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The Cat in the Hat
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Bo Welch
Produced by
Brian Grazer
Screenplay by
Alec Berg
David Mandel
Jeff Schaffer
Based on
The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
Starring
Mike Myers
Alec Baldwin
Kelly Preston
Dakota Fanning
Spencer Breslin
Amy Hill
Sean Hayes
Narrated by
Victor Brandt
Music by
David Newman (Score)
Marc Shaiman (Songs)
Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Edited by
Don Zimmerman
Production
company
Imagine Entertainment
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
(United States)
DreamWorks Pictures
(International)
Release date
November 21, 2003 (2003-11-21)
Running time
82 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$109 million[2]
Box office
$134 million[2]
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Bo Welch. It is based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book of the same name. The film stars Mike Myers in the title role of the Cat in the Hat, and Dakota Fanning as Sally. Sally's brother (who is unnamed in the book and the 1971 TV special), Conrad, is portrayed by Spencer Breslin. The film is the second feature-length Dr. Seuss adaptation after the 2000 holiday film How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
The idea was originally conceived in 2001, with Tim Allen initially cast as the Cat, but he dropped his role due to work on The Santa Clause 2, and the role was later given to Myers. Filming took place in California for three months. While the basic plot parallels that of the book, the film filled out its 82 minutes by adding new subplots and characters significantly different from the original story, similar to the feature film adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Released on November 21, 2003 in the United States, the film grossed $134 million worldwide.[3] After the film's release, Seuss' widow, Audrey Geisel, decided not to allow any further live-action adaptations of Seuss' works to be produced, and as a result, a planned sequel based on The Cat in the Hat Comes Back was cancelled.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Casting
3.3 Makeup and visual effects
3.4 Filming
4 Music
4.1 Track listing
5 Release
5.1 Home media
6 Reception
6.1 Box office
6.2 Critical response
6.3 Awards and nominations
7 Cancelled sequel
8 Animated reboot
9 Video game
9.1 Plot
9.2 Differences From The Movie
9.3 Video game reviews
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Plot[edit]
Conrad and Sally Walden live in the city of Anville with their mother, Joan Walden. Joan works for neat-freak Hank Humberfloob, and is hosting an office party at her house. One day, she is called back to the office, leaving the kids with Mrs. Kwan, a tired babysitter, and forbidding them to enter the living room, which is being kept pristine for the upcoming party. Joan is also dating their next-door neighbor, Larry Quinn, much to Conrad's dismay. Larry is constantly on the lookout for any mischief Conrad may be up to, as he wants nothing more than to send him away to military school, as Conrad has earned the reputation of "trouble-maker", while his sister is characterized as "perfect and well-behaved".
Once their mother leaves, Sally and Conrad meet a humanoid, oversized talking cat in a hat in their house. The cat wants them to learn to have fun, but the children's pet fish doesn't want the cat around when Joan is away. The Cat balances some stuff, ruins Joan's best dress, jumps on the living room's couch, and bakes cupcakes that explode. In the process, he even releases two trouble-making things, Thing 1 and Thing 2, from a crate that he explains is actually a portal to another world. The Cat tells Conrad that he only has one rule: never open the crate, then allows the Things to have fun, but they then release their true colors by making a mess out of the house. Despite the Cat's warning, Conrad picks the lock anyway. When the crate's lock attaches itself to the collar of the family dog, Nevins. Cat and the kids must go find him and the lock. They drive a super-powered car in search of Nevins and use Cat's magic hat, but face an obstacle when he loses it at one point. Conrad realises that the Things always do the opposite to what they're told. and that this can be used to their advantage and has them stall Joan so can they can get home before her.
Meanwhile, Larry is revealed to be a fat, unemployed man with false teeth and is in financial ruin, having been showing off the impression that he's a successful businessman in the hopes of marrying to Joan and sponging off of her. Larry sees Nevins running across the street and soon becomes wise to all of this and tracks down Joan to tell her, but Things 1 and 2 have stalled her on the road, posing as police officers. Larry is fed up about this, so he goes back to the house, telling Joan to meet him there.
