Ice Age: The Meltdown

Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Directed by	Carlos Saldanha
Written by	Peter Gaulke; Gerry Swallow
Produced by	Lori Forte; Chris Wedge (Executive Producer); Chris Meledandri (Executive Producer); Steven Spielberg (Executive Producer)
Starring	Ray Romano; John Leguizamo; Denis Leary; Queen Latifah; Jay Leno; Seann William Scott; Josh Peck; Will Arnett
Edited by	Harry Hitner
Music by	John Powell
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	March 31, 2006
Running time	91 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$651,899,282

Ice Age: The Meltdown (also called Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply known as Ice Age 2) is an American 2006 animated comedy drama epic movie and is the second film in the Ice Age series. It was produced by Lori Forte and Chris Wedge. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha.

The movie was released on March 31, 2006. Despite receiving mixed reviews from film critics, the film was positively welcomed from audience who praised its animation, humor, characters, emotional weight, soundtrack, action scenes, character development, and the visuals.

This movie is the first sequel to the 2002 movie, Ice Age. The other four sequels to the film are Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022).^[1]^[2] The first sequel to this movie was even more positively welcomed from audience who often calls it the best Ice Age movie, the second one is called good, but not like the previous films while the fifth is hated by both film critics and audience.

Cast[change | change source]

The characters are all prehistoric animals. Unlike real life, the animals can talk and understand each other.

Ray Romano as Manny, a woolly mammoth
Denis Leary as Diego, a Saber-tooth tiger
John Leguizamo as Sid, a giant ground sloth
Seann William Scott as Crash, an opossum
Josh Peck as Eddie, an opossum
Queen Latifah as Ellie, a woolly mammoth
Will Arnett as a lone gunslinger vulture
Jay Leno as Fast Tony, a giant armadillo
Frank Welker as Scrat, a saber-toothed squirrel
Robert Clotworthy as Dung Beetle Dad
Caitlin Rose Anderson as Glypto Boy Billy
Mary Gibbs as Beaver Girl
Connor Anderson as Rhino Boy
Maile Flanagan as Beaver Boy
Joseph Bologna as Mr. Start
Jack Crocicchia as Elk Boy
Peter DeSève as Condor Chick
Nicole DeFelice as Start Girl
Debi Derryberry as Diatryma Mom
Marshall Efron as Start Dad
Tom Fahn as Stu, a armadillo-like animal
Charlie Adler as Male Ox
Jason Fricchione as Molehog Grandpa
Andre Stojka as Shovelmouth Male
James Godwin as Traffic Vulture
George Jacobs as Beaver Dad
Clea Lewis as Female Mini Sloth
Brenda Blethyn as Dung Beetle Mom
Brian Scott McFadden as Glyptodon
Jansen Panettiere as Shovelmouth Boy
Gregory Romano and Matt Romano as Start Boys
Stephen Root as Aardvark Dad
Michael Bell as Dodo
Manoela Scarpa Saldanha and Sofia Scarpa Saldanha as Molehog Kids
Reyna Shaskan as Diego's Bird Girl
James Sie as Freaky Male
Cindy Slattery as Aardvark Mom
Mindy Sterling as Female Ox
Alex Sullivan as James
Renée Taylor as Mrs. Start
Alan Tudyk as Cholly, a large mammal
Rodger Bumpass, Harrison Chad, Paul Eiding, Danny Mann, Phil Proctor, Steve Susskind, Brian Tochi, and Jim Ward as Various Mammals
Jack Angel as Male Ox
Bob Bergen as Male Start
Bill Farmer as Male Elk
Jan Rabson as Male Glyptodon
Sherry Lynn as Female Diatryma

Release Dates[change | change source]

Country	Premiere
Belgium	March 29, 2006
Indonesia	March 29, 2006
Jamaica	March 29, 2006
Netherlands	March 29, 2006
Philippines	March 29, 2006
Armenia	March 30, 2006
Argentina	March 30, 2006
Belarus	March 30, 2006
Dominican Republic	March 30, 2006
Hungary	March 30, 2006
Kazakhstan	March 30, 2006
Malaysia	March 30, 2006
Puerto Rico	March 30, 2006
Portugal	March 30, 2006
Serbia	March 30, 2006
Russia	March 30, 2006
Singapore	March 30, 2006
Uruguay	March 30, 2006
Bulgaria	March 31, 2006
Brazil	March 31, 2006
Ecuador	March 31, 2006
Spain	March 31, 2006
Finland	March 31, 2006
Mexico	March 31, 2006
Panama	March 31, 2006
Poland	March 31, 2006
Romania	March 31, 2006
Sweden	March 31, 2006
United States	March 31, 2006
South Africa	March 31, 2006
Taiwan	April 1, 2006
Israel	April 4, 2006
Switzerland	April 5, 2006 (French speaking region)
Switzerland	April 5, 2006 (German speaking region)
Egypt	April 5, 2006
France	April 5, 2006
Trinidad and Tobago	April 5, 2006
Austria	April 6, 2006
Australia	April 6, 2006
Chile	April 6, 2006
Czech Republic	April 6, 2006
Germany	April 6, 2006
Greece	April 6, 2006
New Zealand	April 6, 2006
Peru	April 6, 2006
Slovakia	April 6, 2006
Thailand	April 6, 2006
Colombia	April 7, 2006
Denmark	April 7, 2006
Estonia	April 7, 2006
United Kingdom	April 7, 2006
Ireland	April 7, 2006
Iceland	April 7, 2006
Lithuania	April 7, 2006
Norway	April 7, 2006
Venezuela	April 7, 2006
United Arab Emirates	April 12, 2006
Kuwait	April 12, 2006
Hong Kong	April 13, 2006
Croatia	April 13, 2006
Lebanon	April 13, 2006
Slovenia	April 13, 2006
Cyprus	April 14, 2006
Latvia	April 14, 2006
Turkey	April 14, 2006
South Korea	April 20, 2006
Switzerland	April 21, 2006 (Italian speaking region)
India	April 21, 2006
Italy	April 21, 2006
Japan	April 22, 2006
North Macedonia	May 12, 2006