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'''''A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie''''' is a rare direct-to-video movie released on Amazon on November 22, 2011. However, the day after it was released, it went out of stock and has not been in stock on most websites since. On the website for Reagal Films, the distributers for the movie, the description is this:
|title=<center>A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie</center>
|image=ADayWithSpongeBobSquarePantsTheMovie HQCover.jpg
|imagecaption=The DVD cover.
|status=<span style="color:grey;">'''Non-existent'''</span>
}}
'''''A Day with SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie''''' is an unproduced, unlawful mockumentary that Reagal Films and MVD would distribute. The movie has been postponed, but the director plans to make the film through a crowdfunding effort.


"In this mockumentary, SpongeBob lives above ground like all Hollywood superstars. Afraid that SpongeBob is becoming old news, his boss runs a contest called 'Spend A Day with SpongeBob'. The contest makes SpongeBob the talk of the town, as thousands of kids enter to win. The lucky winner is Seth, and he is ecstatic about his day with SpongeBob. However, the day becomes a roller coaster ride as things don’t go quite the way they planned."<ref>http://www.reagalfilms.com/portfolio/a-day-with-spongebob-squarepants-the-movie/</ref>
==Premise==
The official website of Reagal Films (via retellings in specific YouTube videos and web archives) gives a premise to the film:


The movie hasn't reappeared on any website, other than some occasions on eBay, and no screenshots or trailers have resurfaced online, other than the cover, making the movie remain a complete mystery. No other information has been found on the plot, except the quote above. It has also been found that the kid on the cover is just a stock image found on Google Images. The reviews seen on the top of the cover are fake too, as the people that wrote them have no association with the magazines that they wrote for, and even then the magazines are found to be fake as well. This leads people to believe that the film is fake, but the barcode for the film can be seen here:
<blockquote>"In this mockumentary, SpongeBob lives above ground like all Hollywood superstars. Afraid that SpongeBob is becoming old news, his boss runs a contest called "Spend a Day with SpongeBob". The contest makes SpongeBob the talk of the town, as thousands of kids enter to win. The lucky winner is Seth, and he is ecstatic about his day with SpongeBob. However, the day becomes a roller coaster ride as things do not go quite the way they planned."</blockquote>


https://www.barcodelookup.com/0827191000486
==Production==
The filmmaker (who is pseudonymized "Mr. Orange" for privacy reasons) wanted to create a family movie that pays tribute to the John Hughes films he watched as he grew up. He wrote a script and approached various filmmakers, including Jonathan Salami, who was involved in several of Reagal's films. Nevertheless, after talks with Salami and many others at Reagal, it was decided that the film was going well beyond the budget that would be given to Mr. Orange.  


The company that made the movie, Inovisim Films, is believed to be fake, because it doesn't have a website, and upon Googling it, only info for the movie comes up.
Mr. Orange also initially refused to make the film out of fear of Nickelodeon and Viacom's legal concerns. However, after a consultation with a lawyer, he was told to make the film if it were a parody. It would also help if it were live-action and acknowledged that it was entirely unofficial.


Some people speculate that the film isn't on Amazon because of Viacom's strict copyright policy, but supposedly, Nickelodeon actually gave out the rights to SpongeBob SquarePants's image so it could be used in the film.<ref>http://spongebobfanon.wikia.com/wiki/A_Day_With_SpongeBob_SquarePants:_The_Movie</ref> So now, it is unknown why the film hasn't gone back on stock on Amazon.
Mr. Orange set out to create the pitch cover for suppliers and manufacturers after speaking with his attorney. He requested Jorge Pacheco, an illustrator, to produce a drawing similar to the famous pineapple house. He also bought a picture of a child that jumped excitedly in the sky.


