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==Trailers== |
==Trailers== |
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| − | The film's teaser premiered with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_at_the_Museum:_Battle_of_the_Smithsonian Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]''. In the trailer, the Chipmunks are seen singing the 20th Century Fox jingle. This trailer premiered in the UK with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half_Blood_Prince_(film) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince].'' |
+ | The film's teaser premiered with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_at_the_Museum:_Battle_of_the_Smithsonian Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]''. In the trailer, the [[Chipmunks]] are seen singing the 20th Century Fox jingle. This trailer premiered in the UK with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half_Blood_Prince_(film) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince].'' |
| − | The 2nd teaser premiered on the |
+ | The 2nd teaser premiered on the Internet on June 30, 2009, then on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age:_Dawn_of_the_Dinosaurs Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]'' on July 1, 2009. In the trailer, the Chipmunks are seen singing the 20th Century Fox's jingle. Afterwards, the Chipmunks are seen at a school, and [[Alvin Seville|Alvin]] says, "Oh, relax! Who's gonna beat singing chipmunks?". Then, to their surprise, they see the [[Chipettes]] for the first time in the locker room and fall in love. |
The third and first full trailer premiered online on October 1, 2009. |
The third and first full trailer premiered online on October 1, 2009. |
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| − | An international trailer appeared on November 21, 2009. It |
+ | An international trailer appeared on November 21, 2009. It features more clips from the movie, and there are two known versions of it. One features [[Simon Seville|Simon]] getting hit by a dodge ball. |
==Sneak Peek== |
==Sneak Peek== |
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Revision as of 13:25, 28 August 2013
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is a 2009 CGI/live-action film, starring Zachary Levi, David Cross and Jason Lee with the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris and Christina Applegate. The film features Alvin and the Chipmunks and their female counterparts, The Chipettes. It was directed by Betty Thomas and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, with Regency Enterprises and Bagdasarian Company. It was originally scheduled to be premiered on March 19, 2010, but was moved to a Christmas 2009 release instead and later to a December 23, 2009 release in the US and December 21, 2009 release in the UK. The movie premiered on December 26, 2009 in Australia.
Full Plot
Falling in love
During Alvin, Simon, and Theodore's "Save the Music" benefit concert, Dave tells Alvin to take it easy and that the concert "is not all about you", but Alvin has a difficult time listening. He then jumps on top of a scaffolding and causes an Alvin billboard to fall. He warns Dave to look out, but it sends Dave flying across the stage, yelling "ALVIN!", into some electric devices.
After the accident, he is rushed to the hospital. He survives and must stay for a few days to recover. The nurse gives him a sedative that will make him fall asleep in a minute, so he tells his boys that he's leaving his Aunt Jackie in charge of the Chipmunks until he returns. Also, he tells Alvin, Simon, Theodore that he's made arrangements for them to go to school. When Dave goes to sleep, a woman comes to escort the Chipmunks home, but Alvin doesn't want to leave Dave, so he runs amok. He messes with the hospital bed, causing Dave to go up and down, Theodore to crash into a trash can, and Simon to fall in the sink, but a doctor injects sedative into Alvin's rump, and he sings "Daydream Believer" until he is fast asleep. The doctor tells the woman that, for her sake, Alvin is asleep for the entire flight. Simon suggests that he inject Alvin again, just in case.
The Chipmunks land at the airport, where they meet up with Aunt Jackie, who introduces her grandson Toby, a former high school dropout. He is playing on a Nintendo DS, paying no attention to them. Toby then accidentally knocks Jackie's wheelchair down some stairs while getting the boys' luggage, and an airport luggage trolley crashes into her. She is also sent to the hospital, so Toby is left in charge.
Back at the house, they have fun eating Cheese Balls (Alvin also sings a slightly different version of Stayin' Alive) and spinning in a kitchen appliance, singing You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record), but they end up in a hooked pan holder. Dave calls them, and Simon and Alvin answer, but when Theodore joins them, he causes a pan to fall, and Dave wants to what's going on. Simon warns Alvin to not stress him out, so Alvin lies that Jackie is making them a five course meal, but when Dave finds out he cannot speak to her, he becomes suspicious, so Alvin can do nothing but hang up, causing Dave to yell "ALVIN!" and his stress monitor to beep wildly.
When attending West Eastman High School on their first day, the chipmunks are soon bullied by Ryan Edwards and his athletic friends due to their fame and high status, which attracted all of the girls. Though Alvin remained a tough target by giving Ryan and his friend Xander a wedgie, Simon received a swirlie while Theodore is taunted about his weight until his two brothers attacked them and landed themselves in the pricipal's office. The boys have fun being babysat by Toby, mainly because he is basically a big kid himself. Theodore tries to bond with Toby but Toby is always either ignoring him or being short towards him.
