File:Stuart_Little.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Stuart Little
Sign in to save1999 film directed by Rob Minkoff
OverviewAI-generated
Stuart Little is a 1999 American comedy and family film directed by Rob Minkoff. The screenplay was written by M. Night Shyamalan and E. B. White, based on the work by E. B. White. The cast includes Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, and Julia Sweeney. Douglas Wick served as producer, with Jeff Franklin as executive producer. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and distributed by both Columbia Pictures and Netflix.
The narrative is set in New York City and runs for 84 minutes. It was released in the United States on December 17, 1999, with subsequent release dates of February 18, 2000, and April 20, 2000. The film was followed by Stuart Little 2. Alan Silvestri composed the score, and Guillermo Navarro was the director of photography.
Stuart Little received a budget of 133000000 and earned 300135367 in revenue. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, the Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects, and the Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature. The film won the Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects. It holds a rating of 6.0 on IMDb and 6.074 on TMDb.
Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, IMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film · TMDB
6.1When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.
Cast
- Michael J. Fox as Stuart Little (voice)
- Geena Davis as Mrs. Little
- Hugh Laurie as Mr. Little
- Jonathan Lipnicki as George Little
- Nathan Lane as Snowbell (voice)
- Chazz Palminteri as Smokey (voice)
Themes
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- cat
- gangster
- orphanage
- adoption
- mouse
- stepbrother
- world trade center
- live action and animation
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Key facts
- Directed by
- Rob Minkoff
- Screenplay by
- M. Night Shyamalan Greg Brooker
- Based on
- Stuart Little , by E. B. White
- Produced by
- Douglas Wick
- Starring
- Geena Davis Hugh Laurie Jonathan Lipnicki
- Cinematography
- Guillermo Navarro
- Edited by
- Tom Finan
- Music by
- Alan Silvestri
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Red Wagon Entertainment Franklin/Waterman Productions Global Medien KG
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- December 5, 1999 ( 1999-12-05 ) ( Mann Village Theatre ) December 17, 1999 ( 1999-12-17 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 84 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $105 –133 million
- Box office
- $300.1 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- family film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Stuart Little
- Followed by
- Stuart Little 2
- Based on
- Stuart Little
- Director
- Rob Minkoff
- Screenwriter
- E. B. White
- Cast member
- Jennifer Tilly
- Voice actor
- Jennifer Tilly
- Composer
- Alan Silvestri
- Producer
- Douglas Wick
- Cinematographer
- Guillermo Navarro
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 84
- FilmAffinity ID
- 207711
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/stuartlittle
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 2000-04-20
- title
- Stuart Little
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- after a work by
- E. B. White
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- box office
- 140035367
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 61/100
- capital cost
- 133000000
Sources (15)
via Wikidata · CC0
~13 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Stuart Little is a 1999 American live-action animated comedy film loosely based on E. B. White's novel of the same name. Directed by Rob Minkoff in his live-action directorial debut, with a screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan and Greg Brooker, the film features an ensemble cast consisting of Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki, with the voices of Michael J. Fox as the titular character, Nathan Lane, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Zahn, Bruno Kirby and Jennifer Tilly. It was Estelle Getty's final film role before her retirement in 2001 and death in 2008.
Stuart Little premiered in Westwood at Mann Village Theatre on December 5, 1999, and was released in the United States on December 17, 1999, by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label. The film received generally positive reviews and became a box office success, grossing over $300 million worldwide. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, but lost to The Matrix. After its success, it also started a franchise with the sequel Stuart Little 2 in 2002, the short-lived television series Stuart Little in 2003, and the direct-to-video sequel Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild in 2006.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stuart Little” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.