I also found a link to the quotes page for the movie on Rotten Tomatoes, and, oddly enough, when you click the link to visit the original RT page for the movie, it says "404: Page Not Found".<ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_day_with_spongebob_squarepants_unauthorized_mockumentary/quotes/</ref> When I used the Wayback Machine to try and search to see if the movie had its own page in the first place, it wouldn't let me because of robots.txt. So this means I can't search for the film on Rotten Tomatoes to see if there is possibly more information there.
After the positive reception of his pitch cover, Reagal Films offered to help him by uploading it to Amazon to see if there is any demand via pre-orders. During pre-production, the movie was also given a barcode.


'''ROTTEN TOMATOES EDIT 7/31/15: '''I found it, even though it happened like an hour after the above paragraph took place, but I found the Rotten Tomatoes page for this film. It took some serious digging around though, because it wouldn't come up when I searched the whole website for the movie. I guess I found the right keywords on Google, because I have never seen this page before during my regular daily searches.<ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_day_with_spongebob_squarepants_unauthorized_mockumentary/reviews/</ref> Obviously, there are no screenshots, no poster, no trailer, no reviews from critics and audiences, so it looks plain and empty. I just think it's weird that it wouldn't come up with a search of the website, and that I had to dig around in Google to find it. Strange. Well, enjoy the empty wasteland that is the Rotten Tomatoes page for "A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants".
However, the development of the film was still faced with financial problems; the movie thus was born into development hell. On August 3rd, 2016, it was announced that a crowdfunding effort would be launched in September of that year to produce the movie. However, the crowdfunding effort has not yet been made.


Not only has the film not reappeared on Amazon, it hasn't reappeared on big websites like Half.com or Overstock.com, making the movie seem almost impossible to find, except for eBay.
==The Search Team Behind the "Lost" Film==
Several users on The Lost Media Wiki put together a search effort on a now-locked forum thread to find the "lost" mockumentary.<ref>[http://lostmediawiki.freeforums.net/thread/22/day-spongebob-squarepants LMW Forums post on the unproduced film.] Retrieved 13 Mar '16</ref>


'''AMAZON EDIT 7/30/15: '''Three days ago, a new review was posted on the Amazon page for the movie. It was most likely a troll though, still interesting. It reads: "This movie was black and white why?". The supposed viewer gave the film 2/5 stars.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005K8QJ0W/thewmessagboa-20</ref> Upon viewing this user's Amazon account, called "yahir", the only review he wrote was for this movie.
The search gained the attention of the news site Gawker, and Youtube personality RebelTaxi,<ref>[http://internet.gawker.com/the-internets-obsessive-hunt-for-a-bootleg-spongebob-mo-1739430471 Gawker article on the search for the film.] Retrieved 13 Mar '16</ref> who made a renowned video about it.


'''AMAZON EDIT 7/31/15: '''The other review for the movie, written by "mike zendar" reads "Four Stars: I thought that it was great". He is also most likely a troll as well, because he reviewed one other thing, a book called "How to Start a Fire", a book about a completely different thing than starting a fire. He wrote "misleading title: Had nothing to do with building a fire". Probably better to disregard this review, as well as the other one by "yahir".
French website Motherboard also talked about this "lost" mockumentary as one of the most-searched-for pieces of lost media after [[Cracks aka "Crack Master" (found animated "Sesame Street" short; 1975)|''Cracks'']] had been found.<ref>[http://lostmediawiki.com/%22Lost_media%22_:_the_Internet%27s_treasure_hunters_(translated_article) Lost Media: The Internet's Treasure Hunters.] Retrieved 13 Mar '16</ref> The search effort has been featured on Bedhead Bernie's Animation Warehouse.


More information or even the full movie have yet to appear online.
'''Please note that the information in these videos and articles is now outdated and was speculative regarding Reagal Films, its employees, and the many other theories surrounding ''A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie''.'''


'''EDIT 8/9/15: '''In the review from "mike zendar", he left an email address. Upon emailing him and asking if he had videos or screenshots, he said "no ill have to go look in storage" or something to that effect. Many more people have emailed him, and now we have new information about the film!
==Conclusion==
Since Bedhead Bernie found a corresponding phone number in a free classified ad, Lorenzo Holley was successfully contacted on May 6th, 2016. During the calls, Holley said that the film would be released via crowdfunding. He also denied that Reagal's official website hosted malware. As of yet, the crowdfunding effort has not been launched.


