Lilo & Stitch
| Lilo & Stitch | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois |
| Produced by | Clark Spencer |
| Written by | Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois |
| Starring | Daveigh Chase Chris Sanders Tia Carrere David Ogden Stiers Kevin McDonald Ving Rhames Jason Scott Lee |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri James Newton Howard |
| Editing by | Darren Holmes |
| Studio | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 21, 2002 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $80,000,000 |
| Money made |
Domestic: $127,349,813 |
Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 animated movie, released by Walt Disney Pictures and produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. on June 21, 2002. The 42nd animated movie in the Disney animated features canon, it was written by and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. It was the second of three Disney animated movies produced mainly at the Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida studio in Walt Disney World's Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. The movie was rated PG for "mild sci-fi action". Lilo & Stitch was nominated for the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, which went to Hayao Miyazaki's movie, Spirited Away which also was released by Walt Disney Pictures and starred Daveigh Chase (in the English version).
The movie was so popular, that a direct-to-video sequel, Stitch! The Movie, was made. They launched a television series, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, and a second direct-to-video sequel, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, was released in August 2005. A third and final television sequel, Leroy & Stitch, was released in June 2006 and ended the TV series. Another television series, an anime called Stitch!, aired in Japan from 2008 to 2011, later gaining two post-series specials in 2012 and 2015.
The movie was released on VHS and DVD on December 3, 2002. In 2003, a 2-disc DVD version was announced to come out along with Alice in Wonderland and Pocahontas, which were released in 2004 and 2005. A 2-Disc Special Edition DVD of Lilo & Stitch was released in the UK on August 22, 2005, along with the UK release of Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, but a release in the US was affected by many delays. On March 24, 2009, Disney finally released the special edition DVD, which is called a 2-Disc "Big Wave Edition". This new DVD has everything that the original DVD had and adds an audio commentary, a 2-hour documentary, more deleted scenes, a number of behind-the-scenes featurettes, and some games. The original DVD is no longer available, with the new one having the same list price.[1]
Contents
Plot[change | change source]
An evil alien scientist named Dr. Jumba Jookiba creates many creatures. This is against the law of his planet, and he is arrested. One experiment, named "626", escapes the planet. He flies a spaceship to Earth.
On Earth, a little human girl named Lilo adopts him (thinking he is a dog) and names him "Stitch". Lilo lives in Hawaii, a series of islands in the United States of America. Lilo's mother and father have died in a car crash, so her older sister Nani takes care of her.
Stitch becomes Lilo's best friend. Lilo tries to teach Stitch how to be good. She uses music by Elvis Presley in her lessons. He also learns a new phrase: "Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten." Alien officials find Stitch on Earth and take him and Lilo away. In the end they decide to let Stitch stay with Lilo in Hawaii.
Cast[change | change source]
- Daveigh Chase as Lilo Pelekai
- Chris Sanders as Stitch
- Tia Carrere as Nani Pelekai
- David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Jumba Jookiba
- Kevin McDonald as Agent Pleakley
- Ving Rhames as Cobra Bubbles
- Zoe Caldwell as Grand Councilwoman
- Jason Scott Lee as David Kawena
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Captain Gantu
- Susan Hegarty as Rescue Lady
Reception[change | change source]
The movie opened at #2 with $35,260,212 in its first weekend, less than $500,000 behind the movie Minority Report. In its second week, fell to #3, again behind the Steven Spielberg movie at #2. The movie made $145,794,338 in the United States and Canada, and $127,349,813 internationally, finishing with $273,144,151 in the world.
Lilo & Stitch received very positive reviews from critics and movie-goers alike, and it was the most successful Walt Disney Pictures movie after the Disney Renaissance of 1989 to 1999 until Bolt a few years later. The movie's success at the box office and on DVD led to a franchise, with three direct-to-video and televisions sequels and two television series. The movie has received 139 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, 119 positive and 20 negative, giving it a positive total rating of 86%.[2]
Soundtrack[change | change source]
| Lilo & Stitch | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | ||||
| Released | June 21, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack, Rock and Roll, Pop | |||
| Length | - | |||
| Label | Walt Disney Records | |||
| Producer | - | |||
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The soundtrack of the movie was released by Walt Disney Records on June 21, 2002. It, along with the movie, has more Elvis Presley songs than any of Elvis' own movies.[3]
| # | Title | Singing by |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride" | Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu, The Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus |
| 2 | "Stuck on You" | Elvis Presley |
| 3 | "Burning Love" | Wynonna |
| 4 | "Suspicious Minds" | Elvis Presley |
| 5 | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Elvis Presley |
| 6 | "Devil in Disguise" | Elvis Presley |
| 7 | "He Mele No Lilo" | Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu |
| 8 | "Hound Dog" | Elvis Presley |
| 9 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | A*Teens |
| 10 | "Stitch to the Rescue" | Score |
| 11 | "You Can Never Belong" | Score |
| 12 | "I'm Lost" | Score |
Spin-offs[change | change source]
On August 26, 2003, Disney released a direct-to-video sequel, Stitch! The Movie, which was made as the pilot to a TV series titled Lilo & Stitch: The Series. This series ran for 65 episodes between on September 20, 2003 and July 29, 2006. The series carried on where the movie left off and showed Lilo's efforts to capture and re-home Jumba's remaining experiments. This series ended with TV movie Leroy & Stitch, which was released on June 27, 2006.
