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Kung Fu Panda (Original title)
Date: 2008 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne

Production company billing: ©2008. DreamWorks Animation LLC DreamWorks Animation SKG presents a Paramount Pictures release [end] Author/Creator: DreamWorks Animation LLC. Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS In Colour Prints by Technicolor MPAA: 44302 [2.35:1]
Synopsis: Some sequences exist in 3D.Synopsis: Animation. A hapless, overweight panda is inadvertently chosen to be the fabled Dragon Warrior by a kung fu guru, and faces a battle with fearsome martial arts master Tai Lung.

Genres:
Animation, Children's, Comedy
Releases
Date: 06 June 2008Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 91 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (443)
©: DreamWorks Animation LLC, Presents: DreamWorks Animation, Released by: Paramount Pictures, Executive Producer: Bill Damaschke, Produced by: Melissa Cobb, Co-producer: Jonathan Aibel, Co-producer: Glenn Berger, Associate Producer: Kristina Reed, Senior Production Manager: Susan Slagle Rogers, Production Manager: Jeffrey Paul Hermann, Production Supervisor (Story): Daniela Mazzucato, Jeremy Shipp, Production Supervisor (Editorial): Jeremy Shipp, Production Supervisor (Art/Modelling): Jeffrey Paul Hermann, Production Supervisor (Surfacing): Jeffrey Paul Hermann, Production Supervisor (Art/Modelling): Rachel Zusser, Production Supervisor (Surfacing): Rachel Zusser, Production Supervisor (Animation): Daniela Mazzucato, Production Supervisor (Layout): Rafael Chaidez, Production Supervisor (Character TD): Monty Kimball, Production Supervisor (Char'r FX/Crowds): April M. Struebing, Production Supervisor (Lighting): Maude Lewis, Production Supervisor (Effects): Evelyn Spencer, Production Supervisor (Matte Painting): Lisa O'Brien, Production Supervisor (Paint Fix): Robyn Mesher, Central Production Supervisor: René Harnois Jr, Production Co-ordinator (Story): Robert C. Briggs, Production Co-ordinator (Editorial): Rob Stone, Production Co-ordinator (Art/Modelling): Joseph Izzo, Production Co-ordinator (Surfacing): Joseph Izzo, Production Co-ordinator (Art/Modelling): David Rosenbaum, Production Co-ordinator (Surfacing): David Rosenbaum, Production Co-ordinator (Animation): Makiko Wakita, Production Co-ordinator (Layout): Jeff Chasin, G. Mark Fitzgerald, Production Co-ordinator (Character TD): Brent Hutchins, Production Co-ordinator (Char FX/Crowds): Brendan O'Connor, Production Co-ordinator (Lighting): Tracy Larson, Production Co-ordinator (Lighting): Michael Lynn, Peter McCown, Production Co-ordinator (Effects): Brent Hutchins, Production Co-ordinator (Matte Painting): Pat Sito, Production Co-ordinator (Paint Fix): Danielle Helsaple, Artistic Supervision (Animation): Alessandro Carloni, Artistic Supervision (Animation): Rodolphe Guenoden, Artistic Supervision (Animation): Philippe Le Brun, Artistic Supervision (Animation): Jason Reisig, William Salazar, Artistic Supervision (Lighting): Dave Walvoord, Artistic Supervision (Lighting): Mark Fattibene, Artistic Supervision (Lighting): Betsy Nofsinger, Artistic Supervision (Lighting): Aaron Smith, Pablo Valle, Artistic Supervision (Modelling): Jason C. Turner, Artistic Supervision (Surfacing): Wes Burian, Artistic Supervision (Char Tech'l Dir'n): Nathan Loofbourrow, Artistic Su'vision (Char Effects/Crowds): Alex Parkinson, Artistic Supervision (Matte Painting): Scott Brisbane, Ronn Brown, Artistic Supervision (Effects): David Allen, Alex Parkinson, Artistic