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Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Everything he draws is about to get real.

20246.61h 30m

Overview

Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life.

Directed by Carlos Saldanha
Written by Crockett Johnson, Michael Handelman, David Guion
Produced by John Davis
Box OfficeBudget: $40.0MRevenue: $32.2M

Top Cast

Zachary Levi

Zachary Levi

Harold

Lil Rel Howery

Lil Rel Howery

Moose

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel

Terry

Benjamin Bottani

Benjamin Bottani

Mel

Tanya Reynolds

Tanya Reynolds

Porcupine

Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Clement

Gary

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina

Narrator (voice)

Pete Gardner

Pete Gardner

Detective Love

Camille Guaty

Camille Guaty

Junior Detective Silva

Ravi Patel

Ravi Patel

Prasad

Themes & Keywords

based on children's booklive action and animationunassumingcrayonimaginationmoose

About Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayon is a family, comedy, adventure, fantasy film released in 2024 exploring themes of based on children's book, live action and animation, unassuming, crayon, imagination, moose. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, it stars Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Zooey Deschanel. Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life.

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