Meanwhile, Ian Hawke the rude selfish greedy soundtrack-editor now lives in the basement of Jett Records. But, a FedEx mail comes to the building and a package falls out. And, three singing female chipmunks, the Chipettes, Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor come out of it and want to be famous like the Chipmunks. So they sing Put Your Records On to make Ian adopt them. He does, telling them that the Chipmunks ran away from him and left him broken-hearted, to make the Chipettes not trust them. He lets the Chipettes stay in "his" model suite.
Meanwhile, the Chipmunks enter the school concert to win $25,000 and save the school's music program after realizing the principal was a fan. After Alvin displays some athletic prowess in dodgeball, he starts hanging out with the jocks of the school and slowly becoming distant with his brothers. This leads to random blowouts between Alvin and Simon, but the one who is most affected is Theodore who believes he is losing his brothers with them fighting all the time. The Chipmunks meet the Chipettes and fall in love. The Chipettes sing Hot N' Cold to get Dr. Rubin, the school principal, to enter them in the contest. The Chipmunks and the Chipettes compete against each other in a Battle of the Bands. Alvin warns Brittany about what Ian did to him and his brothers, but she doesn't believe Alvin. Alvin, though reluctantly, allows Simon to be humiliated in front of everyone when one of the jocks tricks him into thinking he's now the school Litter Moniter and he ends up being thrown into the dumpster.
At the concert, the Chipettes win after Simon and Theodore forfeit the competition because Alvin failed to show up (he hung out with the football team instead). Eager to get rich, Ian videotapes the Chipettes performance and posts it on YouTube, along with his phone number. Finally, Alvin shows up only to see that everyone's gone. A disappointed Brittany calls Alvin selfish and stated that she never wanted to win the way Ian was making her. When Alvin returns home, Simon and Theodore pretend they're sleeping and ignore him, forcing him to live with his guilt and failure to live up to his promises. The embarrassment is too much for Theodore to take who runs away to the zoo. When Toby and the boys find and save him from an eagle, it brings out the best in all of them and the two Chipmunks forgive Alvin and go back to "One for all, and three for one". (As Theodore put it.)
Soon, the Chipettes are hired as the opening act at a Britney Spears concert at the Staples Center. Since the concert is on the same night as the school concert, Ian decides to blow off the battle and get the Chipettes to perform at the concert. When Brittany notices that Ian plans to only make Brittany a star, she rebels by saying she won't do it without her sisters. Unwilling to let anything get in his way, Ian grabs them by their tails and threatens to barbeque them if they didn't do what he said.
At the school, Alvin gets a phone call from Brittany, saying that she and her sisters have been locked in a cage and that she admits that he was right all along about Ian's sinister nature. Alvin races to save them on his red motorbike while Simon tells Jeanette how to open the cage on the phone. The Chipettes escape from the cage, climb out of the limo, and they jump onto Alvin's motorbike. (The Chipmunks' cousin, Digger makes a cameo during the chase.) Ian pursues them with an R.C. helicopter, but they leap off the motorbike and grab onto the helicopter. Jeanette than snatches the remote and steers the helicopter away from Ian, while the motorbike drives straight into Ian's groin. Simon and Theodore are about to forfeit the concert again, but Toby stalls everyone by singing a short song to his love intrest, Julie. Then, Alvin and the Chipettes fly into the hall on the helicopter and they all sing We Are Family, winning the contest and the $25,000. Dave then comes back and watches them perform, along with Toby.
Meanwhile, Ian dresses up as Brittany, performing in the center alone while people boo him and he is dragged off-stage.
The Chipmunks and Chipettes sing Shake Your Groove Thing to end the night and go back home with Dave, while Toby himself goes back home. The Chipettes are re-adopted at the boy's request and sleep at the Chipmunks' house where Dave has another injury. Dave tries to get Alvin to go to bed and Alvin refuses. So, Dave turns the lights off and Alvin turns them back on. Dave turns them off again. Alvin turns them back on while Dave says "Alvin, that's it! Don't make me come over there!" Alvin says "OK" while turning the lights off causing Dave to trip on the skateboard and crash. Alvin turns the lights back on and says "Ohh boy, I suddenly got really, really tired. Heh, heh, night Dave!" He turns the lights off and Dave yells "ALVIN!"
