The Story of Quincy

The Story of Quincy is a 2005 anime comedy-drama film produced by Sunrise, LIVE Entertainment, Dentsu Inc., and Movic. It was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Yoshiharu Ashino and produced by Arimasa Okada, Ryotaro Sekizawa and Garrett Fredrickson. The film is based off of the sixteenth and twentieth volumes of the Quincy series and features the voices of Joseph Gordon Levitt, Gene Hackman, Trevor Devall, Kirsten Dunst, Eddie Izzard, Diedrich Bader, Kiefer Sutherland, and Anjelica Huston.

The film began production in 2001 and was released in Japan by Kadokawa Pictures on October 22, 2005 and in the United States by Universal Pictures on January 6, 2006. The film received general positive reviews from American critics and grossed $164 million worldwide.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Joseph Gordon Levitt as Quincy McShane, the well-respected, straightforward yet also laid back detective of Durania.
 * Gene Hackman as Forrester Roland, an evil power hungry man who is the leader of a threatening crime organization intent on creating all sorts of crime in Durania.
 * Trevor Devall as Jamieson, an assassin that teams Roland teams up with to take down Quincy and later Princess Sophie when he sees how much they've spent time together.
 * Kirsten Dunst as Princess Sophie, the kindhearted princess of Durania who runs into Quincy whilst trying to escape a very desperate suitor, and eventually she falls deeply in love with him.
 * Eddie Izzard as Captain Saffron, the flamboyant yet intellegent police captain and Quincy's best friend, who assists him on his mission to stop Forrester Roland.
 * Diedrich Bader as Louis, a police officer who occassionaly assists Quincy on his missions.
 * Kiefer Sutherland as Richard Aarons, the well mannered yet also eccentric police commissioner who has rather good faith in his staff, especially in Quincy.
 * Anjelica Huston as Lauren, A femme fatale that Quincy had a previous relationship with, but has since broken up with her due to her selfish attitude, despite her trying hard to get him back with her. She eventually gives up after a brief confrontation with Sophie.
 * Martin Short as Baron von Fredrick, the fairly eccentric and sometimes cowardly baron of Durania.
 * Toni Collette as Queen Amelia
 * Charles Nelson Reilly, David Lander, Jim Cummings, and John Krasinski as Klay, Vincent, Jack and Raymond, a quartet of gambling quirky con men who Quincy is good friends with.
 * Eddie Carroll as Lachie, a suitor who tried his hardest to get Sophie near the beginning of the film, only for his plans to be foiled by Quincy.
 * John DiMaggio as Wesford County Sheriff
 * Keith David, Greg Proops, Michael McShane, Jason Liebricht, Dwight Schultz, and Jack Fletcher as Police Officers
 * Julia Fletcher, Jill Talley and Luci Christian as Female Officers
 * John Krasinski as a News Reporter
 * Corey Burton and Jeff Bennett as Robbers
 * Julie Payne as Police Secretary
 * Rob Paulsen as Shop Owner

Additional Voices

 * Jeff Bennett
 * Rob Paulsen
 * David Lodge
 * Andy Philpot
 * Fred Tatasciore
 * Wendee Lee
 * Luci Christian
 * Jack Fletcher
 * Candi Milo
 * Ray Porter
 * Jason Marsden
 * Scott Menville
 * Jason Liebricht
 * Dwight Schultz
 * Corey Burton
 * Maurice LaMarche
 * Phil LaMarr
 * Susan Silo
 * Frank Welker
 * April Winchell
 * Wally Wingert
 * Bill Farmer

Development
The movie first began active development in 2001, when Ryotaro Sekizawa announced he would be producing a film based on his Quincy manga for Sunrise. Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Yoshiharu Ashino were assigned the directors positions for the film in late 2001. Executive producer Garrett Fredrickson was working on Bob Adams: Final Fate around the time of production. While discussing with Japanese investors about Bob Adams: Final Fate, he heard about the Quincy film and not only wanted to get involved in English localization, but also in production and a potential theatrical release in the United States.

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Writing
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Animation
The film was mainly animated at Sunrise Inc. located in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.

