Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and loosely based on the 1978 children’s book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett. It was written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller in their directorial debuts.
In the film, an aspiring inventor named Flint Lockwood develops a machine that can convert water into food following a series of failed experiments. After the machine gains sentience and begins to develop food storms, Flint must destroy the machine in order to save the world.
Flint Lockwood is a 25 year old aspiring scientist who lives in Swallow Falls, a fictional tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that has sardines as the base of its economy, but the Baby Brent Sardines cannery has closed and gone bankrupt due to worldwide disgust of sardines as food, which was all the residents had to eat from then on. Flint lives with Tim, his widowed father, and his pet monkey, Steve. One day, Flint invents a machine that transforms water into food called the “Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator”. Flint turns on the FLDSMDFR in his laboratory, but ends up overloading and subsequently shorting out his house’s electrical supply.
Flint then decides to power the machine by hooking it up to the large riser pole at the nearby power substation. When Flint turns the machine back on, it ends up rocketing through town, destroying Sardine Land before ultimately shooting up into the sky. While recovering from his failure, Flint meets Samantha “Sam” Sparks, a weather intern whose big break was ruined by the incident. Their conversation is curtailed when brightly colored clouds float over the town and begin to rain cheeseburgers.
Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Writers: Phil Lord (written for the screen by), Christopher Miller (written for the screen by), Judi Barrett (book), Ron Barrett (book), Rob Greenberg
Stars: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell, James Caan, Bobb’e J. Thompson, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, Will Forte
►Cast:
| Bill Hader | … | Flint Lockwood (voice) |
| Anna Faris | … | Sam Sparks (voice) |
| James Caan | … | Tim Lockwood (voice) |
| Andy Samberg | … | ‘Baby’ Brent (voice) |
| Bruce Campbell | … | Mayor Shelbourne (voice) |
| Mr. T | … | Earl Devereaux (voice) |
| Bobb’e J. Thompson | … | Cal Devereaux (voice) |
| Benjamin Bratt | … | Manny (voice) |
| Neil Patrick Harris | … | Steve (voice) |
| Al Roker | … | Patrick Patrickson (voice) |
| Lauren Graham | … | Fran Lockwood (voice) |
| Will Forte | … | Joe Towne (voice) |
| Max Neuwirth | … | Young Flint (voice) |
| Peter Siragusa | … | Rufus (voice) |
| Angela Shelton | … | Regina Devereaux (voice) |
| Neil Flynn | … | Weather News Network Producer (voice) |
| Liz Cackowski | … | Flint’s Teacher (voice) |
| Isabella Acres | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Lori Alan | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Shane Baumel | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bob Bergen | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Cody Cameron | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Marsha Clark | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| John Cygan | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ann Dominic | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Paul Eiding | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jess Harnell | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Gary A. Hecker | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Phil Lord | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Sherry Lynn | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Danny Mann | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Mona Marshall | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Mickie McGowan | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Christopher Miller | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Laraine Newman | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jan Rabson | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Grace Rolek | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jeremy Shada | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Will Shadley | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Melissa Sturm | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ariel Winter | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia