Scooby-Doo [Blu-ray]

Overview

The long-running cartoon from William Hanna and Joseph Barbera that began life in 1969 as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? becomes this live-action, tongue-in-cheek comedy-adventure featuring a computer-generated version of the easily frightened, mush-mouthed Great Dane. Freddie Prinze Jr. stars as Fred, the blonde, confident, ascot-sporting leader of Mystery Inc., a ghost-busting service that exposes phony supernatural phenomena as the work of shysters. Working with Fred are: his rich, beautiful girlfriend, Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who has a bad habit of getting kidnapped by villains; Velma (Linda Cardellini), the real brains of the group who pines secretly for Fred; cowardly slacker and dog's best friend Shaggy (Matthew Lillard); and the snack-gobbling pet pooch Scooby. However, after solving its latest case involving a beleaguered toy company owner (Pamela Anderson), the group fractures over Fred's habit of grabbing credit for everyone's hard work, despite the pleas of Shaggy and Scooby. Two years later, they are reunited at Spooky Island, a theme park and teen spring break destination that owner Emile Mondavarious (Rowan Atkinson) claims is plagued with ghosts. Suspicious as usual of any claims involving the paranormal, the Mystery Inc. clan is soon probing a scheme involving ancient rites, summoned spirits, and brainwashed college students, forcing the group members to resolve their differences and uncover the truth. Directed by Chris Columbus prot?g? Raja Gosnell, Scooby-Doo features the voice of Scott Innes as the title character.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/16/2007
UPC:	0085391115311
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	19,507

Special Features

Additional scenes; Commentary by Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mathew Lillard, Linda Cardellini and Rown Atikinson; Commentary by director Raja Gosnell, screenwriter James Gunn and producers Charles Roven and Richard Suckle; Unmasking the Mystery Behind Scooby-Doo; Scary Places: Production design; The Mystery Van; Daphne Fight Scene; Rain on the set; Outkast Land of a Million Drums music video; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Freddie Prinze Jr.	Fred
Sarah Michelle Gellar	Daphne
Matthew Lillard	Shaggy
Linda Cardellini	Velma
Neil Fanning	Scooby-Doo
Scott Innes	Scrappy
J.P. Manoux	Scrappy Rex
Rowan Atkinson	Mondavarious
Isla Fisher	Mary Jane
Steven Grives	N'Goo Tuana
Sam Greco	Zarkos
Charles Cousins	Velma's Friend,Velma's Friend
Kristian Schmid	Brad
Nicholas Hope	Old Man Smithers
Charles Stan Frazier	Himself
Craig Bullock	Himself
Andrew Prine	Actor
Andrew Bryniarski	Cavern Henchman
Mark McGrath	Sugar Ray
Remi Broadway	Training Video Guy #2
Michala Banas	Carol
Rio Nugara	Island Emissary
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.	Voodoo Maestro
Matthew Murphy Karges	Sugar Ray
Rodney Sheppard	Sugar Ray
Stephen Grives	N'Goo Tuana
Stan Frazier	Sugar Ray
DJ Homicide	Sugar Ray
Chris Cruickshanks	Tiny Henchman
Alex Ruiz	Reporter #1
Sheryl Benko	Reporter #2
David Vallon	Bartender Dead Mike's
Troy MacKinder	Guy In The Vat
Holly Ann Brisley	Training Video Woman
Robert Diaz	Training Video Guy #1
Martin Broome	Melvin Doo
Simone Dumbleton	Co-Ed
Jonathan Coffey	Fitzgibbon
Michael Caffrey	Coast Guard #2
Kyas Sherriff	Airport Attendant
Celeste Gosnell	Airport Family
Bradley Gosnell	Airport Family
Cayley Gosnell	Airport Family
Audrey Gosnell	Airport Family
Kurt Duval	Spooky Hotel Bartender
Janis McGavin	Co-Ed Hottie
Emily Gosnell	Autograph Seeker
Marea Lambert Barker	Autograph Seeker
Kym Jackson	Autograph Seeker
Danielle Starkey	Autograph Seeker
Craig Behenna	Henchman #1
Keith Bullock	Henchman #2
Jess Harnell	Creature
Jim Cummings	Creature
Stephen Colyer	Dancer
Ashley Evans	Dancer
Mark Hodge	Dancer
Steve Holford	Dancer
Matt Lee	Dancer
Michael Montgomery	Dancer
Deon Nuku	Dancer
Robert Ricks	Dancer
Rodney Syaranamual	Dancer
Ashley Wallen	Dancer
Andrew Waters	Dancer
Adam Williams	Dancer
Freddie Prinze	Actor
Pamela Anderson	Actor
David Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

James Gunn

Craig Titley

Raja Gosnell	Director
Joseph Barbera	Executive Producer,Producer
Peter Crosman	Special Effects
Robert Engelman	Executive Producer
William Hanna	Executive Producer
Andrew Mason	Executive Producer
Guy Norris	Stunts
Chuck Roven	Producer,Producer
Kelley Smith-Wait	Executive Producer
Richard Suckle	Producer,Executive Producer
May Vernieu	Casting,Casting
James Gunn	Screenwriter
Craig Titley	Screenwriter
Sheryl Benko	Producer
Paul Brincat	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

With its snarky, eye-popping production design and disparate cast of popular young thespians, this live-action take on the Saturday-morning staple seemed like it had half a chance of pleasing Baby Boomers and Generation X. Instead, though, it's a children's flick, suitable only for Generation Z and almost completely lacking in Brady Bunch Movie-style winking. Scooby Doo does contain a few laugh-out-loud moments and lots of in-jokes about marijuana, but the film has been carefully engineered so as not to offend or confuse the kiddies. (Pointed references to Velma's sexual orientation ended up on the cutting room floor, along with lots of other subversive hijinks if the Internet movie spies are to be believed.) The result is a movie that looks good and stays relatively true to its source material without ever seeming edgy or even engaging. Perhaps a cartoon whose very appeal has always been its extreme lameness couldn't really afford to be enclosed in yet another set of quotation marks. But given the pedestrian CG and by-the-numbers spookiness on display, it seems the filmmakers couldn't come up with anything compelling to replace the missing irony. Scooby-Doo himself is an computer-generated monstrosity who mixes poorly with the human actors. Of those performers, their watchability varies highly: The delightful Matthew Lillard mimics Casey Kasem perfectly but also invests Shaggy with something approaching human feeling. Linda Cardellini and Sarah Michelle Gellar both subvert feminine stereotypes and provoke chuckles, though within very strict parameters. The less said about Freddie Prinze, Jr., the better, though his blond dye job is far worse than his acting. The real blame for this supremely adequate outing lies at the feet of the corporate gatekeepers who decided to play it safe. Very young children will probably enjoy it, but for anyone older than 10, it's a slight trifle at best.