The Lorax (2012)

Directors:

Chris Renaud
Kyle Balda (co-director)

Writers:

Ken Daurio (screenplay)
Dr. Seuss (book)
(more)

Release Date:

2 March 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

From the creators of Despicable Me.

Plot:

A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Plot Keywords:

Tree | Walled City | Environmental | Money Falling Through The Air | Mother Son Relationship

Awards:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Danny DeVito	...	The Lorax (voice)
Ed Helms	...	The Once-ler (voice)
Zac Efron	...	Ted (voice)
Taylor Swift	...	Audrey (voice)
Betty White	...	Grammy Norma (voice)
Rob Riggle	...	Mr. O'Hare (voice)
Jenny Slate	...	Ted's Mom (voice)
Nasim Pedrad	...	Once-ler's Mom (voice)
Joel Swetow	...	1st Marketing Guy (voice)
Michael Beattie	...	2nd Marketing Guy (voice)
Dave B. Mitchell	...	1st Commercial Guy (voice)
Dempsey Pappion	...	2nd Commercial Guy (voice)
Elmarie Wendel	...	Aunt Grizelda (voice)
Danny Cooksey	...	Brett / Chet (voice)
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Uncle Ubb (voice)
Chris Renaud	...	Forest Animals (voice)
Jack Angel	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
John Cygan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Debi Derryberry	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Laraine Newman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jan Rabson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Claira Nicole Titman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Ward	...	Additional Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fletcher Sheridan	...	Sai The O'Hare Delivery Guy (uncredited)

Directed by
Chris Renaud
Kyle Balda		(co-director)

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

Produced by
Ken Daurio	....	executive producer
Audrey Geisel	....	executive producer
Janet Healy	....	producer
Christopher Meledandri	....	producer (as Chris Meledandri)
Cinco Paul	....	executive producer
Robert Taylor	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Powell

Film Editing by
Claire Dodgson
Steven Liu
Ken Schretzmann

Production Design by
Yarrow Cheney

Art Direction by
Eric Guillon

Production Management
Jeannine Berger	....	post-production supervisor
Solenn Colas	....	production manager
Rafael Curulla	....	production manager
Boris Jacq	....	unit production manager
Delphine Le Roch	....	production manager
Wassila Lmouaci	....	production manager
Celine Locatelli	....	production manager
Anais Perlot	....	production manager
Jill Ragaway	....	production manager
David Rosenbaum	....	production supervisor
Alexandra Skinazi	....	production manager
Matthieu Skrovec	....	production manager
Marlene Thomas	....	production manager
Nathalie Vancauwenberghe	....	unit production manager

