The Smurfs

Movie Title: The Smurfs
More Title:
Die Schlümpfe Germany
Hupikék törpikék Hungary
I Puffi Italy
Les schtroumpfs France
Los Pitufos Spain
Los pitufos Argentina
Smurfarna Sweden
Strumfovi Serbia

Country / Region: USA / Belgium

Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy

Language: English

Filming Locations:
Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Release Date:
Argentina 28 July 2011
Belgium 3 August 2011
Canada 3 August 2011
UK 3 August 2011
USA 3 August 2011
Malaysia 4 August 2011
Netherlands 4 August 2011
Spain 5 August 2011
Serbia 11 August 2011
Hungary 25 August 2011
Singapore 1 September 2011
Norway 2 September 2011
Sweden 2 September 2011
Greece 8 September 2011

Plot: When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours - in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple , the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
Plot Keywords: Remake, Based On Comic
Taglines:
Smurf happens
Where the smurf are we?

Directed by
Raja Gosnell

Writing credits
Peyo (characters)

J. David Stem (screenplay) &
David N. Weiss (screenplay)

Cast
Neil Patrick Harris ... Johan
Sofía Vergara ... Odile
Jayma Mays ... Grace
Katy Brand ... Smurfette (voice) (as Katy Perry)
Anton Yelchin ... Clumsy Smurf (voice)
Hank Azaria ... Gargamel
Alan Cumming ... Gutsy Smurf (voice)
Paul Reubens ... Jokey Smurf (voice)
B. J. Novak ... Baker Smurf (voice)
Fred Armisen ... Brainy Smurf (voice)
Kenan Thompson ... Greedy Smurf (voice)
Jonathan Winters ... Papa Smurf (voice)
        George Lopez ... Grouchy Smurf (voice)
Adam Wylie ... Panicky Smurf (voice)
Monica Ciszczon ... FAO Schwarz shopper
John Oliver ... Vanity Smurf (voice)
Jeff Foxworthy ... Handy Smurf (voice)
Gary Basaraba ... Hefty Smurf (voice)
Anna Kuchma ... Waitress
Tim Gunn
Shirley Dluginski ... Extra
Cheryl Alessio ... Girl # 1
Wolfgang Puck ... Chef Smurf (voice)
John Speredakos ... Parent # 3
Scott Dillin ... Police Officer # 1
Lizzie Yousko ... Little Girl in FAO Schwarz
Todd Fredericks ... Tourist
Dominique Kelley ... Smurf Dancer
Tyree Michael Simpson ... Cop # 2
Steve Antonucci ... Prisoner (uncredited)
Gail Bugeja ... Midwestern Tourist (uncredited)
Nicolina Capitanio ... Upscale Toy Store Shopper (uncredited)
Scott Churchson ... Midwestern Tourist (uncredited)
Marc I. Daniels ... Concerned Father (uncredited)
Bryan Dechart ... European Fashion Designer (uncredited)
Ashley Fung ... Kid at FAO Schwarz (uncredited)
Kevin Fung ... Kid at FAO Schwarz (uncredited)
Jillian Joseph ... FAO Schwarz Employee (uncredited)
Nick Latrenta ... Pedestrian (uncredited)
Ron Maestri ... Rich Upper East Side Resident (uncredited)
Madison McKinley ... Model (uncredited)
Ken Myers ... Mid West Tourist (uncredited)
Victor Pagan ... Bum (uncredited)
Joe Urban ... Weightlifting Convict (uncredited)

Produced by
Ben Haber .... executive producer
Jordan Kerner .... producer
Paul Neesan .... executive producer
Ezra Swerdlow .... executive producer

Cinematography by
Phil Meheux

Film Editing by
Sabrina Plisco

Casting by
Richard Hicks
David Rubin

Production Design by
Bill Boes

Art Direction by
Chris Shriver
Christian Wintter

Set Decoration by
Regina Graves

Costume Design by
Rita Ryack

Makeup Department
Pamela May .... key hair stylist
Vincent Schicchi .... key makeup artist
Sarah Stamp .... additional hair stylist
Inga Thrasher .... hair stylist
Todd Tucker .... makeup designer

