Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) (V)

Director:

Dwayne Carey-Hill

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator)
Matt Groening (developer) ...

Release Date:

27 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Just when you thought it was safe to watch something else!

Plot:

Planet Express sees a hostile takeover and Bender falls into the hands of criminals where he is used to fulfill their schemes. |

Plot Keywords:

Hostile Takeover | Identity Theft | New Year's Eve | Jew | Pizza

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Billy West	...	Philip J. Fry / Dr. John Zoidberg / Prof. Hubert Farnsworth / Zapp Brannigan / God Entity / President Richard Nixon's Head / Lars Fillmore / Inuit #1 / Silly Willy Wideo Will Guy / Additional Voices (voice)
Katey Sagal	...	Turanga Leela (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Bender Rodriguez / Barbados Slim / Robot Santa / Mr. Panucci / Elzar / Sal / Constantine / Curly Joe / Additional Voices (voice) (as John DiMaggio)
Tress MacNeille	...	Linda / Dr. Cahill / Dr. Shlavinowitz / Turanga Munda / Tinny Tim / Hattie McDoogal / Leela's Wrist Thingy / Bender's Computer / Additional Voices (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Kif Kroker / Transition Announcer / Hedonismbot / Schlump / Morbo / Horrible Gelatinous Blob / Donbot / Clamps / Leelu / Cyrogenist / Leroy / Inuit #2 / Charles de Gaulle's Head / Headless Body of Agnew / Additional Voices (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Hermes Conrad / Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate / Dwight Conrad / Philip Joshua Fry / Additional Voices (voice)
Lauren Tom	...	Amy Wong / Philip J. Fry II / Additional Voices (voice)
David Herman	...	Nudar / Scruffy / Turanga Morris / Terry / Father Changstein-El-Gamal / Nude Bartender / Sweet Clyde / Phillip Fry / 21st Century Newscaster / Additional Voices (voice)
Dawnn Lewis	...	LaBarbara Conrad (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Cubert Farnsworth (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Nibbler / Fleb / Seymour / Additional Voices (voice)
Coolio	...	Kwanzabot (voice)
Al Gore	...	Himself (voice)
Mark Hamill	...	Chanukah Zombie (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Yancy Fry Jr. (voice)

Also Known As:

Bender's Big Score (Australia)
The Futurama Movie (USA) (working title)
Futurama - Benderin jättikeikka (Finland) [fi]
Futurama - El gran golpe de Bender (Spain) (DVD title) [es]
Futurama - Il colpo grosso di Bender (Italy) [it]
Futurama - La gran película de Bender (Argentina) [es]
Futurama - O Grande Golpe de Bender (Brazil) [pt]
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (Greece) [el]
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (Norway) [no]

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | UK:12 | Spain:13 | Netherlands:6 | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Ireland:12 | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Norway:10 (TV rating)

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

If you look at the "ASCII-art" of the time code, it looks like a rocket ship.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: None of the duplicate Benders that are waiting in the limestone cavern under the Planet Express building have had their Obedience Virus or the time code deleted from them. Yet there was one Bender that did, and it is entirely possible that, when he went down there the last time, he was able to present all of the other Benders with the anti-virus. This makes sense when he states that he convinced them to come up at a different time than they should have, making it entirely possible for none of them to now have the virus.

Quotes:

Fry: That's it. I don't see how things could get any worse
Bender: We could sing.
Professor Farnsworth: I'd rather kill myself.
Amy Wong: Why not do both?
Professor Farnsworth: Oh, very well.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

Going to War

Brilliant

I have just watched this, and was a fan of the original show and am being completely honest here when I say this is not just one of the best animated movies I have ever seen but in fact one of the best movies of any genre I have ever seen.

Unlike the previous Family Guy and Simpsons films (both shows I am a fan of by the way) Benders Big Score seemed to have something extra in it separating it from these two films.

The jokes are great, the music and songs are great, the animation is absolutely superb (the 3d animation looking much better than when the show originally aired) and the story is very smart and also quite touching.

The writing was absolutely superb, cramming in a lot of past characters but not in a way that it felt they had been thrown in for the sake of them being there (as can be noticed Mom does not make an appearance at all) and also adding new call-backs to well known parts from the series.

All in, just superb and make sure you see it one way or another.