Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

Directors:

Jimmy Hayward
Steve Martino

Writers:

Ken Daurio (screenplay)
Cinco Paul (screenplay)
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Release Date:

14 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

One Elephant One World One Story

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Rescue | Jungle | Snow | Computer Animation | Fall From Height

Awards:

1 nomination

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Cast

Jim Carrey	...	Horton (voice)
Steve Carell	...	The Mayor of Whoville (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)
Jack Angel	...	Old Time Who / Additional Voices (voice)
Caitlin Rose Anderson	...	Helen (voice)
Emily Anderson	...	Heather (voice)
Jan Rabson	...	Town Cryer / Additional Voices (voice)
John Cygan	...	Who / Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Another Who / Additional Voices (voice)
Debi Derryberry	...	Who Mom / Additional Voices (voice)
Samantha Droke	...	Hildy / Holly (voice)
Karen Disher	...	Who Kid (voice)
Marshall Efron	...	Wickersham Guard #1 (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Willie Bear / Additional Voices (voice)
Jason Fricchione	...	Joe (voice)
Heather Goldenhersh	...	Who Girl / Additional Voices (voice)
Selena Gomez	...	Helga (voice)
Jimmy Hayward	...	Obnoxious Who (voice)
Joey King	...	Katie (voice)
Christina Martino	...	Heidi / Haley (voice)
Ellie Martino	...	Hanna / Additional Voices (voice)
Laraine Newman	...	Glummox Mom / Additional Voices (voice)
Tim Nordquist	...	Wickersham Guard #2 (voice)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	...	Angela / Additional Voices (voice)
Laura Ortiz	...	Jessica (voice)
Joe Pasquale	...	The Dentist (voice)
Isabella Acres	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Connor Anderson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Madison Pettis	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Madison Davenport	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Grace Rolek	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jennessa Rose	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Teresa Ganzel	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ariel Winter	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Jimmy Hayward
Steve Martino

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ken Daurio		screenplay
Cinco Paul		screenplay
Dr. Seuss		book
Dr. Seuss		story

Produced by
Audrey Geisel	....	executive producer
Bob Gordon	....	producer
Christopher Meledandri	....	executive producer
Chris Wedge	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Powell

Film Editing by
Tim Nordquist

Art Direction by
Thomas Cardone

Production Management
Jeannine Berger	....	post-production supervisor
Kane Lee	....	assistant production manager
Sean M. Murphy	....	assistant production manager
Denise Rottina	....	assistant production manager
Fred Weinberg	....	assistant production manager

Art Department
Jeff Biancalana	....	storyboard artist
Jony Chandra	....	storyboard artist
Chris Gilligan	....	additional storyboard artist
Tony Maki	....	storyboard artist
Vicki Saulls	....	sculptor

Sound Department
Kevin Bailey	....	assistant sound effects editor (as Kevin N. Bailey)
Jeremy Bowker	....	foley editor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Dustin Cawood	....	assistant sound designer
Brian Chumney	....	assistant adr editor
Frank Clary	....	foley recordist
Colette Dahanne	....	sound effects editor
Coya Elliott	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Sean England	....	foley mixer
Sue Fox	....	foley editor
Andrea S. Gard	....	foley editor
Jessica Lemes da Silva	....	sound effects recordist
Dennis Leonard	....	supervising sound editor
Zach Martin	....	sound mix technician
Jonathan Null	....	adr supervisor
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clint Smith	....	sound recordist
Mac Smith	....	sound effects editor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Randy Thom	....	supervising mixer