Production Management
Richard Baratta .... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
G. A. Aguilar .... second unit director
Benita Allen .... first assistant director
David Catalano .... additional second assistant director
Chris Gibson .... second assistant director: second unit
Conor Kelly .... second second assistant director ("Love to Hate" musical sequence)
Maura Kelly .... additional second assistant director
Justin Ritson .... additional second assistant director
Salvatore E. Sutera .... additional second assistant director
Peter Thorell .... second assistant director

Art Department
I. Javier Ameijeiras .... production illustrator
Stuart Auld .... scenic artist
Carl Baldasso .... assistant art director
Mike Biskupski .... set dresser
Wendy Brown .... set dresser
Jenn Bubka .... set dresser
John Butiu .... visual development
John Carambatos .... scenic industrial
Christiopher Chenel .... on-set dresser
Aaron Clark .... storyboard artist
Oliver Dear .... storyboard artist
Julie Dubrow .... assistant props (as Julie Duncan)
Joe Dunckley .... props
Lauren Favelson .... shop manager
Deborah Greene .... assistant set decorator
Gregory Hill .... illustrator
Gay Howard .... art department coordinator: set decoration department
Edward A. Ioffreda .... graphic artist
Mika James .... key scenic industrial
Shane Ladd .... art department
Imogen Lee .... set decorating pa
Francis Maiorino .... best boy greens
Alex Mann .... storyboard artist
John Mann .... storyboard artist
James Mazzola .... property master
Nikolay Mikushkin .... scenic artist
Phillip Orozco .... art department assistant
Ron Petagna .... construction coordinator
Hunter Popalis .... set decorating production assistant
John Ralbovsky .... scenic foreman
Will Redd .... scenic artist
Fergal Reilly .... storyboard supervisor
Paul Rice .... scenic artist
Lawrence Robinson .... scenic artist
Bruno Robotti .... charge scenic
Giovanni Rodriguez .... scenic artist
Leslie Salter .... camera scenic
Manny Sanchez .... shop foreman
David Schanker .... assistant property master
Jolie Scherberger .... greens
John S. Schlicter .... scenic artist
Karl Shefelman .... storyboard artist
Dan Sweetman .... storyboard artist
Dick Tice .... leadman
Timothy Tranzillo .... scenic artist
Simeon Wilkins .... storyboard artist
Joan Winters .... graphic design

Sound Department
Mark DeSimone .... adr mixer: New York
Will Files .... sound designer
Michael Fowler .... adr mixer
Howard London .... adr mixer
Beauxregard Neylon .... adr mixer
Egor Panchenko .... pro tools playback mixer
Jan Petrov .... adr recordist
James Sabat .... production sound mixer
Mike Schmidt .... boom operator
Robert L. Sephton .... sound designer
Robert L. Sephton .... supervising sound editor
Paul Tirone .... adr recordist

