- IMDb page: The Croods (2013)
- Rate: 7.5/10 total 14,759 votes
- Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family
- Release Date: 22 March 2013 (UK)
- Runtime: 98 min
- Budget: $135,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross: $144,672,604 (USA) (17 April 2013)
- Director: Carlos Saldanha
- Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds | See full cast and crew
- Original Music By: Alan Silvestri
- Soundtrack: Shine Your Way
- Sound Mix: Dolby (Dolby Atmos) | 12-Track Digital Sound (Auro 11.1)
- Plot Keyword: Cave | Caveman | Journey | Puppet | Father Daughter Relationship
Writing Credits By:
Chris Sanders (screenplay) &
Kirk De Micco (screenplay)
John Cleese (story) and
Chris Sanders (story) &
Kirk De Micco (story)
Known Trivia
- The first DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox.
- Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, and Clark Duke all make their animated feature film debuts here.
- During production, directors Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders made a short film featuring a real sloth and presented it to DreamWorks staff at a company-wide event.
- A pre-production excursion to Zion National Park in Utah inspired the creation of environments in the film's first act.
- Over the years, the story transitioned from a buddy comedy featuring the characters of Grug and Guy to a family-themed tale with a host of major characters.
- Clark Duke named Thunk's pet, Douglas, which is the first name of his agent.
Goofs: Continuity: When Grug finds Douglas near the end of the movie, he has Thunk's shell in his mouth from when Thunk threw it. However, when the scene cuts to the rest of the Croods blowing their shells for Grug, Thunk has the same shell even though Douglas should currently have it in his mouth.
Plot: After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy. Full summary » | »
Story: The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures -- and their outlook is changed forever. Written byDreamWorks Animation
Synopsis: An old school caveman must lead his family across a volatile prehistoric landscape in search of a new home. The outsized flora and fauna are challenge enough, but the real complication arises when the family is joined by an alarmingly modern caveman whose search for tomorrow is at odds with our heros reliance on the traditions of yesterday.
Produced By:
Kristine Belson known as producer
Jane Hartwell known as producer
FullCast & Crew:
- Nicolas Cage known as Grug (voice)
- Emma Stone known as Eep (voice)
- Ryan Reynolds known as Guy (voice)
- Catherine Keener known as Ugga (voice)
- Cloris Leachman known as Gran (voice)
- Clark Duke known as Thunk (voice)
- Chris Sanders known as Belt (voice)
- Randy Thom known as Sandy (voice)
Art Department:
Mike Bell known as storyboard artist
Robert Briggs known as storyboard artist
Lauren Malizia known as production coordinator
Brett Nystul known as visual development artist
Caprice Ann Ridgeway known as art researcher
Simon Rodgers known as concept artist
Jason William Scheier known as visual development artist
Nicolas Weis known as visual development artist
Simon Wells known as storyboard artist
Todd Wilderman known as storyboard artist
Margaret Wuller known as visual development artist
Justin Hunt known as additional story artist (uncredited)
Production Companies:
- DreamWorks Animation (presents)
Other Companies:
- Big Picture Media soundtrack publicist
- Dolby Laboratories sound mix
- Intelligent Media international monitoring agency
- Marshall/Plumb Research Associates script research
- Relativity Music Group soundtrack
- Skywalker Sound post-production sound services
Distributors:
- 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through Warner Bros.)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (Canada) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (France) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2013) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Big Picture 2 Films (2013) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Odeon (2013) (Greece) (theatrical)
- SF Film Finland (2013) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2013) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
Visual Effects by:
Fernanda S. Abarca known as surfacing artist
Motohisa Adachi known as effects developer
Evrim Akyilmaz known as visual effects artist
Shadi Almassizadeh known as computer graphics supervisor
William E. Arias known as lead lighter
Shinsaku Arima known as visual effects artist
Chris Armsden known as lighting technical director
Robert Armstrong known as supervising technical director
Christian Barrett known as additional technical director
Michael Baula known as image finaling artist: PDI/DreamWorks
Matthew Beightol known as image finaling artist
Silviu Borac known as senior fx r&d engineer
Julie Anne Brame known as visual effects artist
Margarita Bratkova known as research and development
Scott Brisbane known as matte painting supervisor
Billy Brooks known as lighting artist
Jeff Budsberg known as visual effects
Joshua Caez known as matte painter
Jessica Canter known as surfacing artist
Mark T. Carlson known as effects engineer
Alan Cheney known as visual effects artist
Wes Chilton known as visual effects artist
Tim Chrismer known as lighting technical assistant
Ronnie Cleland known as surfacing artist
Clint Colver known as lighting artist
Damon Crowe known as character effects supervisor
Gentry Davidson known as image finaling artist
Matthew Davies known as production technology
Mark J. Davis known as research and development
Stuart Michael Dobbs known as layout technical director
Sandy Dong known as surfacing artist
