The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Oogieloves in theBig Balloon Adventure |
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| Directed by | Matthew Diamond |
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| Screenplay by | Scott Stabile |
| Story by | Kenn Viselman |
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| Cinematography | Peter Klein |
| Editing by | Girish Bhargava |
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| Release date(s) | August 29, 2012 |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Money made | $1.1 million |
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (also referred to as The Oogieloves) is a 2012 American interactive educational children's musical adventure comedy film based loosely on the children's television series My Bedbugs by Alex Greene and Carol Sweeney. It features the voice talents of Malerie Grady, Stephanie Renz and Misty Miller as the three Oogieloves and also stars Toni Braxton, Cloris Leachman, Christopher Lloyd, Chazz Palminteri, Cary Elwes and Jaime Pressly.
Marketed as an "interactive film," The Oogieloves encourages the viewers to sing and dance along. The film was theatrically released on August 29, 2012 by Kenn Viselman Presents and Freestyle Releasing and was extremely panned by critics. It earned $1,065,907 on a budget of $20 million, making it a huge box office bomb. The film was nominated for Worst Picture and Worst Screen Ensemble at the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards, but lost both to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. The film was released on DVD on February 5, 2013.
Plot
The film opens with an introduction that explains the interactive nature of the movie and introduces the Oogieloves, Goobie, Zoozie, and Toofie.The Oogieloves awake to prepare a surprise birthday party for their living pillow Schluufy, with the aid of magical window Windy Window, vacuum cleaner J. Edgar and fish Ruffy. However, J. Edgar accidentally releases the five magical balloons they bought for the party, so the Oogieloves set out to retrieve them.
The first balloon is found at the treehouse home of Dotty Rounder (Cloris Leachman) who is obsessed with circles and polka dots, and her granddaughter Jubilee (Kylie Dakota), who is obsessed with squares. The second is found at the milkshake cafe of Milky Marvin (Chazz Palminteri), who is holding a milkshake contest to win the second balloon in which the Oogieloves and their pet fish participate. The third balloon is found in possession of Rosalie Rosebud (Toni Braxton), a pop singer who denies her allergy to roses. The fourth balloon is by the truck of Bobby Wobbly (Cary Elwes), a cowboy with an unusual walk. The last balloon is found on top of a windmill, where the Oogieloves retrieve it with the help of Lola and Lero Sombrero (Jaime Pressly and Christopher Lloyd), who ride a giant flying sombrero.
Just before they reach home with all the balloons, the Oogieloves accidentally release them again but blow kisses to persuade them to return. They then hold the surprise party for Schluufy, who did not awake until just before their return.
Cast
- Malerie Grady as the voice of Toofie
- Alex Greene as Toofie (in-suit performer)
- Stephanie Renz as the voice of Zoozie
- Carol Sweeney as Zoozie (in-suit performer)
- Misty Miller as the voice of Goobie
- Eric Dunman as Goobie (in-suit performer)
- Toni Braxton as Rosalie Rosebud
- Cloris Leachman as Dottie Rounder
- Christopher Lloyd as Lero Sombrero
- Chazz Palminteri as Milky Marvin
- Cary Elwes as Bobby Wobbly
- Jaime Pressly as Lola Sombrero
- Maya Stange as Windy Window
- Nick Drago as J. Edgar
- Alecia Jai Fears as Rochelle Rosebud
- Kylie Dakota as Jubilee Rounder
- Taras Los as Schluufy the Pillow
- Randy Carfagno as Ruffy
- Guistina Chirco as Marna
Soundtrack
- The Oogieloves theme song - the Oogieloves and company
- The Wonky Wake Up song - the Oogieloves and company
- Pineapple Upsidedown Flapjacks - the Oogieloves and company
- March and Moo – Chazz Palminteri, the Oogieloves and company
- Polkadotty Shake your Body – Cloris Leachman and Kylie O'Brien
- Ode to Adelaide (Scratchy Sneezy Cough Cough) – Toni Braxton
- Wobble with your Wiggle – Cary Elwes
- Jump, Step, Clap – Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly
