Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

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:

Elephant | Dust | Jungle | Animal | Mayor

Awards:

11 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 16	9:30 AM	HBO
Thur. July 16	6:30 PM	HBO
Sun. July 19	12:00 PM	HBO

US Showtimes:

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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
Jeff Siergey		additional 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	....	associate production manager (lighting/paint )
Anthony Nisi	....	production supervisor
Denise Rottina	....	assistant production manager
Fred Weinberg	....	assistant production manager

Art Department
Jeff Biancalana	....	storyboard artist
Callan Brunker	....	storyboard artist
Jony Chandra	....	storyboard artist
Nash Dunnigan	....	location designer
Chris Gilligan	....	additional storyboard artist
Mike Knapp	....	set designer
Tony Maki	....	storyboard artist
Frank Marino	....	additional storyboards
Moroni	....	storyboard artist
Vicki Saulls	....	sculptor
Jeff Siergey	....	additional storyboards
Alena Wooten	....	sculptor

Sound Department
Kevin Bailey	....	assistant sound effects editor
Chris Barron	....	digital transferer (as Christopher Barron)
Jeremy Bowker	....	foley editor (as Jeremy Paul Bowker)
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Dustin Cawood	....	assistant sound designer
Brian Chumney	....	assistant adr editor
Frank Clary	....	foley recordist
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound effects editor (as Krysten Mate)
John Countryman	....	digital transferer
Colette Dahanne	....	sound effects editor
Coya Elliott	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Sean England	....	foley mixer
Sue Fox	....	supervising foley editor (as Suzanne Fox)
Andrea S. Gard	....	foley editor (as Andrea Gard)
Jonathan Greber	....	digital transferer
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Pete Horner	....	sound effects editor
Leff Lefferts	....	assistant sound designer (as Leffert Lefferts)
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 (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Ronald G. Roumas	....	recordist
Steve Slanec	....	adr editor
Clint Smith	....	sound recordist
Mac Smith	....	sound effects editor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Randy Thom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Colette Dahanne	....	additional re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Mark Sheffield	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)

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
Simon Brown	....	senior technical director: additional effects
Marco Burbano	....	character technical director
Ian M. Burkard	....	modeler
Ian D. Butterfield	....	senior materials technical director
Danielle Cambridge	....	senior technical support lead
Jon Campbell	....	effects technical director
Jon Campbell	....	fur technical director
Robert V. Cavaleri	....	CG supervisor
Dan Cayer	....	lead compositor: Blue Sky Studios
Dan Cayer	....	senior lighting technical director: 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
David Esneault	....	lighting supervisor
Jud Estes	....	Shake compositor
Jud Estes	....	digital paint
Ian Etra	....	character technical director
Mona Falvey	....	assistant to the producers
Harold Fraga	....	lighting technical director
Anthony Fung	....	visual effects artist
Tamara Garabedian	....	fur technical director
Kirk Garfield	....	effects supervisor
Eric Grimenstein	....	fur technical director
James Gu	....	character technical director
Cleveland Hibbert	....	technical assistant
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
Michael Kingsley	....	technical lead
Jamie Kirschenbaum	....	senior effects technical director
In Soo Lee	....	additional technical director: fur
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
Eric Maurer	....	fur supervisor
Brett McConnell	....	lighting techical director
Adam McMahon	....	modeler
David V. Mei	....	modeling supervisor (as David Mei)
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
Monika Sawyer	....	lighting 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
Jeeyun Sung	....	lighting lead
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
Haji Uesato	....	sequence lighting lead
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
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Luis Pages	....	character technical director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Gabriel Schlumberger	....	camera designer

Animation Department
Dan Barker	....	animator
Jeff Biancalana	....	animator
Aja Bogdanoff	....	animator
James Bresnahan	....	supervising animator
Robert Cardone	....	layout supervisor
Heather Carpini	....	animator
Scott Carroll	....	animator
Jerod Chirico	....	lead character animator
Galen T. Chu	....	supervising animator (as Galen Tan Chu)
Andrew Coats	....	assistant 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
Paul Downs	....	animator
Nathan Engelhardt	....	animator
Ian Etra	....	animator
Scott Farrell	....	animator
Eric Favela	....	story artist
Gordana Fersini	....	animator
Edmund Fong	....	story artist
Jackie Fortin	....	animator
William H. Frake III	....	storyboard artist
Michael Galbraith	....	animator
Nick Gibbons	....	assistant animator
Curran W. Giddens	....	animator
Adam Green	....	animator
Mark Curnell Harris	....	animation character lead: The Whos
Aaron J. Hartline	....	supervising animator (as Aaron Hartline)
Ryan Hobbiebrunken	....	animator
Bill Hodman	....	workbook
Robert Huth	....	animation technical assistant
Leif Jeffers	....	animator
Leif Jeffers	....	character lead: Morton the Mouse
Anthea Kerou	....	animator
Jeff Kim	....	animator
Aaron Koressel	....	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
Jason Martinsen	....	animator
Rich McKain	....	animator
Stephen Melagrano	....	animator
Lauren Montuori	....	production assistant: animation
Jacob Patrick	....	animator
David S. Peng	....	animation character lead: Horton
Max Perelman	....	animator
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
David Sloss	....	animator
Melvin Tan	....	animator
Mike Thurmeier	....	senior supervising animator (as Michael Thurmeier)
Nikki Tomaino	....	technical director: materials
David Torres	....	lead animator: "Horton"
Jinanavin Veerapatra	....	animator
Michael C. Walling	....	character animator
Steve Warbrick	....	animatic artist
Royce Wesley	....	animator
Rafael Zentil	....	story artist
Darlie Brewster	....	2d animator: anime sequence (uncredited)