Supervision (Final Layout): James Ryan Peterson, Artistic Supervision (Tech'l Direction): Greg Wuller, Character Technical Director: Michael Aucoin, Character Technical Director: Zsoka Barkacs, Character Technical Director: Peter Farson, Character Technical Director: Mitch Cockerham, Character Technical Director: Ted Forgrave, Character Technical Director: Haggai Goldfarb, Character Technical Director: Mariette Marinus, Character Technical Director: Tom Molet, Sven Pohle, Character Technical Direction (Addit'l): Jeffrey B. Light, Character Technical Direction (Addit'l): Kevin Matthew Ochs, Character Technical Direction (Addit'l): Gaurav Shenai, Character Technical Direction (Addit'l): Nico Scapel, Character Technical Direction (Addit'l): Matt Steele, Character Technical Direction (Addit'l): Kevin Rodgers, Dick Walsh, Lead Technical Director: Allen Stetson, Munira Moiz Tayabji, Technical Director: Matt Authement, Technical Director: Zachary Carter, Technical Director: Barry Dempsey, Technical Director: Kolja Erman, Technical Director: Alex Gurevich, Technical Director: Lok Ming Hwa, Technical Director: Jacob K. Melvin, Technical Director: Sameer Shah, Technical Director: Amy Sun Kwa, Technical Director: Matthew A. Wang, Michael J. Wilhelmi, Production Accountant: Tina Tseng Duke, Editorial/Post-production Executive: James Beshears, Post-production Manager: Andrew Birch, Post-production Supervisor: David Yanover, Post-production Co-ordinator: Wayne Hellinger, Action Sequences Supervised by: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Simon Wells, Kung Fu Choreography by: Rodolphe Guenoden, Casting by: Leslee Feldman, Casting Associate: Wendy Siegel, Ania Kamieniecki, ADR Voice Casting: L.A. MadDogs, Screenplay by: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Story by: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris, Head of Story: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Story (Story Artist): Alessandro Carloni, Story (Story Artist): Philip Craven, Story (Story Artist): Joel Crawford, Story (Story Artist): Jed Diffenderfer, Story (Story Artist): Alfred Gimeno, Story (Story Artist): Rodolphe Guenoden, Story (Story Artist): Bret Haaland, Story (Story Artist): Mark Koetsier, Story (Story Artist): Paul McEvoy, Simon Wells, Story (Additional Story Artist): Kelly Asbury, Story (Additional Story Artist): Derek Drymon, Story (Additional Story Artist): Nora M. Johnson, Story (Additional Story Artist): Hong Li, Story (Additional Story Artist): Robert Koo, Story (Additional Story Artist): Tom Owens, Story (Additional Story Artist): Bob Riling, Story (Additional Story Artist): Toby Shelton, Story (Additional Story Artist): Kathleen Thorson, Story (Additional Story Artist): Ennio Terresan, Nassos Vakalis, Creative Consultant: Mike Mitchell, Visual Effects Supervisor: Markus Manninen, Matte Painter: David Bailey, Matte Painter: Eric Bouffard, Matte Painter: Justin Brandstater, Matte Painter: Paul Duncan, Matte Painter: Adam J. Ely, Matte Painter: Caroleen Green, Matte Painter: Pamela Hobbs, Matte Painter: Mark Nonnenmacher, Paul Anthony Rivera, Additional CG Supervisor: Eric Adrian Fernandes, Modeller: Seungyoung 'Sean' Choi, Modeller: Manny Vincent Fragelus, Modeller: Martin Havran, Modeller: Jeff Hayes, Modeller: Hyun Huh, Modeller: Jaewon Lee, Modeller: Steve Mcgrath, Modeller: Paul Schoeni, Modeller: Paul Theren, Modeller: Rachel Tiep-Daniels, Joshua West, Head of Character Animation: Dan Wagner, Animator: Manuel Almela, Animator: Manuel Aparicio, Animator: Jeremy Bernstein, Animator: Arnaud Berthier, Animator: Deter Brown, Animator: David Coucharière, Animator: Eric Deuel, Animator: Robert Espanto Domingo, Animator: Raffella Filliponi, Animator: Steven Pierre Gordon, Animator: Jennifer Hager, Animator: Alexandre Heboyan, Animator: Steven Hornby, Animator: Michael Kiely, Animator: Chris M. Kirshbaum, Animator: Kevin Maclean, Animator: MaryAnn Malcomb, Animator: Wee Brian Mcgrath, Animator: Ken Morrissey, Animator: Fredrik Nilson, Animator: David Pate, Animator: Gabriele Pennacchioli, Animator: Ben Rush, Animator: Jeremy Shaw, Animator: Olivier Staphylas, Animator: Mike Stern, Animator: Theodore Ty, Animator: Jan Van der Keyl, Animator: Alexis Wanneroy, Animator: Mark A. Williams, Animator: Benjamin Willis, Animator: Kathy Zielinski, Animation (Additional): Isabelle Auphan, Animation (Additional): Guillermo Careaga, Animation (Additional): Susan Campbell, Animation (Additional): Denis Couchon, Animation (Additional): Rex Grignon, Animation (Additional): Gabe Hordos, Animation (Additional): Simon Otto, Animation (Additional): Pierre Perifel, Jason Spencer-Galsworthy, Character Effects Artist: Amaury Aubel, Character Effects Artist: Christopher Bradley, Character Effects Artist: Kevin Carney, Character Effects Artist: Michael Hsiao-Hua Chapman, Character Effects Artist: Oliver Finkelde, Character Effects Artist: Christopher Frobose, Character Effects Artist: Nicholas Sanger Hoppe, Character Effects Artist: Jeff Martin, Character Effects Artist: Robert Nitsch, Character Effects Artist: Noah Peterson, Character Effects Artist: Steve Pete Rembuskos, Character Effects Artist: Douglas Seiden, Character Effects Artist: Dante Malabrigo-Tantoco, Character Effects Artist: John Truong, Character Effects Artist: Jason P. Weber, Ron Williams, Character Effects (Additional): Jeff Bernstein, Character Effects (Additional): Ken Faiman, Character Effects (Additional): Katya Ishichenko, Character Effects (Additional): Philip K. Livingston Jr, Character Effects (Additional): Bryan Poon, Character Effects (Additional): Amy Taylor-Pressley, Joe Ark Sun, Crowd Lead: Sean Fennell, Crowd Artist: Ashraf Gamal Ghoniem, Lead Lighter: Shaun Collaco, Lead Lighter: Archie Donato, Lead Lighter: Cindy Hong, Lead Lighter: Jeff Kasunic, Lead Lighter: Gina Lawes, Lead Lighter: Greg Lev, Lead Lighter: Benjamin Lishka, Lead Lighter: Don Taylor, Lead Lighter: Liang-Yuan Wang, Melva Young, Lead Lighting (Additional): Dale Drummond, Lead Lighting (Additional): Michael P. Hamler, Lead Lighting (Additional): Udai Haraguchi, Lead Lighting (Additional): Lisa Kim, Joanna Wu, Lighting Artist: William E. Arias, Lighting Artist: Jess Bressler, Lighting Artist: Sebastien Chort, Lighting Artist: Matthew Clubb, Lighting Artist: D. Wallace Colvard, Lighting Artist: Clint Colver, Lighting Artist: Caine Dickinson, Lighting Artist: Aaron Estrada, Lighting Artist: Han Lei, Lighting Artist: Erik Tristan Helmers, Lighting Artist: Robert Holder, Lighting Artist: Chris Jolly, Lighting Artist: David Jordan, Lighting Artist: Soo Kyung Kim, Lighting Artist: Takumi Kimura, Lighting Artist: Shanna Chang Lim, Lighting Artist: Matthew McCrory, Lighting Artist: Clare Ann Mckenna, Lighting Artist: Nic H. Panagos, Lighting Artist: Rupali Sharad Parekh, Lighting Artist: Mary Payne, Lighting Artist: Jeff S. Ranasinghe, Lighting Artist: Dennis Recchia, Lighting Artist: Eric Roth, Lighting Artist: Christopher Simmons, Lighting Artist: Ka Yaw Tan, Lighting Artist: Ozgur Ustundag, Gabriel White, Effects Lead: Amaury Aubel, Effects Lead: Louis Flores, Effects Lead: Li-Ming