By the time the kids and the Cat return to the house with the lock, "the mother of all messes" emits from the unlocked crate and enters the house. They navigate their way through the oversized house and find the crate sucking up things that disappears forever once gone through, after Sally is nearly sucked up but holding onto Conrad, Sally has to put her trust into Conrad that he will catch her when he lets go of her hand and puts the lock back on the crate. The plan works: The house returns to its normal proportions but then immediately falls apart. The Cat then tells the kids that he planned the whole day, including making not opening the crate his one rule, as he knew Conrad could not resist and also admits he never really lost his magic hat. The kids angrily tell the Cat to leave the house. Conrad prepares to face the consequences when Joan comes home, but Sally admits that she will share the blame. The Cat, having overheard this, happily returns to clean up the mess with a great cleaning contraption much to Conrad and Sally's surprise and delight. Afterwards The Cat says good-bye to Conrad and Sally as they plead him not to go but he departs as Joan is arriving. Larry arrives when all is restored, thinking he has busted the kids, but when Joan sees the clean house (and a messy Larry), she does not believe Larry and rejects him. After the successful party, Joan spends time with her children and the Cat.
Cast[edit]
Mike Myers as the Cat in the Hat, a huge, anthropomorphic, wise-cracking cat with a Brooklyn accent who wears a special hat which reveals many magical abilities.
Spencer Breslin as Conrad Walden, Joan's destructive and misbehaved son.
Dakota Fanning as Sally Walden, Joan's dull, well-behaved, and rule-obeying daughter.
Kelly Preston as Joan Walden, Conrad and Sally's mother, and a workaholic real-estate agent.
Alec Baldwin as Larry Quinn, the Waldens' pompous, lazy, unemployed next-door neighbor. He is revealed to be allergic to cats, steals food from the Waldens and gets away with it, and is determined to both marry Joan for her wealth and send Conrad to military school to straighten up his behavior.
Amy Hill as Mrs. Kwan, an elderly Taiwanese woman who gets hired to watch the kids, though she sleeps through her job. Her weight and sleep serves as a running gag.
Sean Hayes as Mr. Hank Humberfloob, Joan's boss. Hayes is also the voice of the family fish.
Danielle Chuchran and Taylor Rice as Thing One, and Brittany Oaks and Talia-Lynn Prairie as Thing Two; two gibbering trouble-making creatures that the Cat brings in with him. Dan Castellaneta provided the voices for both Things.
Steven Anthony Lawrence as Dumb Schweitzer
Paris Hilton as a female club-goer
Bugsy as Nevins, the Waldens' pet dog. Frank Welker provided his voice.
Candace Dean Brown as a secretary who works for the Humberfloob Real Estate.
Daran Norris as the Astounding Products Announcer
Clint Howard as Kate the Caterer
Paige Hurd as Denise, who doesn't speak to Sally anymore, not long after she talked back to her. She never invited Sally to her birthday party either since Sally earlier stated that she told Denise not to speak to her anymore.
Stephen Hibbert as Jim McFinnigan
Roger Morrisey as Mr. Vompatatat
Victor Brandt as the Narrator, who tells the story; he is revealed to be the Cat using a voice-changer at the end.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
DreamWorks acquired rights to the original book in 1997.[4] However, production did not originally start until after the 2000 Christmas/comedy film How the Grinch Stole Christmas, based on another Dr. Seuss book of the same name, became a commercial success. Brian Grazer, who was the producer of The Grinch, stated, "Because we grew up with these books, and because they have such universal themes and the illustrations ignite such fantasy in your mind as a child — the aggregation of all those feelings — it leaves an indelible, positive memory. And so when I realized I had a chance to convert first The Grinch and then, The Cat in the Hat, into movies, I was willing to do anything to bring them to the screen."[5] Grazer contacted Bo Welch over the phone with the offer to direct the film, and he accepted.[6] When production began, songs written by Randy Newman were dropped because they were deemed inferior. Newman's cousin, David Newman, composed the score for the film. Although Welch and a publicist for Myers denied it, several people said Myers had considerable input into the film's direction, telling some of the cast (co-stars Baldwin and Preston) how to perform their scenes.[7]