It was animated like a bad flash cartoon, similar to the old "SpongeBong HempPants" shorts from the early 2000's.
On August 3rd, 2016, Bedhead Bernie and the team Ongoing Mysteries created two concluding videos for the search after contacting Mr. Orange. Mr. Orange clarified that Reagal Films is only a film distributor and is not a front for any money laundering scheme.<ref>[https://gawker.com/the-lost-spongebob-movie-that-haunted-the-internet-ne-1785219760 Gawker follow-up article confirming the film was never made.] Retrieved 07 Jun '21</ref> Among debunking many other theories surrounding the film's search effort, he also released five undeveloped film's script pages. All of which can be viewed in the videos below.


He said that he has to wait for his friend to arrive and help him before we can get any video or screenshots.
==Gallery==
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  |description1 =RebelTaxi talking about the "lost" film. '''NOTE: the final part of the video is a joke.'''
  |service2    =youtube
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  |description2 =Beadhead Bernie's video on the subject.
  |service3    =youtube
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  |description3 =Conclusion video that includes a script reading and interview with the film's creator.
  |service4    =youtube
  |id4          =7ZznY1kfuVQ
  |description4 =Ongoing Mysteries presentation (includes calls from Lorenzo Holley).
}}
{{Video|perrow  =4
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  |id1          =v=zlnawfZ5M24
  |description1 =LSuperSonicQ's video on his personal experience searching for the film.
  |service2    =youtube
  |id2          =v=mkq1DBVWdig
  |description2 =Blameitonjorge's video on the film's search effort.
  |service3    =youtube
  |id3          =v=NGGVQeFbjnU
  |description3 =TheGamerFromMars' video on the subject.
  |service4    =youtube
  |id4          =v=TsvocOcFqDM
  |descriptionr =LSuperSonicQ's iceberg video on the subject.
}}
==See Also==
*[[Astrology with Squidward (found series of "Spongebob Squarepants" animated shorts; 2000s)]]
*[[SpongeBob Cartoon Creator (partially found original version of Flash game; 2008-2013)]]
*[[SpongeBob: Re-Hydrated (partially lost "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated short; 2003)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999-present)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Ain't Life a Beach (partially found Nickelodeon press kit; 1999)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants and the Nicktoons Gravjet Racing (lost build of cancelled Xbox Live Arcade racing game; 2009)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Happiness Squared (lost video game based on SpongeBob SquarePants; late 2000s)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants "Sailor Mouth" (lost uncensored version of animated series episode; existence unconfirmed; 2001)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants Saves the Krusty Krab 3D (found computer game; 2002)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants "Shanghaied/You Wish" (lost English audio from alternate "Patchy the Pirate" segments; 2001)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants "SpaceBob InvaderPants/Krabs' Army" (unfinished episodes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2015)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam (found Xbox Live Arcade game; 2007)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants "War Blowers" (found full version of animated series music; 1999)]]
*[[SpongeBob's Truth or Square (found Nick Arcade party game; 2009)]]
*[[SpongeBob Town (lost build of cancelled massively multiplayer online game based on Nickelodeon animated TV series; 2012)]]


He also said that he will upload the film to YouTube and Wikia.
==External Link==
*[https://www.barcodelookup.com/0827191000486 The test cover for the DVD.]


