Over the Hedge (2006)

Directors:

Tim Johnson
Karey Kirkpatrick

Writers:

Len Blum (screenplay) and
Lorne Cameron (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 May 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Get Over It.

Plot:

A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating...and learns a lesson about family himself.

Plot Keywords:

Food | Raccoon | Forest | Suburb | Exterminator

Awards:

6 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	RJ (voice)
Garry Shandling	...	Verne (voice)
Steve Carell	...	Hammy (voice)
Wanda Sykes	...	Stella (voice)
William Shatner	...	Ozzie (voice)
Nick Nolte	...	Vincent (voice)
Thomas Haden Church	...	Dwayne (voice)
Allison Janney	...	Gladys (voice)
Eugene Levy	...	Lou (voice)
Catherine O'Hara	...	Penny (voice)
Avril Lavigne	...	Heather (voice)
Omid Djalili	...	Tiger (voice)
Sami Kirkpatrick	...	Bucky (voice)
Shane Baumel	...	Spike (voice)
Madison Davenport	...	Quillo (voice)
Zoe Randol	...	Mackenzie (voice)
Jessica Di Cicco	...	Shelby (voice)
Debra Wilson	...	Debbie (voice)
Sean Bishop	...	Police Officer (voice)
Jeannie Elias	...	Janis (voice)
Kejon Kesse	...	Timmy (voice)
Paul Butcher	...	Skeeter (voice)
Sean Yazbeck	...	BBQ Barry (voice)
Geoffrey Pomeroy	...	Ranger (voice)
Joel McCrary	...	Dr. Dennis (voice)
Lee Bienstock	...	Lunch Table Larry (voice)
Brian Stepanek	...	Nugent the Dog (voice)
Steve Alterman	...	(voice)
Erin Lander	...	(voice)
Kirk Baily	...	(voice)
Jordan Del Spina	...	(voice) (as Jordan Orr)
Jessie Flower	...	(voice)
Michelle Ruff	...	(voice)
Nicholas Guest	...	(voice)
Greyson Spann	...	(voice)
David Hiller	...	(voice)
April Lawrence	...	Navistar GPS System (voice) (as April Struebing)
Bridget Hoffman	...	(voice)
Marcelo Tubert	...	(voice)
Sandy Holt	...	(voice)
Ariel Winter	...	(voice)
Talula Holt	...	(voice)

Directed by
Tim Johnson
Karey Kirkpatrick

Writing credits
Len Blum		(screenplay) and
Lorne Cameron		(screenplay) &
David Hoselton		(screenplay) and
Karey Kirkpatrick		(screenplay)
Michael Fry		(comic strip characters) and
T. Lewis		(comic strip characters)
Chris Poche		(additional dialogue)
Mike de Seve		story consultant

Produced by
Bonnie Arnold	....	producer
Ellen Coss	....	associate producer
Jim Cox	....	co-executive producer
Bill Damaschke	....	executive producer
Christian Kubsch	....	producer

Original Music by
Rupert Gregson-Williams

Film Editing by
John K. Carr

Casting by
Leslee Feldman

Production Design by
Kathy Altieri

Art Direction by
Paul Shardlow

Costume Design by
Jane Poole

Production Management
Patrice Avery	....	production supervisor
Kathy Cavaiola-Hill	....	production supervisor (Script/recording)
Alison Fedrick Donahue	....	production supervisor
Barbara Ford	....	post-production manager
Lori Korngiebel	....	post-production supervisor
Christian Kubsch	....	additional production manager
Marny Nahrwold	....	production supervisor
Matt Pomeroy	....	production supervisor
Craig Rittenbaum	....	production supervisor
Bruce Seifert	....	production manager
Kate Spencer	....	senior production supervisor
Bethany Wilksen	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Alicia Reyes Alonzo	....	art department researcher
Damon Bard	....	sculptor
Max Boas	....	visual development artist
Alessandro Carloni	....	storyboard artist
Devin Crane	....	storyboard artist
Paul Duncan	....	visual development artist
Will Finn	....	storyboard artist
Steven E. Gordon	....	storyboard artist
Gary Graham	....	storyboard artist
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	storyboard artist
Patrick Marc Hanenberger	....	visual development artist (as Patrick Hanenberger)
Steve Hickner	....	additional storyboard artist
Mark Koetsier	....	storyboard artist
Buck Lewis	....	lead character design (as H.B. 'Buck' Lewis)
Michael Lynn	....	production coordinator
Wilbert Plijnaar	....	storyboard artist
Bill Riling	....	storyboard artist
Pat Sito	....	matte painting coordinator
Melchior Zwyer	....	props

