Open Season (2006)

Directors:

Roger Allers
Jill Culton
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Writers:

Steve Bencich (screenplay) &
Ron J. Friedman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

29 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

One Fur All & All Fur One.

Plot:

Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.

Plot Keywords:

Hunter | Bear | Deer | Grizzly Bear | Forest

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Boog (voice)
Ashton Kutcher	...	Elliot (voice)
Gary Sinise	...	Shaw (voice)
Debra Messing	...	Beth (voice)
Billy Connolly	...	McSquizzy (voice)
Georgia Engel	...	Bobbie (voice)
Jon Favreau	...	Reilly (voice)
Jane Krakowski	...	Giselle (voice)
Gordon Tootoosis	...	Gordy (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Ian (voice)
Cody Cameron	...	Mr. Weenie (voice)
Nika Futterman	...	Rosie (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Serge (voice)
Jack McGee	...	Hunter (voice)
Michelle Murdocca	...	Maria (voice)
Fergal Reilly	...	O'Toole (voice)
Matthew W. Taylor	...	Porcupine / Deni (voice) (as Matthew W Taylor)
Kirk Baily	...	(voice)
Jack Blessing	...	(voice)
Ranjani Brow	...	(voice)
David Cowgill	...	(voice)
Caitlin Cutt	...	(voice)
Elisa Gabrielli	...	(voice)
Jackie Gonneau	...	(voice)
Wendy Hoffman	...	(voice) (as Wendy Hoffmann)
Scott Menville	...	(voice)
Renee Robert	...	(voice)
André Sogliuzzo	...	(voice) (as Andre Sogliuzzo)
John Hans Tester	...	(voice) (as Hans Tester)

Directed by
Roger Allers
Jill Culton
Anthony Stacchi		(co-director)

Writing credits
Steve Bencich		(screenplay) &
Ron J. Friedman		(screenplay) and
Nat Mauldin		(screenplay)
Jill Culton		(screen story) and
Anthony Stacchi		(screen story)
Steve Moore		(original story) and
John B. Carls		(original story) (as John Carls)
Sam Harper		(additional story material) and
Dan Wilson		(additional story material) &
David Gilbreth		(additional story material)

Produced by
John B. Carls	....	executive producer (as John Carls)
Buzz Hays	....	stereoscopic 3D producer
Amy Jupiter	....	co-producer
Andrea Miloro	....	animation executive producer
Steve Moore	....	executive producer
Michelle Murdocca	....	producer

Original Music by
Ramin Djawadi
Paul Westerberg

Film Editing by
Ken Solomon
Pam Ziegenhagen		(as Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland)

Casting by
Mary Hidalgo
Ruth Lambert

Production Design by
Michael Humphries

Art Direction by
Luc Desmarchelier		(senior art director)
Carter Goodrich
Andrew Edward Harkness		(as Andy Harkness)

Production Management
Diana Burnett	....	associate production manager
Joe Crowley	....	associate production manager
David Kalbeitzer	....	digital production manager
Frederick Lissau	....	associate production manager
Keith Luczywo	....	associate production manager
Lauren Prince	....	assistant production manager: layout
Patrick G. Ramos	....	associate production manager: animation

Art Department
Nick Crocco	....	designer
James Finn	....	associate art director
Carter Goodrich	....	character designer
Jurgen Gross	....	storyboard artist
Jack Hsu	....	storyboard artist
Kevin Johnson	....	storyboard artist
Harald Kraut	....	lead layout artist
Paul Lasaine	....	visual development artist
Shawn McInerney	....	visual development artist
Takao Noguchi	....	visual development artist
Kris Pearn	....	storyboard artist
Fergal Reilly	....	storyboard artist
Marcelo Vignali	....	art department
Marcelo Vignali	....	visual development artist
Will Weston	....	matte painter
Jessica Berri	....	art department production assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steven J. Berger	....	assistant sound
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist
Ed Callahan	....	foley editor
Tim Chau	....	sound designer
Tim Chau	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Chau	....	supervising sound editor
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Albert Gasser	....	foley supervisor
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
Randall Guth	....	assistant sound editor
Eric Harwood	....	sound re-recordist
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound effects editor
David Kern	....	foley editor
Tateum Kohut	....	sound re-recording mixer
Howard London	....	original dialogue mixer
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr editor
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr recordist
Michelle Pazer	....	dialogue editor
Brian Ruberg	....	foley mixer
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Renee Tondelli	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Clayton Weber	....	assistant sound editor
Dan Yale	....	foley editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Chris Kazmier	....	special effects lead