Lawrence Lee, David Tidgewell, Effects Animator: Motohisa Adachi, Effects Animator: Shinsaku Arima, Effects Animator: Wes Chilton, Effects Animator: Craig Halperin, Effects Animator: Christian A. Hatfield, Effects Animator: James Jackson, Effects Animator: Lucas Janin, Effects Animator: Andrew Young Kim, Effects Animator: Gokhan Kisacikoglu, Effects Animator: Robert Krupa, Effects Animator: Jaemin Lee, Effects Animator: Jason Mayer, Effects Animator: Christopher Monks, Effects Animator: Kiem Ching Ong, Effects Animator: William Opdyke, Effects Animator: Nikita Pavlov, Effects Animator: Dagan Potter, Effects Animator: Dave Schoneveld, Effects Animator: Karen Kirkhuff Smith, Effects Animator: Francois Sugny, Effects Animator: Tien Truong, Effects Animator: Stephen Wood, Effects Animator: Koen Vroeijenstijn, Effects Animator: Can Yuksel, Xiao Zhang, Effects Animation (Additional): Matthew Avery Head, Effects Animation (Additional): Domin Lee, Effects Animation (Additional): Zeki Malek, Effects Animation (Additional): Scott C. Sells, Effects Animation (Additional): Matt Titus, Curt Stewart, Dream Sequence Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Dream Sequence Production: James Baxter Animation, JB Animation (Animation Director): James Baxter, JB Animation (Ass't Animation Director): Chris Sonnnenburg, JB Animation (Producer): Hameed Shaukat, Head of Layout: Yong Duk Jhun, Rough Layout Artist: Robert Crawford, Rough Layout Artist: David Hoffman, Rough Layout Artist: Conor W. Kavanaugh, Rough Layout Artist: James Keefer, Rough Layout Artist: Gary H. Lee, Chris Sherrod, Layout (Additional Camera): Brad Blackbourn, Layout (Additional Camera): Daniel Bunn, Daniel D. Gregoire, Final Layout Artist: Stuart Campbell, Final Layout Artist: Hezekiah McMurray, Final Layout Artist: Matthew D. Schmidt, Rhiannon Leffanta Wilhelmi, Final Layout Artist (Additional): Jason Carter, Final Layout Artist (Additional): Corey Hels, David Patrick Valera, Editor: Clare Knight, Additional Editing: John K. Carr, Mary Margaret Blee, HD Editor: Paul Neal, Associate Editor: C.K. Horness, Associate Editor: William J. Caparella, 1st Assistant Editor: Anna Solorio-Catalano, Assistant Editor: James Dewey Kirkpatrick, Assistant Editor: Robert J. Lemos, Assistant Editor: Darrin Ly, Production Designer: Raymond Zibach, Art Director: Tang Kheng Heng, Character Designer: Nico Marlet, Character Design (Additional): Devin Crane, Character Design (Additional): Carlos Grangel, Character Design (Additional): H.B. 'Buck' Lewis, Character Design (Additional): Olivier Malric, Tony Siruno, Visual Development: Max Boas, Visual Development: Chris Brock, Visual Development: Richard Daskas, Visual Development: Bill Kaufmann, Visual Development: Christophe Lautrette, Visual Development: Ritche Sacilioc, Visual Development: Christian Schellewald, Visual Development: Rachel Tiep-Daniels, Visual Development: Zhaoping Wei, Melchior Zwyer, Visual Development (Additional): Tianyi Han, Visual Development (Additional): Henrik Tamm, Jean Luc Serrano, Titles: Ariandy Chandra, Main End Title Seq Designed/Produced by: Shine, Film/Colour Supervisor: Kyle D. Pascucci, Film/Colour Technician: Baron C. Northrop, Film Colour Timer: Terry Claborn, Digital Colorist: Doug Cooper, Negative Cutter: Mo Henry, Prints by: Technicolor, Logo [Film Stock]: Kodak Motion Picture Film, Music by: Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Additional Music: Henry Jackman, James Mckee Smith, Orchestra Leader: Perry Montague-Mason, Choir: London Voices, Choir Master: Ben Parry, Score