Paint World

Paint World is a 1999 American 2D Animated Musical Fantasy Comedy Film produced by Universal Animation Studios and released by Universal Pictures. 2 feature film from studio, it was directed by Audel Laroque from a screenplay by Laroque, Irene Mecchi and Thomas Lennon and a story by Laroque and Michael Wildshill, and stars voices of Haley Joel Osment, Beverley Mitchell, Patricia Arquette, Alan Cumming, David Gallagher, Rachel Dratch, Cheri Oteri, with Molly Shannon, and Dennis Hopper. Set in A World Based On Paint And Colors, film centers on a young boy named Deon Splatt (Osment), who uses an oversized paint brush to defend world liveliness against Gerry Disgill (Hopper), a demented colorblind elder and owner of B And W Squad who intends to desaturate world in order to satisfy his nostalgic taste.

Paint World was released on December 25, 1999 to positive reviews from critics, who praised it animation, characters, music, and performances, although some compared it unfavorably to animated musicals of Disney Renaissance era. It was a success at box office, earn over $452 million worldwide on it $48 million budget, making it 5 highest grossing animated film of 1999. It won Academy Award for Best Original Song What You Do For World By EG Daily, tied with You Be In Your Heart from Walt Disney Animation Studios Tarzan. A TV Series Based On Film aired from 2000 to 2001.

Plot
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Voice Cast

 * Haley Joel Osment as Deon Splatt, a kind and creative 11 year old painter singing voice provided by EG Daily
 * Beverley Mitchell as Gracie Gacolor, Deon love interest.
 * Patricia Arquette as Linda Splatt, Deon mother.
 * Alan Cumming as Richard Splatt, Deon father.
 * David Gallagher as Zach Splatt, Deon bigger brother.
 * Rachel Dratch as Aunt Maggie, Deon aunt.
 * Cheri Oteri as Mary
 * Molly Shannon as Maria
 * Dennis Hopper as Gerry Disgill, founder of B And W Squad who is 1 of few to be disillusioned with modern multicolored world.
 * Audel Laroque as Chuck
 * Michael Wildshill as Tucker
 * Gregg Berger as Steve
 * Gary Hall as Kenny
 * Irene Mecchi as Karen
 * Frank Welker as Splash, Deon pet rainbow dog.

Additional Voices

 * Jack Angel
 * Bob Bergen
 * Mary Kay Bergman
 * Rodger Bumpass
 * Corey Burton
 * Rob Carpenter
 * Philip L Clarke
 * Jim Cummings
 * Jennifer Darling
 * Debi Derryberry
 * Paul Eiding
 * Bill Farmer
 * Pat Fraley
 * Gary Hall
 * Audel Laroque
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Danny Mann
 * Mickie Mcgowan
 * Amy Mcneill
 * Denise Pickering
 * Patrick Pinney
 * Phil Proctor
 * Brianne Siddall
 * Lillias White
 * Michael Wildshill

Singers

 * Beth Anderson
 * Laurie Anderson
 * Susan Boyd
 * Amick Byram
 * Hamilton Camp
 * Alvin Chea
 * Randy Crenshaw
 * Lorraine Feather
 * Nick Jameson
 * Edie Lehmann Boddicker
 * Andrea Robinson
 * Laurie Shillinger
 * Carmen Twillie
 * BJ Ward
 * Cindy Wilson

Development
Paint World was originally conceived by Audel Laroque in 1980 following success of Walt Disney Animation Studios Little Mermaid (1989) while working on Liche Wish at Multimedia Animation in North Hollywood. He then came up with story of film, which was about a boy who attempts to save his world from losing it colors. During production of Multimedia Ghost Vision in 1994, Laroque began working on original treatment of Paint World, which was completely different from final version of film. In draft, Deon Splatt was named Splat and was a human child raised by humanoid creatures known as paintrolls. Later, as a young adult, Splatt finds out that world is falling apart when it lose colors that were stolen by wicked monsters, so he teams up with his friends to stop monsters. After their victory, Splat then became leader of paintrolls. Splat is only main character in original draft who made it to final version as Deon Splatt. Some of characters in draft later became Deon family and friends in final film.