Visual Effects by
Julie Adrianson-Neary	....	digital artist
Arturo Aguilar	....	digital effects artist: hair simulation
Benjamin Aguillon	....	technical director (IMAX 3D release)
Laide Agunbiade	....	digital compositor
Mir Z. Ali	....	digital effects artist (as Mir Zafar Ali)
Mir Z. Ali	....	effects technical director: SPI (as Mir Zafar Ali)
Michael Alkan	....	senior technical director: SPI
Bill Anastas	....	digital production coordinator
Evan Appleby	....	software engineer
Neil Atkins	....	senior technical director: SPI
James Bancroft	....	character set up
Jay Banks	....	digital effects artist: hair simulation
Alfredo R. Barcia	....	digital matte artist
Alfredo R. Barcia	....	lighting technical director
Lynn Basas	....	senior technical director: SPI
James Battersby	....	visual development artist
Yakov Baytler	....	senior technical director
Jean-Paul Beaulieu	....	digital artist
Sebastien Beaulieu	....	lighting and compositing lead: SPI (3D version)
Chad Belteau	....	senior technical director
Jeff Benjamin	....	senior production services technician
David J. Blumenfeld	....	senior technical director
Jorge Bobadilla Jr.	....	associate technical director
Kirk Bodyfelt	....	digital producer
Erik J. Borzi	....	senior technical director: look development, lighting & compositing, SPI
Robert Bourgeault	....	digital effects artist (IMAX 3D movie)
Todd Boyce	....	digital effects artist
Jamaal Bradley	....	character animator
Tim Brandt	....	look development lead technical director: SPI
Tim Brandt	....	pipeline research & development technical director (Imax 3D release)
Matthew Douglas Brown	....	senior production services technician: 3D/IMAX (as Matt Brown)
Max Bruce	....	computer graphics supervisor
Wendell Bruno	....	assistant DMR editor (IMAX version)
Ron Bublitz	....	character pipeline technical director
Christopher Burdorf	....	senior software engineer
Brian H. Burks	....	character setup
Ronnie Bushaw	....	texture painter (as Ron Bushaw)
John Butiu	....	senior character modeler: SPI
Regina Carney	....	digital coordinator: visual effects (as S. Regina Carney)
Taide Carpenter	....	production coordinator: Sweatbox
Dominick Cecere	....	character animator: SPI
Fabrice Ceugniet	....	character setup
Alan Chan	....	look development technical director
Mike Chapman	....	digital effects artist: hair simulation
François Chardavoine	....	software engineer: SPI
Joong-ryang Choi	....	hair/cloth technical director (as Joong Choi)
Kyudon Choi	....	visual effects
Jeff Chung	....	senior color and lighting technical director: IMAX 3D release, SPI
Katie Cole	....	digital effects artist: hair simulation
Michael Condro	....	layout
Danielle Conroy	....	production infrastructure
Bertrand Cordier	....	senior technical director: SPI (3D version)
Matt Cordner	....	technical director
Robert W. Crain	....	lighting & compositing technical director
Will Cunningham	....	effects technical director
Mike Dalzell	....	digital artist: IMAX
Sumit Das	....	character pipeline supervisor
Alan Davidson	....	computer graphics supervisor: 3D adaptation, SPI
Alan Davidson	....	computer graphics supervisor: lighting pipeline
Brian C. Davis	....	digital effects artist (as Brian Davis)
Brian C. Davis	....	senior technical director: SPI (as Brian Davis)
Don De Castro	....	digital effects artist: hair simulation (as Don DeCastro)
Gale De Los Santos	....	digital resource technician (3D version)
Mark DeSousa	....	cloth lead
Joe DiCesare	....	texture painter
Joseph DiLallo	....	character setup
Jeff Dillinger	....	lighting lead
James Doherty	....	senior digital modeler
Roxanne Dorman	....	visual effects editor
Joe Eckroat	....	digital effects artist: cloth simulation
Jeffrey Edwards	....	digital effects artist: cloth simulation (as Jeff Edwards)
Keridan Elliott	....	character setup technical director
Nousha Emami	....	senior technical director
Rob Engle	....	digital effects supervisor: 3D adaptation, SPI
Jules Eschliman	....	visual effects coordinator
Kevin Field	....	visual effects coordinator: 3D Imax
Jack Finlin	....	animation coordinator
Daev Finn	....	lighting artist
Darren P. Fisher	....	associate technical director
Ruben Flores	....	lighting technical director
Michael Ford	....	character setup supervisor
Layne Friedman	....	computer graphics supervisor: 3D
Josh Fritchie	....	production assistant
Quentin Frost	....	digital artist
Jenny Fulle	....	visual effects executive producer
Vijoy Gaddipati	....	senior technical director: 3D IMAX, SPI
Jason Galeon	....	senior technical director: 3D IMAX, SPI
Frederick Gaudreau	....	lighting and compositing technical director (IMAX 3D version)
Sam Gebhart	....	digital texture painter
Brian Gee	....	digital artist
Maria Giannakouros	....	technical director: SPI, 3D version
Scott Giegler	....	lead digital effects artist
Ryan Gilleland	....	lighting coordinator
Shane Glading	....	lighting technical director
Ray Allen Gonzales	....	matte painter
Richard Grandy	....	digital character set-up
Daniel Greenstein	....	senior PST: SPI
Arthur Gregory	....	character set up
Harry Gundersen	....	lighter & compositor
Glen Gustafson	....	lighter
Kevin T. Hahn	....	lead shader writer
Ray Haleblian	....	look development artist
Brian Hall	....	software engineer
Jason M. Halverson	....	digital artist: SPI (3D version)
Justin Hammond	....	color & lighting technical director: SPI
Dae-Ho Han	....	animation support
Joe Harkins	....	senior character rigger: SPI
