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Dave Chappelle
Chappelle in April 2016
Birth name
David Khari Webber Chappelle
Born
(1973-08-24) August 24, 1973 (age 44)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Medium
Stand-up, television, film
Years active
1992–present
Genres
Observational comedy, surreal humor, sketch comedy, black comedy, blue comedy, satire
Subject(s)
American politics, African-American culture, pop culture, racism, race relations, recreational drug use, human sexuality, morality
Spouse
Elaine Erfe
(m. 2001)
Children
3
Signature
David Khari Webber Chappelle (/ʃəˈpɛl/; born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. After beginning his film career in 1993 as Ahchoo in Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights, he landed supporting roles in box office hits including The Nutty Professor, Con Air, You've Got Mail, Blue Streak and Undercover Brother. His first lead role was in the 1998 comedy film Half Baked, which he co-wrote with Neal Brennan. Chappelle also starred in the ABC TV series Buddies. His comedy focuses on racism, relationship problems, social problems, politics, current events, and pop culture.
In 2003, Chappelle became more widely known for his sketch comedy television series, Chappelle's Show, also co-written with Brennan, which ran until his retirement from the show two years later. After leaving the show, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up comedy across the U.S.[1]
In 2016 he signed a $20 million-per-release comedy-special deal with Netflix, which has released four of his specials.[2]
By 2006, Chappelle was called the "comic genius of America" by Esquire[3] and, in 2013, "the best" by a Billboard writer.[4] In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time."[5] Chappelle was awarded an Emmy Award for his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live In 2017.[6] He received a Grammy Award for his Netflix specials The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas.[7]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Early career
2.2 2003–2006: Chappelle's Show
2.2.1 Season 3 problems
2.3 Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2.4 2006–2013: Infrequent stand-up and TV appearances
2.5 2013–present: career resurgence
3 Legacy
4 Influences
5 Personal life
5.1 Charity
6 Filmography
6.1 Film
6.2 Television
7 Awards
8 References
9 External links
Early life[edit]
David Khari Webber Chappelle was born in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 1973,[8] the youngest of three children.[3] His father, William David Chappelle III, worked as a statistician before becoming a professor at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.[9] His mother, Yvonne K Chappelle Seon (née Reed), is half white[10] and was a professor at Howard University, Prince George's Community College, and the University of Maryland. Seon also worked for Congo Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.[11][12] She is also a Unitarian Universalist minister.[13] Chappelle has a stepmother and a stepbrother.[3] He is the great-grandson of Bishop William D. Chappelle, a former president of Allen University.[14]
Chappelle grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and attended Woodlin Elementary School.[9] His parents were politically active, and family house visitors included Pete Seeger and Johnny Hartman.[3] The latter predicted Chappelle would be a comedian and, around this time, Chappelle's comic inspiration came from Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. After his parents separated, Chappelle stayed in Washington with his mother while spending summers with his father in Ohio. In 1991, he graduated from Washington's Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where he studied theatre arts.[9]
Career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Chappelle moved to New York City to pursue a career as a comedian. He performed at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater in front of the infamous "Amateur Night" audience, but he was booed off stage. Chappelle described the experience as the moment that gave him the courage to continue his show business aspirations.[9] He quickly made a name for himself on the New York comedy circuit, even performing in the city's parks.[citation needed] In 1992, he won critical and popular acclaim for his television appearance in Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam on HBO. It was his appearance on this show that allowed his popularity to really begin rising, eventually allowing him to become a regular guest on late-night television shows such as Politically Incorrect, The Late Show With David Letterman, The Howard Stern Show, and Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Whoopi Goldberg even nicknamed him "The Kid".[3] At 19, he made his film debut as "Ahchoo" in Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He also appeared on Star Search three times but lost over competing comedian Lester Barrie; Dave later joked about the irony of him ultimately becoming more successful than Barrie. The same year, Chappelle was offered the role of Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in Forrest Gump. Concerned the character was demeaning and the movie would bomb, he turned down the part.[15][16] He parodied the film in the 1997 short Bowl of Pork, where a dim-witted black man is responsible for the Rodney King beating, the LA riots and OJ Simpson being accused of murder.[17] Chappelle played another supporting role in an early Doug Liman film, Getting In in 1994.[18] At age 19, he was the opening act for R&B soul singer Aretha Franklin.[19]
He attracted the attention of TV network executives and developed numerous pilots but none were picked up for development into a series.[9][20] In 1995, he made a guest appearance on an episode of ABC's popular sitcom Home Improvement. The storyline had Chappelle and real-life friend and comedian Jim Breuer ask Tim Taylor for advice on their girlfriends.[21] The characters' single outing in the episode proved so popular that ABC decided to give them their own spin-off sitcom titled Buddies. However, after taping a pilot episode, Jim Breuer was fired and replaced with actor Christopher Gartin. Buddies premiered in March 1996 to disappointing ratings and the show was canceled after only five episodes out of 13 that had been produced.
After the failure of Buddies, Chappelle starred in another pilot. According to Chappelle, the network was uncomfortable with the African-American cast and wanted white actors added.[22] Chappelle resisted and subsequently accused the network of racism. Shortly afterwards, Chappelle's father died and returning to Ohio, he considered leaving the entertainment business.[9][20]
He later appeared as a nightclub comedian ("women be shopping!") in the 1996 comedy The Nutty Professor starring Eddie Murphy, one of his major comedic influences. The movie grossed nearly $129 million on a budget of $54 million.[23] He had a minor role in 1997's Con Air which made $26 million after production costs.[24] At the beginning of 1998, he did a stand-up performance for HBO Comedy Half-Hour. That same year, he appeared in "Pilots and Pens Lost," a 1998 episode of The Larry Sanders Show's sixth season, in which he and the executives of the show's unnamed television network satirized the treatment that scriptwriters and show creators were subjected to, as well as the executives' knee-jerk tendencies toward racial stereotypes.[25]
He and Neal Brennan co-wrote the 1998 cult stoner film Half Baked, Chappelle's first starring role, about a group of marijuana-smoking friends trying to get their other friend out of jail. It made money at the box office and remains a classic so-called "stoner" film, a genre that includes the "Cheech and Chong" films as well as more recent fare like Judd Apatow's Pineapple Express.[26][27] In December 1998, Chappelle appeared as Tom Hanks' character's friend and confidant in You've Got Mail. The $65 million movie made $115 million at the box office.[28] In 1999, he appeared in the Martin Lawrence film Blue Streak, which made $117 million at the box office.[29]
In 2000, Chappelle recorded his first hour-long HBO special, Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly, in Washington, DC. He followed this up with an appearance as "Conspiracy Brother" in the 2002 racial satire Undercover Brother.[30]
2003–2006: Chappelle's Show[edit]
Main article: Chappelle's Show
Chappelle in 2003
In 2003, Chappelle debuted his own weekly sketch comedy show on Comedy Central called Chappelle's Show. The show parodied many aspects of American culture, including racial stereotypes, politics and pop culture. Along with comedy skits, the show also featured musical performances by mostly hip-hop and soul artists. He promoted the work of other black comedians as well, most notably Paul Mooney and the late Charlie Murphy.[31]
Due to the show's popularity, Comedy Central's new parent company Viacom[3] reportedly offered Chappelle a $55 million contract (giving Chappelle a share of DVD sales) to continue production of Chappelle's Show for two more years, while allowing him to do side projects. Chappelle has said that sketches are not his favorite form of comedy,[3] and that the show's format was somewhat like short films.
In June 2004, based on the popularity of the "Rick James" sketch, it was announced that Chappelle was in talks to portray James in a biopic from Paramount Pictures, also owned by Viacom.[32] James' estate disagreed with the proposed comical tone of the film and put a halt to the talks.[33]
That same month, Chappelle recorded his second comedy special, this time airing on Showtime, Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth, at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, where his idols, including Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Robin Williams, had performed.
Season 3 problems[edit]
In a June 2004 stand-up performance in Sacramento, California, Chappelle walked off the stage after berating his audience for constantly shouting "I'm Rick James, bitch!" which had become a catchphrase from his popular "Rick James" sketch. After a few minutes, Chappelle returned and resumed by saying, "The show is ruining my life." He stated that he disliked working "20 hours a day" and that the popularity of the show was making it difficult for him to continue his stand-up career, which was "the most important thing" to him. He told the audience:
You know why my show is good? Because the network officials say you're not smart enough to get what I'm doing, and every day I fight for you. I tell them how smart you are. Turns out, I was wrong. You people are stupid.[34]
Season 3 was scheduled to begin airing on May 31, 2005, but earlier in May, Chappelle stunned fans and the entertainment industry when he abruptly left during production and took a trip to South Africa.[3] Chappelle said that he was unhappy with the direction the show had taken, and expressed in an interview with Time his need for reflection in the face of tremendous stress:
Coming here, I don't have the distractions of fame. It quiets the ego down. I'm interested in the kind of person I've got to become. I want to be well-rounded and the industry is a place of extremes. I want to be well-balanced. I've got to check my intentions, man.[35]
Immediately following Chappelle's departure, tabloids speculated that Chappelle's exit was driven by drug addiction or a mental health issue, rather than the ethical and personal concerns as Chappelle stated.[35]
Chappelle's decision to quit the show meant walking away from his $50 million contract with Comedy Central,[31] and a rift with longtime collaborator Neal Brennan.[3]
Dave Chappelle's Block Party[edit]
The Broken Angel House in Brooklyn on May 16, 2007, which was the site of the documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