Michael Wildshill, head of Multimedia Animation, approved of film script, and pre production for Paint World started soon after. Studio then looked for actors to be cast in film. Scott Weinger, known for his role as title character in Disney Aladdin (1992), was also being reportedly considered for role of Splat. Wildshill choices for other characters included Jim Carrey, with Bill Murray, and Kate Winslet.

In 1995, while developing project, Multimedia was merged with Universal Pictures parent company MCA Inc, and Laroque was allowed to transfer to new Universal Animation Studios studio in Universal City to direct Paint World. Staff brought Lion King (1994) writer Irene Mecchi to help rewrite their 1992 script with additional input from Thomas Lennon and David Silverman.

Casting
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Animation
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Music
Film original soundtrack was released by Reprise Records on November 30, 1999. Songs for film were composed by Laroque and lyricist Tim Rice, while score was composed by John Debney.

Score for film, composed by Debney, was released through Varese Sarabande on December 21, 1999.

This is a list of musical numbers for film

Release
Paint World was originally slated for July 1999, but was pushed to December 25, 1999 to give production team more time to finish film, with Gingo Hatty In Big City Movie taking over it original slot.

Marketing
Film was accompanied by a promotional campaign by Burger King.

Home Media
Paint World was released on VHS and DVD on May 16, 2000. DVD release included an audio commentary by Audel Laroque and Michael Wildshill, 28 minutes making of documentary, a gallery of concept art, storyboards, test footage, deleted scenes, and DVD ROM features.

On June 8, 2004, 2 Disc Special Edition was released featuring same special features from original 2000 DVD as well as new 1 including a sneak preview of 2004 Universal 3D animated comedy film Computer Opolis and a THX optimizer. Film was released for 1 time on Blu ray on May 25, 2010.

Film was later released on 4K Ultra HD Blu ray and Digital HD on May 8, 2018.

Critical Response
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8 10 based on 167 reviews. Site critical consensus states Paint World offers colorful funny, enriched by a high spirited voice ensemble, a visionary plot, and plenty of gags throughout. On Metacritic, film holds a score of 100 out of 100 based on 37 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave film 4 out of 4 stars and called it a captivating animated musical whose artistic merit is on par with Disney Aladdin (1992) and Lion King (1994). Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun Times gave film 4 out of 4 stars and called it amazingly creative and outstanding with heart and charm of other animated hits. Steven Rea of Philadelphia Inquirer gave film 4 out of 4 stars and said, Having familiar standards and charm of Ama And Mysterious Crystal, as well as an interesting concept, Paint World is a coming of age for Universal Feature Animation. USA Today Susan Wloszczyna said that Paint World often entertains family friendly audience and keeps them joyful.

However, some critics disliked film similarities with animated films of Disney Renaissance. Mark Caro of Chicago Tribune gave film 4 out of 4 stars and compared film to Little Mermaid (1989), saying that it feels like 1 of those shameless Disney rip off that have a story that sounds familiar to us. Andrew Sarris of New York Observer criticized film characterization, and noted that relationship between Deon and Gracie was akin to Aladdin and Jasmine all over again. On more negative side, Christy Lemire of Associated Press called Paint World a poor man Aladdin.

Box Office
Film was released on December 25, 1999, and grossed $16,865,041 on it open week, debuting at number 1 at box office. By end of it theatrical run, it had earn a worldwide gross of $182,184,659, becoming 3 highest grossing Disney animated film of 1999, behind King Of Heroes and Darkness Awakening as well as 5 highest grossing animated film of year, behind King Of Heroes, Darkness Awakening, Tarzan, and Toy Story 2.

Video Games
Paint World has spawned 4 video games
 * Paint World was released in 1999 and 2000 by Universal Interactive Studios for Play Station, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, and Dreamcast.
 * Paint World Activity Center, an educational game, was released in 1999 for Windows and Macintosh.
 * Paint World 2 Disgill Strikes Back was released in 2002 by Traveller Tales for Play Station 2, Xbox, and Game Cube.
 * Paint World 3 Deon Huge Journey was released in 2003 by Universal Interactive for Game Boy Advance.

TV Series
Paint World is a short lived American animated comedy TV series created by Universal Television Animation in 2000, based on Universal animated musical comedy feature film of same name. Series aired on Gingo from September 23, 2000 to March 17, 2001, and continues story of 1999 film.

Other Appearances
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Main
To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

Trailers
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