Special Effects by
Doug Coleman .... special effects technician
Todd Tucker .... special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Charise E. Angone .... visual effects coordinator
Hunter Athey .... previsualization artist: The Third Floor Inc
Neil Atkins .... senior lighting and compositing technical director: SPI
Allen Battino .... character designer
Milan Bhatt .... lead production services technician
Stephen A. Bloch .... previsualization artist: The Third Floor Inc
Ella Boliver .... digital compositor: Framestore New York
Austin Bonang .... pre-vis artist
Brett Bronson .... senior production services technician
Kee Chang .... charater td
Suzanne Cipolletti .... pre-vis artist
Blair Clark .... visual effects supervisor
David Conlon .... visual effects artist
Sarah Delucchi .... matchmove artist
Jason DeParis .... matchmove artist
Fish Essenfeld .... lead compositor / senior technical director
Jim Harnish .... senior production services technician
Adam Hlavac .... stereoscopic artist
Danny Huerta .... visual effects coordinator
Chris Hung .... senior technical director
Andrew Hwang .... previs asset supervisor
Steven Qi Jin .... pre-visualisation artist
Alyse Joseph .... digital coordinator
Kareem K.H. .... digital compositor
Jin Yong Kim .... matchmove artist: Tippett Studio
Marvin Kim .... modeling supervisor
Mike Lasker .... visual effects artist
Peter Lonsdale .... previsualization editor: The Third Floor Inc
Kevin Mannens .... effects technical director
Sarah Moore .... lighting & compositing: SPI
Michael Muir .... digital artist
Adil Mustafabekov .... texture painter: SPI
Kevin Noel .... visual effects coordinator
Marc Ostroff .... visual effects accountant: SPI
Maricel Pagulayan .... visual effects producer
Taehyun Park .... modeler
John Patrick .... pipeline technical director
Caleb Pennypacker .... matchmove artist
Balaji Ramakrishna .... digital compositor
Ti Ren .... previsualization artist (2010)
Gwendelyn Robson .... previsualization artist
Juan Carlos Moreno Rogel .... visual effects artist
Ryan Rogers .... lighting lead technical director
Dan Sheerin .... senior technical animator
Sharmishtha Sohoni .... senior lighting & compositing td: SPI
Frederick George Stuhrberg .... 3D Scanning
Aaron Tankenson .... manager recruiting
Bridget M. Taylor .... senior technical director: SPI
Ryan Tulloch .... lighting and compositing td: SPI
Max Tyrie .... senior character animator
Frederick B. Vega .... pipeline technical assistant: Tippett Studio
Nooshin Vegh .... associate digital production manager: Imageworks (as Nooshin Siadatnejad)
Larry Weiss .... lead lighting technical director: Tippett Studio
Glenn Wells .... matchmove artist
Andrea Lackey Pace .... director of production services and resources (uncredited)

Stunts
G. A. Aguilar .... stunt coordinator
Dan Brown .... stunt double: Neil Patrick Harris
Jill Brown .... stunt performer
Scott Burik .... stunt rigger
John Cenatiempo .... stunts
Blaise Corrigan .... stunts
William Cote .... stunts
Mark Fichera .... stunt double: Neil Patrick Harris
Aja Frary .... stunts
Jeffrey Lee Gibson .... stunt rigger
Zac Henry .... stunt rigger
Drew Leary .... stunts
Paul Marini .... stunt driver
Victor Paguia .... stunts
Naomi Peters .... stunt double: Jayma Mays
Christopher Place .... stunt double (stunt double: Hank Azaria)
Stephen A. Pope .... stunts
J. C. Robaina .... stunt rigger
Manny Siverio .... stunts
Shawnna Thibodeau .... stunt performer
Aaron Vexler .... stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
John Alcantara .... lighting technician
Sebastián Almeida .... remote head technician: second unit
K. C. Bailey .... still photographer
Cesar Baptista .... rigging grip
Matt Blades .... key grip: visual effects unit
Patrick M. Bracey .... camera production assistant
Jon Breen .... rigging grip
Dan Brosnan .... digital utility
Michael Cambria .... first assistant: second unit
David M. Carr .... best boy rigging grip
Rashad Clinton .... rigging grip
Stephen Consentino .... steadicam operator / "b" camera operator
Chris Drechsler .... lighting technician
David M. Dunlap .... director of photography: visual effects unit
Kevin Flynn .... key rigging grip
Michael Gallart .... lighting console programmer
Craig Paul Harris .... rigging electrician
Matthew Jacobs .... rigging grip
Nicholas Kay .... digital imaging technician
Chris Kilduff .... best boy grip
John Krause .... dolly grip: b camera
Michael A. Leo .... generator operator
Hamilton Longyear .... second unit: additional second assistant
Lance Mayer .... libra head technician
Paul C. McKenna .... technician: Technocrane / Louma 2
Michael J. Prate .... grip
Tom Prate .... key grip
Carissa Ridgeway .... camera loader (as Carissa Ridgeway Tudor)
Stuart Rogers .... grip
Darren Ryan .... key video assist
Chris Schait .... grip
Matthew Selkirk .... digital utility
Imanuel Smith .... d.i.t assistant
Bob Van Heek .... rigging grip
Zoran Veselic .... first assistant camera: "a" camera
John C. Walker .... digital utility