Craig Dowsett known as modeler
Willem Drees known as additional stereographer
Marcus Erbar known as character effects technical director
Valentina Ercolani known as character technical director
Kolja Erman known as effects technical director
Cassandra Fanning known as image finaling artist
David V. Fedele known as character effects: Dreamworks
Rebecca Fletcher known as layout technical director
Louis Flores known as visual effects lead
Edwin Fong known as surfacer: Dreamworks Feature Animation
Anthony Fung known as visual effects
Jay Gambell known as character effects: Dreamworks Animation
Amber Geisler known as stereo paint fix artist
Shane Glading known as lighting artist
Bill Gumina known as image finaling artist
Mansi Gupta known as image finaling artist
Shaila Haque known as effects technical director
Jonathan Harman known as computer graphics supervisor
Andy Hayes known as lead effects developer
Matt Head known as visual effects artist
Jorge Heredia known as image finaling artist
John Hughes known as visual effects artist: Dreamworks
C. Jin Im known as lead lighter
T.J. Jackson known as lead technical director
Aaron James McComas known as effects animator
Ian Jenkins known as lighting
Yong Duk Jhun known as head of layout
Norman Moses Joseph known as surfacing technical director
Parashar Krishnamachari known as shader writer
Josh LaBrot known as layout artist
Ken Lam known as lighting and compositing technical director
Jonathan Leaders known as software engineer: research & development
Jonathan Leaders known as technical director
Andre LeBlanc known as visual effects lead
David Lewis known as lighting technical assistant
Fabio Lissi known as production engineer
Michael Losure known as visual effects artist
Ilia Lyons known as production development
Marc Machuca known as lead image finaling artist
Markus Manninen known as visual effects supervisor
Charana Mapatuna known as image finaling artist
Jason Mayer known as lead effects artist
Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally known as stereoscopic supervisor
Zeki Melek known as research & development
Gustav Melich known as visual effects artist
Anthony Meschi known as image finaling artist
Christopher Michael known as character effects artist
Cliff B. Mitchell known as character technical director
Ken Museth known as r&d supervisor
Tomijann Nabors known as surfacer
Ori Neidich known as media tools & post-production technology engineer
Mark Newport known as visual effects artist
Rob O'Neill known as production development: rigging
William Opdyke known as visual effects artist
Christy Page known as lighting technical assistant
John Patton known as visual effects artist
Andrew Pearce known as director of reseach and development
Sven Pohle known as lead character technical director
Bert Poole known as cg supervisor
Bryan Poon known as character effects artist
Jason Porath known as visual effects artist
Andrew Pungprakearti known as digital effects artist
Celambarasan Ramasamy known as visual effects
Sabrina Riegel known as surfacing supervisor
Paul Rivera known as matte painting compositor (as Paul Anthony Rivera)
Kevin Rodgers known as character technical director supervisor
Kendal Sager known as character technical director
Amy McDonald Sandjideh known as production pipeline manager
Priyes Shah known as senior lighting artist
Ruhi Sinha known as technical director/ lighting artist
Marty Sixkiller known as r&d supervisor
Kathryn Skorpil known as lighting technical director
Steven Sorensen known as layout artist
Allen Stetson known as pipeline engineer
Curt Stewart known as lighter
Amy Taylor known as character effects animator
Randy Tecson known as image finaling artist
Joseph Thomas known as final layout
Nigel W. Tierney known as surfacing technical director
Ozgur Ustundag known as lead lighting artist
Kristi Valk known as matte painter
Benjamin Venancie known as lead lighter
Venu Victor known as visual effects artist
Victor Wang known as r&d technology
Matt Waters known as lighting technical artist
Brent Watkins known as production development: rigging
Eugene Wen known as lighter
David I. White known as light engineer
Youxi Woo known as visual effects artist
Phil Zucco known as modeler
Release Date:
Germany 15 February 2013 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Mexico 15 March 2013
Indonesia 20 March 2013
Argentina 21 March 2013
Bahrain 21 March 2013
Bolivia 21 March 2013
Chile 21 March 2013
Czech Republic 21 March 2013
Denmark 21 March 2013
Dominican Republic 21 March 2013
Germany 21 March 2013
Hungary 21 March 2013
Israel 21 March 2013
Italy 21 March 2013
Kuwait 21 March 2013
Portugal 21 March 2013
Puerto Rico 21 March 2013
Republic of Macedonia 21 March 2013
Russia 21 March 2013
Serbia 21 March 2013
Singapore 21 March 2013
Brazil 22 March 2013
Canada 22 March 2013
Colombia 22 March 2013
Costa Rica 22 March 2013
Ecuador 22 March 2013
El Salvador 22 March 2013
Estonia 22 March 2013
Guatemala 22 March 2013
Honduras 22 March 2013
India 22 March 2013
Ireland 22 March 2013
Lithuania 22 March 2013
Nicaragua 22 March 2013
Norway 22 March 2013
Panama 22 March 2013
Philippines 22 March 2013
Romania 22 March 2013
Spain 22 March 2013
Sweden 22 March 2013
UK 22 March 2013
USA 22 March 2013
Uruguay 22 March 2013
Venezuela 22 March 2013
Vietnam 22 March 2013
Belgium 27 March 2013
Iceland 27 March 2013
Netherlands 27 March 2013
Australia 28 March 2013
Croatia 28 March 2013
Hong Kong 28 March 2013
Slovenia 28 March 2013
Bulgaria 29 March 2013
Finland 29 March 2013
Taiwan 3 April 2013
Thailand 4 April 2013
Poland 5 April 2013
France 10 April 2013
New Zealand 11 April 2013
Turkey 12 April 2013
Greece 18 April 2013
Pakistan 19 April 2013
MPAA: Rated PG for some scary action
