House Of Mouse Presents: The World Premiere

House Of Mouse Presents: The World Premiere is a 2003 animated musical comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on October 17 2003. It is based on the animated television series, Disney's House Of Mouse, and serves as the series finale to the series altogether, where Retronicate Jr. & his friends host a premiere of their film at the club hoping to gain the respect of everyone.

It was released to theaters on October 17 2003 to positive reviews and was a surprise box office success.

The film was rated PG by the MPAA.

PLOT
Retronicate Jr. & his friends' fan film is finally finished. However, all copies of the film are accidentally thrown into the water after an accident caused by Mortimer Mouse. So they transfer the film to a Broadway Musical after Mickey announces that the House Of Mouse is moving its location to New York City next to Radio City Music Hall.

VOICE CAST
House Of Mouse: New Roles / Cameos:
 * Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
 * Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
 * Jim Carrey as Retronicate
 * Ashton Kutcher as Retronicate Jr.
 * Topher Grace as Melnicate
 * Danny Masterson as Jimnicate
 * Wilmer Valderrama as Cruznicate
 * Mila Kunis as Jennynicate
 * Laura Prepon as Kyranicate
 * Dustin Diamond as Jeremynicate
 * Nate Richert as Rickynicate
 * Ben Savage as Dicenicate
 * Bill Farmer as Goofy, Pluto, Practical Pig
 * Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
 * Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck
 * Jason Marsden as Max Goof
 * Grey Griffin as Roxanne
 * April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow
 * Rob Paulsen as Kupprnicate
 * Gwen Stefani as Lauranicate
 * George Carlin as Bossnicate
 * Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake
 * Maurice LaMarche as Mortimer Mouse
 * Jim Cummings as Pete
 * James Woods as Hades
 * Jonathan Freeman as Jafar
 * Matt Frewer as Panic
 * Elijah Wood as Henry Ross, a broadway producer who agrees to produce Retronicate Jr. & His Friends' broadway show.
 * Sean Astin as Michael Ross, a broadway producer and Henry's brother who also agrees to produce Retronicate Jr. & His Friends' broadway show.
 * Raven Symone as Julie Stone, a recently hired waiter at the House Of Mouse after its move to New York City.
 * Reginald VelJohnson as Bill Meeks, a recently hired head chef at the House Of Mouse after its move to New York City.
 * Joe Alaskey as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck
 * Bob Bergen as Porky Pig

Production
The film was originally going to be a direct-to-video release, but due to the series' popularity and the critical & commercial success of Recess: School's Out, it was changed to a theatrical release at the request of the studio.

Trivia

 * Mickey & Minnie, to their complete surprise when they thought Retronicate Jr was going to play the priest but Jr hired a real priest to do the honors, get married at the end of the film. Their marriage is similar to Kermit and Miss Piggy's wedding in The Muppets Take Manhattan.
 * For the wedding scene, in addition to cameos from Touchstone Pictures, Toon Disney and Playhouse Disney characters, characters from Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera, DIC Entertainment, and Sanrio also make cameo appearances in the scene. According to Jonze, they got permission from Joseph Barbera, Barry Meyer, Jean Chalopin, and Shintaro Tsuji to use their characters in the wedding scene.

Marketing & Release
The first teaser for the film was attached to The Jungle Book 2 in February 2003, followed by a newer trailer attached to Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl in July 2003. The film was released on VHS & DVD on March 23 2003.

Reception
The film received positive reviews, holding a 92% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was also a box office success, grossing $56 million in its opening weekend, topping the box office and beating The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the process. It held a record for highest weekend debut in October as well as for any fall release, until that record was broken again in October 2014 by Super Smash Bros. Apocalypse with its gross of $140 million.

Accolades
Academy Awards: Annie Awards: Critics Choice Awards: Golden Globes: Satellite Awards: Saturn Awards:
 * Best Original Song - Forever (Nominated, lost to Into The West from Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King)
 * Best Original Score - Alan Menken (Nominated, lost to Howard Shore for Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King)
 * Outstanding Achievement In An Animated Theatrical Feature (Nominated, lost to Finding Nemo)
 * Outstanding Character Animation (Nominated, lost to Finding Nemo)
 * Outstanding Character Design In An Animated Feature Production (Nominated, lost to Finding Nemo​​​​​​​)
 * Outstanding Directing In An Animated Featue Production - Spike Jonze, Tony Craig, & Roberts Gannaway (Nominated, lost to Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for Finding Nemo​​​​​​​)
 * Outstanding Effects Animation (Nominated, lost to Finding Nemo​​​​​​​)
 * Outstanding Music In An Animated Feature Production - Alan Menken (Nominated, lost to Thomas Newman for Finding Nemo​​​​​​​)
 * Outstanding Production Design In An Animated Feature Production (Nominated, lost to Finding Nemo​​​​​​​)
 * Outstanding Storyboarding In An Animated Feature Production (won)
 * Outstanding Voice Acting In An Animated Feature Production - Ashton Kutcher (Nominated, lost to Ellen DeGeneres for Finding Nemo​​​​​​​)
 * Outstanding Writing In An Animated Feature Production - Spike Jonze (Nominated, lost to Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, & David Reynolds for Finding Nemo​​​​​​​)
 * Best Score - Alan Menken (Nominated, lost to Howard Shore for Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King)
 * Best Original Score - Alan Menken (Nominated, lost to Howard Shore for Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King)
 * Best Animated Or Mixed Media Feature (won)
 * Best Original Score - Alan Menken (Nominated, lost to Hans Zimmer for The Last Samurai)
 * Best Original Song - Forever (won)
 * Best Animated Film (Nominated, lost to Finding Nemo)
 * Best Music - Alan Menken (Nominated, lost to Howard Shore for Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King)

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