The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
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| Directed by | Stephen Hillenburg |
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SpongeBob SquarePants by Stephen Hillenburg |
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| Music by | Gregor Narholz |
| Cinematography | Jerzy Zielinski |
| Edited by | Lynn Hobson |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $140.2 million |
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon television series of the same name. The film was directed by series creator Stephen Hillenburg and starred the series' cast of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass and Mr. Lawrence, with guest performances by Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Tambor, Alec Baldwin and David Hasselhoff. It was produced by Hillenburg's production company United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. In the film, Plankton devises a plan to steal King Neptune's crown and send it to Shell City, and SpongeBob and Patrick must retrieve the crown to save Mr. Krabs from King Neptune's wrath and Bikini Bottom from Plankton's plan.
Previous offers by Paramount Pictures for a film adaptation of SpongeBob SquarePants had been rejected by Stephen Hillenburg, but he eventually accepted one offer in 2002. A writing team consisting of Hillenburg, Paul Tibbitt, Derek Drymon, Aaron Springer, Kent Osborne and Tim Hill was assembled, conceiving the idea of a mythical hero's quest and the search for a stolen crown, which would bring SpongeBob and Patrick to the surface. The film was originally intended as the series finale, but Nickelodeon ordered more episodes of the series as the series had become increasingly profitable, so Hillenburg resigned as showrunner, with Tibbitt taking Hillenburg's place.
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