Main Cast: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Kattan, Dave Foley
Release Year: 2001
Country: US
Run Time: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
This feverishly energetic comedy combines stop-motion animation and live action from director Henry Selick, creator of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and James and the Giant Peach (1996). Brendan Fraser stars as Stu Miley, a cartoonist who created a randy monkey character called Monkeybone that has taken off in popularity, making him a celebrity. Stu's set to launch a TV series based on Monkeybone and marry his beautiful fiancée Julie (Bridget Fonda) when he's injured in a freak accident that puts him in a coma. He travels to Dark Town, a holding area for the comatose who wait to either regain consciousness or move on to the afterlife with the help of Death (Whoopi Goldberg). Dark Town is also a realm where fictional characters reside and before long Stu has met the vulgar Monkeybone, who travels back to the land of the living to inhabit Stu's body. Aided by Kitty (Rose McGowan), Stu must find a way to reclaim his body and put Monkeybone back in his place before the raunchy primate ruins his charmed life. Monkeybone is based on the cartoon graphic novel Dark Town by Kaja Blackley. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Bruce Hill - Art Director, John Chichester - Art Director, Paula DuPre Pesman - Associate Producer, Beatrix Aruna Pasztor - Costume Designer, Mike Topoozian - First Assistant Director, Henry Selick - Director, Dan Bradley - Second Unit Director, Peter Crosman - Second Unit Director, Jon Poll - Editor, Nicholas C. Smith - Editor, Mark Warner - Editor, Chris Columbus - Executive Producer, Sam Hamm - Executive Producer, Henry Selick - Executive Producer, Lata Ryan - Executive Producer, Anne Dudley - Composer (Music Score), Dawn Solér - Musical Direction/Supervision, Greg Cannom - Makeup Special Effects, Bill Boes - Production Designer, Andrew Dunn - Cinematographer, Mark A. Radcliffe - Producer, Michael Barnathan - Producer, Jann K. Engel - Set Designer, Martin Roy Mervel - Set Designer, A. Todd Holland - Set Designer, Jeff Ozimek - Set Designer, Everett Chasex - Set Designer, Hugo Santiago - Set Designer, Geoffrey Patterson - Sound/Sound Designer, Steve Boeddeker - Sound/Sound Designer, Dan Bradley - Stunts Coordinator, Sam Hamm - Screenwriter, Philip Pfeiffer - Additional Cinematography, Philip Pfeiffer - Second Unit Camera, Steve Johnson - Creature Effects, Keith Vanderlaan - Creature Effects, Captive Audience Prods. - Creature Effects, Tim Holland - Supervising Sound Editor, Terry Clotiaux - Visual Effects Producer, Lisa Satriano - Second Unit Assistant Director, Terry Clotiaux - Visual Effects, Centropolis Entertainment - Visual Effects, Jackie Carr - Set Decorator, Kaja Blackley - Book Author
