Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 comedy film directed by Tim Hill. Based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., the film stars Jason Lee, David Cross, and Cameron Richardson with the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Jesse McCartney. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and produced by Regency Enterprises and Bagdasarian Productions. The film received mainly negative reviews, but was a major financial success; it made $217 million in North America and $361 million at the box office worldwide on a budget of $60 million and was the... seventh-best-selling DVD of 2008, earning over $101 million. The tree that the chipmunks Alvin , Simon , and Theodore live in is cut down and driven to Los Angeles. Once in L.A., the Chipmunks meet struggling songwriter David Seville who had his latest song rejected by JETT Records executive Ian Hawke , his old college roommate. Dave also once had a relationship with his next door neighbor, Claire Wilson . After winding up at Dave's interview, the Chipmunks hop into his basket and follow him home.
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| Release date: | December 13, 2007 |
| Directed by: | Tim Hill |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karman |
| Editor: | Peter E. Berger |
| Music by: | Christopher Lennertz |
| Cinematography: | Peter Lyons Collister |
| Screenplay by: | Jon Vitti, Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi |
| Estimated budget: | $60,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Alvin and the Chipmunks |
| Genre: | Comedy, Musical, Children's |