Art Department
Didier Ah-Koon	....	storyboard artist
Sergio Casas	....	color designer
Christoph Charriton	....	set designer
Daniel Chong	....	storyboard artist
Mike Defeo	....	3D character development
Matt Flynn	....	storyboard artist
Martin Fuller	....	storyboard artist
Gregory Georges	....	color designer
Clément Griselain	....	color designer
Trevor Jimenez	....	storyboard artist
Carlos León	....	color designer
Christophe Lourdelet	....	storyboard artist
Paul Mager	....	set designer
Steve Moore	....	storyboard artist
Mark O'Hare	....	storyboard artist
Wilbert Plijnaar	....	storyboard artist
Loïc Rastout	....	set designer
Philippe Tilikete	....	props
Derek Evanick	....	additional storyboard artist (uncredited)
Habib Louati	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher Barnett	....	additional re-recording mixer
Jonathan Borland	....	sound effects editor (as Jon Borland)
Jeremy Bowker	....	sound fx editor
Luke Dunn Gielmuda	....	supervising foley editor
Sean England	....	foley artist
Doug Ford	....	engineering services
Kim Foscato	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Sue Fox	....	foley editor
Bill Higley	....	original dialog mixer
Michael Jesmer	....	sound recordist
Noah Katz	....	engineering services
Kyle D. Krajewski	....	sound recordist
Daniel Laurie	....	adr/dialogue supervisor
Leff Lefferts	....	sound effects editor
Dennis Leonard	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Levine	....	sound digital transfer
Dmitri Makarov	....	digital editorial services
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Steve Orlando	....	assistant sound editor
Greg J. Peterson	....	sound effects recordist
Roni Pillischer	....	adr recordist
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Billy Theriot	....	adr mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound editor
Corey Tyler	....	foley recordist
Stephen Urata	....	sound recordist
Ronni Brown	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Mark Sheffield	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Jana Vance	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Céline Allegre	....	compositing supervisor
Jérôme Arthuis	....	render wrangler
Jean-Louis Autret	....	digital compositor
Raoul Barbet	....	layout/previs artist
John R.A. Benson	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Florian Bestel	....	lead digital compositor
Vincent Blanqué	....	digital artist
Lucie Bories	....	digital compositor
Adrien Borzakian	....	characters surfacing supervisor
Nicolas Brack	....	lighting supervisor
Emma Braney	....	stereoscopic artist
Maxime Bray	....	effects technical director
Bertrand Breuze	....	senior compositor
Florent Cadel	....	senior lighting artist
Mickael Caramelo	....	pipeline technical director
Anna Carlsson	....	stereoscopic compositor
Cédric Chapeleau	....	technical director
Bruno Chauffard	....	CGI supervisor
Jean-Denis Coindre	....	lead digital matte painter
Anne Coulet	....	characters surfacing artist
Rudyard Cretenet	....	digital compositor
Clement Darbois	....	digital compositor
Christophe Duflaut	....	digital compositor
Steven Dupuy	....	effects technical director
David Ellis	....	digital effects artist
Thomas Foncelle	....	lead render wrangler
David Fourrage	....	character modeler
Dorian Février	....	technical director
Valerie Gabriel	....	final layout supervisor
Delphine Garrelis	....	digital compositor
Gilles Giordan	....	digital compositor
Stephan Guerin	....	lighting artist
Ali Hamdan	....	character effects technical director
Tristan Hocquet	....	digital compositor
Guy-Laurent Homsy	....	layout and pre-visualization lead
John Hreich	....	senior lighting artist
Aurelie Lajoux	....	digital compositor
Yannick Lecoffre	....	lighting artist
Catherine Lee	....	lighting artist
Thomas Lefebvre	....	digital compositor
Yann Leroux	....	senior compositor
David Liebard	....	senior character technical director
Fabrice Lau Tim Ling	....	character fx artist
Pierre Lopes	....	lighting artist
Adrien Lourdelle	....	effects technical director: Mac Guff Ligne
Mathieu Malard	....	digital compositor
Eric Mauhourat	....	character technical director
Thomas Metais	....	software developer
Sandrine Moniez	....	digital compositor
Adrien Montero	....	character modeler
Emmanuel Mouillet	....	effects artist
David Pelle	....	cg supervisor assistant
Lucini Philippe	....	digital compositor
Benoit Philippon	....	stereoscopic compositing supervisor
Ugo Pierantoni	....	lead compositor
Eric Placoly	....	software development technical director
Hannibal Poenaru	....	visual effects artist
Maxime Poron	....	digital compositor
Olivier Prigent	....	cg lighting artist
Laurianne Proudhon	....	digital compositor
Geoffrey Reynaud	....	effects technical director
Quentin Ricci	....	pipeline technical director
Privat de Fortunie Romain	....	character effects supervisor
Marine Samyn	....	digital compositor
Michel Satorra	....	character effects artist
Olivier Schmitt	....	technical director
Régis Schuller	....	layout and previs supervisor
Arnaud Servouze	....	lighting artist
Antonin Seydoux	....	compositing supervisor
Sebastien Stoianov	....	character effects artist
Simon Thomas	....	cgi supervisor
Arnaud Tisseyre	....	senior lighting artist
Mathieu Trintzius	....	senior character technical director
Nicolas Valade	....	digital artist
Gerome Viavant	....	digital compositor
Anthony Voisin	....	lighting artist
Milan Voukassovitch	....	character effects artist
Fabien Yorgandjian	....	modeling artist
Henri Zaitoun	....	layout artist
Veronique Zylberfain	....	matte painting

Animation Department
Damien Bapst	....	layout artist
Vincent Caudeville	....	character animator
Christophe Delisle	....	animator
Julien Depoortere	....	pipeline technical assistant
Martín Esnaola	....	senior character animator
Carolina Fabiani	....	character animator
Mathilde Fabry	....	animator
Putzola Florence	....	set dressing artist
Lionel Gallat	....	animation director
Tote González	....	senior animator
Thomas Grønlund	....	animator
Jean Hemez	....	lead animator
Guillaume Herent	....	animator
Fabrice Joubert	....	lead animator
Francois Laurent	....	animator
Mathilde Le Moal	....	animator
Mathieu Menard	....	character animator
Jérémie Moreau	....	character designer
David Nasser	....	senior character animator
Matthew Nealon	....	storyboard artist
Thierry Noguera	....	animator
Boris Plateau	....	animator
Mitja Rabar	....	senior character animator
Ludovic Roz	....	animator
Gael Sabourin	....	animator
Arfaoui Salem	....	animator
Clementine Tronel	....	animator
Benjamin Tussiot	....	animator

Editorial Department
Karl Armstrong	....	first assistant editor
Fanny Bouquard	....	assistant editor
Gilad Carmel	....	first assistant editor
Alex Dowding	....	editorial manager
Eileen Godoy	....	digital intermediate producer
Jason Hanel	....	digital intermediate colorist
Laura Holeman	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Katie Jordan	....	digital intermediate colorist assist
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Jessica J. Stone	....	editorial coordinator (as Jessica Stone)

