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| Alberto Abril | .... | animator |
| Jude Adamson | .... | look development artist (as Judith Adamson) |
| Amit Aidasani | .... | educator |
| Shish Aikat | .... | educator: Rhythm & Hues |
| Erik Akutagawa | .... | scan record manager |
| Samuel Alicea | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| James Andrykowski | .... | visual effects editor |
| Mandy Arnold | .... | digital restoration artist |
| Nicholas Augello | .... | technical animator |
| Randall Bahnsen | .... | technical animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Chris Bailey | .... | animation director |
| Bhavika Bajpai | .... | texture technical director |
| Anand Balasubramaniam | .... | matchmove technical director |
| Adam Balentine | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Lyndon Barrois | .... | animation director: R&H |
| Brooke Beane | .... | lighting technical director |
| Mike Beaulieu | .... | senior animator: Rhythm & Hues (as Michael Beaulieu) |
| Jeffery Beeland | .... | pipeline lead: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Bryan Bentley | .... | tech animator |
| Abhishek Bharadwaj | .... | match move technical director |
| Nikhil Bhatnagar | .... | render coordinator |
| Debaprasad Bhowmik | .... | character animator |
| Emil Bidiuc | .... | animator |
| Adam Blank | .... | matchmove technical director |
| Swapnil Borawake | .... | match move technical director |
| Jennifer Bourne | .... | digital compositor |
| Edward Derian Boyke | .... | render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios (as Edward 'Ted' Boyke) |
| David Brickley | .... | technical animator: Rhythm and Hues |
| Matt Brown | .... | technical animation lead |
| Sebastien Bruneau | .... | animator |
| Josh Bryer | .... | sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Christopher Burel | .... | pipeline technical director (as Chris Burel) |
| Nicholas Burkard | .... | technical animator |
| Paul Bush | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Rommel S. Calderon | .... | visual effects |
| Francis L. Camacho | .... | matchmove artist |
| Keanan Cantrell | .... | junior lighting technical director |
| Tom Capizzi | .... | 3D lead |
| Jeffrey Castel De Oro | .... | digital compositor |
| Tyler Cayce | .... | technical animator |
| Shyam Chand | .... | paint & roto artist |
| Kee Chang | .... | technical animator |
| Serena Chang | .... | digital artist |
| Serena Chang | .... | texture artist |
| Kent Chan | .... | technical animator |
| Jo-Wan Chao | .... | modeling technical director |
| Tamar Chatterjee | .... | lighting technical director |
| Arun P. Chidambaram | .... | scene lighter |
| Kunal Chindarkar | .... | rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues |
| Vikas Chirate | .... | system administrator |
| Sandesh Chonkar | .... | modeler |
| David Cole | .... | digital colorist |
| Chris Consani | .... | art director: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Kevin Coutinho | .... | matchmove technical director |
| Donnie Creighton | .... | digital intermediate producer |
| Ana Marie Cruz | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Tim T. Cunningham | .... | digital producer |
| Amanda Dague | .... | lead animator |
| Umesh Dalvi | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India |
| Rajdeep Dandekar | .... | visual effects & props |
| Nirmal David | .... | visual effects: animator |
| Paresh Dedhia | .... | visual effects compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Yoshi DeHerrera | .... | 3D laser scanning: Gentle Giant Studios |
| Jose L. De Juan | .... | digital artist |
| Sandy DellaMarie | .... | sequence coordinator |
| Ashutosh Deshmukh | .... | matchmove artist |
| Chrysta Dieterly | .... | lighting technical director |
| Amol Dighe | .... | render coordinator |
| Steve Dubin | .... | visual effects producer |
| Ryan Duhaime | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues |
| Pauline Duvall | .... | sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues |
| John Egli | .... | digital compositor |
| Colin Elliott | .... | animation layout: Rhythm & Hues |
| Jesse Ellis | .... | assistant effects editor |
| Chris Elmer | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues |
| Richard Enders | .... | matchmove supervisor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Ryan English | .... | character rigging lead: Rhythm & Hues |
| Jenn Epstein | .... | digital compositing technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Rich Fallat | .... | look development: Rhythm & Hues |
| Chris Flynn | .... | digital compositor |
| Dan Foster | .... | visual effects plate producer |
| Tyler Fox | .... | technical animator |
| Adam Francis | .... | motion control technician |
| Jay Frankenberger | .... | compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Wes Franklin | .... | lighting technical director |
| Sarah Fuller | .... | scene lighter |
| Anthony Fung | .... | visual effects artist |
| Nicole Galaz | .... | systems operator |
| Ginesh Gandhi | .... | roto/paint artist |
| Victor J. Garza | .... | technical animator |
| Pranav Kumar Gautam | .... | match move technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India |
| Divakar Ghodake | .... | digital artist (modeling technical director) |
| Daniel Gilbert | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Logan Gloor | .... | lighting technical director |
