Fat Albert (film)

Fat Albert
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoel Zwick
Screenplay by
Based onFat Albert and the Cosby Kids
by Bill Cosby
Produced byJohn Davis
Starring
CinematographyPaul Elliott
Edited byTony Lombardo
Music byRichard Gibbs
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox[1]
Release dates
  • December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10) (Philadelphia)
  • December 25, 2004 (2004-12-25) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$45 million[3]
Box office$48.64 million[3]

Fat Albert is a 2004 American live-action/animated comedy film based on the 1972 Filmation animated television series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids created by Bill Cosby. Kenan Thompson stars as the title character. Fat Albert transforms the cartoon characters into three-dimensional humans, who have to come to grips with the differences that exist between their world and the real world.

The film acts as a continuation of the series; Fat Albert and the gang leave their 1972-1975 cartoon world, and enter the 2000s real world to help a teenage girl, Doris Robertson (Kyla Pratt), deal with the challenges of being unpopular. The film was released on December 25, 2004, to generally negative reviews and grossed $48 million against a $45 million budget.

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  2. ^ a b "Fat Albert (2004)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Fat Albert (2004)". The Numbers. Retrieved January 9, 2018.