samuel Alicea	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
James Andrykowski	....	visual effects editor
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Nicholas Augello	....	technical animator
Randall Bahnsen	....	technical animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Chris Bailey	....	animation director
Bhavika Bajpai	....	texture technical director
Anand Balasubramaniam	....	matchmove technical director
Adam Balentine	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Lyndon Barrois	....	animation director: R&H
Brooke Beane	....	lighting technical director
Mike Beaulieu	....	senior animator: Rhythm & Hues (as Michael Beaulieu)
Jeffery Beeland	....	pipeline lead: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Bryan Bentley	....	tech animator
Abhishek Bharadwaj	....	match move technical director
Nikhil Bhatnagar	....	render coordinator
Debaprasad Bhowmik	....	character animator
Emil Bidiuc	....	animator
Adam Blank	....	matchmove technical director
Swapnil Borawake	....	match move technical director
Jennifer Bourne	....	digital compositor
Edward Derian Boyke	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios (as Edward 'Ted' Boyke)
David Brickley	....	technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
Matt Brown	....	technical animation lead
Sebastien Bruneau	....	animator
Josh Bryer	....	sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Christopher Burel	....	pipeline technical director (as Chris Burel)
Nicholas Burkard	....	technical animator
Paul Bush	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Rommel S. Calderon	....	visual effects
Justin Callanan	....	technical animator
Francis L. Camacho	....	matchmove artist
Keanan Cantrell	....	junior lighting technical director
Tom Capizzi	....	3D lead
Jeffrey Castel De Oro	....	digital compositor
Tyler Cayce	....	technical animator
Shyam Chand	....	paint & roto artist
Kee Chang	....	technical animator
Serena Chang	....	digital artist
Serena Chang	....	texture artist
Kent Chan	....	technical animator
Jo-Wan Chao	....	modeling technical director
Tamar Chatterjee	....	lighting technical director
Arun P. Chidambaram	....	scene lighter
Kunal Chindarkar	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Vikas Chirate	....	system administrator
Jung-Yoon Choi	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Sandesh Chonkar	....	modeler
David Cole	....	digital colorist
Chris Consani	....	art director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Kevin Coutinho	....	matchmove technical director
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate producer
Ana Marie Cruz	....	visual effects coordinator
Tim T. Cunningham	....	digital producer
Amanda Dague	....	lead animator
Umesh Dalvi	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Rajdeep Dandekar	....	visual effects & props
Nirmal David	....	visual effects: animator
Paresh Dedhia	....	visual effects compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	3D laser scanning: Gentle Giant Studios
Jose L. De Juan	....	digital artist
Sandy DellaMarie	....	sequence coordinator
Ashutosh Deshmukh	....	matchmove artist
Chrysta Dieterly	....	lighting technical director
Amol Dighe	....	render coordinator
Steve Dubin	....	visual effects producer
Ryan Duhaime	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Philip Duncan	....	technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
Pauline Duvall	....	sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
John Egli	....	digital compositor
Colin Elliott	....	animation layout: Rhythm & Hues
Jesse Ellis	....	assistant effects editor
Chris Elmer	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Richard Enders	....	matchmove supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Ryan English	....	character rigging lead: Rhythm & Hues
Jenn Epstein	....	digital compositing technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Rich Fallat	....	look development: Rhythm & Hues
Chris Flynn	....	digital compositor
Dan Foster	....	visual effects plate producer
Tyler Fox	....	technical animator
Adam Francis	....	motion control technician
Jay Frankenberger	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Wes Franklin	....	lighting technical director
Matthew Fuller	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Sarah Fuller	....	scene lighter
Anthony Fung	....	visual effects artist
Nicole Galaz	....	systems operator
Ginesh Gandhi	....	roto/paint artist
Victor J. Garza	....	technical animator
Pranav Kumar Gautam	....	match move technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Divakar Ghodake	....	digital artist (modeling technical director)
Daniel Gilbert	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Logan Gloor	....	lighting technical director
Maria Gonzales	....	visual effects assistant editor
John Goodman	....	animation supervisor
Jimmy Gordon	....	lead technical animator
Victor Grant	....	effects technical director
Aaron Grey	....	technical animator
Anisha Gupta	....	lighting technical director
Varun Hadkar	....	background preparation artist
Justin Hammond	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Dan Haring	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Anthony Harris	....	color timer: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
Joshua Herrig	....	lighting artist
Pablo Holcer	....	sequence supervisor
Phil Holland	....	digital imaging specialist
Lee Hoya	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Gerry Hsu	....	technical animator
Pearl Hsu	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Melissa Huerta	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Jamie Huey	....	look development: Rhythm & Hues
Sean Hyun-In Lee	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Neeraj Ingle	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Katherine Ipjian	....	look development: Rhythm & Hues
Vinita Iyer	....	matchmove lead: Rhythm & Hues, India )
Andreas Jablonka	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Kevin Jackson	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Virendra Jadhav	....	matchmove technical director
Babul Jain	....	match move technical director
Sarahjane Javelo	....	background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Christopher Johnson	....	MIS programmer: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Mack Kablan	....	animator
Sean Kaczmarek	....	visual effects
Kamalakkannan	....	digital compositor
Michael Kambli	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Snehal Kanchan	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Sean Kennedy	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Chris J. Kenny	....	digital compositor
Scott Kilburn	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
John Kilkenny	....	visual effects executive: Fox
Chansoo Kim	....	animator
Sam Kim	....	digital compositor
Si-Hyung Kim	....	technical animator
Yunjung Kim	....	technical director
Yun Jung Kim	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
V.S. Kiran	....	lighting lead: Rhythm & Hues
Shelagh Kitney	....	animator
Bomsok Ku	....	lighting technical director
Radha Kulkarni	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues, India
Aaron Kupferman	....	lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Prince Kurian	....	paint & roto artist
Yogesh Lakhani	....	lighting lead: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Jaymie Lam	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Vincent Lavares	....	data manager: Laser Pacific
Dan Lazarow	....	senior lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Alexander K. Lee	....	animator
Hannah K. Lees	....	technical animator
Young Lee	....	technical animator
Danny Lei	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues (as Chun Ta Lei)
Matthew Leishman	....	lead technical animator
Frederick LeMaster	....	pipeline technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios (as Fred LeMaster)
Stephen Les	....	visual effects coordinator
Rebecca Lilienfeld	....	assistant visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues
David Linsey	....	character animator
Mark Lipsmeyer	....	tracker/matchmover: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Lu Liu	....	lighting technical director
Trevor Lorber	....	lighting technical director
Sophia Lo	....	digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues
Daniel Macarin	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Mary Lynn Machado	....	look development/color & lighting: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Matt Magnolia	....	visual effects coordinator: 20th Century Fox
Nikki Makar	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Varun Malhotra	....	lighting techical director
Jason Malinowsky	....	animator
Karey Maltzahn	....	visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Joe Mancewicz	....	character rigging supervisor
Bruce Mann	....	digital compositor: Laser Pacific
Vangala Manoj	....	modeling technical director
Simon Marinof	....	digital compositor
Shawn Mason	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Chris McLeod	....	visual effects coordinator
M. Gavin McMillan	....	character rigger
Gagan Mehta	....	lead lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues, India
Jay Mehta	....	rotoscope artist
Daniel Mejia	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Christopher Michael	....	technical animator
Douglas Miller	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Christopher Mills	....	animation layout
Jennifer Mizener	....	CG production manager
Sheila Molnar	....	lead compositor
Rohini Montenegro	....	background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Rohini Montenegro	....	roto/paint artist: Rhythm & Hues
Jim Moorhead	....	digital artist
Zeke Morales	....	visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Meg Morris	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Shane Mulholland	....	animation coordinator
Ram Mohan Nadam Reddy	....	digital compositor
Rishikesh Nandlaskar	....	3D artist
Anita Naufal	....	matchmove artist
Brandon Nelson	....	digital compositor
Thai-My Nguyen	....	animator
Christopher S. Nielsen	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Jim O'Hagan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Carina Ohlund	....	sequence lighter
Tyler Opatrny	....	tech animator
Tejal Pandkar	....	lighting technical director
Sijo Pappachan	....	pipeline support
Ken Paris	....	technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
Zach Parrish	....	animator
Brett Paton	....	character animator
Vishal Pawar	....	texture artist: Rhythm & Hues, India
Angelica Perez	....	digital compositor
Rebecca Perez	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Seth Peterson	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Perry Petrzilka	....	projectionist: rhythm & hues
Jean Joseph Philip	....	lighting technical director
Tim Pixton	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Alex Poei	....	character animator
Kevin Rafferty	....	visual effects supervisor: second unit
Vivek Ram	....	modeling technical director: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Shrinidhi Rao	....	render support
Andres Rascon	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Marina Ratina	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Aatur Ravani	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Suryapal Rawat	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
David Rhodes	....	technical animator
Burke Roane	....	character animator
Trey Roane	....	character animator: Rhythm and Hues
Michela Rose	....	technical animator
Matthew A. Rubin	....	second unit: set data manager
Karl Rumpf	....	visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Diksha Sagar	....	match move technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Saswat Sahoo	....	pipeline technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Arnab Sanyal	....	background prep lead
Chingkhei Sapam	....	pipeline technical director
C.J. Sarachene	....	lead animator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Yogesh Sawant	....	lighting technical director
Jeffrey Schaper	....	visual effects plate producer: second unit, Rhythm and Hues
Donna Segal	....	digital compositor
Chad Sellers	....	character animator
Seshaprasad	....	digital production manager: Rhythm & Hues, India
Divyesh Shah	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Siddharth Shah	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Neha Sharma	....	visual effects coordinator
Chad Shattuck	....	animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Shreya Shetty	....	texture artist: Rhythm & Hues, India
Todd Shifflett	....	visual effects supervisor
Nidhi Shrivastava	....	lighting / techical director
Josh Shuman	....	digital compositor
Peter Sidoriak	....	digital compositor
Cybele Sierra	....	digital compositor
Murugan Siju	....	roto/prep
Sabrina Silver	....	modeling technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Arjun Singh	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Dhruv Singh	....	paint & roto artist
Ryan Sivley	....	animator: Luma Pictures
Jeff W. Smith	....	technical animator
Jakris Smittant	....	sequence coordinator
Hitesh Solanki	....	matchmove lead: Rhythm & Hues India
Jason Stansell	....	character animator
Timothy Steele	....	technical animator
Jon Stein	....	visual effects production assistant
Jennifer Stratton	....	texture artist: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Yuki Sugimoto	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Radhakrishnan Sundararaj	....	digital artist
Ryan Swanno	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Aashima Taneja	....	visual effects coordinator
Brian Tatosky	....	2D supervisor
Will Telford	....	digital effects supervisor
Kevin Tengan	....	systems administrator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Cat Thelia	....	sequence coordinator
Lindsay Thompson	....	animator
Marc Thyng	....	technical animator
Josh Tomlinson	....	lighting technical director
Tejas Trivedi	....	match move technical director
Vincent Truitner	....	animator
Sourabh Uppal	....	lighting technical director
Richard Van Cleave Jr.	....	lead technical animator
John Vassallo	....	animator
Rakesh Venugopalan	....	roto/prep artist
Scott Vosbury	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Diana Marie Wells	....	digital compositor (as Diana M. Wells)
Adam Yaniv	....	lead animator
Nate Yellig	....	technical animator
Tsz 'Gee' Yeung	....	lighting supervisor
Tsz 'Gee' Yeung	....	look development
Robert Young	....	digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues
Sagar Zade	....	digital artist
Sagar Zade	....	modeling technical director
Brandy Zumkley	....	digital compositor
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Chris De St Jeor	....	technical animator (uncredited)
Harrison Hays	....	render I/O lead: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Richard Mahon	....	matte painter (uncredited)
L. Patrick McCormack	....	manager of digital productions: India (uncredited)
Brad Smith	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios (uncredited)

