Crystal

Crystal (2008) is a 2008 American 3D computer animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by 20 Century Fox Animation. It was written and directed by Mike Minchin and co directed by Phil Anderson, and written by Phillip Melton, Drew Cohen, and David Lindsay Abaire from a story by Minchin and Cohen. Film stars voices of Selena Gomez, Jesse Eisenberg, Christine Baranski, Jonah Hill, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jeff Garcia, Sam Elliott, John Cleese, Emily Blunt, with Whoopi Goldberg, and Dakota Fanning. Film follows story of a lost and mysterious young girl with magical powers who really wish to leave her own secluded tower to find a better and live place. Against her mother wish, she accepts aid of an young man to take her out into world which she has never seen and falls in love with him along way.

Crystal (2008) was 1 released in North America on November 26, 2008, and was a critical and commercial success, earning acclaim from film critics and audiences and earn $505 million worldwide. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score at 81 Academy Awards, but lost to WALL E, respectively. Sequel, Crystal 2 Coming Of Darkness, was released on November 4, 2011, with Mike Minchin writing and directing by himself. Much like it predecessor, sequel was also universally acclaimed and became a box office success. 2 sequel, Crystal 3 Lost Realms, was released on May 29, 2015. Film success has also inspired other merchandise, including a video game and a TV series.

Plot
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Cast

 * Selena Gomez as Crystal, a young woman with magical powers and is lost princess of kingdom.
 * April Anderson as young Crystal
 * Jesse Eisenberg as Jake Turner, a young work from kingdom who finds Crystal and takes her to see world.
 * Christine Baranski as Valerie, Crystal mother who never let her to be free from her home.
 * Jonah Hill as Stan, Crystal talk and wise cracking pet squirrel

Additional Voices

 * Matt Adler
 * Steve Alterman
 * Greg Baglia
 * Maggie Baird
 * June Christopher
 * Richard Epcar
 * Johnny Gidcomb
 * Jeremy Glazer
 * Mike Gomez
 * Luisa Leschin
 * Susan Leslie
 * Hope Levy
 * Scott Menville
 * Randall Montgomery
 * Heidi Brook Myers
 * Paul Pape
 * Devika Parikh
 * Courtney Peldon
 * Justin Shenkarow
 * Jason Grant Smith
 * Pepper Sweeney
 * Dean Wein

Production
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Music
Official soundtrack for film was released on November 25, 2008 by Varese Sarabande. Songs were written by Alan Menken and Marc Shaiman, while score was written by Menken.

Release
Crystal (2008) had it US premiere on November 11, 2008, at Grauman Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It was theatrically released on November 26, 2008, in US. Film was digitally re mastered into IMAX DMR and released to 170 North American IMAX theatres, and approximately 60 IMAX theatres outside North America.

Marketing

 * Official teaser was released on February 14, 2008, and was shown before Spiderwick Chronicles, Horton Hears A Who, Nim Island, Iron Man, and Prince Caspian.
 * 1 official theatrical trailer was released on June 6, 2008, and was shown before Kung Fu Panda, WALL E, Swap, Journey To Center Of Earth, Meet Dave, Space Chimps, and Star Wars Clone Wars.
 * 2 theatrical trailer was released on October 3, 2008, and was shown before Beverly Hills Chihuahua, City Of Ember, Madagascar 2 Escape Africa, and Bolt.
 * TV spots began to air in November 2008.

Home media
Crystal (2008) was released on DVD and Blu ray combo pack in UK and US on April 17, 2009. Crystal (2008) was released in UK on DVD and Blu ray on May 26, 2009. As of July 26, 2011, units sold for DVD stand at more than 6.7 million copies and has grossed $143,443,566. Crystal (2008) was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu Ray and Digital HD on September 3, 2019.

Critical response
Crystal (2008) received critical acclaim upon it release. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 100% of critics gave film a positive review, based on 167 reviews from professional critics, with an overall rating average of 7.1 10. Website critical consensus states, Boast dazzling animation, a script with surprising dramatic depth, thrilling magical sequences, funny, and fantastic songs, Crystal (2008) will perhaps find you off guard. On Metacritic, film has a weighted average rating of 100 out of 100 based on 33 reviews from critics, indicating generally favorable reviews. Cinemascore polls conducted during open week revealed average grade cinemagoers gave A+ on an A+ to F scale.