Barney's Great Adventure

Barney's Great Adventure (1998)

An Adventure as Big as your Imagination.

Mom and dad dump son Cody, daughter Abby, her best friend Marcella and a baby on the farm with Grandpa and Grandma. Purple dinosaur Barney soon appears to entertain the kids, and when a large colorful egg deposited on a farm by a shooting star is accidentally carted off, Barney and the kids start their chase for it.

Date of release
1998-04-03
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (65)
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Director
Steve Gomer

Casting

Interesting facts

Barney's Great Adventure is a 1998 musical comedy adventure film based on the children's television series Barney & Friends, featuring Barney the Dinosaur in his first feature-length film. The plot follows Barney, along with three young children named Cody, Abby, and Marcella, as they discover a magical egg in a barn. After learning that the egg contains a magical being, Barney and the gang must return the egg to the barn before it hatches.

Production

In the early 1990s, a retreat was held at the Leach Austin Lakewood House, and it was there that the idea of a Barney movie was brought up as a goal and desire for Barney, as it was written on a piece of paper. Word of a Barney film first arose in November 1992 when Debbie Ries, sales director for The Lyons Group said plans for a movie was in the works.

Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park, stated that he was offered $1.5 million to direct Barney’s Great Adventure after the underground success of The Spirit of Christmas. According to Parker, producers believed his ability to create humorous content with children made him a suitable choice for the project. However, he declined the offer. According to Stephen White, who wrote the film, actor Daniel Stern voiced interest in directing the film.

Steve Gomer, the director of the film, was approached for the film by an individual who called in regards that a musical Barney film was being made. Gomer had no interest in being a part of the Barney & Friends television series, but expressed interest in doing the film.

On July 25, 1996, it was announced that John Travolta, Demi Moore, Rosie O’Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Maria Shriver were expected to make cameos in the film. These cameos never occurred in the final film. Actress Mara Wilson was offered a role in the film, but turned it down out of frustration of being branded in "cute" movies.

Steve Gomer expressed desire to work in Montreal, Canada to save on the cost of filming. To Sheryl Leach, it was a joy of filming as she stated:

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