On August 2005, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, the "official" direct-to-video sequel to the movie, was released. In this movie, Stitch has a glitch because his molecules were never fully charged (this is different than a deleted opening, "Stitch's trial", which was seen on the DVD release of Lilo & Stitch). Lilo wants to win the May Day hula contest like her mother did in the 1970s, but Stitch continues to have problems. Lilo thinks Stitch is not behaving right, until she finds out that Stitch is dying.
In March 2008, Disney announced that it is to produce a remade version of Lilo & Stitch, called Stitch!, for the Japanese market. The show, which began in October 2008, features a Japanese girl named Yuna (formerly referred to as Hanako) in place of Lilo, and is set on a fictional island in Okinawa prefecture instead of Hawaii. The series is produced by the Japanese animation house Madhouse LTD.[4][5][6]
Release Dates[change | change source]
| Country | Premiere |
|---|---|
 Canada |
June 21, 2002 |
 Colombia |
June 21, 2002 |
 Italy |
June 21, 2002 |
 United States |
June 21, 2002 |
 France |
June 22, 2002 |
 Belgium |
June 26, 2002 |
 Venezuela |
June 26, 2002 |
 Switzerland |
June 27, 2002 (German speaking region) |
 Netherlands |
June 27, 2002 |
 Brazil |
June 28, 2002 |
 Mexico |
June 28, 2002 |
 Portugal |
June 28, 2002 |
 Austria |
July 4, 2002 |
 Germany |
July 4, 2002 |
 Israel |
July 4, 2002 |
 Peru |
July 4, 2002 |
 Spain |
July 5, 2002 |
 Poland |
July 5, 2002 |
 Argentina |
July 6, 2002 |
 Hong Kong |
July 11, 2002 |
 South Korea |
July 19, 2002 |
 Taiwan |
July 19, 2002 |
 Egypt |
August 7, 2002 |
 Czech Republic |
August 29, 2002 |
 Iceland |
August 30, 2002 |
 Tunisia |
September 5, 2002 |
 Denmark |
September 6, 2002 |
 Finland |
September 6, 2002 |
 Norway |
September 6, 2002 |
 Sweden |
September 6, 2002 |
 Turkey |
September 6, 2002 |
 South Africa |
September 6, 2002 |
 Brunei |
September 17, 2002 |
 Australia |
September 19, 2002 |
 Bulgaria |
September 20, 2002 |
 United Kingdom |
October 4, 2002 |
 Estonia |
October 18, 2002 |
 Ireland |
October 18, 2002 |
 Greece |
October 25, 2002 |
 Sri Lanka |
October 29, 2002 |
 Hungary |
November 7, 2002 |
 Kuwait |
December 4, 2002 |
 Russia |
December 26, 2002 |
 Senegal |
December 31, 2002 |
 Malaysia |
January 17, 2003 |
 Ghana |
February 6, 2003 |
 Japan |
March 8, 2003 |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ http://www.ultimatedisney.com/lilo.htm
- ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lilo_and_stitch/
- ↑ http://kapalama.ksbe.edu/elementary/lilo_and_stitch/trivia.html
- ↑ Disney seals Japan anime and "Lilo and Stich" deal, International business times, 2008-03-06
- ↑ Disney says to produce Anime 'made in Japan' (2008-03-08)
- ↑ Disney plans Japan animation effort, International Herald Tribune, 2008-03-06
Other websites[change | change source]
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- Lilo & Stitch at Rotten Tomatoes
- Lilo & Stitch at Box Office Mojo
- Lilo & Stitch at the Big Cartoon DataBase
