Gumby: The Movie
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Original theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Art Clokey |
| Produced by | Art Clokey Gloria Clokey Kevin Reher |
| Written by | Art Clokey Gloria Clokey |
| Starring |
Charles Farrington Art Clokey Gloria Clokey |
| Music by | Jerry Gerber Marco D'Ambrosio |
| Cinematography | Art Clokey |
| Edited by | Marilyn McCoppen Lynn Stevenson |
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| Distributed by | Arrow Releasing Inc. Warner Vision Films |
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Release date
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October 4, 1995 |
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Running time
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Original film: 90 minutes Director's cut: 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.8 million |
| Box office | $57,100 |
Gumby: The Movie (also referred to as its on-screen title Gumby 1) is a 1995 American stop-motion claymation feature film featuring the character Gumby.
When the Blockheads' E-Z Loan company threatens to take away the farms belonging to the small farmers due to being unable to make their loan payments, Gumby and his band, the Clayboys, decide to have a benefit concert to save the farms. But when the evil Blockheads find out that Gumby's dog, Lowbelly, cries pearls when he sees the Clayboys perform, they decide to kidnap Lowbelly and force him to cry pearls. When he doesn't respond, they kidnap Gumby and the Clayboys and create robotic clones of them. With the help of Pokey, Prickle, Goo, fans Tara and Ginger, and talent agent Lucky Claybert, Gumby takes on his robot clone and is still in time for his video taping session. At a picnic, Gumby announces that he's opening his own farm loan company. The Blockheads are forced to weed Gumby's garden as punishment, Gumby and Tara end up together, and the eponymous duo Gumby and Pokey decide that things are looking up for them as they head back to outer space.
Production on Gumby: The Movie was completed in 1992. Despite this, Premavision was unable to find a distributor for the film until 1995, when they found a small company called Arrow Releasing. This company distributed the film the same year.
The musical score was composed by Jerry Gerber, who previously worked on the television series, and Marco D'Ambrosio. Additionally, Ozzie Ahlers wrote and produced the featured songs "Take Me Away", "Ark Park", and "This Way'n That". Ahlers was also responsible for hiring frequent collaborator and Starship guitarist Craig Chaquico to play the electric guitar parts.
Gumby: The Movie was released on December 1, 1995, by Arrow Releasing, but received only a limited release in 21 theaters. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $57,100 at the box office and was widely panned by critics, but it later became a cult classic by many people.
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