Lilo & Stitch [2002]

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2001 - 2002
Running Times: 86 mins
Length: 2296 metres
Format: Technicolor     35mm      Digital [Texas Instruments DLP 1280 x 1024, 1.5:1 anamorphic]
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: DTS     Dolby Digital     SDDS

[Full Credits]

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures
Producer: Clark Spencer

SCRIPT
Script: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Idea: Chris Sanders

DIRECTION
Directors: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

ANIMATION
Digital Animation Supervisor: Rob Bekuhrs
2D Animation Process Supervisor: David Braden
Computer Animation Supervisor: Eric Guaglione

PHOTOGRAPHY
Scene Planning / Camera Supervisor: John Cunningham

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Darren Holmes

MUSIC
Music / Conductor: Alan Silvestri
Songs: Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden [Heartbreak Hotel], J. Leslie McFarland, Aaron Schröder [Stuck on You], Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger [Blue Hawaii]; Mark James [Suspicious Minds]; Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye [(You're the) Devil in Disguise]; Alan Silvestri [I'm Lost; You Can Never Belong; Stitch to the Rescue]; Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller [Hound Dog]
Songs Performed By: Elvis Presley [Heartbreak Hotel; Stuck on You; Blue Hawaii; Suspicious Minds; (You're the) Devil in Disguise; Hound Dog]; Wynonna Judd [Burning Love]; Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu [He Mele No Lilo]; Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu and Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus [Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride]; The A*TEENS [Can't Help Falling In Love]; Gareth Gates [Suspicious Minds - UK prints only]

SOUND
Sound Supervisor / Designer: Christopher Boyes

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Joseph Gilland
Visual Effects Animators: Bob Bennett, Jazno Francoeur, Troy A. Gustafson, Stephen McDermott, John David Thornton, Tony West, Garrett Wren

DESIGN
Production Designer: Paul Felix
Art Director: Ric Sluiter

CASTING
Casting: Ruth Lambert, Mary Hidalgo

VOICES
Christopher Michael Sanders [Stitch]
Daveigh Chase [Lilo Pelekai]
Tia Carrere [Nani Pelekai]
Ving Rhames [Mr Cobra Bubbles]
David Ogden Stiers [Dr Jumba Jookiba]
Kevin McDonald [Pleakley]
Jason Scott Lee [David Kawena]
Zoe Caldwell [Grand Councilwoman]
Kevin Michael Richardson [Captain Gantu]
Kunewa Mook hula teacher]
Susan Hegarty [rescue lady]
Amy Hill [Mrs Hasagawa]

Alien scientist Dr Jumba Jookiba illegally creates the highly aggressive and all but indestructible Experiment #626. Jookiba is sentenced to jail by the Grand Council of the Galactic Federation but 626 escapes and flees to Earth where he crashlands in Hawaii. He is befriended by Elvis loving orphan Lilo who adopts him as a pet and names him Stitch. As Earth scientists and alien forces search for the runaway, Lilo and Stitch become inseperable - not even allowing huge Man in Black turned social worker Cobra Bubbles to seperate them.

Although there are times when it verges on the mawkish and sentimental, for the most part Lilo & Stitch is a refreshingly different take on the traditional Disney animated feature. Walt probably wouldn't have approved of the single parent disfunctional family at the core of the story [though the denouement would fit easily with his philosophies], but the sensitive and non-judgmental approach shows that Disney really is capable of moving with the times. Strong, believable characters, a justifiable excuse for those musical interludes so beloved by Disney and some genuinely hilarious moments add up to a hugely enjoyable film that retains Disney's traditional production values, but drags them happily into the 21st century.

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista International

Austria
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista [Austria] GmbH

France
Theatrical Distributor: Gaumont Buena Vista International

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista International

Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista International Italia

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista International

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista International [UK]

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: Atp

Australia
Rating: G

Austria
Rating: 0

Brazil
Rating: Livre

Finland
Rating: K-7

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 0

Netherlands
Rating: AL

Norway
Rating: 7

Peru
Rating: PG

Singapore
Rating: G

Spain
Rating: T

Sweden
Rating: Btl

Switzerland
Rating: 7

UK
Rating: U

USA
Rating: PG [for mild sci-fi action]

2002
June
16: USA - theatrical premiere
21: Canada, Colombia, Italy, USA - theatrical release
22: France - theatrical release
26: Belgium, Venezuela - theatrical release
27: Netherlands, Switzerland [German speaking region] - theatrical release
28: Brazil, Mexico - theatrical release

July
4: Austria, Germany, Israel, Peru - theatrical release
5: Poland, Spain - theatrical release
6: Argentina - theatrical release
11: Hong Kong - theatrical release
18: Argentina - theatrical release [in Buenos Aires]
19: South Korea, Taiwan - theatrical release

August
6: Philippines - theatrical premiere
7: Egypt - theatrical release
15: Philippines - theatrical release
29: Czech Republic - theatrical release
30: Iceland - theatrical release

September
6: Denmark, Finland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey - theatrical release
19: Australia - theatrical release

October
4: UK - theatrical release
18: Estonia - theatrical release

November
7: Hungary - theatrical release

March
8: Japan - theatrical release

There's one in every family.

His Name Is Stitch

Meet Stitch. This Summer, He's Coming to OUR Planet.

He's coming to our galaxy

Lilo y Stitch - Argentinian / Colombian title
Lilo & Stitch - a csillagkutya - Hungarian title
Lilo V'Stich - Israeli title
Lilo i Stitch - Polish title

SEE ALSO
Critters [1986]
Gojira [1954]
Gremlins [1984]
Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]
Lilo and Stitch [2002b]
The Matrix [1999]
Men in Black [1997]

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Earth vs the Spider [1958]
Tarantula [1955]

MAGAZINES

Entertainment Weekly nos.660 / 661 [28 June / 5 July 2002] p.117 [USA]
review [Pikablue (C) bu Owen Gleiberman]

epd Film vol.19 no.7 [1 July 2002] pp.43-44 [Germany]
review [Zwei ganz unterschiedliche Trickfilme von DreamWorks und Disney by Frank Arnold]

film dienst vol.55 no.14 [2 July 2002] p.29 [Germany]
review [bu Jörg Gerle]

Premiere vol.15 no.11 [July 2002] p.23 [USA]
review [by Kenny Glenn]

Sight and Sound vol.12 no.10 [October 2002] p.41 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review [by Kim Newman]

NEWSPAPERS

Svenska Dagbladet 6 September 2002 [Sweden]
review [Pigg film ur Musses verkstad (4/6) by Anna Lundevall]

KEYWORDS

animation; aliens; children; fugitives; scientists; men in black; social workers; surfing; hawaii; pets; dogs; spaceships; elvis presley; hula dancing; surfboards; beaches; monster; orphans

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007