Music Department
Alex Al	....	musician: bass
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Brent Brooks	....	music editor
Eddie Brown	....	musician: keyboards
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor
Beth Caucci	....	composer: additional music
Celeste Chada	....	score coordinator
David Channing	....	scoring editor
John W. Chapman	....	music production assistant (as John Chapman)
Luis Conte	....	musician: Latin percussion
George Doering	....	musician: guitar
Germaine Franco	....	orchestrator
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Taylor Graves	....	playback singer
Ed Helms	....	musician: guitar
Dan Higgins	....	musician: saxophones
Greg Huckins	....	musician: saxophones
Randy Kerber	....	musician: keyboards
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Mike Knobloch	....	music executive
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator
Julie Minasian	....	score vocalist
Michael John Mollo	....	additional arranging, orchestration and programming
Paul Mounsey	....	composer: additional music
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Cinco Paul	....	songs: lyrics by
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
John Powell	....	musician: guitar
John Powell	....	songs: music by
Massimo Ruberto	....	music supervisor
Joshua Rutkowski	....	music production assistant
George Shelby	....	musician: saxophones
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
John Traunwieser	....	score mixing assistant
Marc Viner	....	additional recordist
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor
Louis Price	....	singer (uncredited)
Michael Ripoll	....	guitarist (uncredited)
Eric Wegener	....	music production assistant (uncredited)

Other crew
Valérie Dompnier	....	production accountant
Melissa Faucher	....	software engineer
Frédéric Greene	....	additional production accountant
George Hiro Herrmann	....	finance department
Brett Hoffman	....	script & recording supervisor
John Lawrence	....	account controller
Sean Lee	....	director of technology
David Leroux	....	network engineer
Bruno Mahé	....	global technology supervisor
Rory Phillips	....	marketing production coordinator
Julien Sabourdin	....	production controller
Benoit Terminet Schuppon	....	intern
Gary L. Wohlleben	....	financial controller
Peter Cameron	....	assistant: script revisions (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Illumination Entertainment (as Chris Meledandri)

Distributors

• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2012) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Poland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Russia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Indonesia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Norway) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Serbia) (theatrical)
• Tatrafilm (2012) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• B and H Films (2012) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas Distribution (2012) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• IMAX (2012) (USA) (theatrical) (IMAX version)
• Solar Entertainment (2012) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures Canada (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Netflix (2013) (USA) (TV) (Internet)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Greece) (DVD) (3D Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Liquid Soul Media  marketing and promotion
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Interscope Records  soundtrack
• POP Sound  ADR recording
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Varèse Sarabande  score album

Also Known As:

"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" - USA (complete title)
"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: An IMAX 3D Experience" - USA (IMAX version)

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief mild language

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS

Certification:

UK:U | Philippines:U | India:U | Malta:U | USA:PG (certificate #47278) | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Sweden:7 | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/6 | Philippines:G | South Korea:All | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:6 | Hong Kong:I | Argentina:Atp | Japan:G | Ireland:G | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al.

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Argentinian film producer Axel Kuschevatzky dubbed Mr. O'Hare on the Latin American Spanish speaking prints of the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: The second time Ted goes to see the Once-ler, he accelerates his scooter using the left handle; in the rest of the movie, the accelerator is in the (usual) right-hand handle.

Quotes:

Once-ler:Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Cinema Snob: Anthropophagus (#4.2)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

How Bad Can I Be?

The Lorax: one of the few truly great political films

The Lorax is one of the best movies I've ever seen, but it's also one of the most troubling. Its depth politically is, I believe, unmatched in children's literature; Dr. Seuss is truly a master, but this is, like Cirque du Soleil, art for which you might need to be prepared.

By telling you to "be prepared," however, I don't mean to say you should go read up on film history. Sure, you'll miss a trick or two if you don't, but there's enough material to keep you very, very interested even if you're not a film student. Nor, in fact, should you even feel the need to read up on American history; it suffices to say that, to be very simplistic about it, as the France was to Algeria at the time, so U.S. was to Vietnam. Really, if you wanted to be ready for ALL the intellectual references and name-dropping, you ought to have a good classical education. That's hard to get, so I can't possibly suggest that...

What I do mean by "be prepared" is: be prepared for colors that might not make sense, be prepared to consider your place in the world... be prepared to think about the movie while it's running. Hollywood encourages us to turn off our brains while we're watching a movie; Seuss doesn't allow it. His books are intentionally aggravating and annoying at times, but Seuss knows precisely what he's doing, and he manipulates the reader expertly. (The infamous "Sneetches" is to this day the most annoying and at the same time one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.) Be prepared to consider your place in society, society's place in the world, and the problems of those situations. Seuss raises numerous incredibly important questions: what is the final fate of literature and the wealths of past generations handed down after political upheaval is finished with them? what is the point of any rhetoric-- communist or otherwise-- in a world of selfish, stupid bourgeois pigs (and, as anyone who's ever worked in fast food will tell you, this one is)? does art even have a purpose in a marketplace? I personally disagree with those who claim that The Lorax is dated and only interesting historically. The message is only obscured to us because the draft is no longer in full swing and because the entertainment industry has succeeded in lulling us into false security. We still have our Vietnams, though they may be secret; and, facts must be faced, most of us are still complete and total jerks, caring very little for the world around us and very much for our own pleasure. At the heart of Dr. Seuss' movie is a deep and abiding love and compassion for humanity; the decadence of the world around us, however, forces the surface of the film to be cynical and hateful toward all the disgusting influences which keep us from being what we could be, and manifesting itself in the various real-world consumer products we see in literally every other scene.