Aparkalypse

Aparkalypse is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Megamation and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, which later acquired the Megamation studio a few months later in September. The film was directed by Jim Bailey, from a screenplay by Jim Bailey, Peter Baynham, David Lindsay-Abaire, Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant. The film features an ensemble cast of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sam Rockwell, Will Forte, Kirsten Dunst, Jason Bateman, Nicole Sullivan, Brendan Fraser, Allison Janney, Ray Winstone, Patrick Warburton, Danny Trejo, Scarlett Johansson, Fred Armisen, Kenan Thompson and Bryan Cranston. Set in a post-apocalyptic national park where a group of predators known as Sharptooths rule, a bunny named Kyler leads a group of smaller animals to fight against the Sharptooths and revert the park back to an utopia.

The film was released on June 2, 2006 in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing. the film was met with positive reviews, with praise for its story, voice performances of the cast, humor, soundtrack, and animation.

Plot
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Cast

 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Kyler
 * Sam Rockwell
 * Will Forte
 * Kirsten Dunst
 * Jason Bateman
 * Nicole Sullivan
 * Brendan Fraser
 * Allison Janney
 * Ray Winstone
 * Patrick Warburton
 * Danny Trejo
 * Scarlett Johansson
 * Fred Armisen
 * Kenan Thompson
 * Bryan Cranston
 * Frank Welker as Additional Animal Vocal Effects (uncredited)

Additional voices

 * Carlos Alazraqui
 * Jack Angel
 * Bob Bergen
 * Susan Blu
 * Rodger Bumpass
 * Jennifer Darling
 * Paul Eiding
 * Bill Farmer
 * Zachary Gordon
 * Jess Harnell
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Danny Mann
 * Mickie McGowan
 * Alec Medlock
 * Laraine Newman
 * Phil Proctor
 * Jim Ward
 * Ariel Winter

Development
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Casting
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Music
Aparkalypse: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack to the film of the same name composed by John Debney, and was released on May 30, 2006 by Columbia Records.

Release
Aparkalypse was originally scheduled for release on December 21, 2005, but on December 10, 2004, its release date was pushed back to June 2, 2006, due to Sony's desire to exploit fully the merchandising potential of a summer film. The release date change was also three days after Disney/Pixar changed the release date of Cars, from November 2005 to June 2006, two days after DreamWorks Animation changed the release date of Shrek the Third, from November 2006 to May 2007, and a day after 20th Century Fox changed the release date of Puppet Pals from November 2005 to June 2006.

The film held its world premiere in Los Angeles, California on May 21, 2006, with the cast and filmmakers as attendees. It was theatrically released in the United States on June 2, 2006 and in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2006.

Marketing
The film's teaser trailer was released in front of The Diablos on June 24, 2005. The first trailer was released online in early December 2005, and was later attached to the theatrical release of Ruby Rivest. On March 29, 2006, a second trailer was released and was attached into Ice Age: The Meltdown. Upon its release, Burger King promoted the film with a set of 5 kids' meal toys featuring the characters from the film.

Home media
Aparkalypse was released on DVD, Blu-ray and UMD Video on October 3, 2006.

Box office
In North America, Aparkalypse was released with The Break-Up. It earned $44.7 million in its opening weekend, finishing in first. During its second weekend, the film earned $26.2 million finishing second behind Cars. The film finished its theatrical run on November 16, 2006, grossing $150 million in the United States and Canada and $285.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $435.3 million, against a $85 million budget.

Critical response
Aparkalypse has a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 6.9/10 based on 146 reviews. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 78 based on 33 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.

Video game
A video game based on the film was released on June 6, 2006 for PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X.

Main
To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

Trailers
To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.