Chappelle was the star and a producer of the Michel Gondry-directed documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party, which chronicles his hosting a free concert in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn on September 18, 2004.[3] Several musical artists, including Kanye West, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Dead Prez and Jill Scott, are featured in the movie both performing in the concert and in conversation off-stage; Chappelle brought Yellow Springs residents to Brooklyn at his own expense.[3] Another highlight of the event was the temporary reunion of 1990s hip-hop group The Fugees.[36]
Chappelle toured several cities in February and March 2006 to promote the film under the name "Block Party All-Stars Featuring Dave Chappelle". Universal Pictures' genre division, Rogue Pictures, released the film in the U.S. on March 3, 2006. It was a success, grossing a total of $11.7 million on a $3 million budget.[37]
2006–2013: Infrequent stand-up and TV appearances[edit]
In June 2005, Chappelle performed impromptu stand-up shows in Los Angeles,[13][38][39] then went on a tour that began in Newport, Kentucky, not far from his Ohio home.[40] He made a surprise appearance on HBO's Def Poetry, where he performed two poems, titled "Fuck Ashton Kutcher" and "How I Got the Lead on Jeopardy!"[41]
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired on February 3, 2006, Chappelle explained his reasoning for quitting Chappelle's Show.[42] He also expressed his contempt for the entertainment industry's tone-deafness toward black entertainers and audiences:
When I see that they put every black man in the movies in a dress at some point in their career, I start connecting the dots.[43][44]
Chappelle was interviewed for Inside the Actors Studio on December 18, 2005, at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts. The show premiered on February 12, 2006.[9] Four days earlier, he had introduced the musical tribute to Sly Stone at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.[3]
Chappelle said on Inside the Actors Studio that the death of his father seven years prior influenced his decision to go to South Africa. By throwing himself into his work, he had not taken a chance to mourn his father's death. He also said the rumors that he was in drug or psychiatric treatment only persuaded him to stay in South Africa.[9] He said,
I would go to work on the show and I felt awful every day, that's not the way it was. ... I felt like some kind of prostitute or something. If I feel so bad, why keep on showing up to this place? I'm going to Africa. The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.[9]
Chappelle in October 2007
Chappelle said that he felt some of his sketches were "socially irresponsible".[43][45] He singled out the "pixie sketch" in which pixies appear to people and encourage them to reinforce stereotypes of their races. In the sketch, Chappelle is wearing blackface and is dressed as a character in a minstrel show.[46] According to Chappelle, during the filming of the sketch, a white crew member was laughing in a way that made him feel uncomfortable and made him question himself.[43][45] Chappelle said, "It was the first time I felt that someone was not laughing with me but laughing at me."[43]
During these interviews, Chappelle did not rule out returning to Chappelle's Show to "finish what we started," but promised that he would not return without changes to the production, such as a better working environment. He desired to donate half of the DVD sales to charity.[43] Chappelle expressed disdain at the possibility of his material from the unfinished third season being aired, saying that to do so would be "a bully move," and that he would not return to the show if Comedy Central were to air the unfinished material.[45] On July 9, 2006, Comedy Central aired the first episode of Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes. After the DVD release, Chappelle was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN and reiterated he would not return to Chappelle's Show. An uncensored DVD release of the episodes was made available on July 25.
The show still plays in syndication on several television networks, despite the relatively small number of episodes compared to most American syndicated television programs.[47]
Chappelle has been known to make impromptu and unannounced appearances at comedy venues,[48] and continues to do so following his post–Chappelle's Show return to standup.[49]
In April 2007, Chappelle set a stand-up endurance record at the Laugh Factory Sunset Strip comedy club, beating comedian Dane Cook's record of three hours and 50 minutes. In December of the same year, Chappelle broke his own record with a time of six hours and 12 minutes. Cook reclaimed the record in January 2008, with a time of seven hours.[50] On November 19, 2009 Chappelle performed at the Laugh Factory again, where it was speculated that he would attempt to take back the record. However, he was disqualified according to the club owner after he left the stage five hours into his routine.[51]
Chappelle again appeared on Inside the Actors Studio and, in celebration of the show's 200th episode, he humorously interviewed the show's usual host, James Lipton. The episode aired on November 11, 2008. He appeared again on Inside the Actors Studio in 2013, for its 250th episode.
In August 2011, Chappelle appeared at Comedy Jam in San Francisco.[52]
2013–present: career resurgence[edit]
Chappelle (right) and Donnell Rawlings (left) stand in front of a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. on February 2, 2017.
