The Bee Movie

Bee Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Simon J. Smith Steve Hickner
Produced by	Jerry Seinfeld Christina Steinberg Cameron Stevning
Written by	Jerry Seinfeld Andy Robin Barry Marder Spike Feresten
Starring	Jerry Seinfeld Renée Zellweger
Narrated by	Jim Cummings
Music by	Rupert Gregson-Williams
Edited by	Nick Fletcher
Production company	DreamWorks Animation Columbus 81 Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 2, 2007 (2007-11-02)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$150 million
Box office	$287.6 million

Bee Movie is a 2007 American computer animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner, the film stars Jerry Seinfeld and Renée Zellweger, with Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman and Chris Rock in supporting roles. Its story follows Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a honey bee who sues the human race for exploiting bees after learning from his florist friend Vanessa (Zellweger) that humans sell and consume honey.

Bee Movie is the first motion-picture script to be written by Seinfeld, who co-wrote the film with Spike Feresten, Barry Marder, and Andy Robin. The film was produced by Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg, and Cameron Stevning. The production was designed by Alex McDowell, and Christophe Lautrette was the art director. Nick Fletcher was the supervising editor and music for the film was composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams.

The cast and crew include some veterans of Seinfeld's long-running NBC sitcom Seinfeld, including writer/producers Feresten and Robin, and actors Warburton (Seinfeld character David Puddy), Michael Richards (Seinfeld character Cosmo Kramer), and Larry Miller (who plays the title character on the Seinfeld episode "The Doorman"). Coincidentally, NBC was host to the broadcast television premiere of the film on November 27, 2010.