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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.

Starring: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg
Directed by: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Release date:  September 18, 2009
Running time:  1:30
MPAA Rating: PG for brief mild language.
Tagline:  Prepare to get served.
Production:  IMDb details
Based on: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (1978) by Judi Barrett. Illus. by Ron Barrett
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cloudymeatballsbook Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Atheneum, 1978
Written by Judi Barrett. Illus. by Ron Barrett

SUMMARY: Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers -- until the weather takes a turn for the worse.