Curious George
Directed by	Matthew O'Callaghan
Produced by	Ron Howard David Kirschner Bonne Radford Jon Shapiro
Written by	Robert L. Baird Dan Gerson Karey Kirkpatrick Michael McCullers Clare Sella Joe Stillman
Starring	Will Ferrell Drew Barrymore David Cross Eugene Levy Joan Plowright Dick Van Dyke Ed O'Ross Frank Welker
Music by	Heitor Pereira (music) Jack Johnson (songs) Jerry Goldsmith (Universal Animation Studios logo only)
Distributed by	Universal Pictures Imagine Entertainment
Release date(s)	February 10, 2006
Running time	90 minutes
Language	English

Curious George is a traditionally-animated film version of the children's stories by H.A. and Margret Rey. It was released in the United States on February 10, 2006. Will Ferrell voices Ted, The Man in The Yellow Hat. Matthew O'Callaghan directed (after replacing Jun Falkenstein). This project had been in development hell at Imagine Entertainment for a long time, dating back at least as long ago as 1992 (and possibly many years before this). The screenplay was written by Michael McCullers, Daniel Gerson, Rob Baird, Joe Stillman and Karey Kirkpatrick. Although it is a traditionally-animated film, about twenty percent of it takes place in 3D environments that were computer-generated. This was Universal's first theatrically-released feature-length animated film since 1995's Balto and first theatrically-released feature-length film to be rated G by the MPAA since 1998's Babe: Pig in the City. 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Plot

A clumsy, mischievous, and curious chimpanzee named George (voiced by Frank Welker) lives in the jungles of Africa. His behavior amuses the other young jungle animals, but it angers their parents. So George is left sad and alone. Type species Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775 distribution of Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two extant species of apes in the genus Pan. ... Franklin W. Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...

Meanwhile, at the Bloomsberry Museum, Ted (the man in the yellow hat), (Will Ferrell) a museum employee, teaches the kids of Maggie's (Drew Barrymore) class. The kids are bored, but Ted doesn't realize this. Afterward, he has a talk with Maggie. After they leave, Mr. Bloomsberry, (Dick Van Dyke) the owner of the museum, tells Ted that he has to close down the museum. Ted finds out that Mr. Bloomsberry's son, Junior (David Cross) wants to tear the museum down and build a parking garage. This upsets Ted and so he thinks of ways to save the museum. He then suggests going after the Lost Shrine of Zagawa. Excited, Mr. Bloomsberry tells the story of the the shrine and how he was all ready to start the adventure, but Junior was born. Now that that adventure is over, Ted says, Mr. Bloomsberry can now find the shrine. However, Mr. Bloomsberry is too old. Without thinking, Ted quickly volunteers to make the expedition. Mr. Bloomsberry accepts the idea and Ted prepares for Africa. Junior meanwhile, frustrated at his plan's being upset, tears a page out of Bloomsberry's collection of maps and modifies what remains of the document to prevent Ted from finding the Shrine. John William Will Ferrell (born July 16, 1967[1]) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor and writer who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career. ... Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress and film producer, the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors. ... Richard Wayne Dick Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an Emmy-Award winning American actor of film, stage, and screen, comedian and dancer. ... David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer and actor. ...

Ted subsequently goes to an outfitters store, where he is conned into purchasing a yellow outfit with a yellow hat on the lie that "Yellow is the new Khaki". He then sets off for Africa, though embarrassed by his uniform.

Ted arrives in Africa, and leads a group on a four day hike to the lost shrine. George spots the yellow hat and, mistaking it for a Large banana, goes after it. Ted's nerves and clumsiness cause him to mistake a rock for a rhino and he shoots it with a tranquilizer dart, which ricochets and hits his guide, Edu, rendering the man unconscious, which slows down the expedition. The team sits down for a lunch break. Ted prepares a sandwich to eat, but George suddenly takes his hat and attempts to eat it. When Ted notices this, he tries to make a deal with George, which George turns into a game. Ted plays "peek-a-boo" with George, until he decides it's time to continue the expedition, leaving the hat behind. However, when Ted reaches the end of Junior's sabotaged map he encounters a much smaller, miniature idol - believing this to be Zagawa itself he gets depressed. He gets a call from Mr. Bloomsberry and sends a picture via cellphone. However, the angle of the picture causes Mr. Bloomsberry to believe the idol is much bigger. Ted returns to the docks, while George quickly follows with the hat. George sneaks onto the ship and rides to the city without Ted's knowledge.

