Hoodwinked! (2005)

Directors:

Cory Edwards
Todd Edwards (co-director)
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Writers:

Cory Edwards (screenplay) &
Todd Edwards (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

13 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Trouble In The Hood

Plot:

The candy recipes of the goody shops have been stolen by the Goody Bandit, and many animals are out of business...

Plot Keywords:

Red Riding Hood | Wolf | Axe | Animal | Woodsman

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Anne Hathaway	...	Red Puckett (voice)
Glenn Close	...	Granny (voice)
James Belushi	...	Kirk the Woodsman (voice) (as Jim Belushi)
Patrick Warburton	...	Wolf W. Wolf (voice)
Anthony Anderson	...	Detective Bill Stork (voice)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Nicky Flippers (voice)
Xzibit	...	Chief Grizzly (voice)
Chazz Palminteri	...	Woolworth (voice)
Andy Dick	...	Boingo (voice)
Cory Edwards	...	Twitchy (voice)
Benjy Gaither	...	Japeth the Goat (voice)
Ken Marino	...	Raccoon Jerry (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Tommy (voice)
Preston Stutzman	...	Timmy (voice)
Tony Leech	...	Glen (voice)
Joshua J. Greene	...	Jimmy Lizard (voice)
Mark Primiano	...	2-Tone (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	P-Biggie (voice)
Tara Strong	...	Zorra (voice)
Tye Edwards	...	Dolph (voice)
Todd Edwards	...	Sandwich Man (voice)
Charles Coplin	...	Caterpillar 1 (voice)
Troy Norton	...	Caterpillar 2 (voice)
Kelly Stables	...	Schnitzel Kid 1 (voice)
Eli Montgomery	...	Schnitzel Kid 2 (voice)
Vicki Edwards	...	Skunk Reporter (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hye-jeong Kang	...	Red (Korean version) (voice)
Joel McCrary	...	Chief Grizzly (original version) (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Cory Edwards
Todd Edwards		(co-director)
Tony Leech		(co-director)

Writing credits
Cory Edwards		(screenplay) &
Todd Edwards		(screenplay) and
Tony Leech		(screenplay)
Todd Edwards		(story) &
Cory Edwards		(story)

Produced by
Katie Hooten	....	associate producer
Maurice Kanbar	....	producer
David Lovegren	....	producer (as David K. Lovegren)
Sue Bea Montgomery	....	producer
Preston Stutzman	....	producer

Original Music by
John Mark Painter
Kristin Wilkinson

Film Editing by
Tony Leech

Production Management
Dan Malvin	....	production supervisor
Stuart Neumann	....	production manager

Sound Department
Christopher Barrick	....	assistant sound editor
Dharma Clement	....	foley artist
Joe Costa	....	sound recordist
Luke Dunn Gielmuda	....	sound conforming editor
J.R. Grubbs	....	sound effects editor
Mark Keefer	....	adr editor
Mark Keefer	....	dialogue editor
Mark Keefer	....	foley editor
Mark Keefer	....	sound designer
Eric Lewis	....	adr recordist
Laura Lopez	....	sound studio manager: Studiopolis, Inc.
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist (as Brian D. Magerkurth)
Joe Moeller	....	assistant adr recordist (as Joseph Moeller)
Marnie Moore	....	foley artist
Tom Myers	....	sound designer
Tom Myers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Timothy Nielsen	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Null	....	foley mixer
Juan Peralta	....	sound mix technician
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist
Tony Sereno	....	sound mix technician
Mac Smith	....	assistant sound editor
Daniel Sperry	....	consultant: Dolby surround
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
George Peterson Jr.	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Michael Acosta	....	senior modeler
Rahul Deshprabhu	....	visual effects
Kenneth Garcia	....	senior lighting artist
Relie Hinojosa	....	lead modeler
Shashi Kiran	....	senior lighting artist
Kumar M. Naveen	....	lighting artist
Glenn Neufeld	....	3D and CG supervisor
Stuart Neumann	....	executive production manager: Digital Eye Candy Studio
Lawrence Pasion	....	digital artist
Nachiket Pujari	....	hair / fur lead
Nachiket Pujari	....	visual effects
G.K. Raghunandan	....	lighter
Patel Ravindra	....	lighting artist
Ramsai Rayanapati	....	senior lighting artist
David Rosenthal	....	digital film I/O supervisor: Fotokem Film & Video
Ronald Samson	....	lead modeler
Robert Schajer	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Sachin Shrestha	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Animation Department
Michael Acosta	....	animator
James Aguas	....	compositing artist
Peter Bedgood	....	character designer
Tessa Cam Rowe	....	render wrangler: Digital Eye Candy Inc. (as Tessa Cam)
Dennis Leech	....	character designer
Mangesh Nevarekar	....	animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
John Nicolard	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Bill Schultz	....	digital intermediate executive
Walter Volpatto	....	digital intermediate colorist
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Todd Edwards	....	composer: original music
Tom Maydeck	....	music editor

