Hey Arnold!: The Movie
Hey Arnold!: The Movie (also known as Arnold Saves the Neighborhood) is a 2002 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series of the same name. It was directed by Tuck Tucker and written by series creator Craig Bartlett (who also produced the film) and Steve Viksten, with music by series composer Jim Lang. The events of the film take place during the fifth and final season of Hey Arnold!. The film stars Spencer Klein, Francesca Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Paul Sorvino, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film follows Arnold, Gerald, and Helga on a quest to save their neighborhood from a greedy developer who plans on converting it into a huge shopping mall.
Plot
Arriving home from a basketball game, Arnold Shortman and his best friend Gerald Johanssen learn that FutureTech Industries (FTI) CEO Alphonse Perrier du von Scheck has announced plans to redevelop the entire neighborhood as a luxurious high-rise shopping mall. That night, Helga Pataki finds that her father, Big Bob, is working with FTI to build a new super-sized branch of his beeper store in the proposed mall. She ultimately sides with her father, though is hesitant to do so because of her love for Arnold.
More details
author | Craig Bartlett Steve Viksten |
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director | Tuck Tucker |
editor | Christopher Hink |
genre | adventure comedy |
keywords | american revolutionary war arrest basketball game best friend build burn claim deep throat demonstration discover historic district historic site jumbotron love phone call revolutionary war shopping mall storm drain tomato |
musicBy | Jim Lang |
producer | Albie Hecht Craig Bartlett |
publisher | Paramount Pictures |
theme | animated |