The Imps of Nature

The Imps of Nature is a 1996 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment through its UK-based Amblimation studio and distributed by Universal Pictures. It ​was the fourth and final animated feature produced by Amblimation before it became DreamWorks Animation as well as being the first Universal animated feature released after Multimedia Animation/Gingo executive Michael Wildshill took control of Universal's animation group.

The film was directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells, written by Philip LaZebnik and John Patrick Shanley based on a story by Nibbelink, and stars the voices of Lucas Black, Mila Kunis, Alan Rickman, Nicolas Cage, Courteney Cox, and Ben Stiller. It follows Genot (Black), a young boy who was raised in a mysterious forest of imps and later develops a close relationship with a girl named Thea (Kunis) while exploring the forest, but soon, the boy discovers that Thea is actually the daughter of Fynn Jäger (Rickman), an imp hunter who plans to wipe out all the imps so Genot must help Thea save the imps before it is too late.

The Imps of Nature was released in theaters on July 12, 1996 in the United States. It made $83.2 million worldwide on a production budget of $35 million, being a box-office bomb. The film was released on home media on December 3, 1996. When released in theaters, it was preceded by The Whackems short, Magilli's Boombox Party.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Lucas Black as Genot
 * Mila Kunis as Thea Jäger
 * Alan Rickman as Fynn Jäger
 * Nicolas Cage
 * Courteney Cox
 * Ben Stiller

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Production
Production and development on The Imps of Nature began in May 1989 at Universal City Studios in Universal City, California and Amblimation in London, along with An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) and Balto (1995).

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Home media
The Imps of Nature was released on VHS by MCA/Universal Home Video on December 3, 1996. On August 11, 1998, the film was re-released on VHS as part of the "Universal Family Features" collection. The film was later released on DVD on April 4, 2000.

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Main
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Trailers
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