Sound Department
Richard L. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Mark Binder	....	sound designer
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Rick Canelli	....	adr recordist
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Mike Chock	....	sound effects editor (as Michael Chock)
Mark Coffey	....	assistant sound editor
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Richard Duarte	....	foley mixer
Ken J. Johnson	....	sound effects recordist
Thomas Jones	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Lee	....	sound effects editor (as Steven Lee)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Josephine Nericcio	....	first assistant sound editor
Bob Newlan	....	foley editor
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga	....	foley editor
Juan Peralta	....	sound mix technician
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Brandon Proctor	....	sound mix technician
Danny Reisch	....	assistant adr engineer
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound recordist
Tony Sereno	....	additional sound mixer
Reuben Simon	....	foley editor
Reuben Simon	....	supervising foley editor
Andy Sisul	....	assistant sound editor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound re-recording mixer
Dino Tomelden	....	digital editorial services
Jeremy Underwood	....	assistant mixing engineer
David A. Whittaker	....	sound effects editor
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue recordist
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Marty Havran	....	model supervisor
Heather M. Shepherd	....	model maker

Visual Effects by
Motohisa Adachi	....	effects animator
Deepa Agarwal	....	completion artist
Gianni Aliotti	....	compositor
Gianni Aliotti	....	lighter
Shinsaku Arima	....	effects animator
Carol Ashley	....	lighter
Michael Aucoin	....	technical director
Scott Ballard	....	lead character technical director
Yakov Baytler	....	character rigging
Wendy Berry	....	production coordinator: PDI
David Juan Bianchi	....	production coordinator: lighting and effects
Stewart Birnam	....	senior software engineer
Cathy E. Blanco	....	lighting technical director
Max Boas	....	matte painter
Andrew Bonello	....	visual effects compositing engineer
Patrick Bonneau	....	character animator
Silviu Borac	....	senior research & development engineer
Liz Borges-Herzog	....	digital paint artist
Eric Bouffard	....	matte artist
Eric Bouffard	....	matte painter
Terran Boylan	....	character technical director
Julie Anne Brame	....	effects animator (as Julie Anne Mayfield)
Justin Brandstater	....	matte painter
Gregory Brentin	....	supervising technical director
Daniel J. Brick	....	matte painting technical director
Scott Brisbane	....	matte painter
Ronn Brown	....	matte painting supervisor: DreamWorks Animation
Paul F. Bruchhaeuser	....	effects animator
Nathalie Buce	....	surfacing
David Caeiro Cebrián	....	visual effects
Claudia Candia	....	senior texture painter
Christopher Lee Capel	....	animator
Bernard O. Ceguerra	....	lighter & compositor
Bernard O. Ceguerra	....	surfacing artist
Chung Chan	....	character animator
Michael A. Chang	....	head of global pipeline (as Mike Chang)
Chloe Chao	....	research and development
Andy Chen	....	visual effects artist
Vanessa Cheung	....	matte painter
Kate Choi	....	lead lighter
Amy Christensen	....	lead lighter
Shaun Collaco	....	lighting and compositing artist: Dreamworks Animation
Michael Collery	....	additional matte paintings
Melanie Cordan	....	character animator
Nick Craven	....	character animator
Damon Crowe	....	character effects animator
Jonathan R. Cummings	....	technical director
Michael Cutler	....	senior systems administrator
Kwesi Davis	....	production engineer
Paolo deGuzman	....	digital artist
Lou Dellarosa	....	character animator
Beau DeSilva	....	animator
Sandy Dong	....	surfacing artist
David Eberle	....	fx engineer
Kevin Edwards	....	lighting artist
Tarek Elaydi	....	lighting technical director
Fabian Elmers	....	character effects animator
Kolja Erman	....	CGI technical director
Aaron Estrada	....	lighting and compositing
Ken Faiman	....	character effects animator
Peter Farson	....	character technical director
Mark Fattibene	....	cg supervisor
Sean Fennell	....	character effects artist
Benjamin Fischler	....	lighter & compositor
Bruce Franklin	....	lighting production coordinator
Alec Fredericks	....	character technical director
T.J. Galda	....	character technical director
Ashraf Ghoniem	....	character effects animator
Emilio Ghorayeb	....	character animator
Rick Glumac	....	visual effects lead
Caroleen Green	....	senior matte painter
Tony Halawa	....	matte painter
Michael P. Hamler	....	lighting technical director
Lei Han	....	lighting artist
Andy Harbeck	....	surfacing artist
Greg Hart	....	effects animator
Geoffrey Harvey	....	lead lighter: DreamWorks Animation (as Geoff Harvey)
Christian Hatfield	....	effects lead (as Christian A. Hatfield)
Edward Helmers	....	lighter (as Edward 'Ted' Helmers)
Ronald D. Henderson	....	research and development
Rory Hinnen	....	lighter (as Lauren Hinnen)
Beth Hofer	....	head of character development: DreamWorks Animation Studio Production
Cindy Hong	....	lighter
