Space Chimps
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| Directed by | Kirk DeMicco |
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| Cinematography | Jericca Cleland |
| Edited by | Debbie Berman |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $37 million |
| Box office | $64.8 million |
Space Chimps is a 2008 American 3D computer-animated science fiction comedy film directed by Kirk DeMicco and written by DeMicco and Rob Moreland. It features the voices of Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Kenan Thompson, Zack Shada, Carlos Alazraqui, Omid Abtahi, Patrick Breen, Jane Lynch, Kath Soucie, and Stanley Tucci. The film follows three chimpanzees that go into space to an alien planet.
20th Century Fox theatrically released the film on July 18, 2008. The film grossed $64.8 million on a $37 million budget. It received a Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Animation Feature.
A video game based on the film was released in 2008. A direct-to-video sequel, entitled Zartog Strikes Back, directed by John H. Williams, was released in 2010.
The film begins with Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, being a cannonball at his circus and later being criticized by his grandfather's friend Houston. Meanwhile, an unmanned NASA space probe called the Infinity is dragged into an intergalactic wormhole, and crash-lands on an Earth-like planet on the other side of the galaxy. Zartog, an evil-minded inhabitant, accidentally discovers how to take manual control of the on-board machinery and uses it to enslave the population.
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