Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.

Directors:

Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino

Writers:

Ken Daurio (screenplay), Cinco Paul (screenplay),

Stars:

Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett

14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Carrey	...	Horton (voice)
Steve Carell	...	Mayor (voice)
Carol Burnett	...	Kangaroo (voice)
Will Arnett	...	Vlad (voice)
Seth Rogen	...	Morton (voice)
Dan Fogler	...	Councilman / Yummo Wickersham (voice)
Isla Fisher	...	Dr. Mary Lou Larue (voice)
Jonah Hill	...	Tommy (voice)
Amy Poehler	...	Sally O'Malley (voice)
Jaime Pressly	...	Mrs. Quilligan (voice)
Charles Osgood	...	Narrator (voice)
Josh Flitter	...	Rudy (voice)
Niecy Nash	...	Miss Yelp (voice)
Jesse McCartney	...	JoJo (voice)
Shelby Adamowsky	...	Hedy / Hooly / Additional Voices (voice)

Storyline

One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home, but this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors, who refuse to believe that anything could survive on the speck. Still, Horton stands by the motto that, "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small."

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Plot Keywords:

elephant | dust | kangaroo | animal | mayor | 

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Taglines:

One Elephant One World One Story

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox [fr] Twentieth Century Fox [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 March 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,947,089 (UK) (21 March 2008)

Gross:

$154,529,187 (USA) (29 August 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Katie, the yellow fluffy animal, is supposed to be a tiny yak. The awkward greeting she makes was just one recording that was used several times throughout the movie.

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Goofs

When we first see Jo-Jo, the narrator introduced him as "the smallest who of all." But seconds later one of his little sisters appears in the same shot and she is clearly smaller than he is.

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Quotes

Horton: Sorry, this is where we get off.
[slingshots Bad Vlad off tree]
Horton: Cool line, usually I can't think of those things until later.

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #39.11 (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Agua Melao"
Written and Performed by Gilberto Candido
Courtesy of Extreme Music

User Reviews

Knock knock, whos are there

It's interesting to see a pretty big creature like Horton concerned with protecting the tiniest creatures of all...even if the others in the jungle of Nool may not believe that's he's right about all those tiny people on the speck (well, maybe Rudy, the Sour Kangaroo's son, may think he could be right...)

Lovable characters like Horton, who can be serious at times (and is truly determined) but also wild-and-crazy, full of imagination and whimsy. Like the mayor, who is determined to protect his city from the dangers they're now being exposed to (who will protect the protector? "A giant elephant, up in the sky!... Don't bother to look, he's invisible...")

Had to admit a tear--of joy--rolled down my cheek at the end. Highly recommended! The look of the film is visually stunning, and a good voice cast (CBS Radio's Charles Osgood narrates; the mayor and his wife are Steve Carrell and Amy Poehler, and Jim Carrey of course is Horton. Carol Burnett plays the sour Kangaroo. And Jesse McCartney voices JoJo, and let's just say he didn't have too many lines to remember :)