Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Phil Lord Christopher Miller
Produced by	Pam Marsden
Written by	Phil Lord Christopher Miller
Based on	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi and Ron Barrett
Starring	Bill Hader Anna Faris James Caan Andy Samberg Bruce Campbell Bobb'e J. Thompson Mr. T Benjamin Bratt Neil Patrick Harris
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Edited by	Robert Fisher Jr.
Production company	Sony Pictures Animation
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 12, 2009 (2009-09-12) (Los Angeles) September 18, 2009 (2009-09-18) (United States)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$100 million
Box office	$243 million

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film loosely based on the children's book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett. It was produced by Sony Pictures Animation, and released by Columbia Pictures on September 18, 2009. The film features the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell, James Caan, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, and Will Forte. It was written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It was a critical and commercial success, earning $243 million worldwide on a budget of $100 million. A sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, was released on September 27, 2013. A television series based on the movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series, is set to premiere in early 2017.

Flint Lockwood is a wannabe-scientist who lives in Swallow Falls, a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that has sardines as the base of its economy. Flint lives with Tim, his widowed technophobic father who misunderstands his son's talent, and his pet monkey, Steve. Despite Flint's zealous enthusiasm, his inventions, including spray-on shoes, a remote controlled television, rat birds, hair-un-balder, and a flying car, all ended in failure. Flint states that his dream was to help his hometown and that Swallow Falls used to be famous for sardines until the popular Baby Brent Sardine cannery went out of business permanently.