Stunts
Jennifer Cobb	....	stunt double: Cameron Richardson
Debbie Evans	....	stunt performer
George Fisher	....	stunts
Matt Leonard	....	stunts
Svetlana Markel	....	stunts
Buck McDancer	....	stunts
Rick Miller	....	stunt driver: camera bike
John Moio	....	stunt coordinator
John Robotham	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ryan Bradley	....	grip: second unit
Matthew Brookman	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Alan Brownstein	....	camera operator
Robin Bursey	....	film loader
Devin Campbell	....	lighting technician
Greg Cantrell	....	rigging chief lighting technician
Steve Charnow	....	electrician
Alan Colbert	....	chief lighting: second unit
Richard Crow	....	Steadicam operator
Jesse Crusing	....	additional lamp operator
Christopher Cundey	....	video assist operator
Gary Dahlquist	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Charlie Dalrymple	....	lighting technician
Josh Day	....	gaffer: DVD extras: dance footage
Darrin DeLoach	....	first assistant camera
Shawn Ensign	....	best boy grip: second unit
Michael S. Epley	....	dolly grip
Michael Franco	....	rigging electrician
Franc Gabusi	....	grip: second unit
Patrick George	....	electrician
Christopher Glasgow	....	dolly grip: second unit
Andrew B. Horton	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Shane D. Kelly	....	chief lighting technician
Doug Lerma	....	lighting technician
Dominic Mazzola	....	grip: second unit
David J. McGraw	....	digital video assist operator: second unit
David L. Parrish	....	camera operator: 2nd Unit
Les Percy	....	rigging key grip
Michael C. Price	....	key grip
Landon Ruddel	....	best boy grip
Brian Scotti	....	electrician
Randy Tambling	....	key grip: second unit
Andrew Taylor	....	best boy rigging grip
Tommy Tieche	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jaimie Trueblood	....	still photographer
Chris Updegrave	....	grip: second unit
Scott Webb	....	theatrical lighting designer
Dave Wood	....	lighting technician
Jason Young	....	lighting console programmer