Alan Hawkins	....	character animator
Corey Hels	....	layout technical director: SPI
Nicole Herr	....	digital character animator: SPI
Jep Hill	....	sequence supervisor
Thomas Hollier	....	computer graphics supervisor
Ryan Hopkins	....	senior effects technical director
Marc Horsfield	....	visual effects
Dave R. Howe	....	senior technical director: color and lighting
Sho Igarashi	....	cloth/hair technical director
Sho Igarashi	....	look development technical director
Doug Ikeler	....	visual effects supervisor
Jay Jackson	....	animator
Adriana Jaroszewicz	....	training and artist development
Ian Jenkins	....	digital artist: SPI
Eugene Jeong	....	senior technical animator
Mike Jiang	....	color & lighting technical director: IMAX
Cathy Jones	....	digital character animator: SPI
Jaimie Lee Jota	....	senior digital coordinator: SPI
Kurt Judson	....	lighting artist
Bruce Jurgens	....	senior technical director: SPI
David Kalbeitzer	....	digital production manager
Yun Geuk Kang	....	senior modeler
Joanie Karnowski	....	3D previsualization lead
Miku Kayama	....	senior color/lighting technical director: IMAX 3D release, SPI
Chris Kazmier	....	lead digital effects artist
Jeffrey Kember	....	hair simulation technical director (as Jeff Kember)
David Keslick	....	film I/O
Kevin Kitchel	....	lead production services technician
Noah Klabunde	....	technical director (IMAX 3D version)
Apryl Knobbe	....	digital paint supervisor
Apryl Knobbe	....	technical director
Raji Kodja	....	technical director
Deanne Koehn	....	visual effects production manager
Susan Kornfeld	....	texture painter
Stephen Kowalski	....	senior systems architect
Megan Kreiner	....	production assistant (as Megan Orosz)
Joosten Kuypers	....	senior technical director (3D IMAX version)
Daniel La Chapelle	....	lead digital effects artist
Luis Labrador	....	senior modeler
Suzanne Labrie	....	digital production management
Ken Lam	....	senior technical director: SPI
Dan Lavender	....	color & lighting artist
Nicola Lavender	....	color & lighting
Daniel Khin Lay	....	senior production services technician
Tram Le	....	senior production services technician: 3D/IMAX
John J.S. Lee	....	associate technical director: SPI
John T. Lee	....	digital effects artist
Carlos D. Lemus	....	digital effects artist (as Carlos Lemus)
Carlos D. Lemus	....	technical director: SPI (as Carlos Lemus)
Daniel Leung	....	digital artist
Robin A. Linn	....	animation production director
Kimberley Liptrap	....	senior technical director: color & lighting
Tim Llewellyn	....	senior technical director: color and lighting
Chris Logan	....	hair simulation technical director: SPI
Chris Logan	....	technical director: hair simulation, SPI
Jerry Loveland	....	matte painter (as Jerry L. Loveland)
Darren Lurie	....	computer graphics supervisor
Jason Madsen	....	senior production service technician
Joe Mandia	....	character animator
Andres Martinez	....	visual effects
Wendy Mashburn	....	digital production management: SPI
Steve Matson	....	matte painter
Ursula Mazurkiewicz	....	second assistant DMR editor: 3D IMAX version
Kenn McDonald	....	animator
John McGee	....	texture painter
Shannon McGee	....	senior technical director: color & lighting
Paul McGhee	....	digital intermediate colorist
Gustav Melich	....	senior technical director: cloth simulation, SPI
David B. Menkes	....	look development technical director: SPI
Justin Miller	....	character pipeline
Marc Miller	....	lighting technical director
Kristen Millette	....	technical director/compositor
Sosh Mirsepassi	....	software engineer: software team lead
Hiroshi Mori	....	rough layout artist/animatic
Adil Mustafabekov	....	matte painter
Howie Muzika	....	3D modeler
Raj Naiksatam	....	senior technical director
Jenny Napier	....	visual effects coordinator
Serena Rainbow Naramore	....	3D lighting technical director/compositor: SPI (as Serena Naramore)
Miguel Oaxaca	....	lighting coordinator
Robert Davis Oh	....	film I/O
Steven Ong	....	digital effects artist
Carolyn Oros	....	character pipeline
Ellery Ortiz	....	layout artist: IMAX 3D release
Andrea Lackey Pace	....	supervisor of production services
Melina Sydney Padua	....	animator
Reuben Pasquini	....	software engineer
Brett Paton	....	character animator
John Patton	....	digital effects artist
Cara Paul	....	3D lighting technical director/compositor: SPI
Carlos Pedroza	....	technical director: layout
Sean Phillips	....	digital effects supervisor
Joe Phoebus	....	effects technical director: SPI
Brian Pohl	....	technical director: layout
Jayson Price	....	senior character animator
Matthew Rampias	....	technical director: lighting & compositing
Tim Ranck	....	character animator
J. Robert Ray	....	software engineering
Steve Rheinfrank	....	digital modeler
Juan Carlos Moreno Rogel	....	senior production service technician: SPI
Ryan Rogers	....	lighting & compositing technical director: IMAX 3D
Toby Rosen	....	visual effects technician
Joseph Rosensteel	....	lighting & compositing associate technical director
Justin R. Rotolo	....	animation support
Rosendo Salazar	....	senior technical director
Ramprasad Sampath	....	research & development: IMAX 3D
Eric Sanford	....	lead modeling td
John E. Sasaki	....	digital compositor
David Satchwell	....	computer graphics supervisor
Brian D. Scott	....	character animator
P. Kevin Scott	....	senior character animator: SPI
Jeremy Selan	....	color pipeline engineer
Mathew Selby	....	software engineer
Jeff Shank	....	digital effects: SPI
