Bee Movie (2007)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Directors:

Steve Hickner
Simon J. Smith

Writers:

Jerry Seinfeld (written by) and
Spike Feresten (written by) ...
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Release Date:

2 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

On November 2 Hold on to your honey

Plot:

Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Closing Credits Sequence | Selfishness | Food | Sunrise

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 11 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Oct. 10	12:00 PM	HBO
Fri. Oct. 10	8:15 PM	HBO

Cast

Jerry Seinfeld	...	Barry B. Benson (voice)
Renée Zellweger	...	Vanessa Bloome (voice)
Matthew Broderick	...	Adam Flayman (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Ken (voice)
John Goodman	...	Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Chris Rock	...	Mooseblood (voice)
Kathy Bates	...	Janet Benson (voice)
Barry Levinson	...	Martin Benson (voice)
Larry King	...	Bee Larry King (voice)
Ray Liotta	...	Ray Liotta (voice)
Sting	...	Sting (voice)
Oprah Winfrey	...	Judge Bumbleton (voice)
Larry Miller	...	Buzzwell (voice)
Megan Mullally	...	Trudy (voice)
Rip Torn	...	Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Michael Richards	...	Bud Ditchwater (voice)
Mario Joyner	...	Jackson (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Title Narrator / Graduation Announcer (voice)
Tom Papa	...	Splitz / Klauss Vanderhayden (voice)
Andy Robin	...	Jock #2 (voice)
David Moses Pimentel	...	Hector (voice) (as David Pimentel)
Chuck Martin	...	Andy (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Freddy (voice)
David Herman	...	Buzz / Bob Bumble / Pilot (voice)
Carol Leifer	...	Press Person #1 (voice)
Jeff Altman	...	Uncle Carl (voice)
Brian Hopkins	...	Sandy Shrimpkin / TSA Agent (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Jeanette Chung / Mother / Cow (voice)
Nathan D. Morrissey	...	Boy Crying / Timmy (voice)
Olivia Mattingly	...	Little Girl (voice)
Simon J. Smith	...	Truck Driver / Chet (voice)
Geoff Witcher	...	Press Person #2 / Jock #1 (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Janitor / Bailiff (voice)
Barry Marder	...	Waterbug (voice)
Sean Bishop	...	Ladybug (voice)

Directed by
Steve Hickner
Simon J. Smith

Writing credits
Jerry Seinfeld		(written by) and
Spike Feresten		(written by) &
Barry Marder		(written by) &
Andy Robin		(written by)
Chuck Martin		(additional screenplay material) &
Tom Papa		(additional screenplay material)

Produced by
Jerry Seinfeld	....	producer
Christina Steinberg	....	producer
Cameron Stevning	....	associate producer
Mark Swift	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Rupert Gregson-Williams

Film Editing by
Nick Fletcher

Casting by
Leslee Feldman

Production Design by
Alex McDowell

Art Direction by
Christophe Lautrette

Costume Design by
Jane Poole

Production Management
Tony Cosanella	....	production manager
Joe Crowley	....	production supervisor
Jenne Guerra	....	production supervisor
Christopher Leahy	....	production supervisor
Angela Lepito	....	production supervisor
Robyn Mesher	....	production supervisor
Marny Nahrwold	....	production supervisor
Craig Rittenbaum	....	production supervisor
James Beshears	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Art Department
Richard Daskas	....	visual development artist
Paul Duncan	....	visual artist
Craig Elliott	....	visual development artist
Seth Engstrom	....	visual concept artist
Bill Kaufmann	....	visual development artist
Eric Knight	....	camera scenic artist
Nancy A. Knight	....	scenic painter
Robert E. Knight	....	head paint foreman
Jenny Lerew	....	storyboard artist
Peter Maynez	....	visual development artist
Derek McClurg	....	art department coordinator
Brett Nystul	....	visual development artist
Mandy Richardville	....	art department research coordinator
Caprice Ann Ridgeway	....	art researcher
Christopher S. Ross	....	illustrator
Scott Santoro	....	storyboard artist
Jon Eric Schmidt	....	production coordinator
Pat Sito	....	matte painting coordinator
Athanassios Vakalis	....	storyboard artist
Nathan Warner	....	previz artist
Zhaoping Wei	....	set designer
Michael Yamada	....	visual development artist

