Speedy Chase

Speedy Chase is a 2005 computer animated comedy film directed and written by Canadian animator David Gonzalez Johnson and produced by Gio Corsi and Barbara Zelinski. It features the voices of Haley Joel Osment, Jonathan Lipnicki, Jamie Bell, Angus T. Jones, Tyler Posey, Lil Bow Wow, Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Lindsay Lohan, Sarah Bolger, Evan Rachel Wood, Erik Per Sullivan, Drake Bell, Jodelle Ferland, Jenna Boyd, Seth Green, Jimmy Fallon, Tara Strong, Kiefer Sutherland, Ashley Judd, Matthew Perry, Clark Gregg, Jodi Benson, Kevin James, Rachel Weisz, Lauren Graham, Keira Knightley, Steve Martin, Shannen Doherty and Rose McGowan. It is about a group of boys who are competing for a Olympic-style speed training race, with their own families, also participating for a race.

The film was produced by Mainframe Entertainment and IDT Entertainment and was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on July 22, 2005. It received mixed reviews from critics. At that time, while the film was in production, both DKP and Mainframe were sister companies of IDT Entertainment, who signed with MGM in 2003.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Haley Joel Osment as Haley Gordon
 * Jonathan Lipnicki as Michael Gold
 * Jamie Bell as Jamie Gold
 * Angus T. Jones as Angus Gordon
 * Tyler Posey as John Thomas
 * Lil Bow Wow as Scott Jones
 * Hilary Duff as Hilary Gold
 * Haylie Duff as Haylie Gold
 * Lindsay Lohan as Lindsay Gordon
 * Sarah Bolger as Mandy Thomas
 * Evan Rachel Wood as Sarah Jones
 * Erik Per Sullivan and Drake Bell as twins William and Johnny Adams
 * Jodelle Ferland and Jenna Boyd as twins Mary and Anne Adams
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Kiefer Gordon
 * Clark Gregg as Peter Gold
 * Matthew Perry as Jack Gold
 * Kevin James as Kevin Thomas
 * Steve Martin as Eric Jones
 * Ashley Judd as Abigail Gordon
 * Jodi Benson as Lucy Gold
 * Tara Strong as Caroline Gold
 * Rachel Weisz as Rachel Gordon
 * Lauren Graham as Lauren Thomas
 * Keira Knightley as Emma Jones
 * Seth Green and Jimmy Fallon as twins Scott and Eric Adams
 * Shannen Doherty and Rose McGowan as twins Shannen and Rose Adams

Production
In 2000, Canadian animator David Gonzalez Johnson submitted a script for an Olympic-style animated film to Wide Slope Animation, but Victor Yearts was not pleased with the script, and it was rejected. He considered pitching it to 20th Century Fox Animation, Universal Feature Animation and Warner Bros. Feature Animation, all of which rejected it. In 2001, the script was picked up by Mainframe Entertainment, and by the same year, Mainframe signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a two-picture deal, with Speedy Chase being included in the two-picture deal. Kiefer Sutherland, Clark Gregg, Matthew Perry, Ashley Judd, Jodi Benson, Seth Green, Jimmy Fallon, Shannen Doherty, Rose McGowan, Haley Joel Osment, Jonathan Lipnicki, Jamie Bell, Angus T. Jones, Tyler Posey, Lil Bow Wow, Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Lindsay Lohan, Sarah Bolger, Evan Rachel Wood, Rachel Weisz, Lauren Graham, Keira Knightley, Tara Strong, Erik Per Sullivan, Drake Bell, Jodelle Ferland and Jenna Boyd all joined the cast in September 2002.

Release
The film was theatrically released on July 22, 2005 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the second of final collaborations between MGM and Mainframe Entertainment.

Home media
The film was released on VHS and DVD on December 13, 2005 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and it features sneak peeks of Vampy and Open Season. It was later released on Blu-ray on June 20, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and afterwards reprinted by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval 45% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 120 reviews from critics. On Metacritic, it holds a score of 38 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.

Box office
Speedy Chase grossed $105.4 million in the United States and Canada and $107.6 million with a worldwide total of $213 million, making it the sixth highest grossing animated film of 2005. In the United States and Canada, the film opened alongside The Island and Bad News Bears, and it grossed $51.2 million, debuting at number one, with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory standing at the number two position. According to writer/director David Gonzalez Johnson, it claims to be the biggest opening for an MGM animated film.