Stuart Little (film)

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Stuart Little

Directed by	Rob Minkoff
Produced by	Douglas Wick
Written by	E.B. White (book) M. Night Shyamalan Greg Brooker
Starring	Michael J. Fox Geena Davis Hugh Laurie Jonathan Lipnicki Nathan Lane Bruno Kirby Jennifer Tilly
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	17 December 1999 (USA) January 21, 2000 (UK)
Running time	84 min.
Language	English
Budget	US$103,000,000
Followed by	Stuart Little 2 (2002)
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Stuart Little is a 1999 live-action film, very loosely based on the novel of the same name (few of the events in the movie actually occurred in the book). It combines live-action and computer animation. The screenplay was co-written by M. Night Shyamalan (acclaimed writer/director of The Sixth Sense) and Greg Brooker.

Michael J. Fox is the voice of the titular character. Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie star as Eleanor and Fredrick Little, with Jonathan Lipnicki as Stuart's big brother George and Nathan Lane as the voice as the family cat Snowbell.

The film opens with Mr. and Mrs. Little and their son George on the day of adoption. Mr. and Mrs. Little go to an orphanage and are asked to pick a child to adopt. When they cannot decide Stuart pops out of nowhere and the Littles immediately fall in love with him.

George doesn't take to him at first, asking why his parents have decided to adopt a mouse. The same goes for Snowbell the cat who attempts to eat Stuart upon his arrival. Snowbell then goes to see the character "Smokey" (whose dialogue sounds similar to that of Don Vito Corleone from The Godfather), the boss cat who arranges for Stuart to be "scratched out" (killed).

It was voted the 100th greatest family film in a Channel 4 poll.