Sound Department
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Burby	....	supervising sound assistant
Blake R. Cornett	....	sound recordist
Bill Devine	....	voice recordist
Luke Dunn Gielmuda	....	supervising foley editor (as Luke Dunn-Gielmuda)
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Will Files	....	sound designer
Will Files	....	supervising sound editor
Josh Gold	....	assistant sound effects editor
Scott Guitteau	....	sound effects editor
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (as Craig 'Pup' Heath)
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Roy Latham	....	original dialogue mixer
Krysten Mate	....	sound effects editor
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Silvers	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Slanec	....	adr editor
Steve Slanec	....	dialogue editor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Larry Winer	....	adr mixer
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue mixer
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Don White	....	foley recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Igor Lodeiro	....	key lighter

Visual Effects by
Motohisa Adachi	....	effects developer
Gianni Aliotti	....	lighter & compositor
William E. Arias	....	lighter
Shinsaku Arima	....	effects animator
Robert Armstrong	....	technical director
Ricky Baba	....	surfacing artist
Yakov Baytler	....	character rigging
Andrew Bonello	....	visual effects compositing engineer
Silviu Borac	....	senior research & development engineer
Eric Bouffard	....	matte painter
Terran Boylan	....	character technical director
Michael Brainerd	....	effects technical director
Julie Anne Brame	....	effects developer
Justin Brandstater	....	lead matte painter
Daniel J. Brick	....	matte painting technical director
Scott Brisbane	....	matte painter
Ronn Brown	....	matte painting supervisor
Paul F. Bruchhaeuser	....	effects animator
Nathalie Buce	....	surfacing
Craig Cannon	....	paint fixer: PDI/Dreamworks
Chris Capel	....	animator
Jason Carter	....	layout artist
Min-Yu Chang	....	CG modeler: PDI DreamWorks
Chloe Chao	....	research and development
Alan Cheney	....	effects animator
Sebastien Chort	....	lighting artist
Paul Chung	....	animator
Shaun Collaco	....	lead lighting and compositing artist: Dreamworks Animation
Clint Colver	....	lighter
Doug Cooper	....	visual effects supervisor
Bart Coughlin	....	character technical director
Damon Crowe	....	character effects supervisor
Tony Davidson	....	surfacing artist
Kwesi Davis	....	production engineer
Gilbert Davoud	....	character technical director
Paolo deGuzman	....	lead surfacing artist
Gina Di Bari	....	lighting artist
Caine Dickinson	....	lighter: DreamWorks Animation SKG
Russell Dumornay	....	layout technical director
Fabian Elmers	....	digital effects artist
Adam J. Ely	....	digital matte painter: PDI/Dreamworks
Aaron Estrada	....	lighting and compositing
Ken Faiman	....	character effects animator
Cassandra Fanning	....	paint/roto artist
Eric Fernandes	....	CG supervisor
Benjamin Fischler	....	lighter & compositor
Ron Frankel	....	additional pre-visualization artist
Caroleen Green	....	senior matte painter
Craig Halperin	....	lead effects developer
Lei Han	....	lighting artist
Christian Hatfield	....	effects animator (as Christian A. Hatfield)
Matt Head	....	visual effects
Edward Helmers	....	lighting artist (as Edward 'Ted' Helmers)
Corey Hels	....	layout artist: Dreamworks Animation
Jotham Herzon	....	additional pre-visualization artist
