Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)
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| Directed by | Tim Hill |
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| Story by | Jon Vitti |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks by Ross Bagdasarian |
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| Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
| Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
| Edited by | Peter Berger |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60 million |
| Box office | $361.3 million |
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| Soundtrack album by The Chipmunks | ||||
| Released | November 20, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock, hip hop, dance, Christmas | |||
| Length | 48:17 | |||
| Label | Razor & Tie | |||
| Producer | Ali Dee Theodore | |||
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Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-action/computer animated musical comedy film directed by Tim Hill. Based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., the film stars Jason Lee, David Cross, and Cameron Richardson with the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney.
It was released worldwide on December 14, 2007 by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox 2000 Pictures, Regency Enterprises and Bagdasarian Company. Alvin and the Chipmunks grossed $217 million in North America and $361 million at the box office worldwide on a budget of $60 million and was the seventh-best-selling DVD of 2008, earning over $101 million.
The first film in the film series, Alvin and the Chipmunks was followed by three sequels: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, released on December 23, 2009, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, released on December 16, 2011 and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, released on December 18, 2015.
A tree that the chipmunks Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) live in is cut down and driven to Los Angeles. Once in L.A., the Chipmunks meet struggling songwriter and composer David Seville (Jason Lee) who had his latest song rejected by JETT Records executive Ian Hawke (David Cross), his old college roommate. Dave also once had a relationship with his next door neighbor, Claire Wilson (Cameron Richardson).
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