Stuart Little (film)

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Stuart Little
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Directed by	Rob Minkoff
Produced by	Douglas Wick
Written by	E.B. White (book) M. Night Shyamalan David O. Russell Billy Ray Greg Brooker
Starring	Michael J. Fox Geena Davis Hugh Laurie Jonathan Lipnicki Nathan Lane Steve Zahn Bruno Kirby Jennifer Tilly
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Guillermo Navarro
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	17 December 1999 (USA) 21 July, 2000 (UK)
Running time	84 min.
Language	English
Budget	US$103,000,000
Followed by	Stuart Little 2 (2002)
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Stuart Little is a 1999 live-action film, very loosely based on the novel of the same name (few of the events in the movie actually occurred in the book). It combines live-action and computer animation. The screenplay was co-written by M. Night Shyamalan and Greg Brooker, with uncredited script doctoring by David O. Russell and Billy Ray.

Michael J. Fox is the voice of the titular character. Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie star as Eleanor and Fredrick Little, with Jonathan Lipnicki as Stuart's big brother George and Nathan Lane as the voice of the family cat Snowbell.

The film opens with Mr. and Mrs. Little and their son George on the day of adoption. Mr. and Mrs. Little go to an orphanage and are asked to pick a child to adopt. When they cannot decide Stuart pops out of nowhere and the Littles immediately fall in love with him. George doesn't take to him at first, asking why his parents have decided to adopt a mouse. The same goes for Snowbell the cat who attempts to eat Stuart upon his arrival. Snowbell then goes to see the character "Smokey" (whose dialogue sounds similar to that of Don Vito Corleone from The Godfather), the boss cat and the antagonist of the film who arranges for Stuart to be "scratched out" (killed). In the end Snowbell causes Stuart to run away but feels so bad about it that he joins Smokey's hunt for Stuart in order to rescue him. He reveals the truth to Stuart and in the end Stuart and Snowbell team up against Smokey, his goon cats and Snowbell's friend Monty. Snowbell manages to defeat Monty and the goons but Smokey comes after him and tries to kill him. Stuart defeats Smokey and it is indicated that he is later killed by dogs. Snowbell lets Stuart ride on his back to the Little House where they reunite with the family.

It was voted the 100th greatest family film in a Channel 4 poll.

Tagline: The Little family just got bigger.

[edit] Sequels

Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2006) (direct-to-video)

[edit] Trivia

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In the Japanese version of this film, George Little's voice is provided by Ikue Ōtani, the voice of Pikachu on Pokémon.
Following Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, this film aired on Cartoon Network on June 17, 2007, being Michael J. Fox's first film to air on Cartoon Network.
The first half of E.B. White's novel was used for this film.