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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Year:

2009

Duration:

90 min

Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

IMDB rate:

Director:

Phil Lord

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 11 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2009-09-18

Earnings

Budget: $100,000,000

Opening Weekend: $30,304,648 (USA) (20 September 2009)

Gross: $124,870,275 (USA) (24 January 2010)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ariel Winter

Bill Hader

Flint Lockwood

Anna Faris

Sam Sparks

James Caan

Tim Lockwood

Andy Samberg

'Baby' Brent

Bruce Campbell

Mayor Shelbourne

Mr. T

Earl Devereaux

Bobb'e J. Thompson

Cal Devereaux

Benjamin Bratt

Manny

Neil Patrick Harris

Steve

Al Roker

Patrick Patrickson

Lauren Graham

Fran Lockwood

Will Forte

Joe Towne

Max Neuwirth

Young Flint

Peter Siragusa

Rufus

Angela Shelton

Regina Devereaux

Neil Flynn

Weather News Network Producer

Liz Cackowski

Flint's Teacher

Isabella Acres

(voice)

Lori Alan

(voice)

Shane Baumel

(voice)

Bob Bergen

(voice)

Cody Cameron

(voice)

Marsha Clark

(voice)

John Cygan

(voice)

Ann Dominic

(voice)

Paul Eiding

(voice)

Jess Harnell

(voice)

Gary A. Hecker

(voice) (as Gary Hecker)

Phil Lord

(voice)

Sherry Lynn

(voice)

Danny Mann

(voice)

Mona Marshall

(voice)

Mickie McGowan

(voice)

Christopher Miller

(voice)

Laraine Newman

(voice)

Jan Rabson

(voice)

Grace Rolek

(voice)

Jeremy Shada

(voice)

Will Shadley

(voice)

Melissa Sturm

(voice)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Flint is explaining how the machine can turn water into any kind of food, Sam asks if Jell-O is possible. Flint says yes, and then asks if she likes peanut butter. Sam says she is extremely allergic to peanuts, which prompts Flint to say, "Oh yeah, me too!" In real life, Bill Hader is highly allergic to peanuts.

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Flint's e-mail address is flockwood@flinternet.com. At the time of the movie's release, going to Flinternet.com would redirect you to the movie's official website.

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Sam Sparks) is also the name of one of the interns that worked on Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's TV Series, Clone High (2002).

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Goofs

When typing in the first breakfast order into the machine, Flint orders the eggs "over easy", but when it rains, the eggs that are falling are "sunny side up".

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When the clouds are seen approaching Manhattan, the city can be seen. The Empire State Building is located in Upper Manhattan, but yet is portrayed as being in Lower Manhattan, almost near what was then Ground Zero.

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When the giant fish bowl breaks loose, the spectator from the 'Splash Zone' can be seen leading those fleeing, but in the next shot is back in his seat being missed by the splash.

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Quotes

Sam Sparks: You hit me with a rocket!

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Tim Lockwood: When it rains... you put on a coat.

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Earl Devereaux: My chest hairs are tingling! Something's wrong.

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Faq

How does the movie compare to the book?

However the plot was heavily changed: (1) Changed from fantasy to slight science fiction, (2) They never actually try to stop the food weather, (3) The weather was isolated to the island without any part of the world knowing about it; in the movie, it becomes a tourist attraction and the food even spreads around the world, (4) Flint Lockwood, the girl meterologist, the corrupt mayor, and most of the other characters in the movie don't exist in the book, (5) The island had no association with sardines; it always rained food at the island, (6) There was no mount leftovers, (7) They never ever come back to the island, (8) The kids don't get excited with the no school, and (9) The book plot had nothing to do with many themes in the movie i.e. fame, family, individuality.

Is "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" based on a book?

Yes. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 1978 children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. The book was adapted for the animated movie by Philip Lord and Christopher Miller who also co-directed the film.

What is this movie about?

The town is fed up with eating sardines all the time so Flint Lockwood invents a machine that turns water into food and rains it down on the world three times a day. Unfortunately, Flint's machine has a mind of its own, and Flint must stop it before it destroys the world.

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