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 | Cult Favorite | Criminal Syndicate | Killer Robot | Scientist

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:

The heads of Jon Stewart (of _"Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The" (1996)_ ), Apu (from "The Simpsons" (1989)) and Eric Cartman (from "South Park" (1997)) can be seen among the many unidentified heads in the head museum. Stewart and Cartman's heads serve as an homage to how this film was produced with the intention of it later being split up into 4 episode-segments and aired on Comedy Central instead of Fox, the home of Futurama in it's TV series form.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At 1 hour & 3 minutes in, during Lars & Leela's wedding, a man standing at the very back of the church has his eyes jump from being perfectly on his face, to having one eye on and another floating in mid-air. Obviously, the Korean animators goofed a little in photography, and the slides for that scene had the man's eyes just off mark.

Quotes:

Bender: You know its funny...
Fry: What?
Bender: Your wiener! haha

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)

Soundtrack:

30 Century Man

classic

Recently, we have seen several full-length features from our favorite TV-series. Family Guy, the movie. Simpsons, the movie.

One thing both of these lacked were going back and not only recalling, but intertwining our favorite side-characters into the plot.

Futurama does this beautifully and we see not only commonly featured side-characters, but characters that hard-core fans will rejoice to see, and I _wont_ give any examples here, because every element of surprise in this movie is what makes it worth watching.

I want to stress that I was very critical to the idea of a movie after such a long pause, and I was a die-hard fan. I signed the online petition all of those years ago when it got canceled (rumor has it all those signatures got printed and transported to box the CEO of FOX into his office, but thats only a rumor as far as I know). Having said this, I want to ensure everyone that even if you go into the movie with high expectations - they will be exceeded.

The plot may seem tangled, but the writers don't leave anything out. Nothing is "forgotten", like in Lost.

If you watched the TV-series, you will love this. If you didn't - tough luck (but you will probably wind up loving it anyway). Its literally a celebration of all of the five seasons aired on television, and its impressive that they did this without repeating anything.

All of the old themes are brought back - its like the show never went off the air. You will straight off the bat be able to re-identify with characters and feel the same way about the show you did all of those years ago.

I haven't seen a story tied up like this in years. The ending is _beautiful_.

This is for the fans.

FUTURAMA - IT JUST WONT STAY DEAD!