| Maria Gonzales | .... | visual effects assistant editor |
| John Goodman | .... | animation supervisor |
| Jimmy Gordon | .... | lead technical animator |
| Victor Grant | .... | effects technical director |
| Aaron Grey | .... | technical animator |
| Anisha Gupta | .... | lighting technical director |
| Varun Hadkar | .... | background preparation artist |
| Justin Hammond | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Dan Haring | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Anthony Harris | .... | color timer: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Ryan Helsley | .... | digital intermediate producer |
| Joshua Herrig | .... | lighting artist |
| Pablo Holcer | .... | sequence supervisor |
| Phil Holland | .... | digital imaging specialist |
| Lee Hoya | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Gerry Hsu | .... | technical animator |
| Pearl Hsu | .... | effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Melissa Huerta | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Jamie Huey | .... | look development: Rhythm & Hues |
| Sean Hyun-In Lee | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Neeraj Ingle | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Katherine Ipjian | .... | look development: Rhythm & Hues |
| Vinita Iyer | .... | matchmove lead: Rhythm & Hues, India ) |
| Andreas Jablonka | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Kevin Jackson | .... | character animator: Rhythm & Hues |
| Virendra Jadhav | .... | matchmove technical director |
| Babul Jain | .... | match move technical director |
| Sarahjane Javelo | .... | background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues |
| Christopher Johnson | .... | MIS programmer: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Mack Kablan | .... | animator |
| Sean Kaczmarek | .... | visual effects |
| Kamalakkannan | .... | digital compositor |
| Michael Kambli | .... | render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Snehal Kanchan | .... | production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues |
| Sean Kennedy | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Chris J. Kenny | .... | digital compositor |
| Scott Kilburn | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Chansoo Kim | .... | animator |
| Sam Kim | .... | digital compositor |
| Si-Hyung Kim | .... | technical animator |
| Yunjung Kim | .... | technical director |
| Yun Jung Kim | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| V.S. Kiran | .... | lighting lead: Rhythm & Hues |
| Shelagh Kitney | .... | animator |
| Bomsok Ku | .... | lighting technical director |
| Radha Kulkarni | .... | matchmover: Rhythm & Hues, India |
| Aaron Kupferman | .... | lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Prince Kurian | .... | paint & roto artist |
| Yogesh Lakhani | .... | lighting lead: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Jaymie Lam | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Vincent Lavares | .... | data manager: Laser Pacific |
| Dan Lazarow | .... | senior lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues Studios |
| Alexander K. Lee | .... | animator |
| Hannah K. Lees | .... | technical animator |
| Young Lee | .... | technical animator |
| Danny Lei | .... | modeler: Rhythm & Hues (as Chun Ta Lei) |
| Matthew Leishman | .... | lead technical animator |
| Frederick LeMaster | .... | pipeline technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios (as Fred LeMaster) |
| Stephen Les | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Rebecca Lilienfeld | .... | assistant visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues |
| David Linsey | .... | character animator |
| Mark Lipsmeyer | .... | tracker/matchmover: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Lu Liu | .... | lighting technical director |
| Trevor Lorber | .... | lighting technical director |
| Sophia Lo | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues |
| Daniel Macarin | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues |
| Mary Lynn Machado | .... | look development/color & lighting: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Matt Magnolia | .... | visual effects coordinator: 20th Century Fox |
| Nikki Makar | .... | effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Varun Malhotra | .... | lighting techical director |
| Jason Malinowsky | .... | animator |
| Karey Maltzahn | .... | visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Joe Mancewicz | .... | character rigging supervisor |
| Bruce Mann | .... | digital compositor: Laser Pacific |
| Vangala Manoj | .... | modeling technical director |
| Simon Marinof | .... | digital compositor |
| Shawn Mason | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Chris McLeod | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| M. Gavin McMillan | .... | character rigger |
| Gagan Mehta | .... | lead lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues, India |
| Jay Mehta | .... | rotoscope artist |
| Daniel Mejia | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Christopher Michael | .... | technical animator |
| Douglas Miller | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Christopher Mills | .... | animation layout |
| Jennifer Mizener | .... | CG production manager |
| Sheila Molnar | .... | lead compositor |
| Rohini Montenegro | .... | background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues |
| Rohini Montenegro | .... | roto/paint artist: Rhythm & Hues |
| Jim Moorhead | .... | digital artist |
| Zeke Morales | .... | visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Meg Morris | .... | matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Shane Mulholland | .... | animation coordinator |
| Ram Mohan Nadam Reddy | .... | digital compositor |
| Rishikesh Nandlaskar | .... | 3D artist |
| Anita Naufal | .... | matchmove artist |
| Brandon Nelson | .... | digital compositor |
| Thai-My Nguyen | .... | animator |
| Christopher S. Nielsen | .... | render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Jim O'Hagan | .... | digital compositor: Pacific Title |
| Carina Ohlund | .... | sequence lighter |
| Tyler Opatrny | .... | tech animator |
| Tejal Pandkar | .... | lighting technical director |
| Sijo Pappachan | .... | pipeline support |
| Ken Paris | .... | technical animator: Rhythm and Hues |
| Zach Parrish | .... | animator |
| Brett Paton | .... | character animator |
| Vishal Pawar | .... | texture artist: Rhythm & Hues, India |
| Angelica Perez | .... | digital compositor |
| Rebecca Perez | .... | animator: Rhythm & Hues |
| Seth Peterson | .... | lighter: Rhythm & Hues |
| Perry Petrzilka | .... | projectionist: rhythm & hues |
| Jean Joseph Philip | .... | lighting technical director |
| Tim Pixton | .... | character animator: Rhythm & Hues |
| Alex Poei | .... | character animator |
| Kevin Rafferty | .... | visual effects supervisor: second unit |
| Vivek Ram | .... | modeling technical director: Rhythm and Hues Studios |
| Shrinidhi Rao | .... | render support |
| Andres Rascon | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Marina Ratina | .... | matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Aatur Ravani | .... | lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Suryapal Rawat | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| David Rhodes | .... | technical animator |
| Burke Roane | .... | character animator |
| Trey Roane | .... | character animator: Rhythm and Hues |
| Michela Rose | .... | technical animator |
| Matthew A. Rubin | .... | second unit: set data manager |
| Karl Rumpf | .... | visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues |
| Diksha Sagar | .... | match move technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India |
| Saswat Sahoo | .... | pipeline technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Arnab Sanyal | .... | background prep lead |
| Chingkhei Sapam | .... | pipeline technical director |
| C.J. Sarachene | .... | lead animator: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Yogesh Sawant | .... | lighting technical director |
| Jeffrey Schaper | .... | visual effects plate producer: second unit, Rhythm and Hues |
| Donna Segal | .... | digital compositor |
| Chad Sellers | .... | character animator |
| Seshaprasad | .... | digital production manager: Rhythm & Hues, India |
| Divyesh Shah | .... | matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India |
| Siddharth Shah | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Neha Sharma | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Chad Shattuck | .... | animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Shreya Shetty | .... | texture artist: Rhythm & Hues, India |
| Todd Shifflett | .... | visual effects supervisor |
| Nidhi Shrivastava | .... | lighting / techical director |
| Josh Shuman | .... | digital compositor |
| Peter Sidoriak | .... | digital compositor |
| Cybele Sierra | .... | digital compositor |
| Murugan Siju | .... | roto/prep |
| Sabrina Silver | .... | modeling technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Arjun Singh | .... | rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues |
| Dhruv Singh | .... | paint & roto artist |
| Ryan Sivley | .... | animator: Luma Pictures |
| Jeff W. Smith | .... | technical animator |
| Jakris Smittant | .... | sequence coordinator |
| Hitesh Solanki | .... | matchmove lead: Rhythm & Hues India |
| Jason Stansell | .... | character animator |
| Timothy Steele | .... | technical animator |
| Jon Stein | .... | visual effects production assistant |
| Jennifer Stratton | .... | texture artist: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Yuki Sugimoto | .... | matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues |
| Radhakrishnan Sundararaj | .... | digital artist |
| Ryan Swanno | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Aashima Taneja | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Will Telford | .... | digital effects supervisor |
| Kevin Tengan | .... | systems administrator: Rhythm & Hues Studios |
| Cat Thelia | .... | sequence coordinator |
| Lindsay Thompson | .... | animator |
| Marc Thyng | .... | technical animator |
| Josh Tomlinson | .... | lighting technical director |
| Tejas Trivedi | .... | match move technical director |
| Vincent Truitner | .... | animator |
| Sourabh Uppal | .... | lighting technical director |
| Richard Van Cleave Jr. | .... | lead technical animator |
| John Vassallo | .... | animator |
| Rakesh Venugopalan | .... | roto/prep artist |
| Scott Vosbury | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues |
| Diana Marie Wells | .... | digital compositor (as Diana M. Wells) |
| Adam Yaniv | .... | lead animator |
| Nate Yellig | .... | technical animator |
| Tsz 'Gee' Yeung | .... | lighting supervisor |
