The Wild Thornberrys Movie
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The Wild Thornberrys Movie is a 2002 American animated feature film based on the television series of the same name
. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures
and produced by Klasky Csupo
and Nickelodeon Movies
, and was released on December 20, 2002.
), aged 12, playing with a family of cheetah
s in East Africa
, where her parents work as roving wildlife photographers for a television nature show. Eliza has the magical ability to talk and communicate with wild animals. The cheetah mother, Akela (voiced by Alfre Woodard
), has left Eliza in charge of her cubs; however, Eliza strays beyond the security of the area, and one of the cheetah cubs, Tally (voiced by Kimberly Brooks
), is kidnapped by a poacher. Eliza's persistent efforts to rescue the cub lead her British
grandmother Cordelia (voiced by Lynn Redgrave
) (who is visiting them) to send her off to an English boarding school, because Cordelia believes that Eliza is constantly endangering herself in Africa and Eliza will be much safer in England
. Eliza is unhappy because she will no longer be able to view the imminent solar eclipse
and will not be able to locate Tally. Eliza's sister Debbie (voiced by Danielle Harris
), a materialistic girl who dislikes Africa, is upset and envious that she is not the one being sent away to England. Darwin (voiced by Tom Kane
), who is Eliza's "pet" chimpanzee smuggles himself into her luggage and travels to school with her. Rumors about Eliza's past spread through the school, but Eliza becomes more popular over time. However, Eliza quickly becomes fed up of the school and manages to persuade a stuck-up British school girl to lend her a visa in order to get out of England.
Eliza and Darwin catch an airplane back to Nairobi
followed by a train back to their family's site. While on the train the duo notice an injured rhino outside the train and get off to help it. Eliza speaks with the rhino who tells her about an electric fence set to kill elephants coming through a pass. Then they are assisted by a young couple, supposedly animal conservationists, and the rhino is taken away by a ranger. A night spent with the couple reveals that the two are actually the poachers planning to kill the elephants coming through the pass on the day of the eclipse. Eliza also discovers Tally who was kidnapped. Eliza is discovered by Sloan and Bree Blackburn (voiced by Rupert Everett
and Marisa Tomei
) while she is sneaking around and they interrogate her about how she came to know about the fence.
Meanwhile, Debbie has been left alone by Nigel and Marianne Thornberry (voiced by Tim Curry
and Jodi Carlisle
) to take care of her mischievous adopted brother Donnie near their motor home. One day Debbie becomes lost in the jungle while trying to find Donnie. She comes to a friendly native village where no one speaks English. After several failed attempts to get her motorcycle out of the mud in which it is stuck, she meets a teenage boy from the village who helps her to get the motorcycle out. The village members, worried that Debbie will get killed out in the wilderness, send the teenage boy as her guide. Back at the poachers camp, Sloan is tying Eliza up in the trailer and again asks how she knows about the fence. He threatens her by saying she'll never see her family again unless she tells him. Just then, Bree opens the door and tells Sloane she hears something coming. When they go to investigate, Tally chews on the rope bounding Eliza to free her. She and Darwin get into argument to which Eliza ends by yelling at him to, for once, be quiet and Darwin's feelings are hurt. Eliza then sees Sloan grab Debbie who was the one Bree heard. Eliza rushes out of the trailer to save her, but is grabbed by Bree and held back. Eliza begs Sloane to let Debbie go, but he demands to know her source of information. Eliza says it was just a guess and let's it slip about the explosives which Sloane never mentioned. Knowing she's lying, Sloane forces Debbie over to the edge of the cliff and threatens to throw her over unless Eliza tells him the truth about how she knew about their plan. With no other way to save her sister, Eliza admits she knows about the fence because of her ability to talk to animals. A storm begins and Eliza's powers disappear. Eliza pulls Tally out of the trailer and tells Darwin to go with them. Darwin, unable to understand her, just makes monkey sounds at her. Eliza realizes her power is really gone and pulls Darwin after her. The group ends up drifting down the river on a log as the storm continues.
Later on, the storm has stopped. Eliza tells Debbie the story of how she got her powers and that she had kept them a secret all this time. Debbie asks Eliza to prove it by telling Darwin how she hates it when he leaves pizza crust lying around, but Eliza tells her she can't because her powers are now gone because she revealed them and now she can't even apologize to Darwin for their argument earlier. Debbie then realizes how much Eliza's powers meant to her and is amazed that she gave it up just to save her life.
