Garfield's Judgment Day (partially found production material from cancelled animated special based on comic strip; late 1980s-early 1990s): Difference between revisions

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Garfield's Judgment Day picture book.

Status: Partially Found

Garfield's Judgment Day was a cancelled animated Garfield movie-length special that would have aired in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Jim Davis wanted this special to be one of the best Garfield specials, involving much more serious themes than previous specials based on the brand, namely involving a tornado destroying his hometown. Interestingly, Disney was the studio working on it.

The special went through scripting and was fully story-boarded. All of the voice acting, several songs, and an estimated 15 minutes worth of animation were completed before Disney cancelled the special, feeling the subject matter was far too dark and depressing for a Garfield cartoon. Davis tried to script the special two more times, but the studio showed no interest both times. The story was eventually incorporated into a Garfield picture book of the same name in July 1990.

A documentary titled Happy Birthday Garfield that aired on CBS in 1988 featured a "sneak preview" of the special. Aside from this, no other footage of the film has been seen.

Gallery

A recording of a song that would have been featured in the movie.

External Link

Wikipedia page that references the film. Retrieved 19 Mar '16

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+'''''Garfield's Judgment Day''''' was a cancelled animated ''Garfield'' movie-length special that would have aired in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Jim Davis wanted this special to be one of the best ''Garfield'' specials, involving much more serious themes than previous specials based on the brand, namely involving a tornado destroying his hometown. Interestingly, Disney was the studio working on it.
-'''''Garfield's Judgment Day''''' was a cancelled animated ''Garfield'' movie-length special that would have aired in the late 80's or early 90's.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday,_Garfield Wikipedia page that references the film.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16.</ref> Jim Davis wanted this special to be one of the best ''Garfield'' specials, involving much more serious themes than previous Garfield specials, namely involving a tornado destroying his hometown. Interestingly, Disney was the studio working on it.
+The special went through scripting and was fully story-boarded. All of the voice acting, several songs, and an estimated 15 minutes worth of animation were completed before Disney cancelled the special, feeling the subject matter was far too dark and depressing for a ''Garfield'' cartoon. Davis tried to script the special two more times, but the studio showed no interest both times. The story was eventually incorporated into a ''Garfield'' picture book of the same name in July 1990.
-The special went through scripting and was fully story-boarded. All of the voice acting, several songs, and an estimated 15 minutes worth of animation were completed before Disney cancelled the special, feeling the subject matter was far too dark and depressing for a Garfield cartoon. Davis tried to script the special two more times, but the studio showed no interest both times. The story was eventually incorporated into a Garfield picture book of the same name in July 1990.
 A documentary titled ''Happy Birthday Garfield'' that aired on CBS in 1988 featured a "sneak preview" of the special. Aside from this, no other footage of the film has been seen.
 ==Gallery==
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-   |description1 =A recording of a song that would have been featured in the movie (at 1:54).
+   |description1 =A recording of a song that would have been featured in the movie.
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-==References==
+==See Also==
-<references/>
+*[[Garfield "Bound For Home" (lost build of cancelled Nintendo DS game based on comic strip; existence unconfirmed; 2005)]]
+*[[Garfield: The Lost Levels (lost Sega Channel exclusive levels of game; mid-1990s)]]
+*[[Garfield and Friends (found original "U.S. Acres" title cards of CBS animated series based on comic strip; 1988-1994)]]
+*[[Garfield and Friends "Screaming With Binky" (partially lost segments from animated series; 1988-1990)]]
+*[[The Garfield Show "Rodent Rebellion" (found animated television special; 2016)]]
+*[[Garfield's World Ego Tour (lost live-action special based on comic strip; 2003)]]
+*[[Gnorm Gnat (found Jim Davis comic strip; 1973-1975)]]
+*[[Jon (found prototype "Garfield" comic strip; 1976-1978)]]
+*[[Lasagna Cat (partially found unreleased/prototype episodes of "Garfield" parody web series; 2008-2017)]]
+==External Link==
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday,_Garfield Wikipedia page that references the film.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16
 [[Category:Lost animation]]
 [[Category:Lost films]]
 [[Category:Lost TV]]
+[[Category:Partially found media]]