| Tsz 'Gee' Yeung | .... | look development |
| Robert Young | .... | digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues |
| Sagar Zade | .... | digital artist |
| Sagar Zade | .... | modeling technical director |
| Brandy Zumkley | .... | digital compositor |
| Daniel Aristoteles Collins | .... | systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited) |
| Chris De St Jeor | .... | technical animator (uncredited) |
| Harrison Hays | .... | render I/O lead: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited) |
| Richard Mahon | .... | matte painter (uncredited) |
| L. Patrick McCormack | .... | manager of digital productions: India (uncredited) |
| Brad Smith | .... | render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios (uncredited) |
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When the box office figures for the US came in this weekend I was absolutely horrified! Sure I expected I Am Legend to do well, but the amount that Alvin and the Chipmunks got ($40+ million!) seemed absurd. Added to that the fact that it had earned more than Golden Compass did in its opening weekend just seemed ludicrous. The trailers I had seen seemed very mediocre and I wasn't looking forward to seeing it that much. So what a surprise, and a delightful one, to say how much I really enjoyed the movie. Sure its a kids movie through and through, and if you're not into talking animals then you will come out of this movie and criticise its plot, script and usual more adult things that critics criticise about. But if you go in willing to sit back and enjoy the movie you will realise there is a lot to enjoy. The three leads themselves, Alvin, Simon and Theodore if you've never seen the Chipmunks before, are all very likable and have some hilarious moments. The movie features consistent humour that ranges from fart jokes for kids, to some really subtle references, most notably one to Die Hard where for one moment I thought Alvin was going to complete his Yipee Kiyay moment and make the parents gasp in horror, he doesn't so don't get too excited. The script itself is pretty decent, there are the obligatory clunky sentimental bits, but generally the movie is consistent and full of laughs. It does outstay its welcome admittedly and feels that little bit too long, but these are mere quibbles as this is a movie that is bound to entertain many kids and adults alike, and the fact this did better than Golden Compass no longer frustrates me, as this is admittedly a much better movie than Golden Compass.
The three leads of the movies are CGI creations, they are also surprisingly voice by Justin Long (Alvin), Matthew Gray Gubler (Simon) and Jesse McCartney (Theodore), though you'd never know as obviously their voices have been morphed so they sound much more like the Chimpunks. Anyway their voices sound perfect, Theodore's being the most distinct and will make many audiences world wide sit their and go awww. Alvin is a great lead and has some brilliant moments. Simon is the most dull of the three but has some pretty funny moments as well. But its when the three start singing the movie just comes to life, the Chimpunks Christmas song definitely gave the older members of the audience to relish in, and their rendition of Funky Town is by far the highlight of the movie. The actual adult cast themselves are pretty decent. Jason Lee, from My Name is Earl, is a decent enough lead and at least does better than the adult actors in Garfield who seem almost asleep. When the sentimental stuff kicks in admittedly he does stumble a little bit, but generally Lee is on top form and definitely isn't always overshadowed by the chipmunks. David Cross does the traditional villain role pretty well, although he does start to irritate after a while and when he goes into pure evil mode later on in the film he just seems a bit silly. But by far the worst character in the movie has to be Claire, played by Cameron Richardson, she is out of place in this movie and the romance thing never plays off at all.
Where Alvin and the Chimpmunks succeeds where movies such as Garfield and Scooby Doo have failed is the fact it succeeds in the comedy department. Sure the movie has its nostalgia factor, but if it wasn't funny then the movie would be a disaster. Thankfully this is a very funny movie. The fart jokes are obviously aimed at kids, but thankfully there aren't that many of them, in fact when you compare this to something like Garfield you realise how well the scriptwriters have done keeping this to a minimum. Slapstick is obviously a big part but done very well and there are many set pieces that will please audiences. The songs as I have said are definitely the highlights and as I've said before the Funky Town rendition is just pitch perfect. There are many one liners to be found as well amongst amongst some of the clunkers that appear later on. The sentimental scenes also are not as horrific as some more recent family movies have been. In fact some of the scenes generally do warm your heart.
Overall Alvin and the Chimpunks is a surprisingly good movie that is definitely something parents should take their kids to see this Christmas. While maybe not as good as Enchanted this is definitely better than Golden Compass, and kids will lap this up. So the obligatory sequel that will arrive seems perhaps a more joyful event then it seemed before I saw this movie. In fact a sequel now seems quite a decent idea.