Robbin Huntingdale	....	surfacing artist
Lok Ming Hwa	....	layout technical director
James Jackson	....	effects animator
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	....	surfacing artist
Patrick Jensen	....	matte painter
Yong Duk Jhun	....	rough layout artist/animatic
Ardie Johnson	....	character modeler
Amy Rae Jones	....	lighting artist
Jongo	....	lead lighter
David Jordan	....	lighter
Barry Kane	....	pipeline engineer
Sandy Kao	....	character technical director
Jeff Kasunic	....	lighter: DreamWorks
Jeff Kasunic	....	surfacing technical director: DreamWorks
Conor Kavanagh	....	rough layout artist/animatic
Laurent Kermel	....	effects animator: PDI
Kavita Khosla	....	cloth effects
Andrew Young Kim	....	effects animator
Soo Kyung Kim	....	lighter & compositor: commercials, DreamWorks Animation LLC
Gokhan Kisacikoglu	....	digital effects artist
Heather Knight	....	character animator
Ben H. Kwa	....	rendering software engineer
Rachel Lagdao	....	layout artist
Jaewon Lee	....	modeler
Li-Ming 'Lawrence' Lee	....	lead effects animator
Michael H. Lee	....	technical director: visual effects
Stephanie C. Lee	....	production coordinator
Greg Lev	....	lead lighter
Dan Levy	....	lighter
Victor Lew	....	effects technical director
Christopher Lexington	....	lighting artist
Jeffrey B. Light	....	character technical director supervisor
Benjamin Lishka	....	lead lighter
Igor Lodeiro	....	lighting & compositing
Andy Lomas	....	head of character effects
Amber Stewart Lunderville	....	roto/paint artist
Robert Lurye	....	lead lighter
Andrew Lyons	....	digital effects artist
Jim Mainard	....	head of research and development
Markus Manninen	....	digital effects artist
Charlotte Manning	....	render engineer: Dreamworks Animation
Michael Manza	....	lighter: DreamWorks Animation
Jeffrey Martin	....	character effects animator lead
Jason Mayer	....	effects artist
Steve McGrath	....	modeler
Barbara Meyers	....	senior lighting artist
Chris Monks	....	additional effects animator
Cristian Moras	....	lighter & compositor
Koji Morihiro	....	digital artist
Frank Mueller	....	character technical director
Drew Olbrich	....	research and development
Alex Ongaro	....	effects animator: PDI
Justin Onstine	....	additional technical director: matte painting
William Opdyke	....	visual effects
Ethan Ormsby	....	digital lighter
Dave Otte	....	final layout artist
Joe Palrang	....	CG supervisor
Hongseo Park	....	character technical director
Gary Allan Parks	....	final layout supervisor
Mary Payne	....	digital artist
Andrew Pearce	....	senior software manager
Ruben Perez	....	matte painter
Aaron Pfau	....	character technical director
Sven Pohle	....	character technical director
Bert Poole	....	CG supervisor
Travis Price	....	surfacing
Paul Rademacher	....	visual effects
Mahesh Ramasubramanian	....	head of effects
Charlie Ramos	....	modeler
John P. Rand	....	modeler
Keith Reicher	....	layout artist
Salvatore Richichi Jr.	....	matte painting technical director
Craig Ring	....	visual effects supervisor
Frank Ritlop	....	digital artist
Eli Rod	....	completion artist
Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios	....	CG supervisor
Carlos M. Rosas	....	senior character animator
Krzysztof Rostek	....	effects animator
Eric Roth	....	lighter
Frank Sabia Jr.	....	senior lighting artist
Amy McDonald Sandjideh	....	production engineer
Nico Scapel	....	lead character technical director
Durant Schoon	....	lighting technical director
York N. Schueller	....	character technical director
Sean Schur	....	lead lighter
Marc Scott	....	lead lighter
Taylor Shaw	....	effects animator
Richard Shiba	....	final layout supervisor
Kevan Shorey	....	character animator
Chris Simmons	....	lighter
Scott Singer	....	effects lead
Marty Sixkiller	....	technical director
Robert Skiena	....	layout artist
Geri Smith	....	lead lighting
Karen Smith	....	visual effects artist
Young Song	....	surfacing artist
David Spivack	....	character animator
Curt Stewart	....	lighter
Jessi Stumpfel	....	technical director
Olcun Tan	....	lead effects developer
Don Taylor	....	additional lighting
John Truong	....	character effects animator
Kevin Turcotte	....	surfacer
Ozgur Ustundag	....	lighting artist
David Valdez	....	surfacing artist
David Patrick Valera	....	layout artist
Dana Vanhove	....	recruiter
Kevin Vassey	....	visual effects
Karla Ventocilla	....	digital artist
Jeff Wagner	....	modeler
Dan A. Walker	....	animation technical director: Dreamworks
Dave Walvoord	....	CG supervisor
Michael Leon Ware	....	character effects animator
Brent Watkins	....	character technical director
Joshua West	....	modeler
Gabriel White	....	lighter
Rhiannon Leffanta Wilhelmi	....	layout artist
Marc Wilhite	....	character technical director
Lori Williams	....	digital artist
Tony K. Williams	....	modeler
Laura Wood	....	production engineer
Stephen Wood	....	visual effects animator
Joanna Wu	....	lighting technical director
Zhang Xiao	....	effects animator
Melva Young	....	lighter
Aaron Estrada	....	character rigger (uncredited)
Tim Keenan	....	effects animator (uncredited)
Jeffrey Wike	....	director of research & development (uncredited)
Greg Wuller	....	technical director (uncredited)