- End credits
As the credits roll, the screen shows photos of the Chipmunks and Chipettes at the beach, at Christmas, in the kitchen, and in the garden. An epilogue shows Ryan and his gang of Jocks being forced to scrape gum off of the gym's bleachers as punishment for the way they treated the chipmunks (and for making Alvin miss the battle) and Ian being thrown into a dumpster backstage by the guards.
Box Office
The movie closed in the US on April 22nd 2010. It was a huge box office success. With a final domestic earning of $219,553,378 and a world wide earning of $223,306,420 for a grand total of $442,859,798 making it the highest grossing Alvin and the Chipmunks movie and highest grossing talking animal film of all time. It is also the 2nd highest grossing CGI star movie to only Avatar and the 3rd highest tv cartoon live action movie.
Lawsuit
There is currently a lawsuit involved for half of the films profits filed by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman. Fox countered in a statement that the claims were "completely without merit. We look forward to resolving our differences and, in the meantime, we are continuing to move forward with this franchise."
Trailers
right|300px The film's teaser premiered with Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. In the trailer, the Chipmunks are seen singing the 20th Century Fox jingle. This trailer premiered in the UK with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
The 2nd teaser premiered on the Internet on June 30, 2009, then on Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs on July 1, 2009. In the trailer, the Chipmunks are seen singing the 20th Century Fox's jingle. Afterwards, the Chipmunks are seen at a school, and Alvin says, "Oh, relax! Who's gonna beat singing chipmunks?". Then, to their surprise, they see the Chipettes for the first time in the locker room and fall in love.
The third and first full trailer premiered online on October 1, 2009.
An international trailer appeared on November 21, 2009. It features more clips from the movie, and there are two known versions of it. One features Simon getting hit by a dodge ball.
Sneak Peek
The sneak peek is shown only once on Nickelodeon. The preview shows the time they hide in the toilet tank and Toby tells them they have to go to school, saying what could go wrong on the second day of school. Dodgeball day is also shown. Simon and Theodore are hit, but Alvin manages to catch the ball.
Trivia
- When the Chipettes escape from the Fed Ex packaging the dialogue closely echoes the time the Chipmunks scaled down their Christmas tree.
- Claire is never seen or even referenced in the whole movie.
- The Chipette's story completely mirrors the prequel's story.
- Similar to the Transformers movies, by far, the Alvin and the Chipmunks series produced a 1987 animated movie, a 2007 live-action movie, and a 2009 live-action movie. The Transformers series also produced a 1986 animated movie, also made a 2007 live-action movie, and also made a 2009 live-action movie sequel.
- When the Chipettes introduce themselves to Ian, Jeanette mentions that she often feels like an "Olivia." Olivia was the name of the girl who first took care of the Chipettes in the cartoon show.
- When the Chipettes enter Ian's "home," Eleanor mentions that it's the best tree house ever, refering to the tree house they lived in before they moved in with Miss Miller.
- Alvin and the Chipmunks won another Kids Choice Award, with The Squeakquel, in 2010 for Favorite Movie beating Twilight: New Moon, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Errors
- When Doctor Rubin shows Alvin, Simon, and Theodore their homeroom, Alvin says "so this is a classroom," however the DVD subtitles say that Theodore is saying this.
- When the Chipettes audition for Ian in his "penthouse office" on the roof of Jett Records, they dance and sing with the company JETT RECORDS sign behind them. From Ian's view the sign can be read clearly; however from the street the letters would be backwards.
- When The Chipettes meet Ian Hawke, Eleanor says "Such a pleasure to meet you" when that line is said Eleanor is voiced by Janice Karman.
- When Toby stumbles in front of Julie the first time they see each other, the same drum head is broken twice.
- When Ian records the video, he says "Like what you see? Call Ian Hawke" but when he posts it on YouTube, he says "Interested? Call Ian Hawke" and it appears to take place at a different time in the Chipettes' performance.
Cast
Live-action
- Zachary Levi as Tobin "Toby" Seville
- David Cross as Ian Hawke
- Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville
- Wendie Malick as Dr. Rubin
- Anjelah Johnson as Julie Ortega
- Kathryn Joosten as Aunt Jackie Seville
- Kevin G. Schmidt as Ryan Edwards
- Chris Warren, Jr. as Xander
- Bridgit Mendler as Becca Kingston
The Chipmunks
- Justin Long as Alvin Seville
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Simon Seville
- Jesse McCartney as Theodore Seville
The Chipettes
Songs
Sequel
Main Article: Chipwrecked
A sequel entitled Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked was released on December 16, 2011 which focuses on the Chipmunks and Chipettes getting stranded on a tropical island.