They get to the pass, just in time for the eclipse. They find hundreds of elephants, being led to death by their matriarch, unaware of the fence. Eliza jumps onto the lead elephant, and desperately tries to tell her to stop. She uses a necklace her dad gave her before she left and hurls it at the electric fence. The fence goes off and electrocutes the necklace, and the elephants see what's going to happen. They begin to turn around but Bree and Sloane fire off another round of explosives, making the elephants charge towards it again. Then she remembers how elephant mothers tell their young how to go; she taps the elephant in a certain way, causing her to stop right in front of the fence. Everyone stops, and the elephants are saved. But Sloan swings in on a helicopter and grabs Eliza. When the elephants grab onto the helicopter to help her, Eliza falls into the river as the helicopter crashes. She is then helped out of the river by the shaman who originally gave her the power to speak to animals. He tells her that she saved the day using not her powers but her heart. As a reward he gives Eliza her powers back. She apologizes to Darwin, and the poachers are captured and arrested. They return to their trailer and explain to their parents what has been happening, while Tally is reunited with his mother once again.
and Eight Crazy Nights
.
(making it the best-ranked Nickelodeon Movie
on the site until The Spiderwick Chronicles
and more recently Rango took over with 80% and 89% freshness respectively) and a rating of 69 (meaning generally favorable reviews) on Metacritic
. A parody featured on a movie poster in an episode of The Simpsons called 'The Wild Dingleberries Movie.'
" by Paul Simon
.
.
The Wild Thornberrys
The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon. It was rerun in the USA on Nickelodeon and occasionally The N until 2009 and Nicktoons until 2007...
. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
and produced by Klasky Csupo
Klasky Csupo
Klasky Csupo, Inc. is a multimedia entertainment production company located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, founded by artist/producer, Arlene Klasky and animator, Gábor Csupó.- History :...
and Nickelodeon Movies
Nickelodeon Movies
Nickelodeon Movies is the motion picture production arm of children's cable channel Nickelodeon, originally launched in 1995. Its first film was Harriet the Spy. It has produced films based on Nickelodeon programs, as well as other adaptations and original projects...
, and was released on December 20, 2002.
Plot
The film begins with Eliza Thornberry (voiced by Lacey ChabertLacey Chabert
Lacey Nicole Chabert is an American actress and voice actress, known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls...
), aged 12, playing with a family of cheetah
Cheetah
The cheetah is a large-sized feline inhabiting most of Africa and parts of the Middle East. The cheetah is the only extant member of the genus Acinonyx, most notable for modifications in the species' paws...
s in East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
, where her parents work as roving wildlife photographers for a television nature show. Eliza has the magical ability to talk and communicate with wild animals. The cheetah mother, Akela (voiced by Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard
Alfre Ette Woodard is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 17 times for Emmy Awards , and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss...
), has left Eliza in charge of her cubs; however, Eliza strays beyond the security of the area, and one of the cheetah cubs, Tally (voiced by Kimberly Brooks
Kimberly Brooks
Kimberly Brooks is an American voice actress in the anime, feature films, video games, and theatre industry. She started her acting career when she was nine....
), is kidnapped by a poacher. Eliza's persistent efforts to rescue the cub lead her British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
grandmother Cordelia (voiced by Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
) (who is visiting them) to send her off to an English boarding school, because Cordelia believes that Eliza is constantly endangering herself in Africa and Eliza will be much safer in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Eliza is unhappy because she will no longer be able to view the imminent solar eclipse
Solar eclipse
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. This can happen only during a new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. At least...
and will not be able to locate Tally. Eliza's sister Debbie (voiced by Danielle Harris
Danielle Harris
Danielle Andrea Harris is an American film and television actress, best known as a scream queen for her roles in several horror films, four of them in the Halloween series: in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Jamie Lloyd and in Halloween and...
), a materialistic girl who dislikes Africa, is upset and envious that she is not the one being sent away to England. Darwin (voiced by Tom Kane
Tom Kane
Tom Kane is a prominent American voice actor with over 25 years of experience. He is most widely known for his animation work...
), who is Eliza's "pet" chimpanzee smuggles himself into her luggage and travels to school with her. Rumors about Eliza's past spread through the school, but Eliza becomes more popular over time. However, Eliza quickly becomes fed up of the school and manages to persuade a stuck-up British school girl to lend her a visa in order to get out of England.
