Daniel's Bad Movie

Daniel's Bad Movie is a 1994 American animated comedy film based on the popular long-running Fox animated television series The Bad Life of Daniel directed by Ward Kimball. The fourth theatrical movie in the franchise, it is the first to be made after the death of voice actor Mel Blanc in 1989, and would also be the only film that Michael Bell doesn't voice act. It also stars most of the television cast including Jeff Bergman, Jean Vander Pyl, and Richard Pyror, with Candi Milo, Dee Bradley Baker, and Bill Farmer replacing Russi Taylor and Michael Bell respectively due to both voice actors being unavailable to record for the film and also featured newer cast members such as Julia Roberts, Sharon Stone, Tupac Shakur, John Witherspoon, and Lenny Kravitz. The film follows Daniel Wyatt as he is framed for causing the town to be chaotic and must go on a quest to clear his name and redeem his image with the help of his friends while also saving Atlanta from becoming a monarchy after a new mayor is elected.

The film was released in the United States on July 29, 1994 to universally positive reviews and was a box office success as well grossing $223 million worldwide over it's $80 million budget.

Plot
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Daniel is eventually chased by an angry mob caused by the lies of Lizzie and her husband to the point where they end up tying Daniel up along with his family while the Jackson family is hogtied inside a burning house. Wilson eventually pops up and with the help of his gang, convinces that Daniel and his family weren't the reason why the town was more chaotic and hectic than usual, turning all the citizens against Lizzie. Lizzie, who is shocked by this runs off a cliff to commit suicide but is caught by Daniel after a quick beat up between him and Lizzie where she is arrested. Daniel and his family are later given the key to the city, Linda is the Mayor once again, peace is in the city, and Lizzie is locked up for life due to her terroristic threats.

Cast

 * Jeff Bergman as Daniel Wyatt, Jeff Wyatt, Marty Wyatt, Alex Wyatt, Devin Silverman, Jasper, Robot, Mr. Creepers, Basketball Coach,
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Carl Wickerson, Charlie the Ostrich
 * Bill Farmer as Billie Dooberson, Austin Lawson
 * Jean Vander Pyl as Susan Wyatt, Mary Moore, Josie Banks, Jennifer Bregit, Muriel Jones, and Officer Jenni Brown
 * Richard Pryor as Derrick Jackson
 * Candi Milo as Jenny and Menny Wyatt, Martha Wilson,
 * Buster Jones as Robert Jackson
 * Rosalind Cash as Leelah Jackson
 * Diahann Carroll as Mary Ann Jackson
 * Julia Roberts as Mayor Linda Lawson, the Mayor of Atlanta. She was previously voiced by Jean Vander Pyl in the series.
 * Sharon Stone as Lizzie, the main antagonist of the film who is trying to bomb the town after being a reject all of her life and to rebuild it into a monarchy.
 * Tupac Shakur as Wilson Jackson, the older more gangster brother of Robert Jackson
 * John Witherspoon as William Jackson, the deadbeat father of Derrick Jackson who finally comes home.
 * Lenny Kravitz as Billy Wildstein, a funk musician who nicknames himself "THE FONK BRINGA".
 * Noel Blanc as Lester Banks, the Wyatt's neighbor. He was previously voiced by Mel Blanc in the series until his death in 1989.
 * Maynard Jackson as himself, the former President of the United States who was later succeeded by 2 others.

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Development
After the success of the last film in 1989, the writers of the series decided that another sequel should be made but instead more mature than the series. With the death of Mel Blanc and the recasting of his characters to impersonator Jeff Bergman who was already an understudy for him was declared the new voice for Daniel Wyatt and inherited all his other roles in the series as a result.

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Writing
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Unlike the first 3 films, this movie including a plethora of characters from the series including some of them that haven't been seen since the beginning of the series.

Animation
Daniel's Bad Movie was one of the earliest animated productions to use digital technology. Like the series, Film Roman provided animation but it wasn't the only animation service to provide it for the film. 2D animation and background layers were first done on paper before being scanned into Silicon Graphics Image files through Cambridge Animation Systems' software Animo; they were then sent to Cinesite via a File Transfer Protocol, for its animators to color and touch upon in Photoshop and composite into the shots. Unlike previous projects that used the Cineon digital film system, Cinesite were working with the quicker Inferno and Flame systems for Space Jam. The Holly render farm utilized for the film consisted of 16 central processing units, four gigabytes of shared memory, and took up one million dollars of the film's budget, "on top of which the deskside boxes had 256 megabytes of ram to splurge on whatever scene you needed to create and render," explained Privett. This resulted in more brighter and more livid animation than the series.

Release
The film was released in the United States on July 29, 1994 by 20th Century Fox.

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Home media
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the film on VHS and LaserDisc on January 3, 1995 with a DVD release later in 1999.

The film made its network premiere on Fox's Tuesday Night Movie on February 25, 1997 and its cable premiere on TBS Superstation on October 25, 1997.

On May 18, 2004, almost a day before the 40th anniversary of the first episode of the series, the film was re-released as a special edition DVD and VHS, as part of the Daniel's 40th anniversary, with the DVD version receiving special features such as behind the scenes of the show, a sneak peek of the newest movie, two additional games, and a behind-the-scenes bonus feature. The DVD featured a full screen version and a version matted into a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen ratio.

On May 6, 2009, the film made its debut on Blu-Ray.

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Box office
Daniel's Bad Movie grossed $95.2 million in North America and $128 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $223.2 million.