Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was the link movie connecting The Godfather Part II and Scary Movie 3.
Linked through James Caan and Anna Faris.
Both James Caan and Anna Faris appeared in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
About Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
"Prepare to get served."
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?
Directed by Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Written by Christopher Miller, Rob Greenberg, Phil Lord
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The film received positive reviews and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 67th Golden Globe Awards.
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Score by Mark Mothersbaugh
The soundtrack, released by Lakeshore Entertainment on September 15, 2009, was composed and produced by Mark Mothersbaugh. A promotional single, "Raining Sunshine" by Miranda Cosgrove, was released August 24, 2009; the Japanese end credits feature "Rainbow Forecast" by Shoko Nakagawa.
Movie trivia
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The film is a loose feature-film adaptation of the 1978 children's book by Judi and Ron Barrett, reimagined as an animated science-fiction comedy.
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Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were fired early in development, then rehired in 2006; after being brought back they completely redid the script with creative input from their crew.
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Studio head Amy Pascal criticized the film for lacking an anchoring relationship, so Lord and Miller elevated a tackle-shop extra to become the protagonist's father to provide that emotional core.
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Bill Hader voices both Flint Lockwood and the FLDSMDFR machine; Neil Patrick Harris voices Flint's pet monkey Steve, who communicates via a thought-translator Flint invented.
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The film was the second feature (after Monster House) to use the Arnold animation-rendering software, and Justin K. Thompson served as production designer.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs premiered at the Mann Village Theater in Los Angeles on September 12, 2009, and opened wide in the U.S. on September 18, 2009, including a digitally re-mastered IMAX 3D release.
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