Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

John A. Davis

Writers:

John A. Davis (story) and
Steve Oedekerk (story) ...
(more)

Release Date:

21 December 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Blasting Into Theatres

Plot:

Aliens abduct all adults; genius Jimmy and his friends build an interstellar spacefleet and rescue them.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Genius | Children | Boy Genius | Rocket

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 nominations

Cast

Megan Cavanagh	...	Judy Neutron / VOX (voice)
Mark DeCarlo	...	Hugh Neutron / Pilot / Arena Guard (voice)
Debi Derryberry	...	James 'Jimmy' Isaac Neutron (voice)
Jeffrey Garcia	...	Sheen Estevez (voice)
Bob Goen	...	Newscaster (voice)
Mary Hart	...	Newscaster (voice)
Carolyn Lawrence	...	Cindy Vortex (voice)
Andrea Martin	...	Mrs. Fowl (voice)
Candi Milo	...	Nick Dean / Britanny / PJ (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Carl Wheezer / Carl's Mom and Dad / Kid in Classroom / Kid (voice)
Crystal Scales	...	Libby (voice)
Martin Short	...	Ooblar (voice)
Patrick Stewart	...	King Goobot (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Ultra Lord / Mission Control / General (voice)
David L. Lander	...	Yokian Guard / Gus (voice)
Kimberly Brooks	...	Zachery / Reporter / Angie (voice)
Paul Greenberg	...	Guard (voice)
Laraine Newman	...	Hostess (voice)
Jeannie Elias	...	Little Girl / Camera Person (voice)
Michael Hagiwara	...	Chris (voice)
John A. Davis	...	Octapuke Kid / Guard / Bennie (voice)
Keith Alcorn	...	Bobby / Kid / Control Yokian (voice)
Richard Allen	...	Digital Voice (voice)
Brian Capshaw	...	Screamer (voice)
Cheryl Ray	...	Screamer (voice)
Mark Menza	...	Yokian Incubator Operator (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Goddard / Orthgot / Worm / Demon (voice)
Billy West	...	Poultra / Girl Eating Plant / Oyster / Yokian Officer / Jailbreak Cop / Guard / Robobarber / Anchor Boy / Old Man Johnson / Flurp Announcer / Bobby's Twin Brother / Butch (voice)
Matthew Russell	...	Hyperactive Kid / Arena Yokian (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Sheen's Dad (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Norad Officer (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peggy Flood	...	(voice)

Directed by
John A. Davis

Writing credits
John A. Davis		(story) and
Steve Oedekerk		(story)
John A. Davis		(screenplay) and
David N. Weiss		(screenplay) &
J. David Stem		(screenplay) and
Steve Oedekerk		(screenplay)
Gordon Bressack		TV series
Dan Schneider		contributing writer

Produced by
Keith Alcorn	....	executive producer
John A. Davis	....	producer
Albie Hecht	....	producer
Paul Marshal	....	co-producer
Steve Oedekerk	....	producer
Julia Pistor	....	executive producer
Gina Shay	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Brian Causey
John Debney

Cinematography by
Steve Kolbe
Chris Sherrod		(as Chris A. Sherrod)

Film Editing by
Gregory Perler
Jon Price

Casting by
Paula Kaplan
Ginny McSwain

Production Design by
Fred Cline

Art Direction by
James Beihold

Production Management
Tok Braun	....	unit production manager
Ramsey Ann Naito	....	executive in charge of production
Kim Saxon	....	production manager

Art Department
James Beihold	....	storyboard supervisor
Paul Claerhout	....	storyboard artist
Shannon Denton	....	storyboard artist
Bob Eggleton	....	conceptual designer
Marc Gabbana	....	concept artist
Fred Gambino	....	concept artist
Chris Harmon	....	storyboard artist
David Lux	....	lead storyboard artist
Leisa McClelland	....	graphic designer
Wilbert Plijnaar	....	storyboard artist
Shanna Schnackenberg	....	storyboard coordinator
Jeff Siergey	....	storyboard artist
David S. Smith	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Petra Bach	....	adr supervisor
Odin Benitez	....	sound effects editor
Justin Brinsfield	....	sound recordist
Krandal Crews	....	sound
Bill Devine	....	voice recordist
Tammy Fearing	....	dialogue editor
David E. Fluhr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Galen Goodpaster	....	sound assistant
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Michael Jonascu	....	sound designer
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer: predub mix only
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound editor
David Marcus	....	assistant sound editor
Benjamin Martin	....	foley editor
Chuck Michael	....	sound effects editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Vince Nicastro	....	foley artist
Paul N.J. Ottosson	....	sound designer
Willard Overstreet	....	assistant sound editor
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialog mixer
Beth Sterner	....	sound editor
Christopher T. Welch	....	supervising sound editor
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue mixer
Gary Coppola	....	sound re-recording mixer: predubs (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Michael L. Clarke	....	special effects crew
Troy Griffin	....	special effects supervisor
Daryl Holliday	....	morphing effects

