Barnyard (2006)

When the farmer's away, all the animals play ... and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writer:

Steve Oedekerk

Stars:

Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Sam Elliott

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin James	...	Otis the Cow (voice)
Courteney Cox	...	Daisy the Cow (voice)
Sam Elliott	...	Ben the Cow (voice)
Danny Glover	...	Miles the Mule (voice)
Wanda Sykes	...	Bessy the Cow (voice)
Andie MacDowell	...	Etta the Hen (voice)
David Koechner	...	Dag the Coyote (voice)
Jeffrey Garcia	...	Pip the Mouse (voice) (as Jeff Garcia)
Cam Clarke	...	Freddy the Ferret (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Peck the Rooster / Gopher (voice)
Tino Insana	...	Pig the Pig (voice)
Dom Irrera	...	Duke the Dog (voice)
S. Scott Bullock	...	Eddy the Cow (voice) (as Scott Bullock)
John DiMaggio	...	Bud the Cow / Officer O'Hanlon (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Igg the Cow (voice)

Storyline

When the farmer's away, all the animals play ... and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.

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Plot Keywords:

cow | farmer | hoedown | barn | coyote | 

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Taglines:

The Original Party Animals

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild peril and rude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Paramount Pictures [us]

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 August 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals

Box Office

Budget:

$51,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$238,537 (Brazil) (3 November 2006)

Gross:

£4,477,314 (UK) (24 November 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Kumar Mobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. Projekt Nr. 2 KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "male" bovines having udders was explained in the October 2006 issue of Nickelodeon's official magazine, "Nick Magazine". In the letters page, one reader asked about the anatomically-incorrect cows(bovine) and whether or not it was intentional or not, and the magazine explained that the movie's director "thought it would be funny for the male cows(bulls) to have udders".

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Goofs

When Mr. Beady is asleep in his stuffed chair, he is shown holding a beer in his right hand. Also shown is a doily laying on the table next to him to his right. He wakes up in the next shot and immediately lifts up a six-pack of beer with his left hand from the floor next to him. The beer that was in his right hand has disappeared, and the doily is now on the arm of the chair and not on the table.

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Quotes

Barn Boys: Now, every heifer, every cow, hold tight to your udders now/Farmer Brown is beddin' down, let's turn this barn to Funkytown/Chickens on the left, dance with your neighbor, Hogs, don't slobber on the pool table/Try to go easy on the manure, it's a dance floor, not a sewer

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Connections

Followed by Back at the Barnyard (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Hittin' the Hay"
by Janne Ericsson & Teijo Agelil-Leskela
Additional lyrics by Les Claypool
Performed by North Mississippi Allstars featuring Les Claypool
Produced by Mickey Petralia & Michael Fitzpatrick
Additional Production by Krusher K
North Mississippi Allstars performs courtesy of ATO Records
Les Claypool performs courtesy of Prawn Song Records

User Reviews

Mooooooooooooooving on Up.

Simplistic story, but enjoyable and fun nonetheless as a partying cow must grow up to save his animal friends from a group of hungry coyotes who threaten their very lives on an otherwise peaceful farm. Highly under-rated computer-generated feature has lots of upside for kids and kids at heart as the characters are all hilarious, the story has a good message and the situations are neat to watch. In the tradition of "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius", the Nickelodeon Studios have come up with a winner that blends in well with other contemporary films of the type that have achieved success over the past few years. A marginal winner. 4 stars out of 5.