Casting[edit]
Tim Allen was originally planned to play the role of the Cat. The script would be originally based on a story conceived by Allen, who admitted that as a child he was afraid of Seuss' "mischievous feline" babysitter. Allen stated, "My dream is to give it the edge that scared me."[8] However, producers did not commission a screenplay until late February 2001, when Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, and Dave Mandel (who were also writers on Seinfeld) were hired to write the script (replacing the original draft of the film that was written a few years before),[9] so the film would not be ready to shoot before the deadline. Allen was also committed to shooting Disney's The Santa Clause 2, which was also delayed because Allen wanted a script rewrite.[10] Due to a scheduling conflict with The Santa Clause 2,[11] he dropped out his role.[12] In March 2002, the role of the Cat was given to Mike Myers,[13] even though he had an argument with Grazer about starring in a cancelled Saturday Night Live skit named Dieter.[14] Myers stated in an interview that he was a long-time fan of the original Dr. Seuss book, and that it was the first book he ever read.[15]
Makeup and visual effects[edit]
Makeup for the character was designed by Steve Johnson. The Cat costume was made of angora and human hair and was fitted with a cooling system. To keep Myers cool during the outdoor shoots, a portable air conditioner was available that connected a hose to the suit between shots. The tail and ears were battery operated.[16] The Fish was considered somewhat of a unique character for Rhythm & Hues (responsible for some of the effects and animation in such films as Cats & Dogs, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and Scooby-Doo), in that the character had no shoulders, hips or legs, so all of the physical performance had to emit from the eyes, head and fin motion. Sean Hayes, who provided the voice for the Fish, found the role significantly different from his usual on-camera jobs; he did not know how the final animation would look, and all of his work took place alone in a sound booth.[17]
Filming[edit]
Prior to filming, giant props for the film were stolen from the set. Local police found the props vandalized in a mall car park in Pomona, California. The props were covered with graffiti. No arrests had been made, and filming was to start the next week.[18] Principal photography took place mostly in California from October 2002 until January 2003. The neighborhood and the town centre was filmed in a rural valley near Simi Valley, where 24 houses (each 26-feet square and 52-feet tall) were constructed.[19] The downtown area outdoor shots were filmed along a Pomona street where a number of antique and gift shops are located. The community decided not to redecorate after filming ended, so the surreal paint scheme and some of the signage could still be seen as it appears in the film. Because of so much smog in the area, the sky had to be digitally replaced with the cartoon-like sky and colours of the background had to be digitally fixed.
Music[edit]
The Cat in the Hat
Film score / Soundtrack album by David Newman
Released
November 18, 2003
Recorded
2002
Genre
Orchestra
Length
48:55
Label
BMG Soundtracks
The soundtrack was released on November 18, 2003.[20] It includes David Newman's score, plus a song by Smash Mouth ("Getting Better") and ("Hang On") that makes it the third film in a row playing a song in an film starring Mike Myers, after Shrek (2001) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). The soundtrack also includes a couple of songs performed by Mike Myers (the role of the Cat). Newman's score won a BMI Film Music Award.
Track listing[edit]
All music composed by David Newman, except as noted.