Visual Effects by
Dave Adams	....	model supervisor/animation/visual effects: Non-Organic
Paul Allen	....	character animation supervisor
Kirby Atkins	....	character animator
Kenneth Bailey	....	visual effects: DNA
Brian Capshaw	....	character animator
Chad Carey	....	visual effects
Connon Carey	....	visual effects supervisor
Pei Cheng	....	lighting and effects artist
Adam Chrystie	....	digital artist
Michael L. Clarke	....	modeler
Carl Crosswhite	....	digital compositor
Rocky Curby	....	digital artist
Andrea Davis	....	character animator
Ryan Davis	....	character animator
Renato Dos Anjos	....	lead character animator
Michael Duffy	....	character technical director
Sean Ermey	....	crowd animator
Kristen Fitzner	....	visual effects
Christopher Lee Fowler	....	visual effects
Rena M. Fowler	....	character animator (as Rena Mintzas)
Mike Gargiulo	....	character animator
Mike Gasaway	....	lead character animator
Mike Gassaway	....	character animation supervisor
Nick Gibbons	....	lip sync
Archie Gogoladze	....	digital artist
Tom Grevera	....	character animator
Todd Harper	....	texture artist
Susan Ishida	....	character modeler
Jason Johnston	....	lighting and effects animator
Joseph P. Johnston	....	visual effects
Tom M. Jordan	....	character modeler/rigger
Michael Kimmel	....	animator
Andrew Kinney	....	lighting artist
Steve Kolbe	....	layout supervisor
Steve Kolbe	....	layout technical director
William Scott McCullough	....	visual effects
Ian Megibben	....	lighting supervisor
Ryan Michero	....	texture artist supervisor
Glen David Miller	....	character modeler
Glen David Miller	....	contract modeler
Deanna Molinaro	....	character animator
Chris Nakata	....	texture artist
Fori Owurowa	....	software technical director
Brett Paton	....	character animator
Tim Pyle	....	visual effects animator
Matthew Rampias	....	visual effects
Matthew Russell	....	character animator
Matthew Russell	....	lead vehicular animator
Troy Saliba	....	lead character animator
Carl Schembri	....	character animator
Augusto Schillaci	....	lighting artist
Josh Smeltzer	....	texture artist
John Sore	....	animator
Fred Tepper	....	character setup support
Aaron Thedford	....	texture artist
Mark Thielen	....	character animator
Michael C. Walling	....	character animator (as Mike Walling)
Aaron Werntz	....	character animator
Sean O. Wilson	....	visual effects
Cindy Mercado	....	animation coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Connon 'Corndog' Carey	....	director of lighting and effects
Ellyn S. Klein	....	lighting and effects coordinator

Animation Department
Keith Alcorn	....	animation director
Keith Alcorn	....	character designer
Brad Blevins	....	animator
Brian Capshaw	....	animator
Ray Chase	....	character animator
John A. Davis	....	animation director
Sam Fleming	....	character animator
Mike Gasaway	....	supervising animator
Chris Golchert	....	character technical director: setup
Tim Hatcher	....	character animator
John Karner	....	digital artist
Erin C. McGee	....	animation coordinator
Deanna Molinaro	....	animator
Brett Paton	....	character animator
Tom Saville	....	character animator
Carl Schembri	....	animator

Casting Department
Margaret Tang	....	casting supervisor

Editorial Department
Shanna Bassinger	....	post-production coordinator
Alessandra Carlino	....	assistant editor
Paul Cheng	....	color key
Mark Deimel	....	editor: avid
Susan Fitzer	....	associate editor
Dave Jackson	....	assistant editor
Bret Marnell	....	additional editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Mark Linwood Tracy	....	first assistant editor
John Venzon	....	editorial consultant

