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Plot: What's the story about?
Live-action version of the Saturday morning television cartoon (1972-85) following the misadventures of a group of adolescent boys growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood, focusing on an obese boy named Albert and his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Bill, Dumb Donald, Russell, and Weird Harold. Fat Albert pulls his pals into trouble when they fall out of their TV world into the real world, where Fat Albert tries to help a young girl, Doris, make friends. However, the simple life of the group is interrupted when Fat Albert falls for Doris' older sister, Lauri, sparking his friends to worry that their leader may never want to return to his cartoon world.
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Who stars in Fat Albert: Cast List
Trolls Band Together, Trolls World Tour
You Got Served
Mighty Oak, A Girl Like Grace
The Great Debaters
Brother Bear 2, Brother Bear
Who's making Fat Albert: Crew List
A look at the Fat Albert behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Joel Zwick last directed My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Elvis Has Left the Building.
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Bill CosbyJohn Davis
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Production: What we know about Fat Albert?
Key Facts
- The film will start with animation, move into live-action and end in the animated world.
Filming Timeline
- 2004 - December: The film was set to Completed status.
Fat Albert Release Date: When was the film released?
Fat Albert was a release in 2004 on Saturday, December 25, 2004. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including Darkness, The Aviator and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.
Fat Albert DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
Fat Albert was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 .