06-09-2003, 01:19 PM
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Garfield makes it to the big screen
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Garfield Movie Details Source: Indy Star Sunday, June 8, 2003 The Indy Star talks about the upcoming live action Garfield movie: "Garfield," the movie, recently completed its live-action shooting in California. A June 2004 release date is tentative. Garfield, and Odie, Garfield's drooling, dumb doggie pal, will appear as computer-generated imagery integrated into the live action. Garfield creator Jim Davis had input in the screenplay and worked with the animators trying to get the computer-generated image of Garfield just right. Davis is no stranger to screenwriting. He's written 13 Garfield TV specials. The Marion native and Ball State University alumnus also helped direct the "Garfield and Friends" cartoon show. Davis also makes a cameo appearance in the movie as a drunken conventioneer. The cynical, sarcastic voice of Garfield will be supplied by comic actor Bill Murray ("Groundhog Day," "The Royal Tennenbaums"). Breckin Meyer ("Rat Race") and Jennifer Love Hewitt ("Party of Five") fill the human roles. Hewitt is also starring this year in "Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn," written by Warren Central High School graduate Ryan Murphy. Kim Campbell, spokeswoman for Paws Inc., the creative and business complex of the Garfield empire just outside Muncie, said she couldn't reveal much about the movie, but Garfield and Odie "really look like real animals more than like the cartoon character you're used to seeing in the strip. With computer-generated imagery, these animals really look alive. These are cartoony, but they're more realistic. The cat has fur." Meyer plays Jon Arbuckle, Garfield's nerdy, single, human owner. "He's darling," Campbell said. "He's kind of got that everyman face. I don't think any of us would have thought of him in the beginning, but once he was cast, yeah, that's perfect. Jennifer Love Hewitt, also again, kind of a surprise to us, plays Liz, the veterinarian." According to Twentieth Century Fox, Garfield's owner Jon takes in the hapless nitwit Odie, turning Garfield's world upside down. The lazy tabby would like to see Odie go bye-bye, but when a nasty dog trainer (Stephen Tobolowsky, who plays two parts) kidnaps the pooch, Garfield turns off the TV and, out of guilt, springs into action. |
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06-09-2003, 01:29 PM
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yay!!!
Garfield was a hero of mine when I was young... which I guess explains why I'm lazy, fat, and like to eat lasanga...  Last edited by gear02 : 06-09-2003 at 01:34 PM. |
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<----pointing to your avatar gear. i think you hurt his feelings Last edited by RoniMan : 06-09-2003 at 01:36 PM. |
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06-30-2003, 02:16 AM
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WHen I met Jim Davis when he stopped at Huntington Beach on his book tour he mentioned this. And gave us free bookmarks. Jim Davis is a class act. I still love Garfield.
Sorry for digging this old post up... didn't feel like reporting it. RoniMan is like the movie dude
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