Animation Department
Chris Bancroft	....	animator
Jeremy Bernstein	....	animator
Arnaud Berthier	....	animator
James Bird	....	layout artist
Nadja Bonacina	....	modeler
Dave Burgess	....	supervising animator
Chris Capel	....	animator
Alessandro Carloni	....	animator
Alessandro Carloni	....	story artist
Paul Chung	....	supervising animator
Scott Claus	....	animator
Steve Cunningham	....	animator
Donnachada Daly	....	animator
Eric Daniels	....	animator
Eric Deuel	....	animator
Bill Diaz	....	animator
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	animator
Thomas Estrada	....	animator
Raffaella Filipponi	....	animator
John Fuetsch	....	technical director: Matte Painting
Antony Gray	....	animator
Matthieu Grospiron	....	lighting artist
Willy Harber	....	animator
James Hull	....	animator (as Jim Hull)
Tim Ingersoll	....	animator
Jakob Hjort Jensen	....	character designer
Jeffrey Joe	....	animator
Morgan R. Kelly	....	animator
Aaron Kirby	....	animator
Chris Kirshbaum	....	animator
Heather Knight	....	animator
Kevin Koch	....	animator
Marek Kochout	....	animator
Serguei Kouchnerov	....	animator
Todd Kurosawa	....	additional story artist
Rachel Lagdao	....	layout artist
April Lawrence	....	character effects coordinator (as April Struebing)
Gary H. Lee	....	layout artist
Buck Lewis	....	character designer (as H.B. 'Buck' Lewis)
Philip K. Livingston Jr.	....	animator: character effects
Marci Mack	....	animation staff
Kevin MacLean	....	animator
Sean Mahoney	....	animator
Nicolas Marlet	....	character designer
Sean McLaughlin	....	animator
Pia Miniati	....	animation rig engineer
David Morehead	....	rough layout artist
Claire Morrissey	....	animator
Mark Mulgrew	....	layout artist
Luci Napier	....	animator
Anna Newman	....	animation research and development
Fredrik Nilsson	....	animator
Simon Otto	....	additional character designer
John P. Rand	....	modeler
Jason Reisig	....	supervising animator
Carlos M. Rosas	....	character animator
Ben Rush	....	animator
Ritchie Sacilioc	....	visual development artist
William Salazar	....	supervising animator
Angel G. Salinas	....	production coordinator: animation/effects
Jason Schleifer	....	animator
Kristof Serrand	....	supervising animator
Sean Sexton	....	animator
Kevan Shorey	....	character animator: PDI/Dreamworks
Tony Siruno	....	character designer
David Soren	....	story artist
Theodore Ty	....	animator
Jim Van der Keyl	....	animator
Chris Wahl	....	animator
Scott Wright	....	animator
Michael Zavala	....	modeling and surfacing: Dreamworks Animation Studios
Kathy Zielinski	....	animator
Melanie Cordan	....	animator (uncredited)
Cassidy Curtis	....	animator (uncredited)
Emilio Ghorayeb	....	animator (uncredited)
Mariko Hoshi	....	additional animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Celeste Leger	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Karl Armstrong	....	assistant editor
Zahida Bacchus	....	digital intermediate producer
James Beshears	....	editorial and post-production supervisor
Mary Blee	....	associate editor
Ryan Case	....	editorial assistant
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Susan Fitzer	....	associate editor
Gina Gallo	....	associate editor
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production coordinator
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Mark A. Hester	....	associate editor
Maurissa Horwitz	....	first assistant editor
Alex McDonnell	....	assistant editor
Paul Neal	....	editor: high definition
Timothy Peeler	....	digital film colorist
Ryan Schnizlein	....	editorial technical director
Mark Schoellkopf	....	post-production assistant
Shannon Smith	....	editorial supervisor