[show]Track listing
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1. "Main Title; The Kids" 8:07
2. "Getting Better" (Performed by Smash Mouth) Lennon–McCartney 2:24
3. "The Cat" 3:50
4. "Two Things - Couch Jumping - Lea..." 5:16
5. "Military Academy Seduction" 3:02
6. Untitled 2:12
7. "Surfer Cat - the Phunometer" 2:23
8. "Fun, Fun, Fun" (Performed by Mike Myers) Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman 2:38
9. "The Contract" 1:53
10. "Oven Explodes - "Clean Up This Mess!"" 1:36
11. "Things Wreck the House" 2:52
12. "Larry the Slob" 3:10
13. "Birthday Party" 2:11
14. "S.L.O.W. Drive" 2:32
15. "Rescuing Nevins" 4:27
16. "Clean Up" (Performed by Mike Myers) Shaiman, Whitman 0:23
Total length: 47:25
Release[edit]
Home media[edit]
The Cat in the Hat was released for VHS and DVD on March 16, 2004.[21] It features 16 deleted scenes, 20 outtake scenes, almost a dozen featurettes, and a “Dance with the Cat” tutorial to teach kids a Cat in the Hat dance.[22] On February 7, 2012, the film was released on Blu-ray.[23]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
The Cat in the Hat opened theatrically on November 21, 2003 and earned $38,329,160 in its opening weekend, ranking first in the North American box office.[24] The film ended its theatrical run on March 18, 2004, having grossed $101,149,285 domestically and $32,811,256 overseas for a worldwide total of $133,960,541.[2]
Critical response[edit]
Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 10% approval rating based on reviews from 158 critics. The website's consensus reads: "Filled with double entendres and potty humor, this Cat falls flat."[25] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 19/100 based on 37 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[26] It also received an average grade of D+ from critics in the interpretation of Yahoo's film website.[27]
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film one star, stating, "Cat, another over-blown Hollywood raid on Dr. Seuss, has a draw on Mike Myers, who inexplicably plays the Cat by mimicking Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars. Although he praised the production design, he considered the film to be "all effects and stunts and CGI and prosthetics, with no room for lightness and joy".[28] Ebert and co-host Richard Roeper gave the film "Two Thumbs Down". Roeper said of Myers' performance that "Maybe a part of him was realizing as the movie was being made that a live-action version of The Cat in the Hat just wasn't a great idea." Ebert had the same problem with the film that he had with How the Grinch Stole Christmas, in that "If there is one thing I've learned from these two movies is that we don't want to see Jim Carrey as a Grinch, and we don't want to see Mike Myers as a cat. These are talented comedians, let's see them do their stuff, don't bury them under a ton of technology."
Concerns were also raised over the PG rating of the film with some critics, stating that it should have instead been rated PG-13 in relation to its high amount of adult content.[29]
Leonard Maltin in his Movie Guide gave it one and a half stars out of four saying that the "Brightly colored adaptation of the beloved rhyming book for young children is a betrayal of everything Dr. Seuss ever stood for, injecting potty humor and adult (wink-wink) jokes into a mixture of heavy-handed slapstick and silliness." Maltin also claimed that the film's official title which included Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat was "an official insult."[30] However, Jeffrey Lyons from NBC-TV, enjoyed the film and considered it "enormously funny".[citation needed]
Baldwin addressed complaints the film received because of its dissimilarity to the source material. He expressed a belief that a film is "an idea about something" and that because Dr. Seuss' work is so unique, making a feature-length film out of one of his stories would entail taking liberties and making broad interpretations.[31]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Award
Subject
Nominee
Result
BMI Film Awards Best Music David Newman Won
DFWFCA Awards Worst Film Won
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actor Mike Myers Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Actor of the Decade Nominated
Worst Actor Nominated
Worst Supporting Actor Alec Baldwin Nominated
Worst Supporting Actress Kelly Preston Nominated
Worst Picture Nominated
Worst Director Bo Welch Nominated
Worst Screenplay Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, based on the book by Dr. Seuss Nominated
Worst Screen Couple Mike Myers and either Thing One or Thing Two Nominated
Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie (All Concept/No Content) Won
Worst "Comedy" of Our First 25 Years Nominated
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards[32] Worst Picture Won
Worst Director Bo Welch Nominated
Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More Than $100 Million Worldwide Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, based on the book by Dr. Seuss Won
Worst Actor Mike Myers Nominated
Worst Fake Accent - Male Nominated
Worst Supporting Actor Alec Baldwin Nominated
Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy Nominated
Worst Song "Fun, Fun, Fun"; music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman Nominated
Most Annoying Non-Human Character Cat in the Hat Won