Rory Hinnen	....	lighter
Pamela Hobbs	....	matte artist
Robert Holder	....	lighter: DreamWorks
James Jackson	....	lead effects artist
T.J. Jackson	....	lighting technical director
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	....	surfacing artist
Brandi Johnson	....	surfacing artist
Matt Johnson	....	technical director
Sandy Kao	....	character technical director supervisor
Tim Keenan	....	effects developer
Kavita Khosla	....	animation
Kavita Khosla	....	cloth artist
Soo Kyung Kim	....	lighter
Jennifer Leigh King	....	digital artist
Soo Jin King	....	lighter
Gokhan Kisacikoglu	....	digital effects artist
Annmarie Koenig	....	additional computer graphics supervisor
David C. Lawson	....	lead lighter
Andre LeBlanc	....	visual effects animator
Dan Levy	....	lighter
Victor Lew	....	effects animator
Christopher Lexington	....	lighting artist
Christopher Lexington	....	surfacing artist
Benjamin Lishka	....	lead lighter
Robert Lurye	....	lead lighting artist
Paul A. Mais	....	lighting technical director
Michael Manza	....	lead lighter: DreamWorks Animation
Jason Mayer	....	effects artist
Gerald McAleece III	....	layout artist
Mark A. McGuire	....	head of global technical direction
M. Scott McKee	....	lead lighter
Michael A. Miller	....	head of effects
Alessandro Nardini	....	visual effects animator
Kevin Ochs	....	character technical director supervisor
Alex Ongaro	....	effects lead
William Opdyke	....	visual effects
Ethan Ormsby	....	lighting technical director
Liska Ostojic	....	visual effects coordinator
Hongseo Park	....	character technical director
Andrew Pearce	....	director of reseach and development
Bryan Poon	....	character effects
Tsun-Hui Andrea Pun	....	surfacing artist
Mahesh Ramasubramanian	....	head of effects
Jeff Ranasinghe	....	lighting and compositing artist
Salvatore Richichi Jr.	....	crowd technical director
Paul Rivera	....	matte painter
Eli Rod	....	lighter
Carlos M. Rosas	....	senior character animator
Allen Ruilova	....	effects lead
Frank Sabia Jr.	....	lead lighter
Marc Scott	....	lead lighter
Richard Shiba	....	final layout supervisor
Chris Simmons	....	digital artist: lighting
Marty Sixkiller	....	media tools supervisor
Marty Sixkiller	....	software engineer
Aaron Smith	....	CG supervisor
Young Song	....	surfacing artist
Dug Stanat	....	character technical director
Matt Steele	....	character technical director
Curt Stewart	....	lighting artist
Hector Tantoco	....	digital artist
Don Taylor	....	lead lighter
Dave Tidgwell	....	visual effects
Andrew Titcomb	....	digital layout artist
Pete Upson	....	layout artist
Ozgur Ustundag	....	lighting artist
Marla Valentine	....	matte painting compositor
David Patrick Valera	....	layout artist
Koen Vroeijenstijn	....	visual effects animator
David Walden	....	character technical director
Michael Leon Ware	....	character technical director
Nathan Warner	....	pre-visualization artist
Gina Warr	....	lead lighting artist
Brent Watkins	....	character technical director
Lori Williams	....	digital artist
Ron Williams	....	character effects animator
Tony K. Williams	....	modeler
Eve Wong	....	animation technical director
Laura Wood	....	production engineer
Stephen Wood	....	visual effects animator
Greg Wuller	....	technical director
Zhang Xiao	....	visual effects animator
Gentaro Yamamoto	....	surfacing artist
Emily Yi	....	digital artist (as Emily How)
Masahito Yoshioka	....	visual effects
Dan Golembeski	....	technical director (uncredited)
Jinwoo Lee	....	modeler (uncredited)