Eliza and Darwin catch an airplane back to Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
followed by a train back to their family's site. While on the train the duo notice an injured rhino outside the train and get off to help it. Eliza speaks with the rhino who tells her about an electric fence set to kill elephants coming through a pass. Then they are assisted by a young couple, supposedly animal conservationists, and the rhino is taken away by a ranger. A night spent with the couple reveals that the two are actually the poachers planning to kill the elephants coming through the pass on the day of the eclipse. Eliza also discovers Tally who was kidnapped. Eliza is discovered by Sloan and Bree Blackburn (voiced by Rupert Everett
Rupert Everett
Rupert James Hector Everett is an English actor. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country as an openly gay student at an English public school, set in the 1930s...
and Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei is an American stage, film and television actress. Following her work on As The World Turns, Tomei came to prominence as a supporting cast member on The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World in 1987...
) while she is sneaking around and they interrogate her about how she came to know about the fence.
Meanwhile, Debbie has been left alone by Nigel and Marianne Thornberry (voiced by Tim Curry
Tim Curry
Timothy James "Tim" Curry is a British actor, singer, composer and voice actor, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California....
and Jodi Carlisle
Jodi Carlisle
Jodi Carlisle is an American actress. She appeared in several television and film roles since 1982.-Voice work:Voice actress Jodi Carlisle has been doing voice work for a number of years, beginning on the cartoon series Pac Man in 1982...
) to take care of her mischievous adopted brother Donnie near their motor home. One day Debbie becomes lost in the jungle while trying to find Donnie. She comes to a friendly native village where no one speaks English. After several failed attempts to get her motorcycle out of the mud in which it is stuck, she meets a teenage boy from the village who helps her to get the motorcycle out. The village members, worried that Debbie will get killed out in the wilderness, send the teenage boy as her guide. Back at the poachers camp, Sloan is tying Eliza up in the trailer and again asks how she knows about the fence. He threatens her by saying she'll never see her family again unless she tells him. Just then, Bree opens the door and tells Sloane she hears something coming. When they go to investigate, Tally chews on the rope bounding Eliza to free her. She and Darwin get into argument to which Eliza ends by yelling at him to, for once, be quiet and Darwin's feelings are hurt. Eliza then sees Sloan grab Debbie who was the one Bree heard. Eliza rushes out of the trailer to save her, but is grabbed by Bree and held back. Eliza begs Sloane to let Debbie go, but he demands to know her source of information. Eliza says it was just a guess and let's it slip about the explosives which Sloane never mentioned. Knowing she's lying, Sloane forces Debbie over to the edge of the cliff and threatens to throw her over unless Eliza tells him the truth about how she knew about their plan. With no other way to save her sister, Eliza admits she knows about the fence because of her ability to talk to animals. A storm begins and Eliza's powers disappear. Eliza pulls Tally out of the trailer and tells Darwin to go with them. Darwin, unable to understand her, just makes monkey sounds at her. Eliza realizes her power is really gone and pulls Darwin after her. The group ends up drifting down the river on a log as the storm continues.
Later on, the storm has stopped. Eliza tells Debbie the story of how she got her powers and that she had kept them a secret all this time. Debbie asks Eliza to prove it by telling Darwin how she hates it when he leaves pizza crust lying around, but Eliza tells her she can't because her powers are now gone because she revealed them and now she can't even apologize to Darwin for their argument earlier. Debbie then realizes how much Eliza's powers meant to her and is amazed that she gave it up just to save her life.
They get to the pass, just in time for the eclipse. They find hundreds of elephants, being led to death by their matriarch, unaware of the fence. Eliza jumps onto the lead elephant, and desperately tries to tell her to stop. She uses a necklace her dad gave her before she left and hurls it at the electric fence. The fence goes off and electrocutes the necklace, and the elephants see what's going to happen. They begin to turn around but Bree and Sloane fire off another round of explosives, making the elephants charge towards it again. Then she remembers how elephant mothers tell their young how to go; she taps the elephant in a certain way, causing her to stop right in front of the fence. Everyone stops, and the elephants are saved. But Sloan swings in on a helicopter and grabs Eliza. When the elephants grab onto the helicopter to help her, Eliza falls into the river as the helicopter crashes. She is then helped out of the river by the shaman who originally gave her the power to speak to animals. He tells her that she saved the day using not her powers but her heart. As a reward he gives Eliza her powers back. She apologizes to Darwin, and the poachers are captured and arrested. They return to their trailer and explain to their parents what has been happening, while Tally is reunited with his mother once again.