In August 2013, Chappelle returned to full-time touring stand-up,[53] as a headliner[54] when he was featured during the Oddball Comedy & Curiosity festival. Sponsored by Funny or Die, Chappelle co-headlined with comedy act Flight of the Conchords.[55]
During a stop in Hartford, Chappelle walked off the stage due to heckling from the crowd that lasted throughout his entire performance. The heckling was so raucous that it drowned out Chappelle's voice over the PA system and included chants of "White Power", a line used in a Chappelle's Show episode that was viewed as wildly inappropriate and out-of-context by other audience members who later wrote about the event.[56][57] A few days later, Chappelle stopped in Chicago for a performance. The comedy website ComedyHype.com acquired and released audio of him on stage responding to the heckling. Chappelle referenced the Hartford incident, stating that "young, white, alcoholic[s]" should be blamed for the prior incident, that he hoped North Korea would bomb Hartford, that in the future he would not stop in Hartford for gas, and finally summarizing his feelings on the situation by saying, "Fuck Hartford!"[58] However, in August 2014 Chappelle returned to Hartford for a surprise appearance at the 2014 Oddball Festival and received multiple standing ovations during his set.[59]
In June 2014, Chappelle made his first major New York City appearance in eleven years, performing ten nights at Radio City Music Hall.[31] Chappelle promoted the dates by appearing on The Today Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Show with David Letterman.
In 2015, Chappelle appeared in the Spike Lee film, Chi-Raq, his first film role in 13 years.[60]
On November 12, 2016, Chappelle made his hosting debut on Saturday Night Live, with A Tribe Called Quest as musical guest.[61] His performance on SNL received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike. At the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live.[6] He donated the Emmy to his former high school while filming an episode of Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Season 10, Episode 2: "Nobody Says, “I Wish I Had A Camera”").[62]
On November 21, 2016, Netflix announced that they would be releasing three new stand-up comedy specials from Chappelle in 2017, with Chappelle being paid $20 million per special.[63][64][65] The first two specials were released on Netflix on March 21, 2017, which hail directly from Chappelle's personal comedy vault. These two specials were filmed at Austin City Limits Live in April 2015 and at the Hollywood Palladium in March 2016. The specials marked the comedian's first concert specials released in 12 years, and proved to be an immediate success as Netflix announced a month later that they were the most viewed comedy specials in Netflix's history.[66][67]
The third special, Equanimity, was filmed in September 2017 at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C., and then on November 20, 2017, Chappelle filmed a fourth special, The Bird Revelation, at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles.[68] On December 22, 2017, Netflix announced the expansion of the deal to include The Bird Revelation, which was released with Equanimity on December 31.[68]
In 2018 at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, Chappelle received a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his first two specials The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas.[69]
Legacy[edit]
Chappelle has been praised by fellow comedians for his work. Katt Williams believes Chappelle to be the greatest stand-up comedian alive,[70][71] while Kevin Hart considers Chappelle to be the greatest stand-up comedian of all time.[72]
In 2009, his show was the subject of a book of critical essays, The Comedy of Dave Chappelle, edited by University of Maryland doctoral student K. A. Wisniewski.[47] His work, as well as that of Margaret Cho, was also the subject of a book by a Canadian dramaturg Elizabeth Ludwig, American Stand-Up and Sketch Comedy, that was published at the end of 2010.[73] A monograph published by the University of Gothenburg titled Representations of Ethnicity in Stand-up comedy: A Study of the Comedy of Dave Chappelle examined the racial significance of language used in Chappelle's routines.[74]
Chappelle's abrupt departure from his show in 2005 continues to be a focus of interviews and profiles of Chappelle and of Chappelle's own comedy.[75][76][77] In Bird Revelation, Chappelle draws an analogy between his departure and the book Pimp, the memoir of Iceberg Slim. One interpretation of this analogy is that Chappelle was placed in the position of a pawn serving entertainment executives to deliver irresponsible racial humor to white audiences, and the executives manipulated him into staying at Chappelle's Show through contractual maneuvers and deception.[78][79] The comparison to prostitution here perhaps serves as an indication of Chappelle's desire to gain more control and autonomy over his comedy and delivering his perspective on race.
