Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

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Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
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DVD cover
Directed bySpike Brandt
Tony Cervone
Written byPaul Dini
Based onTom and Jerry by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Tex Avery's characters and Barney Bear by Rudolf Ising and MGM cartoon studio
Produced bySpike Brandt
Tony Cervone
Sam Register
StarringWilliam Hanna
Amy Winfrey
Tom Wilson
Garrison Keillor
Paul Reubens
Kath Soucie
Richard McGonagle
Grey DeLisle
Jacob Bertrand
Joe Alaskey
Phil LaMarr
John DiMaggio
Edited byKyle Stafford
Damon P. Yoches
Music byMichael Tavera
Production
companies
Turner Entertainment Co.
Warner Bros. Animation
Distributed byWarner Home Video
Release date
  • August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure is a 2013 animated fantasy comedy direct-to-video film starring Tom and Jerry, produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Tom and Jerry are the faithful servants of Jack, son of the founder of a struggling storybook amusement park that gets a much-needed boost thanks to some mysterious magical beans. A sequel is in development with Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone returning as directors and producers.

Plot[]

Tom and Jerry live with Jack and his mother in Storybook Town, a fairy tale-inspired theme park. The park has been ailing since the death of its founder Jack's father. Young Jack is desperate to save the park from the hands of greedy billionaire Mr. Bigley who bought the park's mortgage, setting out with his loyal cat and mouse friends to sell his performing cow to make the next mortgage payment. Too late to sell it to a nearby circus, they trade the cow to a mysterious farmer named Farmer O'Dell for a handful of magic beans. What follows is a journey up a beanstalk to Fairyland, a magical land ruled by a greedy giant named Mr. Ginormous and home to all manner of fabled characters, some portrayed by classic MGM cartoon characters such as Droopy as Old King Cole and Screwy Squirrel as Simple Simon's pieman. Now, Tom and Jerry must put an end to their furry feud long enough to save both Fairyland and Storybook Town.

Cast[]

  • William Hanna - Tom Cat and Tyke (archive sound, uncredited)
  • Spike Brandt - Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse
  • Jacob Bertrand - Jack Bradley
  • Garrison Keillor - Narrator and Farmer O'Dell
  • Tom Wilson - Mr. Bigley and Mr. Ginormous
  • Kath Soucie - Tuffy
  • Joe Alaskey - Droopy as Old King Cole
  • Paul Reubens - Screwy Squirrel as the Pieman
  • Grey DeLisle - Mrs. Bradley, Red as the Red Fairy
  • Richard McGonagle - Barney Bear
  • Phil LaMarr - Spike as Old Mother Hubbard's Dog
  • John DiMaggio - Meathead Dog as Simple Simon

Reception[]

Chaz Lipp states the film is "a harmless hour of fun that should ably hold the attention of its target audiences," but confused about the lack of "fighting, chasing and general struggle between the title characters."[1]

Follow-up film[]

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon was released on September 2, 2014.

References[]

  1. ^ Lipp, Chaz (August 4, 2013). "Blu-ray Review: Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure". The Morton Report.

External links[]

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