H.A. Rey Movies
- 2006
Inspired by the series of popular children's books created by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey in 1941, the daily, half-hour Curious George was the second animated TV version of the venerable property. Narrated by actor William H. Macy, the two short cartoon segments per half-hour episode found mischievous "four-handed" monkey Curious George going through his time-honored paces, all the while gleaning valuable insights about science, math, and design-engineering concepts. Generally George had to have his enthusiasm curbed by the ubiquitous Man in the Yellow Hat, but he always managed to absorb an educational concept that could be easily grasped by the series' two- to six-year-old target audience. The end of each episode featured live-action segments showing children applying whatever they'd learned during the animated segments. Produced by Universal Home Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, and WGBH-Boston, Curious George made its PBS debut on September 4, 2006, not long after a CGI-animated feature-film version of the same property was released theatrically. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- William H. Macy
The naughty little monkey from Margret Rey and H.A. Rey's beloved children's stories makes the leap to the big screen in this animated adaptation. Ted (voice of Will Ferrell) is an explorer with a large yellow hat who is good friends with Bloomsberry (voice of Dick Van Dyke), who runs a natural history museum. Bloomsberry's greedy son, Bloomsberry Junior (voice of David Cross), wants to tear down his dad's museum and put a parking ramp in its place, but the elder Bloomsberry is convinced that a spectacular new exhibit could save the museum from the wrecking ball. Ted heads to Africa on an expedition to find some special artifacts that will keep his friend in business, but while he's there he befriends a playful monkey he calls George (voice of Frank Welker). While George is friendly, he has a taste for mischief and seems to always get Ted in hot water; Ted thinks he's seen the last of his simian friend when his ship heads back to America, until he discovers that George managed to hide aboard the boat before it set sail. Ted's search for a eye-catching exhibit proved to be a failure, and Ted and his good friend Maggie (voice of Drew Barrymore), a schoolteacher who's sweet on him, struggle to find of a way to save Bloomsberry's museum. But time becomes precious for Ted when George has an entire new city to explore. Curious George features a handful of original songs composed for the film by surfer-turned-singer/songwriter Jack Johnson. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, (more)
- 1986
From the original story by H.S. Rey, this is a puppet animation of the antics of Curious George. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1979
An animated video of Curious George as he visits the hospital, and finds out that there is nothing to fear!! ~ All Movie Guide
Curious George has received a brand new bicycle from the generous man with the yellow hat, and as he peddles away to test his toy the mischievous monkey makes some fascinating friends. Initially agreeing to help the local newspaper delivery boy on his local route, George quickly gets distracted and winds up using the papers to make miniature sailboats. Later, George gets into an accident and bends the wheel of his bike. Of course that isn't enough to keep the inventive monkey immobile, and before long George is riding around on one wheel. When George is spotted by two men from the animal show he is quickly invited to join the act, but by the end of the day it's time to go home with his old friend in that familiar yellow hat. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
