Bee Movie is a computer-animated comedy film created by Jerry Seinfeld about a bee named Barry Bee Benson. The Bee Movie DVD was released on March 11, 2008 in full and wide screen. Also available is a 2 disc special edition DVD which includes alternate endings and lost scenes with commentary. The studio initially planned to release the HD DVD and Blue Ray version on March 11, 2008 as well however this was pushed back until April 29th 2008. Beyond this date however the HD versions are still unavailable with no further information on their release.
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Fast Facts
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DVD Release
March 11, 2008
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Directors
Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner
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Producers
Jerry Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg and Steve Hickner
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Starring
Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates and Robert Duvall
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Distributors
Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Animation
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Release date
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Budget
$150 Million
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Gross Revenue
$286,866,277
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Fact:
First motion-picture script written by Jerry Seinfeld
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Fact:
Title is a play on the term "B Movie"
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Fact:
Received accusations of plagiarism from Swedish animation students who previously pitched Dreamworks with a similar idea