Thing One and Thing Two (voices by Dan Castellaneta) Nominated
The Spencer Breslin Award (Worst Performance by a Child Actor) Spencer Breslin Won
Dakota Fanning Nominated
The film also received three nominations at the Hollywood Makeup & Hairstylists Guild Awards.[33]
Cancelled sequel[edit]
On the day of the film's release, Mike Myers stated in an interview that he expected a sequel, since there was a sequel to the book. A sequel based on The Cat in the Hat Comes Back was in development, a little more than a month before the film's release.[34] In February 2004, Dr. Seuss' widow, Audrey Geisel, said she would never allow any further live action adaptations of her husband's works, and the sequel was eventually cancelled.[35]
Animated reboot[edit]
On March 15, 2012, a computer animated (CGI) reboot of the film was announced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, following the success of The Lorax.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42]
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Video game[edit]
The Cat in the Hat
Developer(s)
Magenta Software (PS2, Xbox)
Digital Eclipse (Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance)
Publisher(s)
Vivendi Universal Games
Platform(s)
PlayStation 2
Microsoft Windows
Xbox
Game Boy Advance
Release
NA: November 5, 2003 (PS2, Xbox, GBA)
NA: November 9, 2003 (PC)
EU: March 19, 2004
JP: March 25, 2004 (Xbox)
Genre(s)
Platform
Action
The Cat in the Hat is a 2003 platformer video game released by Vivendi Universal Games and developed by Magenta Software and Digital Eclipse. It is based on the film of the same name. The game was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance on November 5, 2003, and PC on November 9, 2003, shortly before the film's theatrical release. A version for the Nintendo GameCube was planned to be release, but was later cancelled.[citation needed]
Plot[edit]
The plot of the game is different from the film; instead of Conrad unlocking the Cat's Crate, Larry unlocks it and steals the Lock. Playing as the Cat, the player must go through thirteen levels through the transformed house and chase down Larry, who is collecting the magic released from the Crate for himself, and defeat him to get the Lock (called the "Crablock" in-game) back and re-lock the Crate before the children's mother returns home.[43]
Differences From The Movie[edit]
The plot of the game is different from the film; instead of Conrad unlocking the Cat's Crate, Larry unlocks it and steals the Lock. Playing as the Cat, the player must go through thirteen levels through the transformed house and chase down Larry, who is collecting the magic released from the Crate for himself, and defeat him to get the Lock (called the "Crablock" in-game) back and re-lock the Crate before the children's mother returns home.[43]
Video game reviews[edit]
Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator
Score
GameRankings (Xbox) 52.67%[44]
(PS2) 50%[45]
(GBA) 46.50%[46]
(PC) 19.50%[47]
Metacritic (Xbox) 56/100[48]
(PS2) 56/100[49]
(GBA) 40/100[50]
(PC) 40/100[51]
Review scores
Publication
Score
Famitsu 27/40[52]
GameSpot 3.8/10[53]
GameZone (PC) 8/10[54]
(PS2) 7.2/10[55]
(GBA) 5/10[56]
IGN 6/10[57]
(GBA) 4/10[58]
Nintendo Power 2.3/5[59]
OPM (US) [60]
OXM (US) 5.5/10[61]
PC Gamer (UK) 9%[62]
PC Zone 30%[63]
X-Play [64]
The game received mixed reviews[44][45][46][48][49][50] (except for the PC version, which received negative reviews).[47][51]
See also[edit]
United States portal
Children's literature portal
Film portal
List of films based on Dr. Seuss books
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"Rocket Man"
Single by Elton John
from the album Honky Château
B-side
"Susie (Dramas)"
Released
14 April 1972 (1972-04-14)
Format
Vinyl record (7")
Recorded
Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France, January 1972
Genre
Soft rock[1]
Length
4:41
Label
Uni (US)
DJM (UK)
Songwriter(s)
Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer(s)
Gus Dudgeon
Elton John singles chronology
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"Rocket Man" (officially titled "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)") is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and originally performed by John. The song first appeared on John's 1972 album Honky Château and became a hit single, rising to No. 2 in the UK and No. 6 in the US. On 21 October 2016, the song was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of 200,000 digital downloads.
Rolling Stone lists it as No. 245 of its 500 greatest songs of all time.
Contents
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1 Song information
2 Music video
3 Track listing
4 Personnel
5 Chart performance
5.1 Weekly singles charts
5.2 Year-end charts
6 Kate Bush version
6.1 Track listings
6.2 Personnel
6.3 Charts
7 David Fonseca version
7.1 Chart performance
8 Other cover versions
9 Use in media
10 References
11 External links
Song information[edit]
The song was inspired by the short story "The Rocket Man" in The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, and echoes the theme of David Bowie's 1969 song "Space Oddity" (both recordings were produced by Gus Dudgeon). But according to an account in Elizabeth Rosenthal's book His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John, the song was inspired by Taupin's sighting of either a shooting star or a distant aeroplane.