Upon arrival, Ted gets into a taxicab and George follows once again. George tails Ted all the way to his apartment. When Ted finds George in his apartment, he is flabbergasted. Ivan, the doorman of the apartment building, follows George's scent to enforce the "no pets" rule and races to Ted's apartment, 17-B. Ivan searches the place, while George makes it a game of "hide and seek." Ivan fails to find George, then leaves. Ted looks for George, but the monkey has escaped through a vent, up to Ms. Plushbottom's (Joan Plowright) apartment. Ted worriedly climbs the fire escape outside the building to the top. He finds George inside, with paint everywhere. When Ms. Plushbottom notices, she calls for Ivan, who races to her room. After a lot of commotion, Ted escapes, yet Ivan bans him from the building. Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier DBE, née Plowright (born October 28, 1929), known professionally as Dame Joan Plowright is a British actress and widow of Laurence Olivier. ...

Upset, Ted wonders what he is going to do with George. Together, they walk to the Bloomsberry Museum, where crowds of people await to see the idol. He goes to his office, where he attempts to sort out his thoughts. Meanwhile, Junior is upset about the idol foiling his plans, and then notices that Ted is back. He decides to spy on him, and finds out the truth about the idol's size. Clovis, an inventor, knocks at Ted's door and gives Ted a bill, for the exhibit of the Lost Shrine of Zagawa. Ted is shocked to see it and so he tells Mr. Bloomsberry the truth and reveals the 3-inch idol. Junior then brings in the large crowd of people to see the idol. They start asking questions, which makes Ted nervous. Suddenly, he sees George climbing a dinosaur exhibit, which starts to fall. He races after George as the dinosaur skeleton crumbles. Junior kicks Ted out.

That evening, with nowhere to sleep, Ted follows George to a park, where Ted lays down on a bench and sarcastically tells George how "great" it is. However, George makes a pile of leaves under a large tree. Ted joins him and feels better. George curiously observes fireflies, then eats them. He spits them out and then forces Ted to eat some, he spits them out too. They have fun showing off their green tongues, but George falls asleep.

The next morning, Ted awakes in the park to find George gone. Hearing a commotion, he races to the zoo. He finds George with Maggie and her class. Here, George is given his name. After talking with Maggie, Ted sees that George is floating away, suspended by a bunch of balloons, and goes after him. They float around the city, and George's balloons are popped, but Ted catches him. Together, they fly around the city. While they float over the Bloomsberry museum, Ted holds out the idol and wishes it were big. This gives him an idea, and he heads to Clovis' workplace.

At Clovis' shop George discovers a machine that can create a 40 foot tall hologram of anything, which is just the right size for the idol. Ted takes the machine to the museum, but on the way there George causes trouble by using the machine in the back of the truck to project a giant version of himself cavorting around the city, including a reenactment of scenes from King Kong. King Kong in the 1933 film. ...

Upon reaching the museum Ted shows the machine and how it works to Mr. Bloomsberry. While Junior tries to convince his father it is not honest, the older Bloomsberry sees it as the only way to save the museum. Desperate to get his parking lot, Junior pours his coffee into the machine and gives the rest to George so as to frame him.

With the machine ruined, Ted is forced to admit the truth to the thousands of people waiting outside, Maggie included. An angry Ted lets George get taken away by Animal Control and be shipped back to Africa, saying "it's for the best." However, Ted's conscience gets the better of him, and after a chat with Maggie, he leaves to rescue George.

Ted attempts to jump his car onto the departing ship, but lands in the swimming pool of a cruise ship nearby. Hopping on to the retracting anchor chain of the cargo boat, he smashes in a porthole and, with a well-placed blow to the cage's lock with a fire extinguisher, frees George. While he tries to explain to George that their friendship is more important than some idol, a beam of sunlight passes through the tiny idol and creates a pictogram which George notices. Ted realizes that the image is a map to the REAL idol's location, and they take the cargo ship to Africa in order to retrieve it.

The idol is found. The museum is saved. Ted redesigns the exhibits to to be more interactive. Junior ends up parking cars and everything turns out fine... until George sets off a large rocket ship and, with Ted in tow, goes for a ride around the Earth.

Difference between the film and original books

• In the books, the Man with the Yellow Hat does not have a first name, nor does he have any kind of love interest. The original books focus solely on George's misadventures, and the Man getting him out of trouble.

• George, in the book, was captured by a bag. In the movie George follows the man in the Yellow Hat.

• In the film, when George climbs up the dinosaur bones the skeleton shatters down, but in the books George climbs down.

