Scooby-Doo (film)
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| German title | Scooby-Doo |
| Original title | Scooby-Doo |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 83 minutes |
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| Director | Raja Gosnell |
| script | James Gunn |
| production |
Charles Roven , Richard Suckle |
| music | David Newman |
| camera | David Eggby |
| cut | Kent Beyda |
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Scooby-Doo is an American computer-animated adventure comedy directed by Raja Gosnell from 2002. The characters are based on the cartoon series Scooby-Doo .
action
The film begins with a current case by Mystery AG: The Luna ghost is terrorizing a toy factory. Scooby Doo and his friends only succeed after several attempts to overwhelm and unmask the spirit. It's the gruff janitor Old Man Smithers who wanted revenge on Pamela Anderson . After the case is resolved, however, the friends split up in an argument.
Two years after the events in the toy factory, Scooby and Shaggy are called to a new case, which they also accept after initial skepticism. At the airport they also meet Fred, Velma and Daphne, who were apparently all called on the same case. Her client is Emile Mondavarious, the owner of an amusement park on Spooky Island. Since some of the guests turn into zombies, he hires employees from Mystery Inc. to solve the problem. Initially, however, the former friends hold on to their separation and each want to solve the case for themselves.
A voodoo priest advises Daphne against going to the castle on the island, which she regards as an invitation. Together with Scooby and Shaggy she goes to the castle, where they also come across Fred and Velma. They narrowly escape a trap together and overhear several employees of the amusement park talking about preparing something. Back at the hotel, the friends are attacked by demons who kidnap many guests, including Fred and Velma, and later Daphne. When everything seems to be normal the next morning, Shaggy and Scooby discover that the demons have stolen the souls of their friends and are now wearing their bodies as disguises. After a narrow escape from the obsessed park visitors, Shaggy finds the place where the souls are kept. He frees the souls of his friends who first return to the wrong bodies. A magical pyramid effects the exchange of souls until the souls return to the correct body.
Scooby-Doo has since been kidnapped by the possessed, whose leader is actually Mondavarious, who wants to sacrifice him to a dark deity. He sees the role of the offering as flattering at first, but Shaggy and friends rescue him during the ceremony. It turns out that Mondavarious is a robot. He was controlled by Scrappy-Doo to trap the employees of Mystery Inc. and seek revenge. In addition, Scrappy-Doo wanted to take over the world, so he needed the souls of the park visitors and Scooby's soul. But ultimately he is overwhelmed by his friends.
All souls of the guests of the facility return to their bodies. The real Mondavarious is freed from a dungeon, while Scrappy Doo and N'Goo Ta Una are arrested by the police. Finally, the Mystery Inc. announces their reunification.
Reviews
Robin Rauzi wrote in the Los Angeles Times on June 14, 2002 that the Hollywood film version "ruined" the mood of the cartoon. The characters are one-dimensional and reduced to one main character trait. Sarah Michelle Gellar is said to be underused with the role of Daphne Blake. Matthew Lillard's portrayal was praised.
"Real filming of the animated film series, which has been present (not only) on US television for 30 years, comes up with stars and a lot of professionalism, but loses sight of the sense and timing of the story over an inflationary, barely igniting fireworks display."
Awards
Sarah Michelle Gellar won the Teen Choice Award in 2002 ; Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr., the couple Gellar and Prinze Jr., and the film were nominated for a Teen Choice Award. The film was nominated for the 2003 MTV Movie Award and won the Kids' Choice Award . David Newman won the BMI Film Music Award in 2003 for film music .
Freddie Prinze Jr. and the film were nominated for a 2003 Golden Raspberry .
background
The shooting took place in Australia . Production costs were estimated at 84 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 153.3 million in US cinemas. Approximately 275.7 million US dollars were brought in worldwide.
In 2004 the sequel Scooby Doo 2 - The Monsters are Going (OT: Scooby-Doo! 2 - Monsters Unleashed) was produced, again directed by Raja Gosnell. The prequel Scooby-Doo followed in 2009 ! The adventure begins (OT: Scooby-Doo! - The Mystery Begins) , 2010 Scooby-Doo! 4 - The Curse of the Lake Monster (OT: Scooby-Doo! - Curse of the Lake Monster) , this time directed by Brian Levant .
In a text posted on his Facebook profile in 2017, screenwriter James Gunn confirmed that the film adaptation was initially conceived as a rather snappy film for older children and adults, and that the studio ultimately insisted on releasing the film as a clean comedy for children. Gunn also confirmed the rumors that the MPAA marked the first cut version of the film with the American approval for adults (Rated R). In order to avoid this approval, according to Gunn, the women's cleavages were changed by means of digital image processing and some lines of dialogue that could be understood as sexual innuendos were deleted.
Web links
- Scooby-Doo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Scooby-Doo at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Scooby-Doo at Metacritic (English)
- Scooby-Doo in the online movie database
- Scooby-Doo in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Age rating for Scooby-Doo . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ criticism from Robin Rauzi
- ^ Scooby-Doo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Filming locations for Scooby-Doo
- ^ Business Data for Scooby-Doo
- ↑ James Gunn's Facebook entry. Retrieved June 17, 2017 .