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Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)

2007 live-action animated film by Tim Hill

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American musical comedy film based on the characters created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. It was directed by Tim Hill from a screenplay by Jon Vitti, Will McRobb, and Chris Viscardi. The film stars Jason Lee, David Cross, and Cameron Richardson, with Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Jesse McCartney in voice roles. It follows the chipmunks, who move in with struggling songwriter Dave Seville after losing their home.

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The public source identifies “Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)” as 2007 live-action animated film by Tim Hill. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Alvin, Chipmunks and film.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Alvin, Chipmunks and film providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alvin and the Chipmunks (film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.