Blue Sky Studios was founded in 1987 in New York by Chris Wedge, who would later direct the first Ice Age movie, and become the voice of Scrat. Starting with short commercials, they would eventually make their 1998 Oscar-winning short Bunny, and provide special effects for Alien Resurrection, Fight Club, and Don Bluth’s Titan A.E.

But Titan A.E. ended up being a commercial failure, and 20th Century Fox was forced to close down the Phoenix-based Fox Animation Studios. Blue Sky would be contracted by Fox to create the computer animated feature we know today as Ice Age, which was met with its deserved success. Outside of the Ice Age movies, Blue Sky would also make other animated features such as Robots, Horton Hears a Who!, the Rio movies, and Epic.

Technical description of the film:

• Country of origin: United States
• Directors: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha (co-director)
• Producer: Lori Forte
• Screenplay: Michael J. Wilson, Michael Berg, Peter Ackerman
• Story: Michael J. Wilson
• Music: David Newman
• Distributor: 20th Century Fox
• Studio: Blue Sky Studios
• MPAA rating: PG
• Running time: 81 minutes

Nominated a 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

English voices:

• Ray Romano - Manfred (aka Manny)
• John Leguizamo - Sid
• Denis Leary - Diego
• Goran Visnjic - Soto
• Jack Black - Zeke
• Diedrich Bader - Oscar
• Alan Tudyk - Lenny
• Cedric the Entertainer - Carl
• Stephan Root - Frank
• Lorri Bagley - Jennifer
• Jane Krakowski - Rachel
• Chris Wedge - Scrat
• Tara Strong - Roshan

Theatrical release in the USA: March 15, 2002
Release on VHS/DVD in the USA: November 26, 2002
Release on Blu-ray in the USA: March 4, 2008