Stunts
Todd Warren	....	stunt double: Jerry Seinfeld

Animation Department
Fernanda S. Abarca	....	animator
Kevin Andrus	....	animator
Chris Bancroft	....	animator
Damon Bard	....	character designer
Bibo Bergeron	....	character designer
James Bird	....	layout artist
Nadja Bonacina	....	modeler
Dave Burgess	....	supervising animator
Melanie Cordan	....	animator
Joel Crawford	....	story artist
Donnachada Daly	....	animator
Eric Deuel	....	animator
Bill Diaz	....	lead animator
Mark Donald	....	animator
Ryan Gong	....	animator
Antony Gray	....	animator
Tomoyuki Harashima	....	animator
Willy Harber	....	animator
Martin Hopkins	....	animator
Gabe Hordos	....	supervising animator
Jeffrey Joe	....	animator
Morgan R. Kelly	....	animator
Michael Kiely	....	animator
Marek Kochout	....	animator
Serguei Kouchnerov	....	animator
Christophe Lautrette	....	character designer
H.B. 'Buck' Lewis	....	character designer
Fabio Lignini	....	head of character animation
James Lopez	....	animator
Kevin MacLean	....	animator
Sean McLaughlin	....	animator
Timothy Bud McMahon	....	lighting artist
Pia Miniati	....	animation rig engineer
Mark Mulgrew	....	layout artist
Anna Newman	....	animation research and development
Mark Nonnenmacher	....	digital matte painting
Simon Otto	....	animator
John P. Rand	....	modeler
Ben Rush	....	animator
Sean Sexton	....	animator
Mike Stern	....	animator
Ennio Torresan	....	story artist
Spyros Tsiounis	....	story artist
Jeff Wagner	....	modeler
Chris Wahl	....	animator
Alexis Wanneroy	....	animator
Shane L. Wapskineh	....	layout artist
David Weatherly	....	animator
Greg Whittaker	....	animator
Ryan Williams	....	layout artist
Scott Wright	....	animator
Onur Yeldan	....	animator
Michael Zavala	....	production coordinator: rough & final layout
Kathy Zielinski	....	animator

Casting Department
Ania Kamieniecki	....	casting assistant
Christi Soper	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Nick Fletcher	....	supervising editor
Daniel Fort	....	assistant editor
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production coordinator
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Darrin Ly	....	assistant editor
Paul Neal	....	editor: high definition
Baron Northrop	....	film and color technician (as Baron C. Northrop)
Kyle Pascucci	....	film and color supervisor (as Kyle D. Pascucci)
Timothy Peeler	....	digital film colorist
Marcus Taylor	....	additional editor
Joseph R. Thygesen	....	additional editor

Music Department
Geoff Alexander	....	additional orchestrator
Ryeland Allison	....	composer: additional music
Lorne Balfe	....	composer: additional music
Chris Barrett	....	assistant score engineer
Mat Bartram	....	assistant score engineer
Becky Bentham	....	score coordinator
Thomas Bowes	....	orchestra leader
Tom Broderick	....	score technical engineer (as Thomas Broderick)
Julie Butchko	....	music clearances
Dan Butler	....	music business affairs
Halli Cauthery	....	composer: additional music
Tony Clarke	....	musician: guitar
Paul Clarvis	....	musician: percussion
Rupert Coulson	....	additional score recordist
Kevin Crehan	....	additional music editor
Nima Fakhrara	....	assistant to composer (as Nima)
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
J.J. George	....	music editor
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Gavin Greenaway	....	conductor
Rupert Gregson-Williams	....	conductor
Rupert Gregson-Williams	....	orchestrator
Charlene Ann Huang	....	music coordinator
Jake Jackson	....	assistant score engineer
Gary Kettel	....	musician: percussion
Alastair King	....	choral conductor
Alastair King	....	orchestrator
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
Penka Kouneva	....	orchestrator
Ryan Leach	....	music assistant
Michael A. Levine	....	composer: additional music (as Michael Levine)
Abhay Manusmare	....	technical score engineer
Charlotte Matthews	....	assistant orchestral contractor
Roger May	....	orchestrator
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Bradley Miles	....	orchestrator
Alex Nutton	....	assistant score engineer
Jenny O'Grady	....	choral coordinator
Sam Okell	....	assistant score engineer
Sunny Park	....	executive in charge of music
Heitor Pereira	....	composer: additional music
Nyree Pinder	....	assistant score coordinator
Graham Preskett	....	additional orchestral arranger
Paul Pritchard	....	assistant score engineer
Frank Ricotti	....	musician: marimba
Mark Russell	....	composer: additional music
Jochen Schild	....	technical music assistant
Jennifer Schiller	....	music coordinator
Peter Oso Snell	....	technical score engineer
Noah Sorota	....	technical score engineer
Jason Stasium	....	recording engineer
Michael Teoli	....	music assistant
Greg Vines	....	score mixing assistant
Nick Wollage	....	additional score recordist
Hans Zimmer	....	executive music producer
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz	....	music editor: temp (uncredited)

