Tarzan II (2005) (V)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Brian Smith

Writers:

Jim Kammerud (writer)
Rhett Reese (additional story material)
(more)

Release Date:

14 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

Plot:

The tale of Tarzan's misadventures as a boy as he searches for his true identity and the meaning of family.

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Self Discovery | Gorilla | Jungle Adventure | Prequel

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Harrison Chad	...	Tarzan (voice)
George Carlin	...	Zugor (voice)
Brad Garrett	...	Uto (voice)
Ron Perlman	...	Kago (voice)
Estelle Harris	...	Mama Gunda (voice)
Glenn Close	...	Kala (voice)
Lance Henriksen	...	Kerchak (voice)
Brenda Grate	...	Terk (voice)
Harrison Fahn	...	Tantor (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tiffany Evans	...	Voice (voice)
Connor Hutcherson	...	Tonka (voice)
Mary Matilyn Mouser	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Grace Rolek	...	Additional Voices (voice)
April Winchell	...	Additional voices (voice)

Directed by
Brian Smith

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jim Kammerud		writer
Rhett Reese		additional story material
Brian Smith		writer
Bob Tzudiker		written by
Noni White		written by

Produced by
Carolyn Bates	....	producer
Leslie Hough	....	co-producer
Jim Kammerud	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Mark Mancina
Dave Metzger		(scored by)

Film Editing by
Ron Price
John Royer

Art Direction by
Joaquim Royo Morales
Bill Perkins
Lin Hua Zheng

Production Management
Mark Bollinger	....	post-production supervisor
Jill Brandt	....	production manager
Allison Cain	....	assistant production manager
Joe Crowley	....	production manager
Kacy Durbridge	....	assistant production manager
Dan Forster	....	production manager
Lucinda Glenn	....	assistant production manager
Keiji Kishi	....	production supervisor
Joelle Spencer-Gilchrist	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andrew Collins	....	unit director
Alexs Stadermann	....	unit director

Art Department
Laura Beth Albright	....	key color stylist
Charles Bonifacio	....	storyboard artist (as Charlie Bonifacio)
Chris Butler	....	storyboard artist
Tod Carter	....	storyboard artist
Stefan Fjeldmark	....	storyboard artist
Nicola Flynn	....	clean-up animation supervisor
Martin Fuller	....	storyboard artist
Kirk Hanson	....	storyboard artist
Ellen Jin	....	painter
Cousy Kane	....	art coordinator
Michael Lester	....	storyboard artist (as Mike Lester)
Steve Lumley	....	workbook supervisor
Linda Miller	....	storyboard artist
Jesper Møller	....	storyboard artist
Felipe Morell	....	workbook artist
Frank Nissen	....	storyboard artist
Rodrigo Perez-Castro	....	storyboard artist
Robb Pratt	....	storyboard revisions
Dean Roberts	....	storyboard artist
Dan Root	....	storyboard artist
Bobby Rubio	....	storyboard artist
David S. Smith	....	storyboard artist
Mark Sonntag	....	workbook artist
Dave Spafford	....	storyboard artist (as David Spafford)
Clint Taylor	....	storyboard artist
Lajos Kamocsay	....	CGI lead (uncredited)

Sound Department
Chuck Choi	....	technical consultant
Ronald Eng	....	supervising sound editor
Tammy Fearing	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist
Dana LeBlanc Frankley	....	first assistant sound editor
Richard C. Franklin	....	sound effects editor
Ryan Heiferman	....	adr recordist: New York
Keith Hodne	....	adr recordist: New York
Doug Jackson	....	sound effects editor
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Willard Overstreet	....	supervising foley editor
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
David 'Joey' Mildenberger	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Simon Alberry	....	CGI animator
Andrew Coates	....	lead compositor
Andrew Coates	....	scene planner
Mark Evans	....	lead compositor
Mark Evans	....	scene planner
Kris Gardiner	....	scanning supervisor
Phillip Giles	....	digital effects artist
Eric Grimenstein	....	CGI artist
Eric Grimenstein	....	effects animator
Julian Hynes	....	visual effects supervisor
Andrew Kimberley	....	digital artist
Douglas Little	....	digital producer
Elias Macute	....	lead compositor
Elias Macute	....	scene planner
Jörg Schulz-Gerchow	....	compositor
Jörg Schulz-Gerchow	....	scene planner
Gregory L. Smith	....	digital artist
Phillip Vigil	....	effects animator

