Hey Arnold!: The Movie
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| Directed by | Tuck Tucker |
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Hey Arnold! by Craig Bartlett |
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| Music by | Jim Lang |
| Edited by | Christopher Hink |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3–4 million |
| Box office | $15.2 million |
Hey Arnold!: The Movie is a 2002 American animated adventure comedy film based on the 1996 Nickelodeon animated television series Hey Arnold!. The film was directed by Tuck Tucker and was written by Craig Bartlett and Steve Viksten, with music by Jim Lang. The film follows Arnold, Gerald, and Helga on a quest to save their neighborhood from a greedy developer who plans on converting it into a huge shopping mall. The film was released on June 28, 2002 and produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Snee Oosh, Inc. and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Spencer Klein, Francesca Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Paul Sorvino, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Christopher Lloyd. It was the second film made by Nickelodeon Movies to be based on a Nicktoon.
Arriving home from a basketball game, Arnold and his best friend Gerald learn that Scheck, the CEO of FutureTech Industries (FTI), has announced plans to redevelop the entire neighborhood as a luxurious high-rise shopping mall. That night, Helga finds that her father, Big Bob, is working with FTI to build a new super-sized branch of his beeper store in the proposed mall. She ultimately sides with her father, though is hesitant to do so because of her love for Arnold.
Arnold hosts a protest rally against FTI. Unfortunately, their permit is stolen by Scheck's employees, Grandma Gertie is arrested, and the protest is subsequently declared illegal. The failure encourages many of Arnold's neighbors to give up, and sell their homes to FTI. As the residents begin packing their belongings, Grandpa Phil tells the story of the "Tomato Incident", a major revolutionary war battle fought in the city. Arnold realize that the neighborhood had to have been declared a historic district after the war, effectively ensuring its preservation, but the legal document granting its landmark status had been sold to a collector, who is none other than Scheck himself. When confronted, however, he denies having the document, and kicks Arnold and Gerald out of his offices.
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