Cast
- Lacey ChabertLacey ChabertLacey Nicole Chabert is an American actress and voice actress, known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls...
as the voice of Eliza Thornberry, the main protagonist of the film - Danielle HarrisDanielle HarrisDanielle Andrea Harris is an American film and television actress, best known as a scream queen for her roles in several horror films, four of them in the Halloween series: in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Jamie Lloyd and in Halloween and...
as the voice of Debbie Thornberry, Eliza's sister - Tim CurryTim CurryTimothy James "Tim" Curry is a British actor, singer, composer and voice actor, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California....
as the voice of Nigel Thornberry / Col. Radcliffe Thornberry, Eliza's father - Jodi CarlisleJodi CarlisleJodi Carlisle is an American actress. She appeared in several television and film roles since 1982.-Voice work:Voice actress Jodi Carlisle has been doing voice work for a number of years, beginning on the cartoon series Pac Man in 1982...
as the voice of Marianne Thornberry, Eliza's mother - Michael "Flea" BalzaryFlea (musician)Michael Peter Balzary , better known by his stage name Flea, is an Australian-American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the bassist, co-founding member, and one of the composers of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers...
as the voice of Donnie Thornberry - Tom KaneTom KaneTom Kane is a prominent American voice actor with over 25 years of experience. He is most widely known for his animation work...
as the voice of Darwin - Lynn RedgraveLynn RedgraveLynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
as the voice of Cordelia Jasmin McGold Thornberry - Rupert EverettRupert EverettRupert James Hector Everett is an English actor. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country as an openly gay student at an English public school, set in the 1930s...
and Marisa TomeiMarisa TomeiMarisa Tomei is an American stage, film and television actress. Following her work on As The World Turns, Tomei came to prominence as a supporting cast member on The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World in 1987...
as the voice of Sloan and Bree Blackburn, the main antagonists of the film - Alfre WoodardAlfre WoodardAlfre Ette Woodard is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 17 times for Emmy Awards , and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss...
as the voice of Akela, mother of the kidnapped cub - Kimberly BrooksKimberly BrooksKimberly Brooks is an American voice actress in the anime, feature films, video games, and theatre industry. She started her acting career when she was nine....
as the voice of Tally, one of Akela's cubs - Cree SummerCree SummerCree Summer Francks , best known as Cree Summer, is a Canadian actress, musician and voice actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as college student Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom A Different World...
as the voice of Phaedra, the elephant Eliza is riding at the start of the film - Brenda BlethynBrenda BlethynBrenda Anne Blethyn, OBE is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
as the voice of Mrs. Fairgood, a teacher at the boarding school - Obba BabatundéObba BabatundeObba Babatundé is an American actor of stage and screen, known for his Emmy-nominated performance in the television movie Miss Evers' Boys, a NAACP Image Award-nominated performance in the TV movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, and a Tony Award-nominated role for his performance as C.C...
as the voice of Boko, a native boy Debbie runs into later on - Kevin Michael RichardsonKevin Michael RichardsonKevin Michael Richardson is an American actor and voice actor who currently stars as Cleveland Brown, Jr. in The Cleveland Show...
as the voice of Shaman Mnyambo - Melissa Greenspan as the voice of Sarah Wellington, Eliza's roommate at Lady Beatrice's
- Tara StrongTara StrongTara Lyn Strong is a Canadian actress, voice-over artist, singer, who is best known for her voice work in cartoons.-Early life and career:...
, Hynden WalchHynden WalchHeidi Hynden Walch , known professionally as Hynden Walch, is an American actress.One of her most known roles is Starfire in Teen Titans. She also voiced Penny Sanchez on the Nickelodeon show ChalkZone and Elsie on the Disney Channel show Stanley...
