Amelia Bedelia

Amelia Bedelia is a 1988 animated film produced by MGM/UA Feature Animation for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed by Phil Mendez from a screenplay by Patricia Jones and Donald Reiker, it is an adaptation of Peggy Parish's 1963 children book Amelia Bedelia and tells the story of the housekeeper who was literally given chores to do for Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. The film stars the voices of Helen Hunt, Michael Douglas, and Barbra Streisand.

The film was released in the United States on December 21, 1988 by MGM/UA Communications Co. It was dedicated to the author Peggy Parish, who died a few weeks before the film's release.

Plot
In the neighborhood, a housekeeper named Amelia Bedelia (Helen Hunt) goes out of her house to check a mail from her mailbox. She reads a mail and realizes that she was hired as a maid for Mr. and Mrs. Rogers (Michael Douglas and Barbra Streisand) and she was literally given chores from the list Mrs. Rogers made. By afternoon, Bedelia goes into Mr. and Mrs. Rogers' car as they drive to their house for Bedelia's first day of work. The Rogers drop Amelia Bedelia off to their house and Mrs. Rogers tells Bedelia that she can't be here for a long time and convinces her to do what the list says before the Rogers drove away.

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Cast

 * Helen Hunt as Amelia Bedelia
 * Michael Douglas as Mr. Rogers
 * Barbra Streisand as Mrs. Rogers

Production
In 1983, it was announced that MGM/UA had won the bidding war against The Walt Disney Company and Universal Studios over the film rights for the 1963 children book Amelia Bedelia to make a traditionally-animated film adaptation. Phil Mendez has been attached to direct the film, saying "We grew up reading Peggy Parish's Amelia Bedelia books for many laughs. I was willing to bring her to the big screen." He then contacted Fame screenwriters Patricia Jones and Donald Reiker to write the screenplay based on the story by Peggy Parish and they both accepted.

In November 1985, Mendez announced that Helen Hunt would voice the titular character.

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