Futurama: Bender's Game

"All-New Feature-Length Quest"

2008 1h 28m EN

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★6.9TMDB · 618

AnimationComedyScience FictionActionFantasyAdventure

Synopsis

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When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space), she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. Leela emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home, and the Professor sees the fuel gauge, he's enraged by the hit he's going to take at the Dark Matter pump. Now the crew have to find a way to break Mom's stranglehold on starship fuel, even if they have to wade through a Lord of the Rings-inspired fantasy-land to do it!

“All-New Feature-Length Quest”

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Cast

Billy West
Philip J. Fry / Frydo / Prof. Farnsworth (voice)
Katey Sagal
Turanga Leela (voice)
John DiMaggio
Bender (voice)
Tress MacNeille
Mom (voice)
Maurice LaMarche
Walt (voice)
Phil LaMarr
Hermes Conrad (voice)
Kath Soucie
Cubert Farnsworth (voice)
Lauren Tom
Amy Wong (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill
Writers: Eric Horsted, David X. Cohen, Eric Horsted
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Futurama Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christopher Tyng. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Paul D. Calder shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Billy West and Katey Sagal and John DiMaggio carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "All-New Feature-Length Quest".

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IMDB entry: tt1054486 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dwayne Carey-Hill directs. Christopher Tyng scores. Paul D. Calder cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Part of the "Futurama Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Christopher Tyng. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Paul D. Calder shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Billy West and Katey Sagal and John DiMaggio carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "All-New Feature-Length Quest".
8IMDB entry: tt1054486 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Original score: Christopher Tyng
Editing: Paul D. Calder
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)

Part of

Futurama Collection

When Fox commissioned a new series of Futurama episodes after Futurama's initial cancellation, it was decided that four feature-length episodes would be produced, and this is the result. In general, the plots are slower to develop and more sweeping in scope than the plot of a typical Futurama episode.