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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) -- Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) -- Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family.

Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   834 votes
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Director:
Wes Anderson
Writers:
Roald Dahl (novel) and
Wes Anderson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 November 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
Dig the life fantastic. more
Plot:
Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family. full summary | full synopsis
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George Clooney as Fantastic Mr Fox Featurette
 (From toxicshock. 6 November 2009, 11:35 PM, PST)

7 Fantastic Mr. Fox Featurettes Take You Inside Wes's World
 (From Cinema Blend. 6 November 2009, 12:31 PM, PST)

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Roald Dahl must be spinning in his grave over this travesty. more (14 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

George Clooney ... Mr. Fox (voice)

Meryl Streep ... Mrs. Fox (voice)

Jason Schwartzman ... Ash (voice)

Bill Murray ... Badger (voice)
Wallace Wolodarsky ... Kylie (voice) (as Wally Wolodarsky)
Eric Chase Anderson ... Kristofferson (voice) (as Eric Anderson)

Michael Gambon ... Franklin Bean (voice)

Willem Dafoe ... Rat (voice)

Owen Wilson ... Coach Skip (voice)
Jarvis Cocker ... Petey (voice)

Wes Anderson ... Weasel (voice)
Karen Duffy ... Linda Otter (voice)
Robin Hurlstone ... Walter Boggis (voice)
Hugo Guinness ... Nathan Bunce (voice)

Helen McCrory ... Mrs. Bean (voice)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for action, smoking and slang humor.
Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS
Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #45468) | Ireland:PG | Australia:PG | UK:PG | South Korea:12 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:PG

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The two songs "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" and "Love" were both featured in Disney films (Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) and Robin Hood (1973), respectively) and were both co-written by composer George Bruns. more
Quotes:
Ash: [the boys are breaking into Mrs. Bean's kitchen; Ash addresses Kris] You should probably put your bandit hat on now. Personally, I- I don't have one, but I modified this tube sock.
Kristofferson: You look good.
Ash: Yeah, I do.
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Movie Connections:
References MASH (1970) more
Soundtrack:
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6 out of 38 people found the following comment useful.
Roald Dahl must be spinning in his grave over this travesty., 28 October 2009
1/10
Author: alastairnicoll from United Kingdom

Roald Dahl must be spinning in his grave over this travesty.

The quality of the actual animation is pretty good if unfortunately corrupted by ludicrous Americanisms that simply do not fit with the character of the animation, unfortunately nothing else in the movie was even close to good, the casting was wrong and completely altered the characters, in fact it has very little past the names of the main characters in common with the Roald Dahl book. The one star is purely for the animation, the animation is possibly worth more than that, but the rest of this disaster drags it down. Sadly the much loved original story has been utterly destroyed, by what has to be one of the worst screenplay rewrites ever!. To sum it up truly awful.

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They're animals. Who are you people to say they have british accents. harliu
Mr Fox = Furry Hell deadrabbitrecords
Will non W.A. fans go see this chief1218
Boggis NOT voiced by Brian Cox? frogandtoad
Juding from the trailer I just saw....... akalite_libra
Anyone here see this in the UK today? Sai_Soudou
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