Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Photo 108

Actors and characters

Release date

2013-06-26

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Illumination

Genre

Animation, Comedy, Family

Budget

$76 000 000

Revenue

$970 766 005

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Director

Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud

Actors

Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher, Russell Brand, Ken Jeong, Steve Coogan, Moisés Arias
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Scenario

Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio

Producer

Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy

Operator

Composer

Heitor Pereira

Artist

Audition

Carla Hool

Editing

Gregory Perler, Claire Dodgson, Jean-Luc Florinda
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• All the voices of the minions in the original version belong to the film's directors, Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud.
• Instead of Leonid Yarmolnik, who voiced Gru in the first part of the cartoon, the role in the Russian dubbing went to Sergey Burunov.
• In the scene where Gru tries to call Lucy and ask her on a date, the following numbers are clearly visible: 626-584-5723. If you call this number, you can hear a voicemail from Kristen Wiig as Agent Lucy Wilde.
• When Gru is inspecting the shopping mall, he sees a man inflating a balloon only to pop it and make a child cry. The crying child is the same one Gru made cry by popping a balloon at the beginning of the first film.
• When Gru first visits the Minions in the underground workshop, you can notice several Minions eating on top of a crossbeam. This scene is a tribute to the famous 1932 photograph "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper."
• Originally, Al Pacino was cast as Eduardo and even recorded his lines, but he later left the project due to creative differences. Benjamin Bratt took his place.
• At the beginning of the film, people in yellow shirts speaking a foreign language are shown. This is a nod to the original design of the Minions for the film "Despicable Me" (2010). Their final, shorter appearance came about due to the low budget of the first film.
• Javier Bardem was supposed to voice the villain, but he left the project.
• At the beginning of the film, when the magnet ship appears, one of the researchers falls and screams the 'Wilhelm scream'.
• A photo of Dr. Nefario on the beach is pinned to his workspace. The exact same photo appeared during his phone call to Gru in the first film.
• This is Illumination Entertainment's first sequel.
• In Gru's house, the petals of the flower in the painting form a biohazard symbol.
• There's a small scene in the film where Edith plays ping-pong with a Minion, but uses nunchucks instead of a paddle. This is a reference to a famous Chinese Nokia commercial featuring a man parodying Bruce Lee playing ping-pong with nunchucks.
• There are at least two Minions named Kevin. In the first film, Kevin is a one-eyed Minion, while in the sequel, Kevin is a taller Minion with two eyes.
• The scene where Gru examines a painting in a wig shop, performing characteristic movements, is a reference to the full-length film 'Mr. Bean' (1997), which features a similar moment.
• In the episode of Gru's battle with the chicken in El Macho's restaurant, there's a reference to the film 'Alien,' when the chicken bursts through Gru's sweater in the chest area.
• The final song of the Minions in the Russian release contains the word 'truselya' (underwear), while in the Ukrainian release it says 'u trusakh' (in underwear).
• At Gru and Lucy's wedding, the minions in white suits begin to sing the song "I Swear" by All-4-One. The members of this group were also in white suits in the music video for this song.
• In the scene where Gru infiltrates El Macho's base, pretending to be captured by two mutated minions who are actually covered in icing, there is a reference to the film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978), when one of the minions realizes what is happening.
• The scene where Gyu is looking at a painting in the wig shop, performing characteristic movements, is a reference to the full-length film "Mr. Bean" (1997), which features a similar moment.