Other crew
Adam Agardy	....	training and technical development
Holly Allen	....	production engineer
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Allison Bernardi	....	media coordinator
Chris Bianco	....	consultant: pizza
Will Bilton	....	research and development
Greg Bulman	....	systems engineer
Ariandy Chandra	....	title designer
Michael Coronado	....	hardware engineer
Sarah Counnas	....	technology production manager
Patrick Danford	....	audio visual engineer
Sanjay Das	....	director of research and development
Jayson DeLancey	....	production engineer
John Detke	....	systems engineer
Max Dionne	....	assistant to directors
Max Dionne	....	production coordinator
Ray Felipe	....	script researcher
Kate Fenneman	....	assistant: Jerry Seinfeld
Reid Gershbein	....	research and development
Darin K. Grant	....	head of production technology
Juli Gumbiner	....	technical resource supervisor
Stephen Heidelberg	....	technical director
Michael J. Henderson	....	production engineering supervisor
Stephanie Huber	....	administrative assistant
Mark Jackels	....	production engineer
Geoffrey Jarrett	....	technical resource administrator
Scott Kilty	....	systems administrator
Hans Ku	....	alliance manager
Mike Lane	....	client services
Tracy Larson	....	production coordinator
Jeff Lee	....	systems engineer
Jim Leuper	....	effects engineer
Nicholas Long	....	technical lead
Rich Marco	....	systems engineer
Corrin Milewski	....	research and development
Peter C. Miller	....	software quality assurance
David Morehead	....	pre-vizualization and rough layout
Olivier Mouroux	....	unit publicist
Jeffrey Nickerson	....	technology coordinator
John O'Sullivan	....	systems administrator
Paul Parmer	....	editorial systems engineer
Bill Phillips	....	physical fitness and training: Mr. Benson and Mr. Seinfeld
Joshua F. Richards	....	research and development
Daniel Rich	....	systems engineer
Stephen E. Ross	....	systems administrator
Michelle Sandoval	....	assistant to producer
Donald Schmidt	....	research and development
Julian Seinfeld	....	consultant: kid humor
Sascha Seinfeld	....	consultant: kid humor
Shepherd Seinfeld	....	consultant: kid humor
Allen Stetson	....	technical director
Joni Thissen	....	production coordinator
Ryan Genji Thomas	....	production coordinator
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	manager of digital resources
Tim Toll	....	systems engineer
Stephanie Tran	....	intern: visual development
Angelica Vogt	....	production assistant
Larry Weisberg	....	central production coordinator
Chris Wiltz	....	intern: visual development
Daniel Yu	....	research and development
Andrew Zack	....	production coordinator: Mr. Zimmer
Michael Zavala	....	layout coordinator

Thanks
Terence Bird	....	special thanks
Ann Daly	....	special thanks
Bill Damaschke	....	special thanks (as Bill Damaschke - Voice of Sanity)
Jeffrey Katzenberg	....	special thanks (as Jeffrey Katzenberg - Deux Ex Machina Hand of God)
Fumi Kitahara	....	special thanks
Carolyn Liebling	....	special thanks
Markus Manninen	....	special thanks
Narciso Rodríguez	....	special thanks
Tom Seeley	....	special thanks
Jessica Seinfeld	....	wife support system
Marc Shaiman	....	special thanks
George Shapiro	....	special thanks
Steven Spielberg	....	special thanks: cinematic visionary dinner companion
Howard West	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks Animation
• Columbus 81 Productions
• DreamWorks SKG
• Pacific Data Images (PDI)

Distributors

• DreamWorks SKG (2007) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Pictures (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Russia) (all media)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  post-production facilities (as Twentieth Century Fox Studios)
• Abbey Road Studios  score recorded at (as Abbey Road Studios London)
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recorded at
• Angel Studios  score recorded at
• Dakota Music Services  music preparation
• Hewlett Packard  rendering services
• Hewlett Packard  workstations and servers
• Hothouse Music  score coordination: London
• Howard Schwartz Recording  adr recording (as HSR)
• Isobel Griffiths Limited  orchestral contractor: London
• L.A. Studios, The  adr recording
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra (uncredited)
• Metro Voices  choir
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Remote Control Productions  music production services
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sony Classical  soundtrack