In April 2013, Charlie Sheen appeared on Conan O'Brien's talk show and claimed that in 2011 he had laughed so hard while watching a Chappelle's Show episode that he experienced a ruptured hernia, and was rushed to a hospital.[80]
In August 2013, Chappelle's impersonation of Prince from Chappelle's Show was selected by the singer as the cover art for his single "Breakfast Can Wait".[81]
Influences[edit]
In his interview with Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton, he said that his biggest influences in comedy are Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Paul Mooney, Roy "Chubby" Brown and Mel Blanc.[9]
When asked about his earliest influence on comedy, Chappelle said:
You know who was a big influence on me that is really weird is Bugs Bunny, that's just weird. If you watch a lot of the stuff I do, you can almost see the influence in it, because these animators would animate these performances that were off the hook, And the guy that, the guy that did the voices was Mel Blanc. This guy was like some kind of savant or genius or something, But they had some kind of real big comedic influence on me, like I liked those cartoons, I think that was my first real big comedy influence, was a rabbit.[82]
When asked about the biggest influence on him in comedy, Chappelle spoke of Richard Pryor:
What a precedent he set. Not just as a comic, but as a dude. The fact that someone was able to open themselves wide-open like that. It's so hard to talk in front of people or to open yourself up to your closest friends. But to open yourself up for everybody: I freebase, I beat my women, I shot my car. And nobody's mad at Richard for that. They understand. Somehow they just understand. And when I was going through this thing this year, that is the example I would think to myself that gave me the courage to just go back on the stage.[83]
Personal life[edit]
Chappelle married Elaine Mendoza Erfe in 2001.[3] They live with their two sons[46][84] and daughter on a 65-acre (26 ha) farm[9][20] near Yellow Springs, Ohio.[40] He also owned several houses in Xenia, Ohio. Chappelle told Yellow Springs' residents in September 2006, "Turns out you don't need $50 million to live around these parts, just a nice smile and a kind way about you. You guys are the best neighbors ever. That's why I came back and that's why I'm staying."[85]
Chappelle converted to Islam in 1998. He told Time in May 2005, "I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful if you learn it the right way."[35][86] Chappelle appears in a video explaining the religious backstory of the Well of Zamzam in Mecca.[87]
Charity[edit]
In 2004, he donated his time to Seeds of Peace International Camp, a camp located in Otisfield, Maine, which brings together young leaders from communities in conflict.[88]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1982 The End of August Kid on beach Uncredited
1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights Ahchoo
1993 Undercover Blues Ozzie
1994 Getting In Ron
1996 The Nutty Professor Reggie Warrington
1996 Joe's Apartment Cockroach (voice)
1997 Con Air Pinball
1997 The Real Blonde Zee
1997 Damn Whitey Dave Short film
1997 Bowl of Pork Black Forrest Gump Short film
1998 Half Baked Thurgood Jenkins / Sir Smoke-a-Lot Also writer and producer
1998 Woo Lenny
1998 You've Got Mail Kevin Jackson
1999 200 Cigarettes Disco Cabbie
1999 Blue Streak Tulley
2000 Screwed Rusty P. Hayes
2002 Undercover Brother Conspiracy Brother
2006 Dave Chappelle's Block Party Himself Also writer and producer
2015 Chi-Raq Morris
2018 A Star Is Born Noodles Post-production
Television[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1995 Home Improvement Dave Episode: "Talk to Me"
1996 Buddies Dave Carlisle 14 episodes, lead role
1997 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Dave (voice) Episode: "Electric Bike"
1997 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Spider (voice) Episode: "Mother Goose"
1998 The Larry Sanders Show Dave Chappelle Episode: "Pilots and Pens Lost"
1998 HBO Comedy Half-Hour Himself Episode: "Dave Chappelle"
2000 Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly Himself Stand-up special
2002–2007 Crank Yankers Francis, Shavin (voice) 2 episodes
2003 Wanda at Large Vincent Episode: "The Favor"
2003–2006 Chappelle's Show Himself (host) / Various 28 episodes; also co-creator, writer, executive producer
2004 Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth Himself Stand-up special
2016 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Dave Chappelle/A Tribe Called Quest"
2017 Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits Himself Stand-up special
2017 The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium Himself Stand-up special
2017 Dave Chappelle: Equanimity Himself Stand-up special
2017 Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation Himself Stand-up special
Awards[edit]
Year
Association
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2004 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) Chappelle's Show Nominated
[89]
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
2004 BET Comedy Awards Outstanding Comedy Variety Series Won
[90]
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Won
2004 NAMIC Vision Awards Best Comedic Performance Won
[91]
2004 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Show: Late Night Nominated
[92]
Choice TV Show: Breakout Nominated
Choice Comedian Nominated
2004 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Chappelle's Show Nominated
[93]
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Nominated
2005 Producers Guild of America Award Outstanding Producer of Variety Television Nominated
[94]
2005 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
[95]
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth Nominated
2005 BET Comedy Awards Outstanding DVD Release Chappelle's Show Won
[96]
2005 NAMIC Vision Awards Comedy Won
[91]
Best Comedic Performance Won
Comedy Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth Nominated
2005 Teen Choice Awards Choice Comedian Nominated
[97]
2005 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth Nominated
[98]
2006 DVD Exclusive Awards Overall DVD, TV Program Chappelle's Show Nominated
[99]
Best Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Bloopers Nominated
2017 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Guest Performer, Comedy Series Saturday Night Live Won
[100]
2017 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Won
[101]
2018 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Variety or Game Show – (Series or Special) The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas Nominated
[102]
2018 Grammy Award Best Comedy Album Won
[103]
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The Land Before Time
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This article is about the 1988 film. For the franchise as a whole, see The Land Before Time (franchise). For the television series, see The Land Before Time (TV series). For other uses, see The Land Before Time (disambiguation).
