Pat & Mat 2: Traffic Jam

Pat & Mat 2: Traffic Jam is a 1992 Czech-American animated comedy adventure family film based on the characters by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek. Produced and directed by Phil Roman and Don Bluth, the film features the voice of Tom Kenny, Jim Cummings, Carolyn Lawrence, Richard Kind, Billy Crystal, Kevin Bacon, Rob Rackstraw, June Foray, John Hurt, and Jeff Bergman. It was a sequel to Pat & Mat.

The film was released on March 15, 1992 in United States, and on August 2, 1992 in Czech Republic.

Premise
The traffic began slow in Prague, Czech Republic, Pat & Mat’s problem would solve the traffic problems while they were thought about the traffic wanted to get to go on places.

Plot
To be added.

Cast

 * Tom Kenny as Pat
 * Jim Cummings as Mat
 * June Foray as Pat’s grandmother
 * John Hurt as Cuddles
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Mrs. Beneš
 * Richard Kind as Karl Mirova
 * Billy Crystal as Pavel Dietách
 * Rob Rackstraw as The Crossing Guard
 * Kevin Bacon as Martin Jiřinek
 * Jeff Bergman as Tomáš Eben
 * Peter Sallis as Rex Bremé
 * Paul Winchell as Marek Miler
 * John Goodman as Mr. Deitch, a main antagonist who just wants the traffic to slow down.

Development
On January 23, 1990, Phil Roman and Don Bluth were both headed to script the film which is a sequel to the 1989 film about two handyman named Pat and Mat. the movie was filmed between December 2, 1990 to July 31, 1991, the screening of the film gave the movie a project and composed musics around the scenes and soundtracks. Roman wanted to received the film before Tom and Jerry: The Movie was being released on 1992 or 1993, the concept of the sequel were filmed and scripted by the film.

Releases
Pat & Mat 2: Traffic Jam was released on March 15, 1992 in United States and Canada, and it was also released on August 2, 1992 in Czech Republic and Germany.

Marketing
Teaser trailer was released on September 8, 1991, and the official trailer was released on December 5, 1991 which was attached to the other films during in theaters.

The merchandise has toys and puzzles as well. The video game and book adaptation were given by the same company for the previous film in later 1993 along with coloring and activity books.

Home Media
Pat & Mat 2: Traffic Jam was released on VHS on June 23, 1992 by Family Home Entertainment, it was released on DVD by the same distributor along with first two films in 2002. the film was released on DVD on July 28, 2009 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. the release features with the exclusive short Nature’s Mat: Mat with the Clue that was released on June 23, 1992 on VHS, and in 2002 to 2009 on DVD. however it was attached to the 1993 film Tom and Jerry: The Movie in theaters, and it was made to be by the same director and producer Phil Roman.

Box Office
Pat & Mat 2: Traffic Jam gross $1000.2 million in United States and Canada. The film also gross $1200.9 million in other countries and received $2000.88 million.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has given an approval of “99%” of the ratings of “10/10” as the grade was given “A+”. The critic reads “how Pat & Mat 2: Traffic Jam was extremely good as An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, the sequel was about the two handyman duo wanted to stop the traffic jam by wanting to get the bad guy out to the car quickly. however they wanted to think how they solve a problem, otherwise they weren’t even able to solve the next problem.” as the grade has given an “A+” again in 2017.