Jay Shindell	....	3D previsualization artist
Brad Simonsen	....	digital production manager (as Bradford S. Simonsen)
Keith Sintay	....	senior animator
Ed Siomacco Jr.	....	hair/cloth technical director: SPI (as Ed Siomacco)
Kevin Andrew Smith	....	senior technical director
Andrea Solis	....	software engineer
Drew Solodzuk	....	DMR editor (IMAX version)
Jeremy Squires	....	lighting technical director
Bret St. Clair	....	CG supervisor
Bret St. Clair	....	look development supervisor
Marc Steinberg	....	modeler
David Stephens	....	effects animation supervisor
David Stodolny	....	character animator
Joe Strasser	....	look development technical director: SPI
Erik Strauss	....	software production manager
David Philip Stripinis	....	lead technical animator
Rich Suchy	....	character modeler
Youngsam Suh	....	digital effects artist
Lisa Suzuki	....	layout lead
Ka Yaw Tan	....	lighting technical director
Hector Tantoco	....	senior digital effects animator: cloth simulation
Chikako Terashita	....	associate technical director
Cat Thelia	....	visual effects coordinator
Joseph Thomas	....	layout
Mathew Thomas	....	lead production services technician (Imax 3D version)
Mary Rachel Thompson	....	animation production manager
Miles Todorof	....	senior production services technician
Dave Tonnesen	....	technical director: cloth/hair (as David Tonnesen)
Lisa M. Tse	....	lighting td
Alex Tysowsky	....	animator
Carolyn Uy	....	senior technical director
Jeff Vacanti	....	animator
George Vajna	....	second assistant DMR editor (IMAX version)
Paul Van Camp	....	senior software engineer: SPI
Olivier Van Zeveren	....	digital artist
Carlos A. Vidal	....	lighting lead
Roger Vizard	....	animator: SPI
Marko Vukovic	....	digital compositor: IMAX 3D
Chris Waegner	....	character setup supervisor
Zack Weiler	....	digital effects artist: hair simulation (as Zach Weiler)
Barry Weiss	....	senior staff: SPI
Elizabeth West	....	digital production coordinator
Dan Weston	....	software engineer
Will Weston	....	matte painter
Alex Whang	....	environment lead: SPI
Alex Whitney	....	character animator
Dustin Wicke	....	digital effects artist: hair simulation
Christopher D. Williams	....	character animator
Jennifer S. Williams	....	visual effects production assistant
Jann Wimmer	....	digital resource manager
Jeremie Winslow	....	digital production manager: 3D Imax, SPI
Christopher Wolf	....	systems engineer
Amy W. Wong	....	lighting technical director: SPI
Farid K. Yazami	....	technical director: lighting & compositing, SPI (as Farid Khadiri-Yazami)
Chris Yee	....	look development hair lead
Doug Yoshida	....	senior technical director
Teru Yoshida	....	senior color and lighting technical director
Riccardo Zanettini	....	senior color & lighting/compositing
Mitch Zeitlin	....	video editorial coordinator: SPI
Bjorn Zipprich	....	senior effects technical director
Tony Alexander	....	lighting and compositing technical director (uncredited)
Alan Chen	....	lighting technical director (uncredited)
Brian Hamblin	....	technical production manager: SPI (uncredited)
Ravi Jagannadhan	....	tech support (uncredited)
Brian Stokes	....	senior production services technician (uncredited)
Beth Tyszkiewicz	....	visual effects production assistant (uncredited)
John B. Wallace	....	texture painter: SPI (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Fellman	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Ana Maria Alvarado	....	senior character animator
Cinzia Angelini	....	senior animator
Isabel Auphan	....	animator
Jonah Austin	....	animation support
James Baker	....	animator
Anders J.L. Beer	....	animator
Joshua Beveridge	....	animator
Jamaal Bradley	....	animator
Ben Catmull	....	animator
James Chiang	....	animator
Chris Christman	....	animation support
Brian A. Coffee	....	technical animator
Michael Condro	....	layout artist
Jeff Croke	....	animator
James Crossley	....	CG animator
Renato Dos Anjos	....	supervising animator
Joe Ekers	....	additional story artist (as Joseph Ekers)
Luca Erbetta	....	animator
Mark R.R. Farquhar	....	animator
David Feiss	....	head of story
Kevin Freeman	....	animator
Derek Friesenborg	....	animator
Luis Grané	....	animator
Bill Haller	....	character animator
Dave Hardin	....	character animator
Steve Harwood	....	animator
Corey Hels	....	layout artist
Nicole Herr	....	animator
Scott Holmes	....	animator
Ethan Hurd	....	animator
Chris Hurtt	....	supervising animator
Eric Lees	....	animator
YuehChih Eric Lin	....	animator
Christopher Dennis Lindsay	....	animator
Douglas L. Moore	....	layout artist
Gavin Moran	....	animator
Dani Morrow	....	layout artist
Sean Mullen	....	supervising animator (as Sean P. Mullen)
Matthew J. Munn	....	animator
Joe Oh	....	animator
Carolyn Oros	....	character pipeline
Keith Paciello	....	animator
Irene Parkins	....	animator
Kris Pearn	....	story artist
Christopher Poplin	....	rough layout artist
Tim Ranck	....	character animator
Sandra Ryan-Moran	....	animator
Henry Sato Jr.	....	animator (as Henry Sato)
Brett Schroeder	....	animator
David Stodolny	....	character animator
Bill Tessier	....	animator
Jeff Vacanti	....	animator
Pepe Valencia	....	animator
Michael C. Walling	....	animator
Danny Wawrzaszek	....	animator
Todd Wilderman	....	supervising animator
Alexander Williams	....	animator
Dougg Williams	....	animator
James C.J. Williams	....	head of layout (as James Williams)
John Wong	....	animator
William R. Wright	....	animator