The Land Before Time
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Don Bluth
Produced by
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
John Pomeroy
Screenplay by
Stu Krieger
Story by
Judy Freudberg
Tony Geiss
Starring
Gabriel Damon
Candace Hutson
Judith Barsi
Will Ryan
Narrated by
Pat Hingle
Music by
James Horner
Edited by
John K. Carr
Dan Molina
Production
company
Amblin Entertainment[1]
Sullivan Bluth Studios[1]
Distributed by
Universal Pictures[1]
Release date
November 18, 1988 (1988-11-18)
[2]
Running time
69 minutes
Country
United States[1]
Ireland[1]
Language
English
Box office
$84.4 million[3]
The Land Before Time is a 1988 animated adventure drama film directed and produced by Don Bluth and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy, and Frank Marshall.
Produced by the American companies Amblin Entertainment and Lucasfilm, and the American-Irish Sullivan Bluth Studios, it features dinosaurs living in the prehistoric times. The plot concerns a young Longneck named Littlefoot who is orphaned[4] when his mother is killed by a Sharptooth. Littlefoot flees famine and upheaval to search for the Great Valley, an area spared from devastation. On his journey, he meets four young companions: Cera the Threehorn, Ducky the Bigmouth, Petrie the Flyer, and Spike the Spiketail.[5]
The film explores issues of prejudice between the different species and the hardships they endure in their journey as they are guided by the spirit of Littlefoot's mother and forced to deal with the Sharptooth. This is the only Don Bluth film of the 1980s in which Dom DeLuise did not participate (instead, he starred in Disney's Oliver & Company that same year), and the only film in The Land Before Time series that is not a musical, as well as the only one to be released theatrically worldwide.
Released by Universal Pictures on November 18, 1988, the film spawned a franchise with thirteen direct-to-video sequels and a television series as well as merchandise.
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Editing
4 Soundtrack
4.1 Personnel
5 Home media
6 Reception
6.1 Critical response
6.2 Box office
6.3 Accolades
7 Legacy
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
During the age of the dinosaurs, a massive famine forces several herds of dinosaurs to seek an oasis known as the Great Valley. Among these, a mother in a diminished "Longneck" herd gives birth to a single baby, named Littlefoot. Years later, Littlefoot plays with Cera, a "Three-horn", until her father intervenes, whereupon Littlefoot's mother describes the different kinds of dinosaurs: "Three-horns", "Spiketails", "Swimmers", and "Flyers". That night, as Littlefoot follows a "Hopper", he encounters Cera again, and they play together briefly until a large "Sharptooth" attacks them. Littlefoot's mother comes to their rescue, but receives fatal injuries in the process. An earthquake swallows up the Sharptooth and divides Littlefoot and Cera from their herds. Littlefoot receives advice from his dying mother before she passes away. Sad, depressed and confused, Littlefoot meets an old "Clubtail" named Rooter, who consoles him. He is then guided by his mother's voice telling him to follow the sun to the Great Valley.
Later, Littlefoot meets a "Bigmouth" named Ducky and a Flyer named Petrie, who accompany him on his journey. Cera, who is attempting to find her own kind, finds the unconscious Sharptooth inside a ravine and mistakenly wakes him up. She escapes and bumps into Littlefoot, Ducky, and Petrie; she tells them that Sharptooth is alive, but Littlefoot does not believe her. As Cera describes her encounter, she accidentally flings Ducky to the direction of a hatching Spiketail, whom she names Spike and inducts into the group. Seeking the Great Valley, they discover a cluster of trees, which is abruptly depleted by a herd of Longnecks. Searching for remaining growth, they discover a single leaf-bearing tree, and obtain food by stacking up atop each other and pulling it down. Cera remains aloof, but at nightfall, everyone including herself gravitates to Littlefoot's side for warmth and companionship.
The next morning, they are attacked by Sharptooth, but they escape through a tunnel too small for him. Beyond this, they discover landmarks mentioned by Littlefoot's mother. Cera decides to go another way, but Littlefoot refuses, and their ensuring fight leads to a schism that divides him from the others. However, when Ducky and Spike become endangered by lava and Petrie gets stuck in a tar pit, he returns to rescue them. They then rescue Cera as she is being harassed by a pack of "domeheads". Ashamed of her fear and behavior, and reluctant to admit her mistake, Cera leaves them in tears. Later, while crossing a pond, Petrie overhears Sharptooth nearby. The group devises a scheme to lure him to the pond and drown him in the deep side using a nearby boulder. During the ensuing struggle, a draft from Sharptooth's nostrils enables Petrie to fly for the first time.
The plan nearly fails when Sharptooth begins attacking the boulder while the group attempts to push it onto him. However, Cera reunites with the group, and she allows the others to push both Sharptooth and the boulder into the water below. Sharptooth momentarily takes Petrie down with him, but he later emerges unharmed. Littlefoot, alone, follows a cloud resembling his mother, which guides him to the Great Valley. He is then joined by the others. Upon arrival, the five are reunited with their families: Petrie impresses his family with his newfound flight; Ducky introduces Spike to her family, who adopt him; Cera reunites with her father; and Littlefoot rejoins with his grandparents. The group then rejoins at the top of a hill and embrace each other in a hug.