Music Department
Slamm Andrews	....	music editor
Becky Bentham	....	score coordinator: London
Julie Butchko	....	music clearance
Halli Cauthery	....	composer: additional music
Tony Clarke	....	composer: additional music
Chris Douridas	....	music supervisor
Rupert Gregson-Williams	....	conductor
Rupert Gregson-Williams	....	orchestrator
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Greg Hayes	....	assistant music mixing engineer
Max Herman	....	assistant composer
Robert Houston	....	score pro tools recordist
Jake Jackson	....	assistant music engineer
Seanine Joyce	....	additional orchestrator
Julie Imboden Keel	....	music coordinator
Alastair King	....	conductor
Alastair King	....	orchestrator
Tom Kramer	....	additional music editor
Abhay Manusmare	....	technical score engineer
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Alan Meyerson	....	score recordist
Bradley Miles	....	additional orchestrator
Sam Okell	....	assistant scoring engineer
Sunny Park	....	executive in charge of music
Sunny Park	....	executive soundtrack producer
Cindi Smith	....	music coordinator
Ken 'Kaz' Smith	....	music coordinator
Greg Vines	....	assistant engineer
Simon Whiteside	....	additional orchestrator
Christopher Willis	....	score reader
Frank Wolf	....	score mixer
Nick Wollage	....	additional score recordist
Gavyn Wright	....	orchestra leader
Andrew Zack	....	score coordinator
Hans Zimmer	....	executive music producer
Dave Foster	....	music preparation (uncredited)
Matthew J. Ward	....	assistant score engineer (uncredited)