, and Mae WhitmanMae WhitmanMae Margaret Whitman is an American television, movie and voice actress. She is known for her role as Ann Veal in the TV series Arrested Development, her role as Amber on the TV series Parenthood, her role as Roxy Richter in Scott Pilgrim vs...
as the voice of schoolgirls - Roger L. JacksonRoger L. JacksonRoger Labon Jackson is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing the killer Ghostface in the Scream films, leaving him to keep an unknown identity to withhold the mystery of Ghostface...
as the voice of Reggie (an English squirrel) and Thunder (a Clydesdale) - Johnny Kassir and Charles ShaughnessyCharles ShaughnessyCharles George Patrick Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy , simply known as Charles Shaughnessy, is a British peer, and television, theatre and film actor. He is known for his roles on American television, as Shane Donovan on the soap opera Days of our Lives and as Maxwell Sheffield on the sitcom...
as the voice of Squirrels
Box office
It opened in the US box office on December 20, 2002, and only finished #6 for the weekend, with only $6,013,847 for 3,012 theaters for an average of only $1,997 per venue. The film ended up with a modest $40,108,697 domestically, partly because the film came out on the same day as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. But, in light of generally favorable reviews it managed to out-gross its holiday animated competition Treasure PlanetTreasure Planet
Treasure Planet is a 2002 animated science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 27, 2002...
and Eight Crazy Nights
Eight Crazy Nights
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights is a 2002 animated musical comedy film co-written by and starring Adam Sandler. Unlike most mainstream holiday films, it centers on Jewish characters during the Hanukkah season, as opposed to religious or secular celebration of Christmas...
.
Critical response
Reviews were mostly positive. It currently holds a 80% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
(making it the best-ranked Nickelodeon Movie
Nickelodeon Movies
Nickelodeon Movies is the motion picture production arm of children's cable channel Nickelodeon, originally launched in 1995. Its first film was Harriet the Spy. It has produced films based on Nickelodeon programs, as well as other adaptations and original projects...
on the site until The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles (film)
The Spiderwick Chronicles is a 2008 fantasy film adaptation of Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi's bestselling series of the same name. Set in the Spiderwick Estate in New England, United States, it follows the adventures of Jared Grace and his family as they discover a field guide to faeries, battle...
and more recently Rango took over with 80% and 89% freshness respectively) and a rating of 69 (meaning generally favorable reviews) on Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
. A parody featured on a movie poster in an episode of The Simpsons called 'The Wild Dingleberries Movie.'
Awards
The film did not get nominated for Best Animated Feature, but it was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song for "Father and DaughterFather and Daughter
Father and Daughter is a Paul Simon song, originally released as a single. It is a notable addition to the Simon anthology mainly because the song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. It was written for the children's animated film The Wild Thornberrys Movie and released in 2002...
" by Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
.
Soundtrack
An original motion picture soundtrack was released on November 26, 2002 from Jive RecordsJive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
.
Track listing
- "Father & Daughter" - Paul SimonPaul SimonPaul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
- "Iwoya" - Angelique KidjoAngélique KidjoAngélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, commonly known as Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Time Magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva". The BBC has...
featuring Dave MatthewsDave MatthewsDavid John "Dave" Matthews is a South African–born American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band... - "Dance With Us" - P. Diddy & BrandyBrandyBrandy is a spirit produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35%–60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink...
featuring Bow Wow - "Animal Nation" - Peter GabrielPeter GabrielPeter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
- "Happy" - SitaSita (singer)Sita Vermeulen , known by the mononym Sita, is a Dutch pop singer. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as part of pop group K-otic. After the band disbanded in 2003, she had a brief solo career before turning to television, where she would be featured primarily on children's television and was a...
- "Motla Le Pula (The Rain Maker)" - Hugh Masekela
- "Don't Walk Away" - Youssou N' Dour featuring Sting
- "Acci-dent" - Baha MenBaha MenThe Baha Men are Bahamian singers in a Bahamian band. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.-Early career as High Voltage :...
- "Monkey Man" - Reel Big Fish (a cover of the original Toots and The Maytals song of the same name)
- "Shaking The Tree (02 Remix)" - Peter Gabriel & Youssou N' Dour featuring Shaggy
- "Get Out Of London" - The PretendersThe PretendersThe Pretenders are an English rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman-Scott , Pete Farndon , and Martin Chambers...
- "Africa" - Las Hijas Del Sol
- "End Of Forever" - Nick CarterNick Carter (musician)Nickolas Gene "Nick" Carter is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, entertainer and actor. He is best known as a member of the pop group, Backstreet Boys. He went on to release a solo album called Now Or Never during their hiatus. He has made occasional television appearances and...
- "Awa Awa" - Wes