Stuart Little [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Rob Minkoff

Overview

E.B. White's classic children's story is brought to the screen in this fantasy, which combines computer-animated characters with a cast of live actors. Mrs. Little (Geena Davis), Mr. Little (Hugh Laurie), and their son George (Jonathan Lipnicki) live in a brownstone near New York's Central Park. The Littles have decided to adopt a younger brother for George, and while they're meeting the children at an orphanage, they are greeted by a mouse named Stuart (voice of Michael J. Fox), who can talk, walk upright, wear clothes, and do nearly anything a human child can do. The Littles are so taken with Stuart that they decide to adopt him, and soon the rest of the family is just as charmed by Stuart -- with the possible exception of Snowbell (voice of Nathan Lane), their house cat. The cast of humans includes Jennifer Tilly, Bruno Kirby, and Dabney Coleman; animal voices are contributed by Chazz Palminteri and Steve Zahn, Jim Doughan, and David Alan Grier.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/28/2011
UPC:	0043396380899
Original Release:	1999
Rating:	PG
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:25:00
Sales rank:	21,758

Special Features

Filmmakers commentaries ; Deleted scenes with optional commentary ; Gag reels; Visual effects featurettes; Artist's screen test ; Boat race: Early concept reel ; Making it big: HBO special ; Read-along with Stuart!; Music videos; Blu-ray exclusive: ; The big bad boat game: Help Stuart win the race by guiding him around obstacles in the lake!

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Geena Davis	Mrs. Little
Hugh Laurie	Mr. Little
Michael J. Fox	Stuart Little
Jonathan Lipnicki	George Little
Estelle Getty	Grandma Estelle,Voices
Brian Doyle-Murray	Cousin Edgar,Voices
Julia Sweeney	Mrs. Keeper,Voices
Dabney Coleman	Dr. Beechwood,Voices
Nathan Lane	Snowbell
Chazz Palminteri	Smokey
Steve Zahn	Monty
Jim Doughan	Lucky
David Alan Grier	Red
Bruno Kirby	Reginald Stout
Jennifer Tilly	Camille Stout
Harold Gould	Grandpa Spencer,Voices
Jeffrey Jones	Uncle Crenshaw
Connie Ray	Aunt Tina,Voices
Stan Freberg	Race Announcer,Voices
Westleigh Michael Styer	Actor
Larry Goodhue	Actor
Patrick Thomas O'Brien	Uncle Stretch,Voices
Richard Alan Hicks	Crowd Person
Allyce Beasley	Voices
Miles Marsico	Voices
Jon Polito	Voices
Joe Bays	Voices
Taylor Negrón	Voices
Kimmy Robertson	Voices
Tannis Benedict	Voices
Chuck Blechen	Voices
Marietta Meade	Voices
Walter von Hauff	Voices
Raban Bieling	Voices
Fred Klaus	Voices
Anita Höfer	Voices
Götz Otto	Voices
Margit Weinert	Voices
Tonio von der Meden	Voices
Bastian Pastewka	Voices
Inez Günther	Voices
Pierre Peters-Arnolds	Voices
Michael Rüth	Voices
Tobias Lelle	Voices
Cynthia Songé	Voices
Alan Silvestri	Composer

Technical Credits

Rob Minkoff

M. Night Shyamalan

Greg Brooker

E.B. White

Rob Minkoff	Director,Screenwriter
M. Night Shyamalan	Screenwriter
Greg Brooker	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Eric Allard	Special Effects
Henry F. Anderson III	Special Effects
Jerome Chen	Special Effects
Joseph Conti	Special Effects
John Dykstra	Special Effects
Jeff Franklin	Executive Producer,Producer
Boone Narr	Stunts
Phil Notaro	Special Effects
Steve Waterman	Executive Producer,Producer
Bill Westenhofer	Special Effects
Douglas Wick	Producer,Producer
Debra Zane	Casting
E.B. White	Screenwriter
David A. Arnold	Sound Effects
Brian E. Frankish	Producer
Jason Clark	Executive Producer
Lawrence H. Mann	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Stuart Little surprised everyone by grossing a decidedly non-little $140 million and playing theaters for months, proving that the box-office rejuvenation of talking animal movies had legs beyond Babe. In fact, though much can be said for the digital title character and his agreeable family of human actors, the talking cats take the cake in this one, starting with the envious, salivating feline voiced by Nathan Lane. Beyond Lane's dynamite line readings, the animators do the subtlest job yet of giving the cat recognizable facial expressions that don't look cartoonish. Never has a house pet seemed so believably exasperated as with the marriage of Lane's sarcasm and the Oscar-nominated visual effects supervised by Eric Allard. This is to say nothing of the seamless way the CGI mouse blends with his human family and real backdrops, cleverly interacting with household appliances and other size-appropriate parts of his environment. Beyond the winning cat-mouse rivalry, Stuart Little offers useful messages to children about adoption and accepting those who are different. It also provides a wonderful showcase for Michael J. Fox, who proves he can remain active in the movies as a vocal talent even if his Parkinson's keeps him from appearing onscreen. Stuart Little may not have quite the crossover appeal to adults as other contemporary family hits, such as Babe or the Toy Story movies, but it's an unqualified winner with a stature that defies its name.