Conducted by: Gavin Greenaway, Orchestrations by: John Ashton Thomas, Orchestrations by: Dave Metzger, Orchestrations by: Kevin Kliesch, Orchestrations by: John A. Coleman, Orchestrations by: Jane Antonia Cornish, Orchestrations by: Jake Parker, Germaine Franco, London Orchestral Contractor: Isobel Griffiths Ltd, Music Co-ordinator: Charlene Ann Huang, Music Co-ordinator: Ken 'Kaz' Smith, Score Co-ordinator for Hans Zimmer: Andrew Zack, Music Executive: Sunny Park, Music Production Services: Steven Kofsky, Music Editor: Adam Smalley, Score Recorded by: Nick Wollage, Additional Recordings: Shawn Murphy, Additional Recordings: Jeff Biggers, Slamm Andrews, Score Recorded at: AIR Studios (London), Score Mixed by: Alan Meyerson, Sound Designer: Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl, Sound Mixing: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Recordist: Craig 'Pup' Heath, Blake Cornett, Re-recording Engineer: Tom Lally, LA Studios Recording Engineer: Carlos Sotolongo, Larry Winer, HSR/NY Recording Engineer: Roy Latham, Chad Roucroft, Pop Sound Recording Engineer: Michael Miller, Courtney Bishop, Supervising Sound Editor: Ethan Van der Ryn, Supervising Sound Editor: Erik Aadahl, Sound Effects Editor: P.K. Hooker, Sound Effects Editor: Paul Pirola, ADR Supervisor: Mike Hopkins, ADR (Group): Newell Alexander, ADR (Group): Steve Alterman, ADR (Group): Steve Bulen, ADR (Group): Mitch Carter, ADR (Group): Robert Clotworthy, ADR (Group): Holly Dorff, ADR (Group): Moosie Drier, ADR (Group): Rylee Fansler, ADR (Group): Elisa Gabrielli, ADR (Group): Spencer Lacey Ganus, ADR (Group): Bridget Hoffman, ADR (Group): Rif Hutton, ADR (Group): Simon Kidess, ADR (Group): Hope Levy, ADR (Group): Edie Mirman, ADR (Group): Michele Ruff, ADR (Group): Warren Sroka, ADR (Group): Kelly Stables, ADR (Group): Philip Tanzini, ADR (Group): Byron Thames, ADR (Group): Hudson Thames, Madeleine Whittle, ADR Recordist: Rick Canelli, ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O'Connell, ADR (Sound Editor): Wayne Lemmer, Foley Artist: Dan O'Connell, Foley Artist: John Cucci, Foley Mixer: James Ashwill, Foley Editor: Jonathan Klein, Foley: One Step Up, Special Thanks: Michael Lachance, Special Thanks: Gary Trousdale, Ellen Coss, Animal Anatomy Consultant: Dr Stuart Sumida, Martial Arts Consultant: Eric Chen
Cast (26)
Jack Black (voice of Po), Dustin Hoffman (voice of Master Shifu), Angelina Jolie (voice of Tigress), Ian McShane (voice of Tai Lung), Jackie Chan (voice of Monkey), Seth Rogen (voice of Mantis), Lucy Liu (voice of Viper), David Cross (voice of Crane), Randall Duk Kim (voice of Oogway), James Hong (voice of Mr Ping), Dan Fogler (voice of Zeng), Michael Clarke Duncan (voice of Commander Vachir), Wayne Knight (voice of gang boss), Kyle Gass (voice of KG Shaw), JR Reed (voice of JR Shaw), Laura Kightlinger (voice of awed ninja), Tanya Haden (voice of smitten bunny), Stephen Kearin (voice of gong pig/grateful bunny), Mark Osborne (voice of pig patron), John Stevenson (voice of rhino guard), Jeremy Shipp (voice of blind gator), Melissa Cobb (voice of bunny mom), Kent Osborne (voice of pig fan), Emily Burns (voice of bunny fan 1), Stephanie Harvey (voice of bunny fan 2), Riley Osborne (voice of baby Tai Lung)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (16)
In: Television Business International Jun/Jul 2009  Page: Kids suppl. 5
Title: Nick orders Kung Fu Panda seriesArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: The Nickelodeon channel has ordered a TV series based on the film KUNG FU PANDA.

