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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Wil Shriner
Writers (WGA):
Carl Hiaasen (based on the novel by)
Wil Shriner (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 May 2006 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's time to stand up for the little guys.
Plot:
A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Great family movie, strong Florida Ecology Message. more (58 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Luke Wilson ... Delinko

Logan Lerman ... Roy Eberhardt

Brie Larson ... Beatrice

Tim Blake Nelson ... Curly

Cody Linley ... Mullet Fingers

Neil Flynn ... Mr. Eberhardt

Clark Gregg ... Muckle

Kiersten Warren ... Mrs. Eberhardt

Jessica Cauffiel ... Kimberly

Dean Collins ... Garrett

Robert Wagner ... Mayor Grandy

Eric Phillips ... Dana Matherson
Jimmy Buffett ... Mr. Ryan
John Archie ... Captain
Robert Donner ... Kalo
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for mild bullying and brief language.
Runtime:
USA:91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG | Canada:G (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Australia:G
Filming Locations:
Boca Grande, Florida, USA more

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Trivia:
The fine print beneath the newspaper photo showing the spray-painted police car credits Wil Shriner as the photographer. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the burlap bag is placed on Roy's head, the bag changes position after they come through the trees. more
Quotes:
[teaching his marine studies class]
Mr. Ryan: So to answer your question, Pacific swells are usually a lot bigger than Atlantic swells. But remember: Kelly Slater is from Florida.
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Movie Connections:
References Rambo III (1988) more
Soundtrack:
Coming Around more

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20 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
Great family movie, strong Florida Ecology Message., 7 May 2006
10/10
Author: nethoppers from United States

If you read the book by Carl Hiaasen, the movie follows pretty much true to form, with a few minor changes for Hollywood. In my opinion this is a great family movie. Luke Wilson (Officer Delinko)pretty well steals the show from an all-star cast that includes Robert Wagner and Jimmy Buffet. The kids in the movie do a great job led by Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, and Cody Linley.

Brie Larson is maybe a little too petite to play Beatrice. I pictured a bigger girl, maybe 6 foot, 175 lbs, in the role of Beatrice. This might have made her more believable in her role of beating up Dana. They should have developed her "tough girl" character more, and had her bite through a tire, or kick a soccer ball through a person. She is very pretty, and I understand why she was cast, she is a box office attraction.

This is about as PG as a movie gets these days, no sex, and very little violence. This movie is a parents'dream come true, a movie with a strong environmental message, with kids that have deep appreciation for the beauty of Florida and its wildlife. It shows how adults have fallen short in the stewardship of our planet, and that our children can demand better. One of my favorite lines in the movie is when Mullet Fingers says, "Florida could use some mountains like Montana. Florida is so flat there is nothing to stop developers from clearing it coast to coast". Also, the photography of Florida wildlife spoke volumes without dialog. As a family movie with kids ages 5-15, this is a great movie! As a bonus parents' will be entertained, especially if they're "parrotheads".

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watching this movie made me real hungry for an owl-and-pancake sandwich ScrappyCocoa
Everyone needs to grow up a little pinstripeshot
screw the effing owls ScrappyCocoa
Gay love story subtext? dalek1973
the most disturbing subtext of all ljd2003
So daddy works for the Justice Dept.? Why tell us? jimmylh-geo
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