Garfield's Back And Bound For Britain

**Trotter** · 06-16-2006, 02:01 PM

Again thanks to Jim......

**andrew r** · 06-16-2006, 02:17 PM

Thanks for the scan Dave. How come you didn't get an invite to the conference?

SarahLove · 06-16-2006, 02:48 PM

Thanks for the article guys.....

Looking4Love · 06-16-2006, 10:27 PM

Thanks a lot

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**Trotter** · 06-17-2006, 10:53 AM

I've never seen a vet looking like Love on all the ones I've been too....

thebears · 06-19-2006, 12:24 AM

Here's a text version of the article from the ComingSoon.net.

Enjoy!

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Garfield's Back & Bound for Britain!
Source: Heather Newgen
June 15, 2006
ComingSoon.net "The Crave Film Channel"

Garfield, everyone's favorite fat cat, is back with his trusted companion Odie and this time they are creating havoc in the United Kingdom in 20th Century Fox's Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties. His owner Jon (Breckin Meyer) goes to London to surprise his girlfriend Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who is there for a veterinarian conference. Jon is going to pop the question and Garfield isn't happy about that because he knows he won't nearly get as much attention with Liz around.

Garfield (voiced by Bill Murray) sneaks off to the U.K. with Odie to try and stop Jon from making what Garfield thinks is the biggest blunder of his life. During the course of their travels, the two create mayhem and Garfield is mistaken for the royal feline Prince.

Meyer admits he wasn't sure there was going to be a sequel, but then he got the call.

"John Davis called and I think kind of jokingly said, 'I'll see ya for number two'. I'm like 'Ha. I'll talk to you later'. 'Well , we'll see' and then, just slowly, everything became more real and then the initial script had us going to London for the whole thing which I was very into but Love was doing her show and we couldn't work it out. But, they really wanted to get us. The new twist in the movie was this proposal, so they had to change it a little bit and keep it here and have Jon follow her to London. So we ended up doing a week in London without Love and then we came back and built a lot of the interior castle here. So she did not get to go to London ," he explains.

The pair have worked together on a few projects and Hewitt confesses Meyer is the reason she came back for the follow-up.

"This is the third job we've done together. When they called about doing the second one, I was like 'It's Breckin and I, right? I didn't know what they were going to do and they said 'absolutely' and I was like 'Sold. Fine. I'll be there'. So he was the biggest reason that I wanted to come back and do another one with the opportunity to work together. He's a really good guy and we have a lot of fun and it doesn't feel like work when we're together. It's fun."

In the film, Prince has just inherited the castle and not everyone's happy about it. Lord Dargis (Billy Connolly) is upset because he's next in line for the throne and he wants Prince out of the way. So he makes the royal cat disappear, but not for long.

Garfield, who happens to look exactly like Prince, is spotted and taken back to the castle. Although Garfield may love his new home for awhile, he learns it's not what it's cracked up to be and wants to go home. Meanwhile, the real Prince ends up with Odie and desperately tries to find his way back before he is no longer the King.

When the actors had to do a scene with the lasagna loving kitty, they would use a black beanbag as a stand in, which was difficult at times. In this adaptation, there are a few more characters added and that helped Meyer interact with the CGI version of Garfield as a result.

"It's always fun when you're doing the CGI stuff, to actually get to work with someone who is real, who's there. That was one of the things, also, that was so great about them adding Billy [Connolly] to this. You know, with a sequel you're always trying to get bigger and better. Hopefully, better, especially. They went bigger with going to London and filming at a castle and all the London stuff and interiors at the castle and just the animals, so many more animals; bulls and walruses. It was crazy. And with Tim Curry doing the voice of Prince. Then when they added Ian Abercrombie as Smithie, it was so great to have more people to react to. It was refreshing because you do get a little bit worried that you're just working with a sack all day and it was nice to have Love show up and have Billy there."

To see what kind of trouble Garfield gets into for yourself, check out Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties in theaters on June 16.

**Trotter** · 06-19-2006, 01:10 PM

Thank-you again for your help the bears.......

