Hollie Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party is a direct-to-DVD animated film

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

 released in 2006 by Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...

. This is the first movie to star the Holly Hobbie

Holly Hobbie

Holly Hobbie is an American writer and illustrator, and the name of a fictional character based on this person.Hobbie is the author of the popular Toot and Puddle children's books, and the creator of the character bearing her name...

 doll, albeit completely redesigned from her traditional look. This movie stars Alyson Stoner

Alyson Stoner

Alyson Rae Stoner is an American actress, dancer and singer. Stoner is known for her roles in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody , Cheaper By The Dozen and Cheaper By The Dozen 2 , Step Up and Step Up 3 , and Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2...

 and Liliana Mumy

Liliana Mumy

Liliana Berry Davis Mumy is an American teen actress and voice actress. Her most notable roles are as Jessica Baker in the Cheaper by the Dozen movies with Steve Martin, Lucy Miller in The Santa Clause sequels with Tim Allen, Mertle Edmonds on the Disney Channel original series Lilo & Stitch: The...

.

The film premiered in February 2006 on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block, and was followed by Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes

Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes is the second direct-to-DVD movie to feature the Holly Hobbie character. It premiered on November 11, 2006 on Nick Jr., and was released on DVD by Sony Wonder on November 14...

in November.

Cast

• Alyson Stoner
  Alyson Stoner
  Alyson Rae Stoner is an American actress, dancer and singer. Stoner is known for her roles in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody , Cheaper By The Dozen and Cheaper By The Dozen 2 , Step Up and Step Up 3 , and Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2...
  
  : Holly Hobbie
• Diedrich Bader
  Diedrich Bader
  Karl Diedrich Bader , better known as Diedrich Bader, is an American actor, voice artist and comedian. Many know him for his roles as Oswald Lee Harvey on The Drew Carey Show, Lawrence from the film Office Space, the Tae Kwon Do instructor Rex from Napoleon Dynamite, Tank "Shredder" Evans in Surf's...
  
  : Uncle Dave
• Tinashe Kachingwe
  Tinashe Kachingwe
  Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe , known professionally as Tinashe, is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is known as the former lead singer of girl group, the Stunners.-Early life:...
  
  : Carrie
• Jane Lynch
  Jane Lynch
  Jane Marie Lynch is an American comedian, actress and singer. She gained fame in Christopher Guest's improv mockumentary pictures such as Best in Show and is currently best known for playing the role of Sue Sylvester in the television series Glee...
  
  : Joan Hobbie/Minnie
• Bill Mumy
  Bill Mumy
  Charles William "Bill" Mumy, Jr. is an American actor, musician, pitchman, instrumentalist, voice-over artist and a figure in the science-fiction community. He is known primarily for his work as a child television actor....
  
  : Bud (Amy's Father)
• Liliana Mumy
  Liliana Mumy
  Liliana Berry Davis Mumy is an American teen actress and voice actress. Her most notable roles are as Jessica Baker in the Cheaper by the Dozen movies with Steve Martin, Lucy Miller in The Santa Clause sequels with Tim Allen, Mertle Edmonds on the Disney Channel original series Lilo & Stitch: The...
  
  : Amy
• Jansen Panettiere
  Jansen Panettiere
  Jansen Panettiere is an American voice and film actor, and the younger brother of actress Hayden Panettiere....
  
  : Robby Hobbie
• Rusty Schwimmer
  Rusty Schwimmer
  Rusty Schwimmer is an American film and television actress and singer. Her most prominent role so far is that of Barbara Ludzinski on The Guardian.Among her movie appearances are those as Joey B in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Mrs...
  
  : Aunt Jesse

Bill Mumy plays Amy's father, and is also the real-life father of Amy's voice actress, Liliana Mumy.

External links

• Official site of Holly Hobbie at American Greetings
  American Greetings
  American Greetings Corporation, Inc. is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. It is based in Brooklyn, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products , and electronic expressive content...