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| Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman | |
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| Directed by | Kathi Castillo |
| Screenplay by | John Loy |
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| Produced by | Kathi Castillo |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Jay Bisxen |
| Music by | Mark Watters |
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| Distributed by | Universal Studios Home Video |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman is a 2000 Americananimatedmusicalcomedy horror film produced by Bagdasarian Productions andUniversal Cartoon Studios and based on characters fromAlvin and the Chipmunks. It is the secondAlvin and the Chipmunks direct-to-video film followingAlvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, and the third of three Universal Cartoon Studios productions[2] to be animated overseas by Tama Productions in Tokyo, Japan. The film introduces the voices ofMaurice LaMarche andMiriam Flynn. This was the final Alvin and the Chipmunks production to be traditionally animated.
After watching various horror films, Alvin has nightmares of meeting theWolfman. He claims to Simon and David Seville that this is because their new neighbor,Lawrence Talbot, makes him nervous and speculates that he has a monstrous secret. When Alvin causes an experimental accident at the school auditorium, and when Dave gets a call from Miss Miller aboutthe Chipettes being frightened by a mysterious presence while walking home with the Chipmunks one night, Dave and Principal Milliken decide that Alvin should be pulled out of his role asMr. Hyde in their school play forDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Theodore replaces Alvin's role to boost his self-esteem. Alvin is given the role of the butler instead, and Dave confiscates Alvin's monster collection.
Alvin and Simon begin searching for proof that Talbot is a werewolf. Meanwhile, Theodore is bitten by what he believes to be a large dog on his way home, after a meeting with his crush Eleanor. The next day at the rehearsal, Theodore gives a terrifying performance as Mr. Hyde to great applause. He soon begins transforming into a werewolf by night but behaves like a harmless puppy; by day, he develops a rude, sarcastic personality. Realizing that their brother is cursed withlycanthropy, Alvin and Simon search for a way to cure Theodore, and save the play, without Dave finding out. Finding no solutions, they decide to take up advice from eccentric psychic Madame Raya, who predicts that Theodore will become a savage werewolf by the next full moon. She suggests knocking him unconscious with a silver weapon. Alvin later breaks into Talbot's home and steals his cane, topped with a silver wolf head. Theodore splits the cane in two after Alvin knocks him on the head with it, but he is not cured. However, as he runs away with the cane, he knocks it into Dave. That night, Dave tries to apologize to Talbot. During the conversation, Talbot mentions his cane's head was made from the silver bullets that killed his grandfather. When Dave asks why he was attacked, Talbot tries to answer but transforms into a werewolf under the light of the full moon. Dave, realizing Alvin was telling the truth, hurries to the school to warn the students but is knocked unconscious after running into a pole. Talbot makes his way inside and chases after Alvin.
During the play, Theodore transforms again, now a fully dangerous werewolf, and pursues Eleanor. However, after cornering her, the crystal necklace Theodore gave Eleanor earlier shines in the moonlight, causing Theodore to remember his feelings towards her and flee. Eleanor follows him, determined to help him, only to be almost attacked by Mr. Talbot, whom the chipmunks realize is the same werewolf that bit Theodore. Theodore and Talbot battle until Theodore bites Talbot and revert to their normal forms. Simon explains to everyone how the bite cured them by causing the effect to reverse on them both. Alvin runs up to the stage to join in the applause from the crowd, who believes the entire incident was just an act. At the wrap party, Talbot thanks Theodore for releasing him from his family curse and announces he will succeed Milliken as the new school principal while she takes on a less stressful job riding on rickety bridges in South America.
Soundtrack available onMCA Records.
Universal Studios Home Video released the film onVHS on August 30, 2000 alongsideMonster Mash andArchie's Weird Mysteries: Archie and the Riverdale Vampires as part of its "Haunted House of Fun" promotion. On September 7, 2004, the film was released as part of the "Monster Bash Fun Pack"DVD set.[3] On September 4, 2007, the film was included in a two-disc DVD set withAlvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein titled "A Scare-riffic Double Feature", and re-released with a different cover on March 11, 2008.
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