Other crew
Holly Allen	....	production engineer
Tommy Bacorn	....	development
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Richard M. Barnes	....	technology supporter
Will Bilton	....	research and development
Rob Blau	....	production engineering supervisor
Jacen Bridges	....	virtual studio coordinator
Greg Bulman	....	systems engineer
Ariandy Chandra	....	title designer
Scott Chapin	....	engineering system administrator
Jeff Chasin	....	production coordinator
Kristen D. Chidel	....	production executive
Barbara Cimity	....	senior production supervisor
Michael Coronado	....	hardware engineer
Mike Cutler	....	systems engineer
Patrick Danford	....	engineer
Sanjay Das	....	director of research and development
Mike de Seve	....	story consultant (as Mike DeSeve)
John Detke	....	systems engineer
Karla Drew	....	production assistant
Ava DuVernay	....	publicity consultant
Christopher Edgar	....	editorial systems engineer
Anthony Esposito III	....	training and technical development
Daniel Evans	....	technical resource administrator
Anthony Fabrizio	....	facilities/operations
Bart Feliciano	....	systems administrator
Ray Felipe	....	script researcher
Paul Franz	....	technical resource administrator
Kelley P. Gardner	....	production assistant
Reid Gershbein	....	research and development
Darin Grimes	....	marketing
Eric Griswold	....	research and development
Eddie Guerra	....	production assistant
Juli Gumbiner	....	technical resource supervisor
John Hanashiro	....	lead film and color technician
Stephen Heidelberg	....	technical director
Michael J. Henderson	....	production engineer
Jennifer L. Hoskin	....	assistant: Bonnie Arnold
Pamela Hu	....	technical resource administrator
Hue Hughes	....	motion graphic artist
Vicki Hunter	....	finance/accounting: administration & finance
Mark Jackels	....	production engineer
Miranda Jackson	....	research and development assistant
Amanda Deering Jones	....	script coordinator
Gregory Kastigar	....	investor relations
Mark Kauffman	....	production engineer
Scott Kilty	....	systems administrator
Daniel Kirksey	....	resource administrator
Andrea Montana Knoll	....	story assistant
Ross Krothe	....	technical resource administrator
Hans Ku	....	alliance manager
Christopher Leahy	....	production coordinator
Jeff Lee	....	systems engineer
Jim Leuper	....	effects engineer
Nicholas Long	....	research and development
Mark Macready	....	technical resource administrator
Derek Mann	....	systems administrator
Rich Marco	....	systems engineer
Romney T. Marino	....	technology coordinator
Megan McDonald	....	research and development assistant
Clare Ann McKenna	....	technical resource administrator
Jim Meyer	....	production engineering supervisor
Samantha Michel	....	technical director
Corrin Milewski	....	research and development supervisor
John R. Miller	....	systems administrator
Peter C. Miller	....	software quality assurance
Laura Monteiro	....	studio operations
Tiffany Moss	....	assistant: Wanda Sykes
Alex Nikolic	....	media producer
Baron Northrop	....	film and color technician (as Baron C. Northrop)
Brendan O'Connor	....	production assistant
John O'Sullivan	....	systems administrator
John O'Sullivan	....	systems engineer
Karen A. Oliver	....	product development
Paul Parmer	....	editorial systems engineer
Kyle Pascucci	....	film and color supervisor (as Kyle D. Pascucci)
Harbor Peoples	....	office manager: technology
Joshua Pruett	....	story department
Saty Raghavachary	....	effects engineer
Kristina Reed	....	production executive
Daniel Rich	....	systems engineer
Joshua F. Richards	....	research and development
Caprice Ann Ridgeway	....	researcher
Stephen E. Ross	....	systems administrator
Hayyim Sanchez	....	completion artist
Jack Donovan Saperstein	....	photo model
Donald Schmidt	....	research and development
Matthew Schmidt	....	layout production assistant
Jason Scott	....	training and technical development
Michael Sehgal	....	training and technical development
Hernan Silberman	....	software engineer
Evan Smyth	....	principal software engineer
Steven Sorensen	....	technical resource administrator
Allen Stetson	....	technical director
Kenichiro Tanaka	....	research and development
Ben Taylor	....	technical resource administrator
Adam Teninbaum	....	technical resource administrator
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	manager of technical resources
Tim Toll	....	systems engineer
Neel Upadhye	....	production assistant: layout department
Charley Walters	....	production communication
Larry Weisberg	....	production office coordinator
Mark R. Wilkins	....	technical director
Jason Williams	....	research and development
Daniel Yu	....	research and development
Brent Hutchins	....	production coordinator (uncredited)
Michael Lachance	....	creative executive (uncredited)
Juniko Moody	....	digital trainer (uncredited)
Karen L. Whitaker	....	production assistant intern (uncredited)

Thanks
Lorne Balfe	....	special thanks
Stephen J. Eads	....	special thanks
Fern Lee	....	thanks
Stuart Sumida	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks Animation
• Pacific Data Images (PDI) (uncredited)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2006) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Taramount Film (2006) (Serbia) (theatrical) (Montenegro)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2010) (USA) (TV)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Film1 (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• SBS6 (2009) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Sat.1 (2009) (Germany) (TV)