Visual Effects by
Inna Agujen	....	assembly technical director
Lynn Bacino	....	senior technical director: lighting
Jinyi Baird	....	production coordinator: effects
Mark Bajuk	....	fur technical director
David Barksdale	....	effects technical director
David Barksdale	....	fur technical director
Andrew Beddini	....	lighting development supervisor
Heather Brown	....	lighting technical assistant
Marco Burbano	....	character technical director
Ian D. Butterfield	....	senior materials technical director
Jon Campbell	....	effects technical director
Jon Campbell	....	fur technical director
Dan Cayer	....	senior lighting/compositing: Blue Sky Studios
Jane Chatot	....	character TA
Sheng-Fang Chen	....	lighting technical director
Eldar Cholich	....	digital compositor
Eldar Cholich	....	senior technical director: lighting
Sheldon Chow	....	lead technical director: fur
Rhett Collier	....	senior effects technical director
Brendan Condit	....	character technical director
Shaun Cusick	....	senior modeler
Casey Dame	....	character technical director
Jason Davies	....	character technical director
Jonathan Davis	....	lighting technical director
Diana Diriwaechter	....	materials technical director
Mark Edwards	....	character technical director
Jud Estes	....	Shake compositor
Jud Estes	....	digital paint
Ian Etra	....	character technical director
Tamara Garabedian	....	fur technical director
Kirk Garfield	....	visual effects supervisor
Eric Grimenstein	....	fur technical director
James Gu	....	character technical director
Brian A. Hill	....	materials technical director
Todd Edward James Hill	....	character technical director
Brien Hindman	....	senior modeler
Isaac Holze	....	assembly technical assistant
Nickie Huai	....	digital compositor
Nickie Huai	....	lighting techical director
Youngwoong Jang	....	lighting technical director
Jina Kang	....	technical director
Ben Kilgore	....	character technical director
Jamie Kirschenbaum	....	senior effects technical director
Alexander Levenson	....	senior modeler
Yu-Li Liao	....	character technical director
Robin Luera	....	animator (as WildOrca)
Erik Malvarez	....	senior character technical director
Melanie Martini	....	set dresser
David V. Mei	....	modeling supervisor
Salvatore Melluso	....	environmental lead modeler
Karyn Monschein	....	layout
Christopher Moore	....	materials technical director
Cosku Ozdemir	....	materials technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Sean Palmer	....	effects technical director
James Parente	....	assembly technical director
James Parente	....	effects technical director
Elvira Pinkhas	....	effects technical director
Stewart Pomeroy	....	digital artist
Gabriel Portnof	....	lighting technical director
Arun Ram-Mohan	....	lighting technical director
Tridip Ray	....	assembly technical assistant
Tridip Ray	....	lighting technical assistant
Jacob Richards	....	lighting technical director
Gregory Rizzi	....	animator
Matt Roach	....	effects technical director
Edward Robbins	....	modeler
Gates Roberg-Clark	....	lighting technical assistant
Aaron M. Ross	....	feather development
Aaron M. Ross	....	fur technical director
Aaron M. Ross	....	senior technical director: lighting
Ari Rubenstein	....	digital compositor: Blue Sky Studios
Jessica Sances	....	character animator
Jessica Sances	....	character lead
Monika Sawyer	....	fur technical director
Andrew Schneider	....	effects technical director
Jon Schroth	....	lighting technical director
Scott Sharp	....	senior character technical director
Daniel Ken Shimmyo	....	materials technical director
John Siczewicz	....	lead digital paint artist
Keith Stichweh	....	technical director
Dave Strick	....	modeler
Prapanch Swamy	....	additional effects
Prapanch Swamy	....	fur technical director
Dann Tarmy	....	digital compositor
Dann Tarmy	....	lighting technical director
Gary Telfer	....	final layout artist
Gary Telfer	....	previs modeler
Radhika Thirunarayanan	....	materials technical director
John David Thornton	....	senior animator
Paul-Jozef Torrevillas	....	lighting technical assistant
Ellen Trinh	....	lighting technical director
Stephen Unterfranz	....	supervising character technical director
Antelmo Villarreal	....	assembly TA
Aaron Walsman	....	character technical director
Danny Williams	....	character modeling lead
James Willingham III	....	previs artist
Brent Wong	....	lighting technical director
Brent Wong	....	modeler
Jerril Yoo	....	senior character technical director
Terry Ziegelman	....	fur technical director
Terry Ziegelman	....	lighting technical director
Luis Pages	....	character technical director (uncredited)

Animation Department
Jeff Biancalana	....	animator
Aja Bogdanoff	....	animator
Robert Cardone	....	layout supervisor
Heather Carpini	....	animator
Scott Carroll	....	animator
Jerod Chirico	....	lead character animator
Ricardo Curtis	....	head of story
Jason Davies	....	technical director: character technical
Rylan Davies	....	animator
Pete Devlin	....	animator
Aaron Dimunno	....	layout artist
Karen Disher	....	story artist
Nathan Engelhardt	....	animator
Scott Farrell	....	animator
Gordana Fersini	....	animator
Edmund Fong	....	story artist
Michael Galbraith	....	animator
Nick Gibbons	....	assistant animator
Curran W. Giddens	....	animator
Mark Curnell Harris	....	animation character lead: The Whos
Aaron J. Hartline	....	supervising animator
Ryan Hobbiebrunken	....	animator
Bill Hodman	....	workbook
Robert Huth	....	animation technical assistant
Leif Jeffers	....	animator
Jeff Kim	....	animator
Ken Lee	....	workbook layout artist
Moonsung Lee	....	animator
Andrew H. Leung	....	lead animatic artist
Alex Li	....	workbook layout artist
Lluis Llobera	....	animator
Eric Luhta	....	animator
Venece Lyman	....	animation technical assistant
Wesley Mandell	....	animator
Adam McMahon	....	modeler
Jacob Patrick	....	animator
David S. Peng	....	animation character lead: Horton
Rebecca Perez	....	animator
Gareth Porter	....	lead technical director: assembly
Amila Puhala	....	animator
Patrik Puhala	....	animator
Chris Renaud	....	story artist
Raymond Ross	....	animator
Derek Rozmes	....	animator
Jessica Sances	....	character animator
Jessica Sances	....	character lead: Sally & Miss Yelp
Tom Saville	....	character animator
Matthew D. Simmons	....	animation technical lead
Mike Thurmeier	....	senior supervising animator
Nikki Tomaino	....	technical director: materials
David Torres	....	lead animator: "Horton"
Michael C. Walling	....	character animator
Steve Warbrick	....	animatic artist
Royce Wesley	....	animator
Rafael Zentil	....	story artist

