- General Note:
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Based on a story and the series created by Stephen Hillenburg.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Special features: The absorbing tale behind "The SpongeBob SquarePants movie"; "The SpongeBob SquarePants movie" animatic featuring the writers and creator Stephen Hillenburg ; "Saving the surf" featurette; "Case of the SpongeBob": special "undersea" featurette with voiceover by Stephen Hillenburg and Jean-Michel Cousteau; submarine teaser trailer; THQ SpongeBob SquarePants game demo (DVD-ROM).
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Director of photography, Jerzy Zielinski ; supervising animation director, Alan Smart ; digital art director, Tanya Farncisco ; editor, Lynn Hobson ; music, Gregor Narholz ; production designer, Nick Jennings.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Voices: Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Mr. Lawrence, Jeffrey Tambor, Scarlett Johansson, Alec Baldwin, David Hasselhoff.
- Target Audience Note:
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MPAA rating: PG; for some mild crude humor.
- System Details Note:
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DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (English, French and Spanish) and 2.0 surround (English).
- Language Note:
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English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.