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Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 comedy film directed by Tim Hill. Based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., the film stars Jason Lee, David Cross, and Cameron Richardson with the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Jesse McCartney. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and produced by Regency Enterprises and Bagdasarian Productions. The film received mainly negative reviews, but was a major financial success; it made $217 million in North America and $361 million at the box office worldwide on a budget of $60 million and was the seventh-best-selling DVD of 2008, earning over $101 million.
The tree that the chipmunks Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler), and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) live in is cut down and driven to Los Angeles. Once in L.A., the Chipmunks meet struggling songwriter David Seville (Jason Lee) who had his latest song rejected by JETT Records executive Ian Hawke (David Cross), his old college roommate. Dave also once had a relationship with his next door neighbor, Claire Wilson (Cameron Richardson).
D:Now look fellas, I've been walking around the North Pole
for 2 days and I'm cold and tired and, well, where's the
surprise you brought me here to see?
A:Around the next corner.
T:There he is!
C:Hi, Rudolph!
S:Hello, Rudolph.
T:Hi, old pal.
D:Who's Rudolph, boys?
C:Who's Rudolph?! Tell him, Ruddy!
R:I'm Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
I have a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glows
C:All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
They'd never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games
R:Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say (that's my boss)
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Wontcha guide my sleigh tonight
C:Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
You'll go down in history
S:Hey, you sing good, Ruddy!
A:That was fine.
T:Yeah, good for you, Ruddy!
R:Aw shucks, fellas.
D:Say fellas, it's awfully cold here. I'm gonna see if I can find
myself a nice warm igloo. Try to get along without me, if you
possibly can, because I... (fades out)
C:Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say
R:Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight
C:Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
You'll go down in history
R:By the way, what do you want for Christmas, Simon?
S:I want a real astrocar
T:I want a real live pony
R:How about it, Alvin?
A:Well, first I still want that hula hoop, and a... (fades out)