In: Avant-Scène du Cinéma n570 March 2008  Page: 105
Title: Les films du mois - Kung Fu PandaAuthor: GUTMAN, Pierre-Simon Article type: ReviewLanguage: French

In: Screen International n1644 9 May 2008  Pages: 17,20-22
Title: Cannes 2008: Unknown pleasuresArticle type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Brief profiles of all the films (in and out of competition) due to be screened at the 2008 Cannes Festival International du Film.

In: Variety 19 May 2008  Page: 34,38
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: MCCARTHY, Todd Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1647 13 Jun 2008  Page: 11
Title: People: The storytelling artAuthor: GOODRIDGE, Mike Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Co-director of KUNG FU PANDA John Stevenson discusses the importance of story as well as the technical challenges of making the animated feature.

In: Screen International n1647 13 Jun 2008  Page: 26
Title: Reviews: Kung Fu PandaAuthor: HUNTER, Allan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v18 n9 September 2008  Page: 66
Title: Reviews: Kung Fu PandaArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Empire n232 October 2008  Page: 185
Title: At home/Soundtracks: Kung Fu PandaAuthor: THOMAS, William Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Film International v6 n4 2008  Pages: 84-85
Title: Film reviews: Kung Fu PandaAuthor: BELILE, C. Tyler Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Positif n571 September 2008  Page: 54
Title: Actualité: De A à Z notes sur les filmsAuthor: GOMBEAUD, Adrien Article type: ReviewLanguage: French

In: Screen International n1626 4 Jan 2008  Pages: 22-23
Title: 2008 preview: Hitting the high notesAuthor: LODDERHOSE, Diana Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Brief preview of films expected to do well at the 2008 international box office.

In: Sight and Sound v18 n8 August 2008  Page: 68
Title: Reviews: Kung Fu PandaAuthor: LAMACRAFT, Jane Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1649 27 Jun 2008  Page: 4
Title: News digest: Kung Fu Panda a hit at Chinese box officeArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Brief report on the success of KUNG FU PANDA at the Chinese box office, despite some protests. The film grossed $5.53m on its opening weekend in China.

In: Screen International n1639 4 Apr 2008  Page: 6,8
Title: Here come the summer hitsAuthor: KAY, Jeremy Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Analysis of the potential international box office winners and losers for the period May-August 2008.

In: Empire n230 August 2008  Page: 62
Title: In cinemas: Kung Fu PandaAuthor: HEWITT, Chris Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n234 December 2008  Page: 193
Title: At home/DVD new: Kung Fu PandaAuthor: EC Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Fat on film: gender, race and body size in contemporary Hollywood cinema
Author: Plotz, Barbara  Pages: viii, 282 pages

Title: art of Kung Fu Panda
Author: MILLER-ZARNECKE, Tracey  Pages: 191 p.