![]() ![]() Neil Patrick Harris as Patrick Winslow, the new VP of marketing at Anjelou Cosmetics and Grace's husband.Azaria was transformed over 50 times and spent approximately 130 hours in the make-up chair. The initial make-up test took three hours, but by mid-production, the process took 90 minutes to complete. To look the part of Gargamel, Azaria wore a prosthetic nose, ears, buck teeth, eyebrows, and a wig (to make the process easier, he shaved his head). As opposed to the television show where Gargamel's goal is to use the Smurfs as the key ingredient in an alchemical formula to create the gold or eat them or destroy them, in the film he wants to capture them to serve as charms, "whose mystical essence will make his inept magic more powerful - and dangerous". Hank Azaria as Gargamel, the arch-nemesis of the Smurfs who plots to use the Smurfs as part of a spell that would turn lead into gold.Later, Patrick and Grace have a baby boy, whom they name Blue, and the Smurfs rebuild their village in the style of New York.Ĭast Live-action actors The Smurfs bid Patrick and Grace farewell and return to Smurf Village. Clumsy tries to catch it, and to Papa's surprise, is successful and sends Gargamel flying into the path of a bus, carrying him away. Gargamel is knocked out by Patrick, who drops the dragon wand in the process. As the Smurf army battles Gargamel, Smurfette defeats Azrael and saves Papa. After increasing the wand's power with Smurf essence extracted from Papa's DNA, Gargamel is confronted by the entire Smurf village, having been summoned by the blue moon which opened the portal to their world. Gargamel sneaks into the bookstore and finds a dragon wand, transferring his magic into it and uses it to capture Papa. The Smurfs find the book L’Histoire des Schtroumpfs by researcher Peyo, containing the spell to turn the moon blue. While the Smurfs bond with Patrick and Grace, Papa decides to search a nearby bookstore in order to locate the spell. Papa manages to calculate the night he and the others can return home, but needs to work out a spell. He is arrested and jailed, but manages to escapes the prison with the aid of a swarm of flies. Upon recognizing Patrick, Gargamel chases him and the Smurfs into FAO Schwarz and causes chaos while trying to catch them. Meanwhile, Gargamel extracts Smurf essence from a lock of Smurfette's hair and impresses Patrick's boss, Odile, by using the essence to restore her elderly mother's youth. The next day, needing to find a " stargazer", the Smurfs follow Patrick to his workplace at Anjelou Cosmetics, believing he is a fortune-teller. ![]() ![]() After they explain their situation, the Winslows befriend them and allow them to stay in their apartment. The Smurfs end up in the apartment of Patrick and Grace Winslow, a married couple who are expecting their first child. Gargamel and his pet cat Azrael follow them. The Blue Moon appears and creates a vortex that spirits them to New York City. The Smurfs flee and Clumsy unknowingly runs for the Forbidden Falls, with Papa, Smurfette, Grouchy, Brainy and Gutsy going after him. Shortly after, Clumsy leaves to pick smurfroot and ends up leading Gargamel into the village. Papa Smurf sees a vision of Clumsy Smurf reaching for a dragon wand and evil wizard Gargamel capturing the Smurfs. In Smurf Village, the Smurfs prepare for the Festival of the Blue Moon. A sequel, titled The Smurfs 2, was released on July 31, 2013. Despite negative reviews, the film grossed $564 million worldwide against a $110 million budget, making it the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2011 and Sony Pictures Animation's most commercially successful film to date. The Smurfs was released by Columbia Pictures on July 29, 2011. Filming began in March 2010 in New York City. Īfter five years of negotiations, Jordan Kerner bought the rights in 2002, and the film entered development with Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, until Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation obtained the film rights in 2008. It is the first Sony Pictures Animation film to blend computer animation with live-action photography, and the first of two live-action animated Smurfs feature films. It was directed by Raja Gosnell and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara and Hank Azaria, with the voices of Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, George Lopez, Anton Yelchin, Fred Armisen and Alan Cumming. The Smurfs is a 2011 American 3D fantasy adventure comedy film based on the comic series of the same name created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo. ![]()
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