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Plot summary
A farm land left poor by a never-ending storm, Malaria is saved by evil science: King Malbert has its best mad scientists build doomsday devices and blackmail the rest of the world, and each scientist keeps a hunchbacked assistant called an Igor. One Igor has talents of his own and wants to be a scientist rather than a servant, so he hides his work, including an immortal rabbit named Scamper and a brain in a jar, from his master, Dr. Glickenstein. Igors who step out of line go to the Igor Recycling Plant, and the reigning champion of the annual Evil Science Fair, Dr. Schadenfreude, wins by stealing other scientists' inventions with the help of Jaclyn, a shape-shifter.
Cast
- Robin Walshas Dr. Holzwurm's Igor (voice) (as Robin Howard)
- Matt McKennaas Dr. Herzschlag (voice)
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- Zoë Brightas Blind Woman / Killiseum Fan #1 (voice)
- Sophia Eraklisas Blind Orphan #1 (voice)
- A. Cheron Hallas Blind Orphan #2 / Blind Orphan #4 (voice)
- Alexander Leondisas Blind Orphan #3 (voice)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Igor (2008)
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- Igor was the first feature-length animated film to be budgeted entirely with private equity; Exodus Film Group accepted Chris McKenna's pitch and told investors worldwide to finance it.
- The animation was outsourced to a facility in Ho Chi Minh City staffed by 150 animators; because none of them spoke English, director Tony Leondis recorded videotapes of himself acting out the characters' movements and of the voice actors' lines for them to work from.
- John Cusack replaced Christian Slater as the voice of Igor in March 2007; director Tony Leondis thought Cusack's "world-weary, but hopeful" tone suited the character's arc.
- Igor was MGM's first fully computer-animated film and the studio's first fully animated feature in twelve years, following 1996's All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 and not counting direct-to-video films.
- Igor was the first theatrical film made by Sparx Animation Studios, whose earlier work was direct-to-video and television, including Rolie Polie Olie and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas.
- Character designer Valérie Hadida gave Igor's outfit prison sensibilities even though he is not a prisoner: the back of his straitjacket carries a prison-uniform pattern and his cuffs indicate handcuffs.
- Eddie Izzard replaced Jeremy Piven as the voice of Dr. Schadenfreude in July 2007, and it was Izzard who created the character's accent.