Cast[edit]
Main article: List of The Land Before Time characters
Gabriel Damon as Littlefoot
Candace Hutson as Cera
Judith Barsi as Ducky
Will Ryan as Petrie
Helen Shaver as Littlefoot's mother
Burke Byrnes as Cera's father
Bill Erwin as Littlefoot's grandfather
Pat Hingle as Narrator and Rooter
Production[edit]
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During production of An American Tail, talk began of the next feature with Steven Spielberg. Spielberg wanted to do a film similar to Bambi, but with only dinosaurs. George Lucas was also brought in on the project. An early working title for the film was The Land Before Time Began.[6] Spielberg and Lucas originally wanted the film to have no dialogue, like The Rite of Spring sequence in Fantasia, but the idea was abandoned in favor of using voice actors in order to make it appealing to children.[7] The film was originally planned for release in fall of 1987, but the production and the release date were delayed by a year due to the relocation of Sullivan Bluth Studios to Dublin, Ireland.
The production was preceded by extensive research, wherein researchers visited natural history museums in New York City and Los Angeles and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. The artists had to create a credible landscape and animals. Animators made more than 600 background images for the film. Littlefoot was originally going to be called "Thunderfoot", until it was found out that a Triceratops in a children's book already had that name. It was Lucas's idea to make Cera a female Triceratops, when she was in mid-animation as a male named Bambo. After voicing Digit in An American Tail, Will Ryan performed the voice of Petrie. The idea was brought up by Spielberg's son, Max. The character of Spike was inspired by Don Bluth's pet Chow Chow, Cubby.
Editing[edit]
Throughout production, The Land Before Time underwent a severe cutting and editing of footage. Spielberg and Lucas thought that some scenes in the movie would appear too dark and intense for young children. Spielberg told Bluth while looking at the scenes from the film, "It's too scary. We'll have kids crying in the lobby, and a lot of angry parents. You don't want that." About 10 minutes of footage, comprising a total of 19 fully animated scenes, were cut from the final film, to attain a G rating instead of a PG rating. Much of the cut footage consisted of the Tyrannosaurus attack sequence and sequences of the five young dinosaurs in grave danger and distress. Examples can be seen in the storyboards of the chase sequence in the briar patch. POV shots of Sharptooth's snapping jaws were deleted, and shots were rearranged to shorten the sequence.[8] This results in continuity errors, depicting the Tyrannosaur with his right eye still open after it had been blinded.[9][10] Some screams were re-voiced using milder exclamations.[7]
Soundtrack[edit]
The Land Before Time Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released
November 21, 1988[11]
Genre
Soundtrack
Length
57:49
Label
MCA Records (1988)
Geffen Records (2013)
Producer
James Horner
Don Bluth Music of Films chronology
An American Tail
(1986)An American Tail1986 The Land Before Time
(1988) All Dogs Go to Heaven
(1989)All Dogs Go to Heaven1989
Singles from The Land Before Time Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"If We Hold on Together"
Released: January 21, 1989
The music for The Land Before Time was composed by James Horner, who had previously provided the soundtrack for An American Tail, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of King's College. An official soundtrack was released on audio cassette and vinyl record on November 21, 1988, and later on CD by MCA Records, and features seven tracks from the movie.[12] The film's theme song "If We Hold on Together" was sung by Diana Ross and was released as a single on January 21, 1989, peaking at number 23 on the US adult contemporary charts,[13] and was later included on her 1991 album The Force Behind the Power.[14] A digital version of the soundtrack was released on a number of services on January 22, 2013 by Geffen Records.[15]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [1]
Filmtracks [16]
Track listing
"The Great Migration" (7:49)
"Sharptooth and the Earthquake" (10:33)
"Whispering Winds" (9:00)
"If We Hold on Together" - performed by Diana Ross (4:07)
"Foraging for Food" (7:15)
"The Rescue/Discovery of the Great Valley" (12:43)
"End Credits" (6:22)
Personnel[edit]
Diana Ross - vocals (track 4)
Lee Sklar - bass (track 4)
Russ Kunkel - drums (track 4)
Waddy Watchel - guitar (track 4)
Guy Moon, Randy Kerber - keyboards (track 4)
Kate Markowitz, Valerie Carter - backing vocals (track 4)
Michael Fisher - percussion (track 4)
Home media[edit]
The Land Before Time was released on VHS on September 14, 1989, as well as LaserDisc in regular pan and scan[17] and "Special Collector's Edition" CAV-play editions by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in North America and internationally, and CIC Video in the UK.[18] According to the book The Animated Films of Don Bluth, the original release did "very successful business" on the home video market, and included a promotional tie-in with Pizza Hut in North America, which was offering rubber hand puppets based on the film at the time.[7] Pizza Hut also ran its partnership with the film's VHS release in Australia.[citation needed] The VHS version was made available once more on February 20, 1996, under the Universal Family Features label,[19] and was later packaged with following three films in the series as part of the Land Before Time Collection on December 4, 2001.[20]