We are coming 1 step closer to finding this "gem" (if it is one)!
==References==
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'''EDIT 8/9/15:''' Over the past five days, a rapid development has been occurring as five /co/ threads on 4chan have been created, dedicated to unearthing this mysterious title. In the first thread, an image was uploaded which appeared to be an actual still from the film. [http://i.4cdn.org/co/1438758826372.png The supposed screenshot] was soon discovered to be a fake, as the SpongeBob model was ripped straight from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_JmqeTeITc a fan render video from 2012] and the kid was edited out of [http://i.4cdn.org/co/1438843185014.jpg a photo of two children standing in front of a green screen].<ref>http://boards.4chan.org/co/thread/74591140#p74615663</ref>
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In the third thread, an anon who works at Hastings appeared and stated that the DVD could be seen and ordered via the employee system but was not listed in the public search for the store. He proceeded to order a copy and said that he would "have it in about 2 weeks."<ref>http://boards.4chan.org/co/thread/74591140#p74604226</ref> Another anon who works at a separate Hastings branch appeared and also ordered a copy, thereby doubling the chances of either one receiving the DVD.<ref>http://boards.4chan.org/co/thread/74591140#p74615189</ref> Despite each having ordered a copy of the DVD, the two Hastings workers are not entirely sure if they will even receive a copy, since their vendors are out of stock.<ref>http://boards.4chan.org/co/thread/74621180#p74626768</ref> One of the workers, however, has made an effort to search thrift shops, libraries, and bargain bins for the movie in case the order falls through. If it does, he says he will contact upper management to attempt to resolve the problem.
 
Other attempts have been made at either obtaining information about the film or the film itself. One anon e-mailed an Amazon user named mike zendar who reviewed the film and asked if he had a copy of it. The conversation ended up fruitless as the reviewer was concluded to be a troll.<ref>http://boards.4chan.org/co/thread/74591140#p74608360</ref> Another anon entered Reagal Films' address into Google Maps, which showed a shopping plaza.<ref>http://boards.4chan.org/co/thread/74585103#p74587244</ref> A different anon traveled to a division of MVD Entertainment, a company which catalogs the DVD on their site, and found that their offices were empty.<ref>http://boards.4chan.org/co/thread/74653394#p74666768</ref>
 
As of late, the greatest lead we have is the two Hastings workers in the 4chan threads. This page will continue to be updated as new information arises.
 
'''AMAZON EDIT 8/14/15: '''This one slipped by me, but then again, I mean, who cares, they're probably trolls again. Two reviews have showed since the last Amazon Edit (7/31/15). One written by "Johnathan". Title: "This honestly feels like a mockery to the Spongebob Brand as a whole" Stars: 2. Review: "This honestly feels like a mockery to the Spongebob Brand as a whole. There are some funny moments, but the movie is just forgettable." Another one, written by "Camilo", was, ironically, titled "an unforgettable adventure". Stars: 5. Review: "Heart warming and action packed! Strongly recommend for the whole family and friends". As always, the reviews and names for the people are copied word for word. Again, I wouldn't believe the reviewers of the movie, with reviews popping up here and there 4 years after the movie's release.
 
'''Reagal is Shady Update 8/14/15: '''A few days back, I found out that not only is Reagal Films' headquarters at a shopping mall, but it is in the back of it. The only way to access it is to go into the back parking lot and go through presumably a door in the back. Unfortunately, that's not even all the info we have. Moodiecitymadman, a contributor on the Lost Media Wiki, found out that when you go to Reagal Films' website, they (or someone) attempts to download a Trojan virus onto your computer. For your safety, unless you have an anti-virus like me (Thisishowibro9303) and Moodiecitymadman, STAY AWAY from reagalfilms.com.
 
'''General Update 8/19/15''' Today, two people claiming to have the movie have come out of the blue. First, someone named "Slick Nick" messaged me on Facebook saying "hey i have a day with spongebob sqarepants the movie im going to upload it to youtube tomorrow in the afternoon. i rated the movie and gave it a 7 out of 10 the story was decent but the animation was alil strange and the voice was not convincing at all, heres a couple of screen shots". Copies word for word. The double space was there too. Of course, this turned out to not be true, because the screenshots were from a video called "SpongeBob SquarePants in Real Life". Another case was on 4chan, somebody claimed to have the film. He left a couple of "screenshots" and a photo of him supposedly holding the DVD case. This thread has yet to be proven false or fake. The thread can be viewed [https://boards.4chan.org/co/thread/75046468 here]. That will be all for Wednesday, August 19, 2015 unless more information pops up.
<references />
 
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Revision as of 00:57, 8 June 2021

ADayWithSpongeBobSquarePantsTheMovie HQCover.jpg

The DVD cover.