Animation Department
Mike Beaulieu .... lead animator: Sony Pictures Animation
John Clark .... rough layout artist
Rahul Dabholkar .... senior animator
Robert Fox .... animator
Mike Jahnke .... animator
Louis Jones .... animator
Kevin Labanowich .... senior animator
Matthew Meyer .... character animator: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Benson Shum .... animator
Richard Smith .... senior animator
Alexander Snow .... animator
Danny Southard .... animator: Tippett Studio
Sung Wook Su .... previs artist
Paul Wood .... previs artist
Paul Wood .... senior character animator

Casting Department
Mia Cusumano .... casting assistant
Deanna Gallucio .... extras casting
Kate Hubbell .... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Askia Won-Ling Jacob .... key costumer
Angela Mirabella .... set costumer
Christine Schultz .... costumer
Ashley E. Singer .... ager / dyer
Meg Thornton .... textile artist

Editorial Department
Carrie Puchkoff .... assistant editor

Transportation Department
Dan Buckman .... driver: cast
Michael Dawes .... driver

Other crew
Monica Barraza .... assistant production coordinator
Raymond W. Beal .... animal trainer: dog
Will Bigwood .... production assistant
Clay Broaddus .... set production assistant: splinter unit
Nick Carr .... location scout
Frank Dauro .... location assistant
John DeSimone .... production coordinator
Alexie Elfmont .... set production assistant
Julia Enescu .... assistant to director
Brooke Ensign .... unit publicist
MacKenzie Fallon .... additional production assistant
Jason Farrar .... location manager
Daniel Fine .... second assistant accountant
Lucia Foster Found .... aerial operations coordinator
Joshua A. Friedman .... production assistant
Raphaella Giugliano .... key construction accountant
Sandi Greenberg .... production assistant
Hakiem Greenhut .... production assistant
Wayne Han .... production assistant
Jonathan Hoeg .... set production assistant
Connor Jones .... production assistant
Melissa Kalbfus .... script supervisor: second Unit
Beau Kline .... production assistant
Joanna Lara .... production coordinator: prep
Veronique Lee .... production secretary
Veronique Lee .... script coordinator
Jessica Lichtner .... script supervisor
Gine Lui .... location scout
Brendan C. Lynch .... additional production assistant
Larry Madrid .... head animal trainer
Ron Maestri .... stand-in
Dee Martin .... production assistant
George S. Matsuo .... set production assistant: plate unit
David M. McGuire .... assistant location manager
Stefan Mentz .... assistant to producer
Aaron Notestine .... intern
Diego Daniel Pardo .... dialect coach
Kyle Peck .... assistant to producers
Joseph Perron-Kozar .... office production assistant
James Post .... assistant: Neil Patrick Harris
Dustin Pownall .... additional production assistant
Jason Quimby .... location scout
Brittany Rostron .... script secretary
Jeff Sedwick .... production assistant
Leo Shvedsky .... office production assistant
Robert Spence .... accounting clerk
Andy Stephens .... aerial operations manager
Wade Sullivan .... production assistant
Robert Teten .... set production assistant
Gabe Turiello Jr. .... Production assistant
Ashley Van Buren .... travel and housing coordinator
Lauren Waggoner .... assistant to producer
Dan Walton .... payroll accountant
Marguerite Weisman .... production assistant
Nils Widboom .... assistant location manager
James Wojtal .... puppet designer: puppeteer
Keith Young .... choreographer
Matt Breitenbach .... dailies transfer (uncredited)

Production Companies

     Columbia Pictures
     Kerner Entertainment Company
     Sony Pictures Animation

Distributors

     Columbia Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
     Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
     Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
     Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)

Special Effects

     Drac Studios
     Illusion Industries
     Third Floor, The (previsualization)
     Tippett Studio

Other Companies

     Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment camera dollies
     David Haddad transportation equipment
     Dolby Laboratories sound mix
     Flying Pictures aerial filming services provided by
     Haddad's transportation equipment

Official Website: http://www.smurfhappens.com