Garfield: The Movie, also known as Garfield, is a 2004 American live-action film based on the Jim Davis comic strip of the same name. In the film, Garfield the cat was created with computer-generated imagery, though all other animals were real. The film was produced by Davis Entertainment and 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by Peter Hewitt, produced by Davis Entertainment for 20th Century Fox, and stars Breckin Meyer as Jon Arbuckle, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Dr. Liz Wilson, and features Bill Murray as the voice of Garfield. The film was released in the United States on June 11, 2004.... Reviews of the movie were generally very mixed, although Murray's voice work received some positive notices. Murray has claimed that he only took part because he was under the misguided impression the screenplay, actually co-written by Joel Cohen, was the work of Joel Coen. Filming was at several locations including Los Angeles Union Station in downtown where the Metro Gold Line & Metro Red Line as part of the metro's hub. Garfield is a fat, lazy cat who lives with his owner, Jon Arbuckle in a middle class American cul-de-sac.
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| Release date: | June 11, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Peter Hewitt |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 80 Minutes |
| Producer: | John Davis |
| Editor: | Peter E. Berger, Michael A. Stevenson |
| Music by: | Christophe Beck |
| Cinematography: | Dean Cundey |
| Screenplay by: | Alec Sokolow, Joel Cohen |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Garfield |
| Genre: | Comedy, Animation |