- Garfield Gets Real
Infobox Film
name = Garfield Gets Real
caption = "Garfield Gets Real" DVD art and packaging
director =Mark A.Z. Dippé
writer = Jim Davis
starring =Frank Welker Gregg Berger Greg Eagles Wally Wingert Jason Marsden Jennifer Darling Pat Fraley Neil Ross Stephen Stanton Fred Tatasciore Audrey Wasilewski
producer = Jim Davis
music =
distributor =20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
released =October 1 ,2007 (DVD)
runtime = 75 minutes (direct-to-DVD)
80 minutes (extended edition in "Garfield: The Movie Follow Along" on DVD)
language = English
country = USA
budget =
website = http://garfield.com/d2v/index.html
imdb_id = 1059793
preceded_by =
followed_by = "Garfield's Fun Fest " (2008 )Garfield Gets Real is a computer-generated animated movie starring
Garfield the Cat , produced byPaws, Inc. in cooperation withWonderworld Studios and distributed byTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment . It was written by Garfield's creator Jim Davis, who started working on the script in the fall of 2005. This was the first fully animated Garfield film since the last "Garfield and Friends " TV episode aired in 1994, and the first to be written by Davis since the 1991 television special "Garfield Gets a Life". The DVD was released in stores onNovember 20 ,2007 .Information
* Color -
Metrocolor
* Audio - English Only (USA and UK only)
* Subtitled - English (Single Layer: 3 dots on question mark, 3 dots on extermation point and 3 dots)ummary
Garfield the cat lives with
Jon Arbuckle andOdie in what appears to be asuburb an town inhabited by cartoon characters, and regularly interacts with, in addition to Odie and Jon, Nermal, Arlene, and characters from other strips. Garfield, bored with comic life, escapes to the real world with Odie, only to find that the strip will be canceled if he doesn't get back in 24 hours and there is no known way back. To make matters worse, twomuscle bounddog s, Hale and Hardy are slanted to take his place in papers, and will stop at nothing to stop him.Major Characters
* Garfield - an orange lazy cat who escapes the Cartoon World. Soon, he realizes this will only make chaos.
* Odie - a yellow happy dog, who accidentally gets into the Real World. He enjoys having a bone in his mouth.
* Jon Arbuckle- He is the owner of Garfield and Odie. He goes on a rescue mission at the mighty Fire-Hotel Scene in the movie.
* Nermal - A gray cat who makes fun of Garfield.
* Arlene - A pink cat who loves Garfield. She is sometimes angry at things like when Sheila took Garfield.New Major Characters
* Walter "Wally" Stegman - He is the geeky inventor who's best known for making the Bonitanator, which teleports the Real and Cartoon World. He also is very clever.
* Bonita Stegman - She is the big-honking nosed wife of Wally Stegman.
* Eli - He is the Head Technician of Comic Studios who prints comics and prepares settings. He doesn't change the plot story. He apparently isn't bothered by Garfields laziness.
* Billy Bear - Billy is the second most popular comic character. He is a friendly BIG STRONG Bear who enjoys fishing in Billy Bear Woods
* Randy Rabbit - He is the partner of Billy Bear helping him do fishing, which he really hates. He also wears a green cap hat. He playfully teases Betty.
* Hale and Hardy - They are a muscular dog and cat who love to excercise, they were hired to replace Garfield and Odie if they never came back, they are also jealous of them and end up kidnapping them and leaving them in a burning building. They Speak with a German accent.
* The Chihuahuas - A group of Chihuahuas who want Odie's Bone.TV showings
Cartoon Network has shown this special onAugust 3 ,2008 . It was a part of a Sunday movie showing that appears every Sunday called, Flicks. The movie was shown again onAugust 8 ,2008 during theFried Dynamite program block. It was later aired again on this channel onAugust 20 ,2008 , as well as September 30, 2008.Featured Living Animals
*
Tabby cat - Garfield, Nermal, Shecky
*Beagle - Odie
*Feral cat - Arlene
*Grizzly Bear - Billy Bear
*Jackrabbit - Randy Rabbit
*Domestic longhair cat - Sheila
* Cross-breed - Waldo
* Boxer - Hale
*Siamese cat - Hardy
* Chihuahua - The real world dogs who want Odie's bone. They're the main antagonists of the film's beginning & middle.Voice cast
References
External links
* [http://www.garfield.com/d2v/index.html Official Movie Site]
* [http://www.garfield.com/ Garfield and Friends Official Website]
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