Camera and Electrical Department
J.E. Smith	....	assistant camera

Animation Department
Olivier Adam	....	layout director
Kevin R. Adams	....	layout artist
Laura Beth Albright	....	color stylist
Tony Ambrose	....	inbetween artist
Debra Armstrong	....	key clean-up artist
Simon Ashton	....	senior animator
Richard Bailey	....	animator
Stephen Baker	....	animator
Nancy Beiman	....	animator
Davide Benvenuti	....	senior animator
Matt Boug	....	inbetween artist
Borja Montoro Cavero	....	character designer (as Borja Montoro)
Michael Cedeno	....	character designer
Paul Cheng	....	background designer
Stephen Deane	....	animator
Manny A. DeGuzman	....	senior clean-up artist
Jonathan Dower	....	assistant animator
Peter Eastment	....	clean-up artist
Gary Eggleston	....	background designer
Federico Ferrari	....	animator
Nicola Flynn	....	clean-up character lead: "Uto", "Kago" and "Mama Gunda"
Jackie Fry	....	clean-up artist
Kayn Garcia	....	animator
Pedro Daniel García Pérez	....	character designer (as Pedro Perez)
Dean Gordon	....	background designer
Steven Pierre Gordon	....	additional animator (as Steven P. Gordon)
Joe Haidar	....	additional animator (as Joseph Haidar)
Ian Harrowell	....	animation supervisor: Terk, Tantor
Dan Haskett	....	character designer
Kris Heller	....	clean-up artist
Geoff Ind	....	inbetween artist
Hiromi Kakinuma	....	animator
Terry Lennon	....	animation timing director
Julio Leon	....	layout director
Pieter Lommerse	....	animation supervisor
Pierre Lorenzi	....	background artist
Conille Macarayan	....	clean-up artist
Andries Maritz	....	senior animator
Satjit Matharu	....	animator
James McGinlay	....	animator
Beverley McNamara	....	background supervisor
Terry O'Toole	....	character lead
Sergio Pablos	....	character designer
Michael Pattison	....	inbetween animation supervisor
Daryl Peninton	....	clean-up artist
Scott T. Petersen	....	additional animator (as Scott Petersen)
Jean-Christophe Poulain	....	layout director
Robb Pratt	....	additional animator
Dean Roberts	....	character designer
Jim Schlenker	....	layout artist
Toby Schwarz	....	animator (as Tobias Schwarz)
Colin Stimpson	....	background designer
Jocelyn Sy	....	animator
Trevor Tamboline	....	key clean-up artist
Florian Wagner	....	animator
Nadine Wagner-Westerbarkey	....	animator
Bill Waldman	....	additional animator
Marc Wasik	....	supervising animator
Andreas Wessel-Therhorn	....	animation supervisor
Theresa Wiseman	....	additional animator
Kevin Wotton	....	animator
Samantha Youssef	....	animator
Marco Zanoni	....	animator

Casting Department
Daniel J. Soulsby	....	casting supervisor
Jamie Thomason	....	voice casting
David Wright	....	casting

Editorial Department
Jennifer Dolce	....	second editor
Nick Kenway	....	production editor
Vartan Nazarian	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Tom Calderaro	....	orchestrator
Dominick Certo	....	music editor
Gareth Cousins	....	music recording engineer
Scott Erickson	....	music arranger
Steven Gizicki	....	music supervisor
Jason Henkel	....	music administrator
Steve Kempster	....	score mixer
Danita Ng	....	music preparation (uncredited)
Jason Poss	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Other crew
Sandra Beerenbrock	....	production assistant
Brie Buyaky	....	production assistant
Chuck Choi	....	technical consultant
Kris Gardiner	....	lead checker
D.J. Kirkbride	....	production assistant
Tim Kwan	....	production coordinator
Kara Lord	....	unit producer
Charles Luce	....	technical director (as Charlie Luce)
Christine O'Connor	....	scene planner
Jennessa Rose	....	adr loop group
Julianna Rose	....	adr loop group
Evan Spiliotopoulos	....	additional story material
Jamie Thomason	....	dialogue director

Production Companies

• DisneyToon Studios
• Toon City

Distributors

• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Keller Entertainment Group (1993) (worldwide) (all media)
• Net5 (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Mosquito Productions  script clearance

Also Known As:

Tarzan 2 (Australia) (DVD title)

Runtime:

72 min | Argentina:75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-7 | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/6 | New Zealand:G | Netherlands:AL | UK:U | Argentina:Atp | USA:G (certificate #41190) | Australia:G

Company:

DisneyToon Studios

Quotes:

Tarzan: If you don't let me in, the Zugor will get me!
Zugor: Boo-hoo for you!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#34.2)" (2005)

An illustration of the quality that all Disney sequels should strive to be

This straight-to-video Disney sequel, taking place when Tarzan is still a boy, is so perfectly executed, it feels as though it could've been additional material cut from the first movie.

Tarzan, finding that he can't keep up with the other gorilla youngsters, begins to question who and what he is, and the film is more or less about his self-discovery and how he begins the transformation from just being a human boy to becoming the 'Tarzan' we all know and love.

All of your favorite characters are back (except Jane and the professor of course), as well as the voice talents of Glenn Close as Kala and Lance Henrikson as Kerchak. The casting director did a wonderful job in finding a young voice talent to perfectly match the young Tarzan from the original. Furthermore, it appears that most of the original animators are back as well, for the animation is something to behold, and a few new songs as well as a reprise from the first film by Phil Collins make it that much more convincing.

This film has the passion and heart that is usually lacking in the great majority of Disney sequels—you can really feel the care and respect for the material by all involved in the production. It's both touching and humorous, and not just for children—adults will find this amusing as well. Now if Disney will just follow suit and continue to make sequels such as this one, maybe they can actually put more than one every ten years in the theater.

VERDICT: Disney succeeds in finally making a worthwhile sequel, much of the caliber of the original. Recommended to all—if you liked the original Tarzan, you'll like this one. And to all you collectors out there, this one is definitely worth the $20—I know I'll be adding it to *my* collection sometime in the near future.

7.5 out of 10.0

~AleXa~