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	electronic scoring mixer
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Ramiro Belgardt	....	assistant music editor
Jeff Carson	....	music editor
Jeff Carson	....	music supervisor
Brad Dechter	....	supervising orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Greg Dennen	....	scoring crew
Steve Durkee	....	music recordist
Tom Gire	....	music score programmer
Jim Harrison	....	supervising music editor
Christopher Klatman	....	orchestrator (as Chris Klatman)
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator
Frankie Pine	....	music supervisor
John Sponsler	....	music score programmer

Other crew
Matt Akey	....	project coordinator
Ariana Auza	....	production assistant
Tim Avery	....	director of technology
Tiffany Brower	....	assistant: John Davis (as Tiffany Brower-Milton)
Tiffany Brower	....	studio coordinator (as Tiffany Brower-Milton)
Russell Calabrese	....	sequence director
John R. Carlson	....	production assistant
Rocky Curby	....	production assistant
John Eng	....	sequence director
Raul Garcia	....	sequence director
Benjamin Gilberg	....	re-take coordinator (as Ben Gilberg)
Barbara Herndon	....	punch-up writer
Ann Hoyt	....	story reel editor
Sean Jensen	....	director of modeling
Jamie Kirkpatrick	....	consultant: avid
Rob LaDuca	....	sequence director
Adam Lagattuta	....	supervising production coordinator
Angie Parks	....	production assistant
Julie Peng	....	additional production coordinator
Ramon Rodriguez III	....	night systems administrator
Shanna Schnackenberg	....	script coordinator
Patrick R. Siembieda	....	production accountant
Cynthia Slavens	....	marketing projects coordinator
Linda Fleur Sweigart	....	assistant to co-producer
Gabrielle Thomas	....	production assistant
Daniel Villagomez	....	credits administrator (uncredited)

Thanks
Mary Alcorn	....	special thanks
Nathan Alcorn	....	special thanks
Nissa Alcorn	....	special thanks
Ernest Koeppen	....	thanks
Jim Strader	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• Nickelodeon Movies (presents)
• DNA Productions
• O Entertainment

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Net5 (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2002) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (Ireland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Jive Records  soundtrack published by (as Nick/Jive Records)
• Mary Nelson-Duerrstein & Associates  negative cutting

Also Known As:

Jimmy Neutron: Un garçon génial (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Jimmy Neutron - Der mutige Erfinder (Germany) [de]
Jimmy Neutron - O Menino Gênio (Brazil) [pt]
Jimmy Neutron - Ragazzo prodigio (Italy) [it]
Jimmy Neutron - neropatti (Finland) [fi]
Jimmy Neutron: El niño genio (Argentina) [es]
Jimmy Neutron: El niño inventor (Spain) [es]
Jimmy Neutron: Niño genio (Colombia) [es]
Jimmy Neutron: Pojkgeniet (Sweden) [sv]
Jimmy Neutron: Underbarnet (Sweden) (TV title) [sv]
Niels Neutron - Det lille geni (Denmark) [da]

Runtime:

82 min | Spain:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:G (certificate #38588) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The first CGI feature film done entirely with off-the-shelf software.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Jimmy is walking down the street holding his stomach, the report comes on on the TV in the shop window next to him. On the screen, it should say "special report" but the word "special" is spelled wrong (the "i" and the "a" are the wrong way round).

Quotes:

Goddard: [after Ooblar pulled a peice off of Goddard] Danger! Danger! You have just activated 'Self-Destruct Sequence Alpha'.
Ooblar: That's my bad, back in you go.
[Ooblar puts the peice back]
Goddard: The Self Destruct unit is now engaged!
Ooblar: No, no, no, no, no, I put It back in, can you understand me?
Goddard: This unit will yeild in a 50 megaton nucular blast in exactly ten seconds.
Ooblar: That's not good!
Goddard: Please vary in a 25 square mile area, thank you and have a nice day.
[Goddard shows Ooblar a watch counting down from ten]
Goddard: Ten... nine...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#28.6)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

AC's Alien Nation

Great fun, great movie.

If you're looking for clever, original animation; funny, inventive dialogue, both for kids and adults; and a genuinely entertaining movie-going experience, then seek out "Jimmy Neutron." I've noticed a recurring theme among those who pan this movie: They seem to have little knowledge of (or affection for) science and technology, the source of much of the humor; and they're sadly lacking in a childlike sense of wonder. For a lot of viewers of all ages, though, this movie is a childhood fantasy vividly brought to life. It's a film I'm proud to watch with my daughter, and we both think it's a riot.

"Jimmy Neutron" is special because it respects the adult in every child, and it brings out the child in many adults.