Other Companies

• Abbey Road Studios  score recorded at
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recorded at
• Dakota Music Services  score preparation (as Dakota Music Ltd.)
• Epic Records  soundtrack
• Hewlett Packard  rendering services
• Hewlett Packard  workstations and servers
• Hothouse Music  score coordination: London
• Isobel Griffiths Limited  orchestral contractor: London
• LoopEase  loop group
• One Step Up  foley recording
• POP Sound  adr recording
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn  post-production
• Remote Control Productions Inc.  music production services (as Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica)
• Remote Control Productions Inc.  score mixed at
• Skywalker Sound  post-production facilities
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack
• Studios  media production (Serbia) (Montenegro)
• Technicolor Sound Services  sound editing services
• Technicolor  prints
• Warner Bros. Studio Facilities  adr recording (as Warner Bros.)

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MPAA:

Rated PG for some rude humor and mild comic action

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:G | Philippines:G | Malaysia:U | UK:U | Ireland:G | USA:PG (certificate #42591) | Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-7 | Portugal:M/4 | France:U | Argentina:Atp | Hong Kong:I | Australia:G | Iceland:L | Sweden:7 | Denmark:A | Norway:A | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:All | Peru:PT

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Trivia:

The makers originally wanted Bill Murray and Harold Ramis to voice RJ and Verne, respectively.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When RJ opens the bag of chips, it creates a large puffy cheese cloud that can be seen from space, like around Seattle. However, when the Depelter Turbo activates, a beam shoots out into space, but it comes from somewhere near Chicago.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[RJ is trying to get a snack from the snack machine and it breaks]
RJ:No! Come on!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bee Movie (2007)

Soundtrack:

Still

A fun movie that thoroughly demolished my low expectations

Let me say up front, I had low expectations going into the film. Although I like animation a lot, I wasn't too impressed with previous Dreamworks attempts. I tend to regard cutesy previews with suspicion, and was mostly just going along to have a potentially positive movie-going experience with my family. Things got a little worse when we arrived at the theatre, and both the ticket-tearing guy (if cinemas have a technical name for that role, I don't know what it is) and some poor sap from the commissary tried to pressure-sell the "fresh" soda and popcorn. We had to go out of our way to avoid an extra ad-hoc kiosk the food vendors established smack in the middle of the lobby. I hope that doesn't become standard practice. The twenty-odd minutes of previews were similarly underwhelming, and I was starting to get a little nervous -- is it going to be one of those days I'll want to forget? Then, at long last, Over the Hedge starts. Now I'm not an avid follower of the comic, partly because I don't get to read newspapers very often. The Over the Hedge strip is kind of a latecoming competitor to affections reserved for the beloved Bloom County of my childhood, so I'm not exactly salivating at the potential content. However, I gotta say, I was blown away from the start.

Over the Hedge is a neat movie. Granted, there are points where plot development is pure formula, and some of the dialog seems forced or weakly delivered, but these are minor snits. I was laughing out loud, along with most of the audience, which was well distributed agewise. I won't offer any spoilers, but I have to hand it to the screenwriters for seamlessly integrating action-based slapstick with some very cunning dialog, dialog that flies fast and furious enough that you'd better keep both ears wide open.

Messagewise, there are a few worth noting. I have not seen such a cutting indictment of suburbia since Edward Scissorhands. Some audiences may find the humor cuts a bit too close to home -- literally. Human eating habits are intensely scrutinized, for obvious reasons. Vanity and self-serving hubris are duly repudiated. Plenty of clever asides will appeal to a wholesome sort of cultural nostalgia, without ever seeming derivative or repetitive. There are both heartwarming and chilling references to the importance of family, especially a family under external pressures from a society that they do not understand, a culture that considers them vermin. But the messages aren't overplayed, and mesh well with the rest of this utterly hilarious movie.

There's more, of course, but the bottom line is entertainment, and this movie did not disappoint. Even the extended slapstick, which I seldom enjoy in movies, was so outrageous and excessive that it punched through to my funny bone and had me slapping my knee along with my family. Oh yeah, my family -- they liked the movie too, they liked it a lot. Over the Hedge is one of those solid films to which parents can bring children and everyone has an unreserved good time. That puts it in some pretty esteemed company -- right up there with Toy Story, Finding Nemo, A Bug's Life, et al. Highly enjoyable, highly recommended, 8/10.