Animation Department
Andy Arnett	....	animation supervisor
Emily Beaulieu	....	animator
Steward Burris	....	animator
Hitesh Chikate	....	animation support
Rachel Flowers	....	character animator
Namita Gotephode	....	animation production coordinator
Marcus Alexander Hart	....	character animator
Ken Huling	....	animator
Will Kistler	....	animator
Kira Lehtomaki	....	animator
Angelo Libutti	....	animator
Hayk Manukyan	....	animator
Sean McComber	....	animator
Thanh Nguyen	....	animator
Hunjin Park	....	animator
Abhijit Parsekar	....	animator
Samir Patel	....	animator
Brett Paton	....	character animator
Jason Petrocelli	....	animator
David R. Polk	....	animator
Nikhil Salvi	....	animator
Ben Sanders	....	animator
C.J. Sarachene	....	lead animator
Scott Slater	....	animator
Ryan Sluman	....	animator
Roberto Smith	....	animation supervisor
Tim Sormin	....	animator
Jason Stansell	....	character animator
Sachin S. Suryawanshi	....	character animator
Johnny Turco	....	animator
Eriks Vitolins	....	lead animator
Kathleen Curry	....	animator (uncredited)
Colbert Fennelly	....	animation layout: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Joe Haidar	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Victoria Livingstone	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Carol Grant	....	extras casting
Kara Lipson	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Adrienne Greshock	....	costumer
Alexandra Hess	....	costume production assistant
Unchin Lee	....	additional set costumer
Emma Trenchard	....	costume supervisor
Deborah Zimmerman	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Trevor St. John David	....	post-production assistant
Peter S. Elliot	....	additional editor
Todd Fulkerson	....	assistant editor
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
Daniel Kupresan	....	assistant editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Warren Paeff	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Alana Da Fonseca	....	song vocalist
Ali Dee	....	song vocalist (as Ali Dee Theodore)
Rossano Galante	....	orchestrator
Kevin Globerman	....	digital score recordist
Rebecca Jones	....	song vocalist
Julianne Jordan	....	music supervisor
Steve Juliani	....	music preparation
Joey Katsaros	....	song vocalist
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Christopher Lennertz	....	conductor
David Low	....	orchestra contractor
John McCurry	....	song vocalist
Steven Memel	....	voice coach
Michael John Mollo	....	score coordinator
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Sheila Owens	....	song vocalist
Larry Rench	....	orchestrator
Brandon Roberts	....	orchestrator
Bart Samolis	....	musician
Michael Sandlofer	....	song vocalist
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Matthew J. Ward	....	assistant score engineer
Philip White	....	orchestrator
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Linda Cipperley	....	transportation
Daniel Davis	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Robert K. Johnson	....	transportation coordinator
Tina Peterson	....	transportation office coordinator
John 'J.P.' Pratt	....	picture car coordinator
Alana Stelling	....	driver
Mark Valdez	....	driver

