DREAMWORKS SKG Presents
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
DIRECTORS: John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
WRITERS: Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger; from a story by Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris
PRODUCER: Melissa Cobb
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yong Duk Jhun
EDITOR: Clare De Chenu
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Raymond Zibach
COMPOSERS: Hans Zimmer and John Powell

Starring:  (voices) Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Dan Fogler

Opening date:  Friday, June 6, 2008
Running time:  88 minutes
Rating:  MPAA – PG for sequences of martial arts action

Po (Jack Black) might be overly enthusiastic, even big and a little clumsy, but he is the biggest fan of kung fu around.  This doesn’t exactly come in handy while working every day in his family’s noodle shop.  He has to please his goose father Mr. Ping (James Hong), a noodle maker, who has no kung fu wish.  Mr. Ping owns the most popular noodle restaurant in the Valley, and wants to one day pass it down to his son, Po.

Po the panda (Jack Black) and Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman).

However, Po is suddenly and unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy.  He may be the prophesied Dragon Warrior.  Po’s dreams become a reality when he joins the world of kung fu.  He gets to study at the Jade Palace alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five:  Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Crane (David Cross), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Monkey (Jackie Chan) under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman).

Before Po knows it, however, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung (Ian McShane) is headed their way, and it’s up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat.  Can Po turn his dreams of becoming a kung fu master into reality?  Po puts his heart – and his girth – into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.

Along the way, Po will meet ancient tortoise Oogway (Randall Duk Kim), the wise leader and inventor of kung fu; Commander Vachir (Michael Clarke Duncan), the rhinoceros mastermind behind the seemingly inescapable Chorh-Gom Prison; and nervous goose palace envoy, Zeng (Dan Fogler).

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