Product Key Features
ActorWhoopi Goldberg, Bridget Fonda, Giancarlo Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Rose Mcgowan, Megan Mullally, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Kattan, David Foley, Mary Pierce, Christopher Franciosa
Film/TV TitleMonkeybone
DirectorHenry Selick
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageCzech\Danish\English\Finnish\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Swedish
Run Time88 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2003
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Audio Commentary By Director Henry Selick\11 Extended Scenes\7 Monkeybone Secrets Revealed Scenes\Easter Egg\Theatrical Trailer\3 TV Spots\DVD Rom Content\Image Gallery, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerAnne Dudley
Executive ProducerLata Ryan, Sam Hamm, Henry Selick, Chris Columbus
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Director of PhotographyAndrew Dunn
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Production DesignerBill Boes
ReviewsBox Office - ...The kinetic Kattan bursts forth with some fantastic physical comedy..., Entertainment Weekly - ...[An] admirably eccentric comedy....There's also unruly brilliance to this dark and funny story....Fraser walks upright, lithe and blithe, an actor in touch with his inner ape..., Variety - ...Frenetic....Wacky....MONKEYBONE is packed with comic talents..., New York Times - ...It's a welcome antidote to the epidemic of witless [comedies]....Fraser has some splendid moments..., Sight and Sound - ...MONKEYBONE is often giddily hilarious....David Foley is delightful..., USA Today - ...The far-out fantasy's originality is its draw....Kattan maintains his composure even while decomposing, a marvelous balancing act..., Los Angeles Times - MONKEYBONE is grand fantasy, in which Brendan Fraser and stylish design and energetic special effects play off one another for maximum fun....MONKEYBONE is well-aimed to hit you in the funny bone...
Additional InformationMONKEY BONE, directed by Henry Selick (JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS), is a fantasy adventure that combines live action, stop motion, claymation miniatures, puppets, and computer imaging. Monkeybone is a cartoon character created by a successful comic book illustrator named Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser). (He wears a coat with the tag S. Miley, which is a good hint at the film's brand of pun-filled humour.) On the night that Stu is going to propose marriage to his girlfriend, Julie (Bridget Fonda), a freak accident throws him into a coma. Though he appears unconscious, lying in a hospital bed, he is actually having the strangest experience of his lifetime inside his own head. Trapped in a bizarre amusement park called Downtown, the land where nightmares are stored, Stu comes face to face with a living version of the small, mischievous Monkeybone (a stop-action paraffin sculpture voiced by John Turturro). The other inhabitants of Downtown are either part-humans like the seductive cat woman, Kitty (Rose McGowan) and the mysterious face of Death (Whoopi Goldberg), or beasts--cyclops, minotaurs, and centaurs. While dodging obstacles from his own nightmares, Stu strives to break out of his coma and return to his true love. Little does he know, Monkeybone has plans of his own.
ScreenwriterSam Hamm
AuthorKaja Blackley
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Movie/TV TitleMonkeybone
EditorNicholas C. Smith, Mark Warner, Jon Poll