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Casting
Garrett Fredrickson, after being granted the position of directing the English dub of the film, decided to try and get a well-known cast of actors in an attempt to try and widen the film's audience. Auditions were held at Screenmusic Studios (currently known as Studiopolis) in 2002 and 2003, and by late 2003, some of the cast was revealed, consisting of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Quincy, Gene Hackman as Forrester Roland, Kirsten Dunst as Sophie, Eddie Izzard as Captain Saffron, Diedrich Bader as Louis, and Kiefer Suthlerand as Richard Aarons. Anjelica Huston and Martin Short joined the cast as Lauren and Baron von Frederick in 2004. Already being an established actor in anime and animation, Canadian voice actor Trevor Devall was cast as the film's secondary antagonist Jamieson, though Universal Pictures wanted to recast the role with a more notable actor like Steve Buscemi or Rik Mayall, ultimately the role was not recast. Texas based anime voice actors Jason Liebricht and Luci Christian also provided minor voice roles in the film.

Music
Main Article: The Story of Quincy/Soundtrack

The film's score was composed by American composer Danny Elfman, who recorded his score at Angel Recording Studios in London. The soundtrack was released on December 27, 2005.

Release
In the midst of the film's production, Universal Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the United States and Odyssey Entertainment bought the international distribution rights.

Kadokawa Pictures released the film in Japan on October 22, 2005, however, the completed film was only shown in an English language format with Japanese subtitles. The film later had it's American theatrical premiere in New York on December 16, 2005 before moving to a wider release on January 6, 2006.

Marketing
Marketing for the film included $30 million spent by Universal Pictures on advertising, as well as partnerships with Cheerios, Baskin Robbins, AT&T and Dell. Ryotaro Sekizawa also wrote a tie-in manga for the film to coincide with the film's Japanese release, it was later licensed in the United States by Tokyopop.

The film's English teaser trailer was released on June 14, 2005 and was shown before The Perfect Man, Herbie Fully Loaded, War of the Worlds, Fantastic Four, Bad News Bears, Stealth, and Sky High. The film's theatrical trailer was released on September 6, 2005 and was shown before The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Brokeback Mountain, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Oliver Twist, Elizabethtown, Doom, Nanny McPhee, and Saw II. The second theatrical trailer was released on November 1, 2005 and was shown before Chicken Little, Zathura, Derailed, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Yours, Mine and Ours, Just Friends, Aeon Flux, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and King Kong.

The film's TV spots aired from November 2005 to January 2006. The spots utilized "No One" by Aly & AJ, "Feeling A Moment" by Feeder, and "Clocks" by Coldplay.

Home media
The Story of Quincy was first released on DVD and HD-DVD in Japan by Bandai Visual on May 2, 2006. This release contains both the Japanese and English language versions of the film as well as a behind-the-scenes featurette on the movie's production.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the film as a Two-Disc Special Edition DVD in the United States on May 16, 2006. The first disc contains an audio commentary with Garrett Fredrickson, Jack Fletcher and Harry Keramidas, both dubs of the film and some notes on the film's production, while the second disc contains a different behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scenes, and the film's trailers and TV spots. Universal later released the film on HD-DVD on August 8, 2006, and eventually on Blu-Ray on April 13, 2010.

Box Office
In the United States, The Story of Quincy 's wide release opened alongside Hostel, Running Scared, and Grandma's Boy. In it's opening weekend, the film placed #1 at the box office grossing $22.4 million. A week later, however, it fell down to #2 behind Glory Road, and it grossed $38 million. By the end of the film's theatrical run, it had grossed $164 million worldwide.

Critical Response
On Rotten Tomatoes, The Story of Quincy has a score of 84% based on 168 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10, the website's critical consensus reads "Though it might not be Garrett Fredrickson's best offering, The Story of Quincy is a charming, entertaining, and surprisingly heartwarming effort with some incredible animation." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 76 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film a rare "A+" grade on an A to F scale.

Roger Ebert gave the film his highest rating of 4 out of 4 stars, calling it "beautifully animated and simply delightful, perhaps the best film Garrett Fredrickson's name has been attached to." Richard Roeper also responded positively to the film, saying that the film "remains magnificent and fun to watch from start to finish, and is a faithful adaptation of the manga that inspired it." Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, however, was less enthusiastic about the film, calling it "predictable and a little cliche."

Accolades
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Video game
A video game based on the film was developed by Square Enix and Matrix Software and released by Activision for various systems including the Playstation 2, Nintendo DS, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows. The game's story was similar to the film's but with minor changes. The game received mixed reviews.

Transcripts
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