Monkeybone

Monkeybone
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henry Selick
Written by	Sam Hamm
Based on	Dark Town by Kaja Blackley
Produced by	Michael Barnathan Mark Radcliffe
Starring	Brendan Fraser Bridget Fonda Chris Kattan Giancarlo Esposito Rose McGowan Whoopi Goldberg
Cinematography	Andrew Dunn
Edited by	Jon Poll Nicholas C. Smith Mark Warner
Music by	Anne Dudley
Production company	1492 Pictures
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	February 23, 2001 (2001-02-23)
Running time	93 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$75 million[2]
Box office	$7.6 million[2]

Monkeybone is a 2001 American black comedy fantasy film directed by Henry Selick, written by Sam Hamm, produced by Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe, and executive produced by Chris Columbus, Selick, and Hamm. The film combines live-action with stop-motion animation. Loosely based on Kaja Blackley's graphic novel Dark Town, the film stars Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Giancarlo Esposito, Rose McGowan, Whoopi Goldberg, and John Turturro as the voice of the titular character. It tells the story of a cartoonist who ends up in a coma where he ends up in the location of Down Town where he runs into the titular character as he works to get back to the living while contending with an evil plot to supply Down Town with nightmares.

Theatrically released on February 23, 2001, by 20th Century Fox, the film was a box-office bomb and received generally negative critical reviews for its characters and humor, although there was some praise for the visuals.^[3] Selick later admitted his unhappiness with the final product and has since vowed to never make another live-action film again.^[4]