The film was released on DVD for the first time on April 30, 1997,[21] and re-released in December 2, 2003, as the "Anniversary Edition" for the movie's 15th anniversary, which included games and sing-along songs.[22] The Anniversary Edition was later included with An American Tail and Balto as a three-movie pack in November 2007.[23] A widescreen Blu-ray version was available for the first time on October 13, 2015, which included digital HD and UltraViolet copies,[24] which was accompanied by a new widescreen DVD release on the same day.[25]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The Land Before Time holds a 70% "fresh" approval rating from review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes from 30 critics with the consensus "Beautifully animated and genuinely endearing, The Land Before Time is sure to please dino-obsessed tykes, even if it's a little too cutesy for older viewers.[26] Metacritic assigned a score of 66, based on reviews by 15 critics, signifying "Generally favorable reviews".[27]
Critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film "two thumbs up" on a 1988 episode of their television program At the Movies.[28] Siskel found it to be "sweet more than it was scary" and "quite beautiful", also praising its straightforward story and remarked that he would recommend it to children over Disney's Oliver and Company, released the same day.[28] In his own review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, writing "I guess I sort of liked the film, although I wonder why it couldn't have spent more time on natural history and the sense of discovery, and less time on tragedy."[29] Peter Travers of People magazine felt the movie had an unclear audience, stating "The animation is fine. But the Stu Krieger screenplay contains violence that might be hard on the younger ones, [...] and a never-let-up cuteness that can turn minds of all ages to mush."[30] Los Angeles Times writer Sheila Benson also stated that the movie's enjoyment was limited to younger viewers, remarking "do dinosaurs really lend themselves to ootsie-cutesiness?"[31]
Many reviewers compared The Land Before Time to films from Disney's Golden Age. Steven Rea of the Philadelphia Inquirer said that the movie "looks and sounds as if it came out of the Disney Studios of the '40s or '50s. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing," calling it "meticulously crafted" but was also "mildly disappoint[ed]" that the dialog wasn't as sophisticated.[32] In her review for the Sun-Sentinel, Candice Russel similarly remarked, "The Land Before Time works by evoking the simple virtues of this art aimed at children, as it was in the beginning when Disney animated Mickey Mouse."[33] A review from the Motion Picture Guide 1989 Annual notes that the film "has been called a sort of prehistoric Bambi".[34] David Kehr from the Chicago Tribune similarly felt that the film's title "also refers to the Disney past, but it goes for all the marbles. Its model is nothing less than the life-cycle saga of Bambi, and that Bluth gets even half the way there is proof of a major talent."[35] Kehr gave the movie three-and-a-half out of four stars, calling it "as handsome and honest an animated feature as any produced since Walt Disney's death; it may even be the best."[36]
Box office[edit]
The Land Before Time grossed $48 million at the US box office, as well as beating the Disney film, Oliver & Company, which was released on the same day, for the #1 spot during its opening weekend. It brought in a box office total of nearly $50 million during its US release, slightly more than Don Bluth's previous film, An American Tail. While Oliver & Company had grossed over its US earnings, The Land Before Time grossed nearly $84 million worldwide,[3] which the Disney film did not surpass. However, Oliver & Company beat out The Land Before Time at the US box office by about $5 million. Attached to the film, Universal and Amblin issued Brad Bird's Family Dog short from their television anthology Amazing Stories.[37]
Accolades[edit]
The Land Before Time was nominated for "Best Family Animation or Fantasy Motion Picture" at the 10th annual Youth in Film Awards, losing out to Tim Burton's Beetlejuice.[38] It also received a nomination for "Best Fantasy Film" at the 16th Saturn Awards ceremony in 1990, beaten by Who Framed Roger Rabbit.[39]
Award
Nomination
Nominee
Result
Saturn Award Best Fantasy Film The Land Before Time Nominated
Youth in Film Award Best Family Animation or Fantasy Motion Picture The Land Before Time Nominated
Legacy[edit]
Main articles: The Land Before Time (franchise) and The Land Before Time (TV series)
The film generated many direct-to-video sequels, which differ from the original by adding "sing-a-long" musical numbers. Bluth and his animation studio have no affiliation with any of the film's sequels. The sequels have generally been met with mixed reception with several fans of the original disregarding the sequels, while others have embraced the sequels into the canon of the story.
In 2007 a television series was released in North America. It follows the style of the sequels in terms of the morality and the musical numbers (with some of the songs being shortened, and reworked).
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