The song describes a Mars-bound astronaut's mixed feelings at leaving his family in order to do his job. Rosenthal's account goes on to relate that the notion of astronauts no longer being perceived as heroes, but in fact as an "everyday occupation", led Taupin to the song's opening lines: "She packed my bags last night, pre-flight. Zero hour: 9 a.m. And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then."
Musically, the song is a highly arranged ballad anchored by piano, with atmospheric texture added by synthesizer (played on the recording by engineer Dave Hentschel) and processed slide guitar. It is also known for being the first song in John's catalog to feature what would become the signature backing vocal combination of his band at the time, Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone.
"Rocket Man" was ranked #242 in the 2004 list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, though it dropped to #245 in the list's 2010 revision.
Another song called "Rocket Man" (and also based on Bradbury's short story "The Rocket Man")[clarification needed] was released by the musical group Pearls Before Swine on their 1970 album The Use of Ashes. In an interview in Billboard magazine, Taupin acknowledged that the song, written by Tom Rapp, had been a direct inspiration for his own lyrics. Rosenthal's account indicates that Rapp's lyrics were inspired by the writings of noted science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Due to some similarities in Elton John's "Rocket Man," some[who?] presume this song might also be an allusion to David Bowie's character Major Tom. Bowie himself made the connection[citation needed] during live performances of "Space Oddity" in which he called out, "Oh, Rocket Man!"[2][citation needed]
The first stanza of "Rocket Man" was thought of by Bernie Taupin whilst he was on the motorway heading to his parents' home; he had to "repeat it to himself for two hours," which was "unfortunate",[3] but in later interviews he said that since it gave him a hit, it was all worthwhile.
The song has been a staple of John's concerts. Among numerous other performances, John played "Rocket Man" at the launch site of Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998.
The song includes the line, ""And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then". The website Schmoop commented, "The phrase "high as a kite" is a common idiom almost always used to refer to drug use. There's nothing to suggest that lyricist Bernie Taupin really intended the double entendre, but the song did come out at the peak of stoner '70s culture. The usual meaning of the expression, which Taupin would have been familiar with, is highly intoxicated.
Music video[edit]
In May 2017, an official music video for "Rocket Man" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival as a winner of Elton John: The Cut, a competition organized in partnership with AKQA, Pulse Films, and YouTube in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of his songwriting relationship with Bernie Taupin. The competition called upon independent filmmakers to submit treatments for music videos for one of three Elton John songs from the 1970s, with each song falling within a specific concept category. "Rocket Man" was designated for the animation category, and was co-directed by Iranian refugee Majid Adin and Irish animation director Stephen McNally[4][5]; the video was inspired by Adin's own migration to England, portraying a character envisioning himself as an astronaut to draw parallels between the song's lyrics and the experiences of a refugee.[6][7]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
No.
Title
Length
1. "Rocket Man" 4:38
2. "Suzie (Dramas)" 3:21
In 2003, Universal Records released both a 12-inch vinyl (promotional only) & CD maxi-single with three new remixes of the song:
A. "Rocket Man (KDME remix)" - 4:20
B1. "Rocket Man 03" - 4:01
B2. "Rocket Man (Royal Garden's Radio mix)" - 4:19
Of these, "Rocket Man 03" was also included on the Rocket/Island/Mercury EP "Remixed," along with four other remixes of Elton recordings.
