BEE MOVIE

Year: 2007
USA: Paramount Pictures
UK: Paramount Pictures UK
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, Patrick Warburton, Barry Levinson, Megan Mullally, Larry Miller, Rip Torn, Sting, Larry King
Directors: Simon J Smith, Steve Hickner
Country: USA
USA & UK: 90 mins
USA Rated: PG for mild suggestive humor
UK Certificate: U contains no material likely to offend or harm
USA Release Date: 2 November 2007
UK: Release Date: 14 December 2007


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Synopsis

Barry B Benson (Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jerry Seinfeld), a recent college graduate, is a bee who wants more out of life than the inevitable career that awaits him and every other worker in New Hive City - a job at Honex producing honey. Barry leaps at the chance to explore the world outside the hive. It's beyond his wildest dreams especially when he meets a spirited Manhattan florist named Vanessa (Oscar® winner Renee Zellweger). But then he breaks one of the cardinal rules of beedom and he talks to her.

A friendship quickly develops and Barry gets a crash course in the ways of the human race. When he discovers that anyone can buy honey right off the grocery store shelf, he is shocked that people are stealing the bees' unique creation and making money from it. Outraged, he decides to avenge this injustice by suing the human race.

BEE MOVIE is creator Jerry Seinfeld's first venture into feature animation, a labour of love for the acclaimed stand-up comedian, who not only voices the central character but also co-wrote the screenplay and serves as producer.