FILM · 2011 · USA
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
18 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
This is the last film in the series to feature David Cross as Ian Hawke.
- #002
On her podcast, Anna Faris stated that she never watched the film in its entirety.
- #003
T. J. Miller auditioned for the role that was later rewritten as Zoe.
- #004
Along with Ramona and Beezus (2010), this is one of only two live-action films released by 20th Century Fox in the 2010s to be rated G by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), as every other live-action film released that decade was rated PG or higher.
- #005
Simon's second personality, Simone, is French. In Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), Ian had a French-speaking Simon doll that he named Simone.
- #006
At around 25 minutes in, during the beach scene, Simon uses a convex lens, indicating that Simon has hyperopia, a condition common in old age.
- #007
Although David Cross did not enjoy the experience of making this film, he admitted that performing in the chicken costume was the most fun thing he had ever done in his career.
- #008
The plot, in which the Chipmunks and the Chipettes are stranded on an island, was reused from an episode of the Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983) series.
- #009
The last Alvin and the Chipmunks film will be released in the same year as a film in The Twilight Saga series.
- #010
About four times, Brittany's blue denim jacket shifts slightly, revealing torn holes in her pink shirt. There appears to be a large hole under her left armpit and a vertical hole on her right sleeve.
- #011
Amy Poehler and Phyllis Smith later appeared together in Inside Out (2015).
- #012
At one point the film was said to be in 3D, but for unknown reasons it was changed to 2D only. Although it is only a rumor, there are several moments in the film where characters or objects fly close to the screen (for example, the scene where the chipmunks fight over a mango, or the final musical number), as if the film was meant to be in 3D.
- #013
This is the only Alan Tudyk film rated G by the Motion Picture Association (MPA). All his other films were rated PG or higher.
- #014
Jenny Slate and Alan Tudyk later appeared in Zootopia (2016).
- #015
Justin Long and Alan Tudyk had appeared together seven years earlier in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
- #016
As of 2022, this is the only directorial work by Mike Mitchell on a theatrical film rated G by the Motion Picture Association (MPA); all his other directed films were rated PG or higher.
- #017
After Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Rio (2011), Winnie the Pooh (2011), Cars 2 (2011) and Seven Days in Utopia (2011), this is the sixth non-documentary film of 2011 to be rated G by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) rather than PG or higher.
- #018
Brittany's "Huh?" is reused in her conversation with Alvin.
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