Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBobby Farrelly (Live-action parts)
Peter Farrelly (Live-action parts)
Piet Kroon (animated scenes)
Tom Sito (animated scenes)
Written byMarc Hyman
Produced byDennis Edwards
Bobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly
Zak Penn
Bradley Thomas
Starring
CinematographyMark Irwin
Edited byLois Freeman-Fox
Stephen Schaffer
Sam Seig
Music byRandy Edelman
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07) (premiere)
  • August 10, 2001 (2001-08-10) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70 million[1]
Box office$14 million[2]

Osmosis Jones is a 2001 American live-action/animated action comedy film written by Marc Hyman. Combining live-action sequences directed by the Farrelly brothers and animation directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito, the film stars the voices of Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood, and William Shatner alongside Molly Shannon, Chris Elliott, and Bill Murray in live-action roles. It follows the title character, an anthropomorphic white blood cell, as he teams up with a cold pill to protect his unhealthy human host from a villainous, highly contagious virus called "the Red Death".

The film premiered on August 7, 2001, and was released theatrically three days later. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the world building, the animation, story, and voice performances, but criticized the inconsistent tone of the live-action portions and overuse of gross-out humor. The film was also a commercial failure, grossing $14 million worldwide against a $70 million budget. Despite the poor financial response, in 2002 the film was followed by the animated television series Ozzy & Drix, which aired on Kids' WB for two seasons and 26 episodes from 2002 to 2004.

  1. ^ "Osmosis Jones". The Numbers. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Osmosis Jones (2001)". Box Office Mojo.

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