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Fantastic Mr. Fox
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*Fantastic Mr. Fox* is a 2009 animated film directed by Wes Anderson. Produced by Regency Enterprises, Indian Paintbrush, and American Empirical Pictures, the movie was released in the United States of America on October 14, 2009. The film has a runtime of 87 minutes and carries the tagline "Dig the life fantastic."
The production had a budget of 40,000,000 and generated box office revenue of 46,471,023. It received a review score of 7.9/10, 83/100, and 93%. The film’s status is listed as Released.
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Film · TMDB
7.8The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Cast
- George Clooney as Mr. Fox (voice)
- Robin Hurlstone as Walter Boggis (voice)
- Meryl Streep as Felicity Fox (voice)
- Jason Schwartzman as Ash Fox (voice)
- Eric Chase Anderson as Kristofferson Silverfox (voice)
- Wallace Wolodarsky as Kylie (voice)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- tree
- peasant
- fox
- villain
- cider
- tale
- farm life
- anthropomorphism
- caper
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Official website
Fantastic Mr. Fox | 20th Century Studios Family
Based on the beloved story by Roald Dahl, the film tells the tale of the noble, charming and fantastic Mr. Fox who uses his wits and cunning to outfox three dimwitted farmers who tire of sharing their chickens with the crafty creature.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- animated film
- Genre
- family film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Director
- Wes Anderson
- Screenwriter
- Wes Anderson
- Voice actor
- Garth Jennings
- Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Producer
- Allison Abbate
- Duration
- 87
- FilmAffinity ID
- 604587
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- family.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/fantastic-mr-fox
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- fabrication method
- puppetoon animation
- publication date
- 2009-11-13
- distributed by
- Searchlight Pictures
- title
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- after a work by
- Roald Dahl
- film editor
- Andrew Weisblum
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 93%
- capital cost
- 40000000
- box office
- 46474181
- Commons category
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Encyclopedic overview
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 stop-motion animated adventure comedy film directed by Wes Anderson, who co-wrote it with Noah Baumbach, based on the 1970 novel by Roald Dahl. It stars George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, and Owen Wilson. In the film, a spree of thefts led by Mr. Fox (Clooney) results in his family, and later his community, being hunted down by three farmers.
Development on the project began in 2004 as a collaboration between Anderson and Henry Selick under Revolution Studios; by 2007, Revolution and Selick left for other projects. Work on Fantastic Mr. Fox was moved to 20th Century Fox, where production began in 2007 on Stage C of 3 Mills Studios in London. In addition to an original score by Alexandre Desplat, the soundtrack includes several songs from other artists.
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