Other crew
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
David Booth	....	laser film recording
Mike Lane	....	client services
Dennis Leech	....	digital review supervisor
Emilie Maison	....	press attache france
Gordon Ng	....	client services
Eva Porter	....	client services
Melissa Ray	....	production office coordinator
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Megan Tompkins	....	client services

Thanks
Daniel Beahm	....	special thanks
Timothy Hooten	....	special thanks
Chana Keefer	....	special thanks
Matt Steele	....	special thanks
Tyler Maxwell Stutzman	....	dedicatee
Bob Weinstein	....	thanks
Harvey Weinstein	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Weinstein Company, The (presents)
• Kanbar Entertainment
• Kanbar Animation (in association with)
• Blue Yonder Films
• Hoodwinked

Distributors

• Weinstein Company, The (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Klock Worx Company, The (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Medyavizyon (2006) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Rialto Film AG (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• SPI International (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2005) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2006) (Greece) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Genius Products (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Group Power (2006) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2007) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) (2010) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sandrews (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Prana Studios (Fur) (VFX) (lighting and rendering) (compositing)

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  script research
• Digital Film Tree  post consulting and integration
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Fat Dot  publicity
• FotoKem Film and Video  digital intermediate
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Studiopolis  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"Hoodwinked" - USA (DVD box title)
"Little Red" - Japan (English title) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild action and thematic elements

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Poland:7 | Czech Republic:U | France:U | Finland:K-7 | Australia:G | Netherlands:AL | UK:U | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Norway:7 | Sweden:7 | USA:PG (certificate #42224) | Canada:G (Ontario) | Germany:o.Al. | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All

Company:

Weinstein Company, The

Trivia:

Went into production in the summer of 2002.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Schnitzel is made of pork, but pigs are apparently sentient in this world as many of the police are pigs.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Nicky Flippers:[narrating] Red Riding Hood, you probably know the story.
[girl screaming]
Nicky Flippers:But there's more to every tale than meets the eye. It's just like they always say, you can't judge a book by its cover. If you want to know the truth, you've gotta flip through the pages.

Movie Connections:

References "Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Soundtrack:

Tree Critter

A fun film--regardless of how it looks.

I'll confess something up front which seems to be place me in the minority--I didn't go to see this movie hoping for great animation, a break-through in story-telling, or the chance to see self-proclaimed "artists" waxing philosophic about their personal world views. I went to have fun and enjoy myself.

On that score, Hoodwinked fully delivers. A brief glance at any trailer will tell you the animation is not the greatest, and I know some people have taken that to mean the movie itself is not worth seeing. However, that assessment is just wrong. I walked into the theater not really knowing what to expect, and spent the next hour and however long basically laughing the entire time--sometimes so hard I had to make myself stop to catch my breath. It's a really funny movie, and when it comes down to it, isn't that the point of a movie like this?

Hoodwinked basically tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood, but as seen through the eyes of several different characters. Not an original plot, by any means, but once you get into the story the quirkiness and eccentricities of the characters wrap you up so much you don't care.

Bottom line: If you want to have fun and see a good movie, check out Hoodwinked. If you want cutting edge technicality that may or may not reflect on the actual quality of the story and writing, go look elsewhere.