06-16-2006, 02:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trotter JLH Nut Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Sydenham,London Posts: 28,831 My Profile	Garfield's Back And Bound For Britain Again thanks to Jim......

06-19-2006, 12:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
thebears Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 406 My Profile	text version of article Here's a text version of the article from the ComingSoon.net. Enjoy! ------------------ Garfield's Back & Bound for Britain! Source: Heather Newgen June 15, 2006 ComingSoon.net "The Crave Film Channel" Garfield, everyone's favorite fat cat, is back with his trusted companion Odie and this time they are creating havoc in the United Kingdom in 20th Century Fox's Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties. His owner Jon (Breckin Meyer) goes to London to surprise his girlfriend Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who is there for a veterinarian conference. Jon is going to pop the question and Garfield isn't happy about that because he knows he won't nearly get as much attention with Liz around. Garfield (voiced by Bill Murray) sneaks off to the U.K. with Odie to try and stop Jon from making what Garfield thinks is the biggest blunder of his life. During the course of their travels, the two create mayhem and Garfield is mistaken for the royal feline Prince. Meyer admits he wasn't sure there was going to be a sequel, but then he got the call. "John Davis called and I think kind of jokingly said, 'I'll see ya for number two'. I'm like 'Ha. I'll talk to you later'. 'Well , we'll see' and then, just slowly, everything became more real and then the initial script had us going to London for the whole thing which I was very into but Love was doing her show and we couldn't work it out. But, they really wanted to get us. The new twist in the movie was this proposal, so they had to change it a little bit and keep it here and have Jon follow her to London. So we ended up doing a week in London without Love and then we came back and built a lot of the interior castle here. So she did not get to go to London ," he explains. The pair have worked together on a few projects and Hewitt confesses Meyer is the reason she came back for the follow-up. "This is the third job we've done together. When they called about doing the second one, I was like 'It's Breckin and I, right? I didn't know what they were going to do and they said 'absolutely' and I was like 'Sold. Fine. I'll be there'. So he was the biggest reason that I wanted to come back and do another one with the opportunity to work together. He's a really good guy and we have a lot of fun and it doesn't feel like work when we're together. It's fun." In the film, Prince has just inherited the castle and not everyone's happy about it. Lord Dargis (Billy Connolly) is upset because he's next in line for the throne and he wants Prince out of the way. So he makes the royal cat disappear, but not for long. Garfield, who happens to look exactly like Prince, is spotted and taken back to the castle. Although Garfield may love his new home for awhile, he learns it's not what it's cracked up to be and wants to go home. Meanwhile, the real Prince ends up with Odie and desperately tries to find his way back before he is no longer the King. When the actors had to do a scene with the lasagna loving kitty, they would use a black beanbag as a stand in, which was difficult at times. In this adaptation, there are a few more characters added and that helped Meyer interact with the CGI version of Garfield as a result. "It's always fun when you're doing the CGI stuff, to actually get to work with someone who is real, who's there. That was one of the things, also, that was so great about them adding Billy [Connolly] to this. You know, with a sequel you're always trying to get bigger and better. Hopefully, better, especially. They went bigger with going to London and filming at a castle and all the London stuff and interiors at the castle and just the animals, so many more animals; bulls and walruses. It was crazy. And with Tim Curry doing the voice of Prince. Then when they added Ian Abercrombie as Smithie, it was so great to have more people to react to. It was refreshing because you do get a little bit worried that you're just working with a sack all day and it was nice to have Love show up and have Billy there." To see what kind of trouble Garfield gets into for yourself, check out Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties in theaters on June 16. Last edited by thebears : 06-19-2006 at 02:42 PM. Reason: Fixed link

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andrew r Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: England Posts: 31,470 My Profile	Thanks for the scan Dave. How come you didn't get an invite to the conference?

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SarahLove Sister Of JLH Nut Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sydenham,London Posts: 11,039 My Profile	Thanks for the article guys.....

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Looking4Love Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A. Posts: 7,694 My Profile	Thanks a lot !

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Trotter JLH Nut Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Sydenham,London Posts: 28,831 My Profile	I've never seen a vet looking like Love on all the ones I've been too....

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