Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (or Bender's Big Score) is a 2007 American adult animated science fiction comedy-adventure film based on the animated series Futurama. It was released in the United States on November 27, 2007. It was the first Futurama production since the original series finale "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings". Bender's Big Score, along with the three follow-up films, comprise season five of Futurama, with each film being separated into four episodes of the broadcast season. Bender's Big Score made its broadcast premiere on Comedy Central on March 23, 2008. The film was written by Ken Keeler, based on a story by Keeler and David X. Cohen, and directed by Dwayne Carey-Hill.
Plot
Two years after Box Network executives canceled Planet Express's contract, the executives are fired and Planet Express is back "on the air." As the crew celebrates, Hermes is decapitated, causing his wife LaBarbara to leave him. His head is placed in a jar while his body is repaired. Lars, who performs the procedure, flirts with Leela, much to Fry's chagrin.
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author | David X. Cohen |
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award | Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production |
director | Dwayne Carey-Hill |
editor | Paul D. Calder |
events | time travel |
genre | adventure animation comedy science fiction |
keywords | bender build cancel create decapitate doom earth president richard nixon end exile fry hermes hermes conrad hunt kill labarbara leela nibbler nude beach orphan philip j. fry professor farnsworth richard nixon steal the beast with a billion backs time paradox universe virus wed |
musicBy | Christopher Tyng |
producer | Claudia Katz |
productionCompany | 20th Century Fox Television The Curiosity Company |
publisher | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
theme | animated direct-to-video |