Status: Non-existent

A Day with SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie is an unproduced, unlawful mockumentary that Reagal Films and MVD would distribute. The movie has been postponed, but the director plans to make the film through a crowdfunding effort.

Premise

The official website of Reagal Films (via retellings in specific YouTube videos and web archives) gives a premise to the film:

"In this mockumentary, SpongeBob lives above ground like all Hollywood superstars. Afraid that SpongeBob is becoming old news, his boss runs a contest called "Spend a Day with SpongeBob". The contest makes SpongeBob the talk of the town, as thousands of kids enter to win. The lucky winner is Seth, and he is ecstatic about his day with SpongeBob. However, the day becomes a roller coaster ride as things do not go quite the way they planned."

Production

The filmmaker (who is pseudonymized "Mr. Orange" for privacy reasons) wanted to create a family movie that pays tribute to the John Hughes films he watched as he grew up. He wrote a script and approached various filmmakers, including Jonathan Salami, who was involved in several of Reagal's films. Nevertheless, after talks with Salami and many others at Reagal, it was decided that the film was going well beyond the budget that would be given to Mr. Orange.

Mr. Orange also initially refused to make the film out of fear of Nickelodeon and Viacom's legal concerns. However, after a consultation with a lawyer, he was told to make the film if it were a parody. It would also help if it were live-action and acknowledged that it was entirely unofficial.

Mr. Orange set out to create the pitch cover for suppliers and manufacturers after speaking with his attorney. He requested Jorge Pacheco, an illustrator, to produce a drawing similar to the famous pineapple house. He also bought a picture of a child that jumped excitedly in the sky.

After the positive reception of his pitch cover, Reagal Films offered to help him by uploading it to Amazon to see if there is any demand via pre-orders. During pre-production, the movie was also given a barcode.

However, the development of the film was still faced with financial problems; the movie thus was born into development hell. On August 3rd, 2016, it was announced that a crowdfunding effort would be launched in September of that year to produce the movie. However, the crowdfunding effort has not yet been made.

The Search Team Behind the "Lost" Film

Several users on The Lost Media Wiki put together a search effort on a now-locked forum thread to find the "lost" mockumentary.[1]

The search gained the attention of the news site Gawker, and Youtube personality RebelTaxi,[2] who made a renowned video about it.

French website Motherboard also talked about this "lost" mockumentary as one of the most-searched-for pieces of lost media after Cracks had been found.[3] The search effort has been featured on Bedhead Bernie's Animation Warehouse.

Please note that the information in these videos and articles is now outdated and was speculative regarding Reagal Films, its employees, and the many other theories surrounding A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie.

Conclusion

Since Bedhead Bernie found a corresponding phone number in a free classified ad, Lorenzo Holley was successfully contacted on May 6th, 2016. During the calls, Holley said that the film would be released via crowdfunding. He also denied that Reagal's official website hosted malware. As of yet, the crowdfunding effort has not been launched.

On August 3rd, 2016, Bedhead Bernie and the team Ongoing Mysteries created two concluding videos for the search after contacting Mr. Orange. Mr. Orange clarified that Reagal Films is only a film distributor and is not a front for any money laundering scheme.[4] Among debunking many other theories surrounding the film's search effort, he also released five undeveloped film's script pages. All of which can be viewed in the videos below.

Gallery

RebelTaxi talking about the "lost" film. NOTE: the final part of the video is a joke.

Beadhead Bernie's video on the subject.

Conclusion video that includes a script reading and interview with the film's creator.

Ongoing Mysteries presentation (includes calls from Lorenzo Holley).

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See Also

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