Personnel[edit]
Elton John – piano, lead vocals
Davey Johnstone – electric slide & acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Dee Murray – bass, backing vocals
Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
David Hentschel – ARP synthesizer
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly singles charts[edit]
Chart (1972)
Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles 8
German Singles Chart[8] 18
Irish Singles Chart[9] 6
Italian Singles Chart[10] 6
New Zealand (Listener)[11] 11
UK Singles Chart[12] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] 6
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[14] 39
Chart (2008)
Peak
position
Norwegian Singles Chart[15] 18
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1972)
Rank
U.S. Billboard [16] 40
UK [17] 44
Kate Bush version[edit]
"Rocket Man"/"Candle in the Wind"
Single by Kate Bush
from the album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
A-side
"Candle in the Wind"
Released
25 November 1991
Format
CD, vinyl record (7" and 12"), audio cassette
Genre
Reggae, art rock
Length
5:02
Label
Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer(s)
Kate Bush
Kate Bush singles chronology
"Love and Anger"
(1990) "Rocket Man"/"Candle in the Wind"
(1991) "Rubberband Girl"
(1993)
"Love and Anger"
(1990) "Rocket Man"
(1991) "Rubberband Girl"
(1993)
Kate Bush released a cover of "Rocket Man" in 1991 as part of the Elton John/Bernie Taupin tribute album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin. Her reggae-inflected version of "Rocket Man" was a commercial success, reaching number 12 on the UK singles chart and number two in Australia (held off the top spot by Julian Lennon's "Saltwater"). In 2007, the track won The Observer readers' award for Greatest Cover of all time.[18] The B-side of the single was Bush's recording of another Elton John classic, "Candle in the Wind."
From the age of 11, Elton John was my biggest hero. I loved his music, had all his albums and I hoped one day I'd play the piano like him (I still do). When I asked to be involved in this project and was given the choice of a track it was like being asked 'would you like to fulfill a dream? would you like to be Rocket Man?'... yes, I would.
—  Kate Bush[19]
Track listings[edit]
All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
7" vinyl / cassette single
No.
Title
Length
1. "Rocket Man" 5:02
2. "Candle in the Wind" 4:29
12" vinyl / CD single
No.
Title
Length
1. "Rocket Man" 5:02
2. "Candle in the Wind" 4:29
3. "Candle in the Wind" (Instrumental version) 4:28
Personnel[edit]
All titles:[19]
Kate Bush – keyboards, vocals, producer
Del Palmer – engineer
Additional musicians on "Rocket Man":[19]
Davy Spillane – uilleann pipes
Del Palmer – bass
Alistair Anderson – concertina
Charlie Morgan – drums
Alan Murphy – guitar
Charts[edit]
Chart (1991–1992)
Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[20] 2
Dutch Single Top 100[21] 27
Dutch Top 40[22] 22
French SNEP Singles Chart[23] 45
German Singles Chart[8] 36
Irish Singles Chart[9] 17
Swiss Singles Chart[24] 20
UK Singles Chart[25] 12
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[26] 11
David Fonseca version[edit]
"Rocket Man"
Single by David Fonseca
from the album Dreams in Colour
Released
2007
Format
Digital download, Radio
Recorded
2007
Genre
Soft rock
Length
4:38
Label
Universal Records
Songwriter(s)
Elton John, Bernie Taupin
David Fonseca singles chronology
"Superstars"
(2007) "Rocket Man"
(2007) "Kiss Me, Oh Kiss Me"
(2007)
"Superstars"
(2007) "Rocket Man"
(2007) "Kiss Me, Oh Kiss Me"
(2007)
Music video
"Rocket Man" on YouTube
The Portuguese singer David Fonseca released his version of the song as a single in Portugal reaching #12 in the Portuguese Top 20. The song, full title "Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time)", also appears on David Fonseca's third album Dreams in Colour released in 2007 and on the Dreams in Colour: Tour Edition released in 2008. The music video was directed by David Fonseca himself.[27] Fonseca also regularly performs the single live in his concerts.[28]
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (2007)
Peak
Position
Portuguese Singles Chart (Top 20) 12
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At the 5th Saturn Awards Ceremony, which aired as the Science Fiction Film Awards in January 1978, Taupin introduced William Shatner's spoken word[29] interpretation of the song. It used chroma key video techniques to simultaneously portray three different images of Shatner, representing the different facets of the Rocket Man's character. The performance built up a cult following, and was parodied on the U.S. animated series Animaniacs, Family Guy, Freakazoid!, Futurama, The Simpsons, the Canadian CGI series ReBoot, and in the video for "Where It's At" by Beck. On a 1992 episode of Late Night with David Letterman, Chris Elliott parodied Shatner's performance, complete with chroma key effects. Shatner re-recorded the song for his 2011 album, Seeking Major Tom. In his book What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History, author David Hofstede ranked Shatner's performance at #17 on the list.[30]
Hank Marvin did an instrumental of the song on his 1993 album Heartbeat.