Editorial Department
Margaret Lily Andres	....	second assistant editor
Karl Armstrong	....	first assistant editor
Todd Baillere	....	post-production consultant
Nikki Dennis	....	editorial coordinator
Ed Fuller	....	first assistant editor
Noah Gift	....	avid engineer
Steve Lemley	....	color timer
Steven Liu	....	first assistant editor
Paul McGhee	....	digital color timer
Patrick J. Voetberg	....	additional editor
Lawrence Howard Williams	....	post digital media operator
Carmen Woods	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Bob Badami	....	music consultant
Stephen Coleman	....	orchestrator
Matt Dunkley	....	conductor
Shannon Erbe	....	music editor
Olga FitzRoy	....	assistant music engineer
Isobel Griffiths	....	music contractor
Vicki Hiatt	....	music editor
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor: temp
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
Stephen McLaughlin	....	composer: additional music (as Gohl/McLaughlin)
Brandon Roberts	....	music preparation
Rob Simon	....	technical score advisor
Del Spiva	....	music editor
Greg Vines	....	score mixing assistant
Ronald J. Webb	....	assistant music editor
Paul Westerberg	....	songs written and performed by
Frank Wolf	....	scoring mixer
Dave Foster	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Other crew
Jason Brewer	....	production coordinator
Caroline Cantin	....	editorial talent manager
Johnny Cardona	....	first assistant accountant
John Charles	....	software manager: Sony DAC
Will Csaklos	....	story consultant
Shari B. Ellis	....	production coordinator
Flax Glor	....	publicist
Nate Hopper	....	senior creative executive
Michael Kurinsky	....	visual development artist
Erin Lacey	....	assistant to directors
Jessica L. Marshall	....	story department coordinator (as Jessica L. Brown)
Eric Matthews	....	personal assistant to actor
Karyn Murphy	....	assistant: Mr. Kutcher
Kevin Noel	....	production office coordinator
Trevor Pawlik	....	production accountant
Cynthia Richards	....	digital production assistant: IMAX 3-D
Rebecca Rinn	....	digital production assistant
Jennifer Rojo	....	second assistant accountant
Sande Scoredos	....	training and artist development manager
Karen N. Sickles	....	recruiter
David Snyder	....	assistant to producers
Paula Tudorof	....	coordinator
Raymond Hernandez	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Robert L. Baird	....	special thanks
Ash Brannon	....	special thanks
Chris Buck	....	special thanks
Alan Freedland	....	special thanks
Jeremy Garelick	....	special thanks
Daniel Gerson	....	special thanks (as Dan Gerson)
Christopher Jenkins	....	special thanks (as Chris Jenkins)
Jay Lavender	....	special thanks
David I. Stern	....	special thanks
Kirk Wise	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures (presents)
• Sony Pictures Animation