Other crew
Vanessa Bagdasarian	....	assistant: Mr. Bagdasarian & Ms. Karman
Susan Bambara	....	script supervisor: second unit
Wayne Barker	....	set production assistant
Charlie Bolwell	....	production coordinator
Jane Bulmer	....	assistant: Mr. Milchan
John Caccese	....	additional production assistant
Brian Carroll	....	assistant: Mr. Bailey
Brad Combs	....	assistant: Mr. Milchan (as Michael Bradley Combs)
David Dahn	....	assistant: Ms. Rosenfelt
Cody D'Ambrosio	....	production assistant
Taylor M. Favale	....	second assistant accountant
James Ferrera	....	unit publicist
Colin Galloway	....	assistant accountant
Wendy Geary	....	assistant to director
Wendy Geary	....	set production assistant
Katherine Grace	....	layout board
Dan Harder	....	studio medic
Janet Harold	....	key assistant location manager
Mike Harrington	....	production secretary
Pete Hernandez	....	additional production assistant: second unit
Roy G. Irwin	....	medic
Teresa Jaime Drapkin	....	payroll accountant
Jason Jancosek	....	production assistant
Maria Lebsock	....	set medic
Sharon Lopez	....	assistant production coordinator
James E. Maddux	....	set medic
Krystal Mathiesen	....	key second assistant accountant
Rob McCabe	....	stand-in: Jason Lee
Rosero McCoy	....	choreographer
Randy McKenney	....	extras coordinator
Lisa Lee Morgan	....	stand-in: Jane Lynch
Sam Nainoa	....	set production assistant
Max Newman	....	production assistant
John Parker	....	production accountant
Kenneth Pelletier	....	title designer: main title sequence
Juan Gabriel Perez Arjona	....	production assistant
Myleshia Perryman	....	assistant: Ms. Imperato Stabile
Rebecca Robertson	....	script supervisor
Jennifer Schrauwers	....	production assistant
Charline St. Charles	....	clearance coordinator
Pavel Sterba	....	key assistant location manager
Scott Trimble	....	key assistant location manager
Scott Trimble	....	location scout
Craig W. van Gundy	....	key location manager
Linda Warrilow	....	production coordinator
Lashá Monique Winn	....	assistant: Mr. Hill (as Lashá M. Winn)
Kevin Zelman	....	additional production assistant