Casting Department
Micah Dahlberg	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Kent Beyda	....	editorial consultant
Erin Crackel	....	second assistant editor
Eileen Godoy	....	digital intermediate producer: EFilm
Kathy Graves	....	assistant editor
Matt Hull	....	assistant digital intermediate producer
James Palumbo	....	development editor: Blue Sky Studios
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Chad N. Walker	....	apprentice editor (as Chad Walker)
Christopher Campbell	....	first assistant editor (uncredited)
Jason Fricchione	....	editorial manager (uncredited)
Randy Trager	....	associate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Thomas A. Carlson	....	supervising music editor
Jane Antonia Cornish	....	orchestrator
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Germaine Franco	....	score production coordinator
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
James McKee Smith	....	composer: additional music
James McKee Smith	....	music programmer
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
John Ashton Thomas	....	composer: additional music
John Ashton Thomas	....	music programmer
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Other crew
Tansal Arnas	....	additional production supporter
Jinyi Baird	....	production coordinator: effects
Jennifer Brola	....	research associate
Kim Chase	....	operations: Blue Sky Studios
Brian Grimenstein	....	scheduling coordinator
Brett Hoffman	....	script supervisor
Christopher Kappler	....	hr coordinator
Dave LaMattina	....	assistant to directors
Matthew Morgenthaler	....	production intern
Paul Ohrt	....	production executive
Mike Reiss	....	story consultant
Chris Siemasko	....	additional production support
Jon Vitti	....	story consultant
Weera Tom Wichitsripornkul	....	technical director

Production Companies

• Blue Sky Studios
• Twentieth Century Fox Animation
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Synxspeed  sound post-production (foreign dub)
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who (USA) (working title)
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (USA) (complete title)
Horton Hears a Who! (Singapore: English title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:G | UK:U | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:Btl | Australia:G | USA:G (certificate #44194) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Taiwan:GP | Denmark:A | South Korea:All | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Finland:K-3 | South Africa:PG | Hong Kong:I | Malaysia:U | Norway:7 | Netherlands:AL | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Singapore:G | Germany:o.Al.

Company:

Blue Sky Studios

Trivia:

Shipped to some theaters under the codename "88 Keys"

Goofs:

Continuity: At breakfast, when it's Jojo’s turn with his dad, 12 seconds start on the clock, but when the mayor starts showing Jojo all the perks about being mayor, the clock goes back to 12 seconds left when it should be at 5 seconds left.

Quotes:

Horton: [over intercom] Is everything okay down there?
The Mayor of Who-ville: [in silent shock] You're the one holding the speck... you tell me.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-03-15)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Can't Fight This Feeling

Very Well Done Film

I'm telling the truth...i thought this movie would be a stinker from the teaser trailer and TV spots but this surprised me as well as every other person at the screening. It even surprised the film operator! Anyway, the great voice cast voiced by some great actors, Jim Carrey and Steve Carrell and even Seth Rogen(which is a nice change for him, from all his dirty cursing roles(don't get me wrong,i love him in those roles)). Dane Cook was a little annoying, but it wont really distract you from the big picture. In this film, Steve Carrell is the Mayor of Who-Ville, a town on a dandelion full of tiny people. Jim Carrey plays Horton...who is a elephant who finds a dandelion, picks it and figures out he must protect it because of Who-ville. Seth Rogen plays a rat like creature in his role. A supporting cast with Amy Poehler, Jonah Hill, Dan Fogler and much more. This film is great for little kids and a surprising delight for adults.