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Acme Film (2006) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Films (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2006) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2011) (2012) (Finland) (TV)
• Prooptiki Video (2007) (Greece) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2007) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2007) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) (imagery and animation)

Other Companies

• Dakota Music Services  music preparation
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Lost Highway Records  soundtrack
• Pacific Title  end titles
• Reel Team, The  loop group
• Remote Control Productions Inc.  score mixed at
• Sony Pictures Studios  post-production sound services

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MPAA:

Rated PG for some rude humor, mild action and brief language

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS (8 channels) | DTS | Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) | Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Africa:A | USA:PG | Netherlands:AL | Ireland:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-7 | UK:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Indonesia:SU | Malaysia:U | Australia:G | Hong Kong:I | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Sweden:7 | New Zealand:G

Filming Locations:

Sony Pictures Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

The Sony Animation technicians developed a new tool called Shapers that permitted the animators to reshape the character models, allowing for stronger poses and silhouettes and subtle distortions (squash and stretch, smears, etc.) typical of traditional, hand-drawn animation.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie Beth loads a large blue cooler and a smaller red one into the back of her jeep. They are nowhere to be seen when Boog jumps into the back a few minutes later.

Quotes:

Boog:When I'm a bear-skin rug, they can walk all over me. Until then, I ain't going down without a fight.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Big Fish (2003)

Soundtrack:

The Teddy Bears' Picnic

Who'd have thunk?

Matin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher rock as the big bear "Boog" and the comic sidekick deer "Elliot". Unfortunately, the story was bland and the jokes were only mildly funny, so it will not be one of the best kids movies you're going to see this year. The "Laugh out loud" index was maybe a 5-10 (laughs per movie). "Over the Hedge" was closer to 20-30 for comparative purposes. "Boog" and "Elliot" were well played. The Scottish squirrels, Beavers and Rabbits were funny, but the rest of the characters didn't make much of an impression. Although somewhat entertaining, it was quickly forgotten after we left the theater (with the exception of the Austin Powers like shadow scene behind the curtain). If you need to take the kids out to a movie, this is funny enough to make it worthwhile, but don't get your expectations up to high.