Casting Department
Micah Dahlberg	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Kent Beyda	....	editorial consultant
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Christopher Campbell	....	first assistant editor
John Carnochan	....	additional editor
Erin Crackel	....	second assistant editor
Jason Fricchione	....	editorial manager
Eileen Godoy	....	digital intermediate producer: EFilm
Kathy Graves	....	assistant editor
Matt Hull	....	digital intermediate production assistant
Natasha Leonnet	....	digital film colorist
Marc Lulkin	....	digital color assist
James Palumbo	....	development editor: Blue Sky Studios
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Randy Trager	....	associate editor
Chad N. Walker	....	apprentice editor (as Chad Walker)
Justin Worthington	....	digital intermediate production assistant

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Rick Baptist	....	musician: trumpet
Thomas A. Carlson	....	supervising music editor (as Tom Carlson)
David Channing	....	scoring editor
Jane Antonia Cornish	....	orchestrator (as Jane Cornish)
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Bruce Dukov	....	concert master
Germaine Franco	....	score production coordinator
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Mark Graham	....	music preparation
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
Harry Kim	....	musician: trumpet
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Tim Lauber	....	score recordist
Edie Lehmann	....	conductor: choir (as Edie Lehmann Boddicker)
Edie Lehmann	....	vocal contractor (as Edie Lehmann Boddicker)
Dan Lerner	....	additional score recordist
James McKee Smith	....	composer: additional music
James McKee Smith	....	music programmer
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator
Shawn Murphy	....	score recordist
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
Andrew Shulman	....	musician
Denis St. Amand	....	score engineer
Erik Swanson	....	scoring digital recordist
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
Jitendra Borse	....	research associate
Jennifer Brola	....	research associate
Adam Burr	....	senior research associate
Kim Chase	....	operations: Blue Sky Studios
Victoria Dedvukaj	....	assistant: Christopher Wedge
Lisa Durr	....	production assistant
Brian Grimenstein	....	scheduling coordinator
Brett Hoffman	....	script supervisor
Miranda Jackson	....	layout production assistant
Amanda Deering Jones	....	additional production support
Christopher Kappler	....	hr coordinator
Dave LaMattina	....	assistant to directors
Matthew Morgenthaler	....	production intern
Paul Ohrt	....	production executive
Kevin Porterfield	....	production systems manager
Mike Reiss	....	story consultant
Chris Siemasko	....	additional production support
Daren Tillinger	....	production assistant
Maurice Van Swaaij	....	manager software
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) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2008) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• House of Cool (2D animation)

Other Companies

• 5 Cat Studios  score recorded and mixed at
• Deluxe  prints
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as JoAnn Kane Music Service)
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  score recorded and mixed at (as The Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox)
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Synxspeed  sound post-production (foreign dub)
• The Hollywood Studio Orchestra  score performed by
• 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 (Philippines: English title)
Horton Hears a Who! (Singapore: English title)

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

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

Company:

Blue Sky Studios

Trivia:

Jim Carrey’s second movie based on a Dr. Seuss story. The first was (How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)). Both stories have Whos in them.

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 is being roped while the people of WhoVille make noise to be heard]
Horton: Listen, *please*! It's the most beautiful thing ever!
Yummo Wickersham: I don't hear nothin'.

Movie Connections:

References The Thing from Another World (1951)

Soundtrack:

Swingville Sashay

Endearing, funny and creative adaptation

An eccentric jungle elephant named Horton(voiced by Jim Carrey) accidentally discovers a tiny colony of people who call themselves 'Whos' and their city, 'Whoville', in a pretty pink flower. With help from the mayor of Whoville(voiced by Steve Carell), Horton makes a pact to relocate the town of Whoville(and the flower) to a safer spot; unfortunately, thanks to a stuck-up kangaroo from his own community, it won't be very easy.

What first caught my attention about this movie was the animation. If I could judge by its appearance alone, I'd say this movie looks amazing. The colors are bright, vivid, and stunning to look at. The characters' faces are realistically expressive which adds to the charm of the film. The city and jungle are not only colorful but much thought seems to have been put into every last little detail, which pays off.

Jim Carrey puts a lot of heart into his character of Horton and I can't think of a better actor to play him. Steve Carell is just as great a choice for the part of the mayor. Voice acting seems much more difficult than acting in front of a camera so I think they were really fantastic. Same goes for the rest of the cast, including Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Amy Poehler, etc.

This movie is funny and original from the start, with no reused jokes or useless toilet humor. At times I almost forget it's based on a Dr. Seuss book due to the creativity of the plot and character depth, but there are moments where parts of the book are implemented and it is not forced but cute and sweet.

The humor is one of the best aspects of the film. Kids as well as teens and adults are likely to appreciate the goofy jokes and in-jokes as well as random funny moments. The characters of Horton and the mayor are goofy and lovable in their own ways and the supporting characters are not just fillers but are each unique and serve at least some purpose.

Also, since most family movies do have a message, this movie has one as well: promoting imagination and creativity as well as sticking to your beliefs no matter what others say. It wasn't corny at all but very well executed.

My little brother and I really enjoyed this movie and despite its length I felt that it was worth the sixteen dollars(for a change). And I'm glad to finally see a good animated movie after such a long time!