Delgo
2008 American animated film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Delgo is a 2008 American animated fantasy adventure film[4] directed by Marc F. Adler and Jason Maurer, written by Scott Biear, Patrick J. Cowan, Carl Dream, and Jennifer A. Jones. It stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Louis Gossett Jr., Burt Reynolds, Eric Idle, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Ripa, Val Kilmer, and Malcolm McDowell with narration by Sally Kellerman. It was distributed by Freestyle Releasing with music by Geoff Zanelli and produced by Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation and Fathom Studios, a division of Macquarium Intelligent Communications,[5] which began development of the project in 1999.
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Directed by | Marc F. Adler Jason Maurer |
Screenplay by | Patrick J. Cowan Carl Dream Jennifer A. Jones |
Story by | Marc F. Adler Scott Biear Jason Maurer |
Produced by | Marc F. Adler |
Starring | Freddie Prinze Jr. Jennifer Love Hewitt Anne Bancroft Chris Kattan Michael Clarke Duncan Louis Gossett Jr. Eric Idle Val Kilmer Malcolm McDowell Burt Reynolds Kelly Ripa |
Narrated by | Sally Kellerman |
Cinematography | Herb Kossover |
Music by | Geoff Zanelli |
Production companies | Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation Fathom Studios |
Distributed by | Freestyle Releasing |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million[1] |
Box office | $694,782 – $915,840[2][3] |
Despite winning the Best Feature award at Anima Mundi,[6] the film was widely panned by critics and audiences, and its box office was one of the lowest-grossing wide releases in recent history.[7] Delgo grossed under $1 million in theaters against an estimated budget of $40 million. The film was released independently with a large screen count (over 2,000 screens) and a small marketing budget. As a result, it became a massive box office bomb, losing an estimated $46 million.[8] 20th Century Fox later acquired the film rights for international and domestic home media distribution.[9]
Delgo was the final film for actors Anne Bancroft and John Vernon, both of whom died three years before its release. The film is dedicated to Bancroft.