Alvin, Simon, and Theodore discover them when they choose to live with Jett executive Ian Hawke (David Cross) instead of reluctant father figure Dave. The singing chipmunks are just what Dave needs to break through at Jett Records and they're an instant hit with the public.
WINDOWS 10 VOICES SOUND LIKE ALVIN AND CHIPMUNKS PROFESSIONAL
Their arrival is the answer to Dave's professional woes, as their unusual gifts of speech and harmonious song inspire Dave and lend voice to the tunes he pens. Three young chipmunk brothers (Alvin, Simon, and Theodore) are unknowingly moved from the forest to Los Angeles civilization, and they wind up in Dave's kitchen garbage can. Here, that bachelor is Dave Seville (Jason Lee), an aspiring songwriter who's barely making a living in advertising. Under this model, Alvin and the Chipmunks were rendered as cartoony, rodent-sized, computer-animated characters residing under the same live-action roof as a kind but disorderly bachelor with obstacles separating him from a pretty young love interest. In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Betelgeusian alien Ford Prefect revises the titular reference's entry on the planet Earth to read "mostly harmless." If I had to describe last year's Alvin and the Chipmunks film in just two words, I would almost certainly choose those very ones.įor this feature adaptation of an animated property last popular in the 1980s, 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises followed the pattern established by their two coolly received Garfield films.