Bee Movie (2007)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy |.
Bee Movie is a American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner, the film stars Jerry Seinfeld and Renée Zellweger, with Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman and Chris Rock in supporting roles. Its story follows Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a honey bee who sues the human race for exploiting bees, after learning from his florist friend Vanessa (Zellweger) that humans sell and consume honey.
Bee Movie is the first motion-picture script to be written by Seinfeld, who co-wrote the film with Spike Feresten, Barry Marder, and Andy Robin. The film was produced by Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg, and Cameron Stevning. The production was designed by Alex McDowell, and Christophe Lautrette was the art director. Nick Fletcher was the supervising editor and music for the film was composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams.
A young honey bee named Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) has recently graduated from college and is about to enter the hive’s Honex Industries honey-making workforce alongside his best friend Adam Flayman (Matthew Broderick). Barry is initially excited to join the workforce, but his courageous, non-conformist attitude emerges upon discovering that his choice of job will never change once picked. Later, the two bees run into a group of Pollen Jocks, bees who collect pollen from flowers outside the hive. The Jocks offer to take Barry outside the hive to a flower patch, and he accepts. While on his first pollen-gathering expedition in New York City, Barry gets lost in the rain, and ends up on the balcony of a human florist named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). Upon noticing Barry, Vanessa’s boyfriend Ken (Patrick Warburton) attempts to squash him, but Vanessa gently catches and releases Barry outside the window, saving his life.
Directors: Simon J. Smith, Steve Hickner
Writers: Jerry Seinfeld, Spike Feresten, Barry Marder, Andy Robin, Chuck Martin, Tom Papa
Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman, Chris Rock
Cast:
| Jerry Seinfeld | … | Barry B. Benson (voice) |
| Renée Zellweger | … | Vanessa Bloome (voice) |
| Matthew Broderick | … | Adam Flayman (voice) |
| Patrick Warburton | … | Ken (voice) |
| John Goodman | … | Layton T. Montgomery (voice) |
| Chris Rock | … | Mooseblood (voice) |
| Kathy Bates | … | Janet Benson (voice) |
| Barry Levinson | … | Martin Benson (voice) |
| Larry King | … | Bee Larry King (voice) |
| Ray Liotta | … | Ray Liotta (voice) |
| Sting | … | Sting (voice) |
| Oprah Winfrey | … | Judge Bumbleton (voice) |
| Larry Miller | … | Buzzwell (voice) |
| Megan Mullally | … | Trudy (voice) |
| Rip Torn | … | Lou Lo Duca (voice) |
| Michael Richards | … | Bud Ditchwater (voice) |
| Mario Joyner | … | Jackson (voice) |
| Jim Cummings | … | Title Narrator / Graduation Announcer (voice) |
| Tom Papa | … | Splitz / Klauss Vanderhayden (voice) |
| Andy Robin | … | Jock #2 (voice) |
| David Moses Pimentel | … | Hector (voice) (as David Pimentel) |
| Chuck Martin | … | Andy (voice) |
| Conrad Vernon | … | Freddy (voice) |
| David Herman | … | Buzz / Bob Bumble / Pilot (voice) |
| Carol Leifer | … | Press Person #1 (voice) |
| Jeff Altman | … | Uncle Carl (voice) |
| Brian Hopkins | … | Sandy Shrimpkin / TSA Agent (voice) |
| Tress MacNeille | … | Jeanette Chung / Mother / Cow (voice) (as Tress Macneille) |
| Nathan D. Morrissey | … | Boy Crying / Timmy (voice) |
| Olivia Mattingly | … | Little Girl (voice) |
| Simon J. Smith | … | Truck Driver / Chet (voice) |
| Geoff Witcher | … | Press Person #2 / Jock #1 (voice) |
| John DiMaggio | … | Janitor / Bailiff (voice) (as John Dimaggio) |
| Barry Marder | … | Waterbug (voice) |
| Sean Bishop | … | Ladybug (voice) |
| Robert Jayne | … | Bee #4 (uncredited) |
| Carl Kasell | … | Self (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia