Meet the Small Potatoes

Meet the Small Potatoes (2013)

The whole family will sing and laugh along with the Small Potatoes' fun adventure from humble Idaho farm to global singing sensation.

Date of release
2013-04-30
TMDB
2.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Animation, Comedy
Director
Josh Selig

Casting

Interesting facts

Meet the Small Potatoes is a 2013 family mockumentary film written and directed by Josh Selig and starring Malcolm McDowell. It is a follow-up to Selig's 2011 television series Small Potatoes. The film serves as both a prequel to and spinoff of the show. The special premiered on Disney Jr. on February 15, 2013, using the voices and likenesses of real fans for the film's man on the street interviews.

Production

Based on the success of his television series, Selig was commissioned by Disney to come up with an original, forty-five minute feature to air on Disney Jr. Prior to the film's debut, parents were invited to submit their children's photos in a Facebook contest to have their likenesses animated into the film as the Potatoes' fans in the man-on-the-street segments.

Many of the songs are taken from episodes of the television show, here worked into the context of concert sequences. Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Bock wrote some of the original songs, one of his final projects before his death. In keeping with the show's educational nature, the film functions to teach children about the history of popular music in the 20th century.

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