Production Companies

• Fox 2000 Pictures
• Regency Enterprises
• Bagdasarian Productions

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fox 2000 Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2007-2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Animation (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Rhythm and Hues (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Bender ET  GFCI shock protection provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Go For Locations  locations equipment rentals
• La-La Land Records  score album released by (limited edition)
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  production trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• PES Payroll  extras payroll services
• Picture Mill, The  titles
• Razor & Tie Direct  soundtrack
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild rude humor.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #43659) | Ireland:G | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Malaysia:U | UK:U | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/4 | Argentina:Atp | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Sweden:Btl | New Zealand:G | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-3 | Denmark:A | Norway:A | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Hong Kong:I | France:U | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Trivia:

The car Dave drives throughout the movie is a mid 1960's Triumph TR4, British sports car.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Dave runs out of his home to get dinner for his date with Claire the time is 6:30 pm but it is still daylight. The movie occurs shortly before Christmas and at that time of year it would be dark at 6:30 pm.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Alvin (singing voice), Simon (singing voice), Theodore (singing voice): [a capella] Where is the moment we needed the most/You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost/They tell me your blue skies fade to gray/They tell me your passion's gone away/And I don't need no carryin' on/Cause you had a bad day/You're taking one down/You sing a sad song just to turn it around/You say you don't know/You tell me don't lie/You work at a smile and you go for a ride/You had a bad day/You've seen what you like/And how does it feel for one more time/You had a bad day/You had a bad day/
Alvin: [pushing the last of the acorns into the tree] It's going, It's going.
[gets sucked in and falls out with all of the acorns]
Simon: And it's gone.
Alvin: [from inside the tree] Whatever!
Theodore: Maybe we should take a break.
[an acorn hits him on the head]
Theodore: Ouch!
Alvin: That's it! I can't take this anymore! I can't! I give up! I'm sick of struggling for survival! Competing with gophers and earthworms, and that loser sparrow who always takes my nuts! And I'm especially sick of this stupid, stupid...*tree!*
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Team America: World Police (2004)

Soundtrack:

Witch Doctor

Great family movie

I'm surprised at the disappointing reviews of this film. I can agree that Jason Lee wasn't the perfect person to play Dave but he still did a pretty good job. I mean, let's be honest here and admit that none of the acting is great in this movie. It isn't horrible but it isn't great either. The thing is that the acting is on par for 90% of kids films. Also, how much can we really expect when it is a story about 3 singing chipmunks? The delight of the film and what people (my family anyway) want to see is the chipmunks get down and boogie. This movie in my mind accomplished everything and more that it might have set out to accomplish. It is extremely funny at times and also has a few heart felt moments. The overall story was very good. There are some morals taught here and you don't always see that with these types of movies. If you are in for some slapstick chipmunk boogie and rock and roll then check this out. I can almost guarantee you that any kid under 12 will love it and it is still enjoyable for adults.