The John Tesh Project featuring Brandon Fields on saxophone, covered the song from their 1997 album "Sax All Night."[31]
On the radio show This American Life episode "Classifieds" (2002), a group of amateur musicians who had been found through their classified ads were brought together for one day to rehearse and record "Rocket Man" in a studio. The free MP3 is available online.[32]
Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips and Maynard James Keenan of Puscifer, Tool (band) and A Perfect Circle released a cover of the track "Rocket Man" for the soundtrack of the 2009 documentary "The Heart is a Drum Machine." The song was released for digital download from the iTunes Store on 15 October 2010. The track can also be heard on Puscifer's website with the title "Rocket Mantastic."[33]
Daphne Rubin-Vega released a Dance version in 2003 which reached the Club play charts[34]
Matthew Morrison, from Glee, recorded a duet of the song with Elton John on his eponymous debut album in 2011.[35]
Neil Diamond covered this song live; a recording of this cover can be found on his album Stages: Performances 1970–2002.
At the Saturday night concert at PAX Prime 2012, Paul and Storm, accompanied by Jonathan Coulton, Hank Green, MC Frontalot, John Roderick, and Jason Finn performed the song as a tribute to the late Neil Armstrong, who died a week prior.[citation needed]
Featured on the album Bluegrass Tribute to Classic Rock in 2007, performed by Iron Horse.[36]
Country music quartet Little Big Town covered the song as part of the 2018 tribute album Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The band performed the song live on the I'm Still Standing Grammy telecast, the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards and on their 2018 The Breakers Tour.
The internet-based synth-pop comedy band Ninja Sex Party on their second cover album Under The Covers II.
Use in media[edit]
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"Rocket Man" has been featured in several films and television series.
Notable uses in cinema include the 1996 action film The Rock, the 1997 comedy film RocketMan, the 1998 biography film Without Limits, the science fiction film K-PAX (2001), the 2017 action spy comedy Kingsman: The Golden Circle, which also stars John as himself, and the closing credits of The Astronaut Farmer (2007).
The song was used in a 1997 AT&T commercial showing a man on a business trip sending his wife a goodnight fax from an airplane and then speaking to her from the phone in the airplane seat back. [37][38]
The song has been used in several television series, including episodes of the FX show Nip/Tuck, Life on Mars, episode 3-3 of Six Feet Under, episode 3-08 of Cold Case, episode 3-11 of Numb3rs ("Killer Chat"), the Eurovision episode of the Greek comedy series
The song was also played during the 40th and 45th anniversaries of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing and the day after the death of Neil Armstrong in the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts in Anaheim, California and Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
The Norwegian company Statoil also used the song for one of their commercials, part of the song being covered by Silje Gulbrandsen Hagen and the latter part sung by Elton John.[39]
In the song "Home Life" by John Mayer, he sings "I am not a rocket man," a reference to the song.
When Elton John and fellow singer-pianist Billy Joel tour together, their concerts are often billed as "Rocket Man Meets Piano Man," the latter being a reference to one of Joel's well-known hits.
In the computer game World of Warcraft, a large rocket is under construction at the town of Area 52 (an obvious pun on Area 51). Occasionally, a non-player character called "Experimental Pilot" walks up to one of the workers and a conversation starts between the two, the dialogue being based on the lyrics to "Rocket Man".[40]
In a fifth season episode of The Big Bang Theory, Howard Wolowitz changes the ringtone on his phone to this in order to convince his fellow astronauts to give him the call sign "Rocketman." The plan backfires when, during a Skype call with NASA, Howard's mother (off screen) announces that his Fruit Loops are getting soggy, causing the other astronauts to use the sobriquet "FruitLoops" instead.
The song was used in a 2017 Samsung advertisement.[41]
In May 2015, the song is used at the end of "The Blacklist" as Liz and Red head out of town in the final episode of the season S02E22
In February 2018, Jim Bob's Music Massacre dissected the lyrics in S01 E01 after identifying that they did not quite make sense.[42]
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