Characters

• Ted (The Man in the Yellow Hat) - Ted is a museum employee, and Curious George's friend. He is sent to find the Lost Shrine of Zagawa. He finds George, and at the end of the movie, they are friends. In a deleted scene, his last name is established as Shackleford. Ted Shackleford is also the name of an American actor who played, among other roles, Gary Ewing on Knot's Landing.
• Maggie - Maggie originated in the book series. She is a teacher who brings her students to the Bloomsberry museum every week because she has a crush on Ted. She is voiced by Drew Barrymore
• Mr. Bloomsberry - The kind old owner of the museum, Mr. Bloomsberry runs into trouble when profits are down and his son wants to turn the museum in a parking lot. He sends Ted to Africa to find the Lost Shrine of Zagawa, to hopefully attract customers to the museum.
• Bloomsberry, Jr. - Junior is Mr. Bloomsberry's rotten son who wants to turn the museum into a parking lot for money. He serves as the chief villain of the film.
• Clovis - Clovis is a museum employee who is a wacky inventor. He builds robotic animals to help him.
• Ms. Plushbottom - A neighbor of Ted's at his apartment builidng, Ms. Plushbottom is an opera singer about to do a room makeover with paint. However, the paint is so messy George can't resist playing with it.
• Ivan - Ivan is the doorman at Ted's apartment building. When George finds his way to Ted's apartment, Ivan gets curious and tries to sniff him out, but fails, Later Ivan grows to like George.
• Edu - Edu is Ted's African guide on the expedition to find the Lost Shrine of Zagawa.
• Curious George - George is a monkey (actually a chimpanzee) living in Africa with his friends. One day he meets Ted and goes back to the city with him, and causes a lot of problems but fixes some too.

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Box office

As of April 28, 2006, the film grossed a better-than-expected $58.3 million in the United States. It was released to 2,566 theaters on February 10, 2006 and opened at #3 with a total opening weekend gross of $14,703,405 averaging to about $5,730 per theater. is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Voices

• Will Ferrell - Ted (The Man in the Yellow Hat)
• Drew Barrymore - Maggie
• David Cross - Mr. Bloomsberry, Jr.
• Ed O'Ross - Ivan
• Dick Van Dyke - Mr. Bloomsberry
• Joan Plowright - Miss Plushbottom
• Frank Welker - Curious George
• Eugene Levy - Clovis
• Michael Chinyamurindi - Edu

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Soundtrack

Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George is the soundtrack to the film, featuring songs by Jack Johnson. On its first week on Billboard 100 Chart, the soundtrack made it to no. 1, making it Jack Johnson's first #1 album (In Between Dreams peaked at #2, On and On peaked at #3) and making it the first soundtrack to make it to #1 since the Bad Boys II soundtrack in August 2003 and the first soundtrack to an animated film to top The Billboard 200 since Pocahontas reigned for one week in July 1995. Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George is a soundtrack album by Jack Johnson and friends for the 2006 film Curious George. ... Jack Hody Johnson (born May 18, 1975) [1] is a Hawaii-born musician, filmmaker, and surfer who has achieved commercial success and a dedicated following from the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales in 2001 all the way up to his latest album; Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main U.S. singles popularity chart used by Billboard magazine. ... In Between Dreams is the third album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, released by Brushfire Records in the United States on March 1, 2005 (see 2005 in music). ... On and On (2003) was the second album released by the musician Jack Johnson, who provided the vocals and guitars. ... Bad Boys II is a 2003 action comedy film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for August, 2003. ... Pocahontas is the thirty-third animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ...

Home video release history

• September 26, 2006 (DVD)
• March 20, 2007 (DVD - 2-Pack with The Land Before Time)
• November 6, 2007 (DVD - Two-Movie Collection with Babe) (Note: This is a widescreen DVD box set only.)

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TV series

• The film has been adapted into a PBS Kids animated television series, also called Curious George.

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Trivia

• The boat to Africa is named H.A. Rey, the name of the original artist of the Curious George books.
• The part where light blue underwear falls on George's head, giving him a pair of "ears", references Blue's Clues.
• When Ted flies over a ballpark, you can hear the baseball annoncer saying "the ball is hit far out to left, the curse is over!" The baseball then hits Ted and falls down, and the croud starts booing. This shows that the movie could take place in Boston (Red Sox) or maybe Chicago (Cubs), two baseball teams with famous curses. However, later Ted proclaims "Why'd I take Broadway? I should've gone with 6th", this line combined with the yellow taxi cabs and the large city park means the movie likely takes place in New York.

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See also

• List of animated feature films

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External links

• Official movie site
• Curious George at the Internet Movie Database
• Information on Curious George
• Curious George at Rotten Tomatoes
• Curious George at Box Office Mojo