Fantastic Mr. Fox

Theatrical Release Date: 2009 11 20 (USA - Expanding) / 2009 11 13 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 024543657552

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Mild Violence, Smoking]

Summary: A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers, who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director Wes Anderson's animated adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl children's book. For 12 years, Mr. and Mrs. Fox (voices of George Clooney and Meryl Streep) have lived a peaceful life in the wilderness with their son, Ash (voice of Jason Schwartzman). Shortly after their young nephew Kristofferson (voice of Eric Anderson) arrives for a visit, Mr. Fox's long-suppressed animal instincts begin to take over and the faithful family man resorts back to his old ways as a cunning chicken thief, endangering not only his family but the entire animal community as well. When evil farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean force the animals underground in a desperate attempt to capture the audacious Mr. Fox, dwindling food supplies force the frightened animals to band together in one last attempt to fight for the land that is rightfully theirs. Bill Murray, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, and Owen Wilson provide additional voices. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Awards: Film Presented – London Film Festival Film Presented – AFI Fest Special Filmmaking Achievement – National Board of Review Best Animated Feature – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Production Design – National Society of Film Critics Best Animated Feature – Toronto Film Critics Association Best Actor – New York Film Critics Circle Best Adapted Screenplay – Online Film Critics Association Best Adapted Screenplay – Online Film Critics Association Best Edited Animated Feature – American Cinema Editors Guild Best Original Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Animated Feature – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Presented – Rotterdam International Film Festival Best Music – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Animated Feature – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: cc
Blu-Ray: Making Mr. Fox Fantastic: The look of Fantastic Mr. Fox
From Script to Screen
The puppet makers
Still Life (Puppet animation)
The cast
Bill and his badger
A Beginner's Guide to Whack-Bat
Fantastic Mr. Fox: The World of Roald Dahl

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 03/23/2010

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DS Dolby Surround (4.0)

Runtime: 87 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: French,Spanish,Portuguese

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Fantastic Mr. Fox - DVD
1. Main Title / Trapped!
2. Living in a Hole
3. Just Buy the Tree
4. Unwelcome Houseguest
5. One Last Big Job
6. Master Plan
7. Whack-Bat
8. Bean's Secret Cider Cellar
9. Tails Don't Grow Back
10. Dig!
11. No Ticks, No Lice
12. The Siege Begins
13. Triple Header
14. Ash's Brilliant Brainstorm
15. Apple Juice Flood
16. Waving the White Flag
17. Redemption
18. Going for Broke
19. On Fire
20. Rescue Mission
21. Less Than a Slice of Bread
22. What a Beautiful Creature
23. A Good Toast
24. Let her Dance / End Titles

Cammila Collar

A director renowned for ornately crafted set decoration and meticulous framing, Wes Anderson didn't surprise anybody by taking on a stop-motion animated project -- where literally every shot could be composed of a zillion perfectly composed still photographs. And, indeed, Anderson's 2009 opus Fantastic Mr. Fox (based on the children's book by Roald Dahl) proves to be as perfect a fit for the auteur as fans were hoping. The film opens on the titular Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney), a charming rake of a woodland creature with a penchant for devilish adventure, usually involving chicken theft. He and his wife (Meryl Streep) are engaging in just this kind of youthful mischief one day, when Fox's usual cleverness momentarily fails and the two find themselves caught in a trap. Newly pregnant with their son, Mrs. Fox makes her husband swear that if they make it out alive, he'll never engage in these kinds of dangerous antics ever again. Fast forward to 12 years later, and Mr. Fox has a safe, modest job writing a column for the local paper. He's got a happy, simple life, but things could be better. His son, Ash (Jason Schwartzman), is a bit on the small, timid, unathletic side, and the only home Mr. Fox can afford upgrading to just happens to overlook the backyards of three ultra-mean farmers. But, of course, for a magnanimous rascal like Fox, any minor hindrance can be turned to his advantage, and after settling into his new place, he uses his proximity to the three facilities to pull off one last heist...at each farm. That's all well and good until the farmers catch on, and Fox and his neighbors are forced to band together in a stand-off against the tyrants. Though Anderson's past films have clearly shown his aptitude for just this kind of storybook style -- full of maps and illustrations and cross sections -- his stories have also historically been built around sometimes darker ideas about human relationships. But, rest assured, that kind of angsty cynicism doesn't creep its way into Fantastic Mr. Fox at all. Though Anderson's trademark deadpan banter and clever silliness are in full force (helped, no doubt, by a choice to record the cast live, together, and on location -- as opposed to in a studio), the script is no less sophisticated than anything out of the filmmaker's catalogue, and there isn't even a trace of bellicose self-indulgence; he's not taking the opportunity to work out issues with his childhood, though he probably could have gotten away with it, if he really wanted to. Fantastic Mr. Fox is a gorgeous film -- painstakingly constructed to the point of delight, even for Anderson's standards. But the movie is also spot-on tonally: it's quirky without getting precious, emotive without getting morose. At a time when Pixar has more than proven that family movies can be layered and refined, Anderson's mix of dry wit and unmistakable tenderness blurs the cinematic line between grown-up and kid fare even further, to the benefit of everyone -- except for future contributors to the genre, who'll find that the bar has been set dauntingly high. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Arnon Milchan  Executive Producer 
Scott Rudin  Producer 
Alexandre Desplat  Composer (Music Score) 
Noah Baumbach  Screenwriter 
Allison Abbate  Producer 
Wes Anderson  Director 
Wes Anderson  Producer 
Wes Anderson  Screenwriter 
Jeremy Dawson  Producer 
Steven Rales  Executive Producer 
George Clooney  Actor 
Meryl Streep  Actor 
Jason Schwartzman  Actor 
Bill Murray  Actor 
Wallace Wolodarsky  Actor 
Eric Anderson  Actor 
Michael Gambon  Actor 
Willem Dafoe  Actor 
Owen Wilson  Actor 
Jarvis Cocker  Actor 
Helen McCrory  Actor 
Wes Anderson  Actor 
Steven Rales  Actor 
Adrien Brody  Actor 
Mario Batali  Actor 
Molly Cooper  Actor 
Allison Abbate  Actor 
Hugo Guinness  Actor 
Jeremy Dawson  Actor 
Garth Jennings  Actor 
Juman Malouf  Actor 
Karen Duffy  Actor 
Jennifer Furches  Actor 
Robin Hurlstone  Actor 
James Hamilton  Actor 
Roman Coppola  Actor 
Robert Hersov  Actor 
Brian Cox  Actor 
Tristan Oliver  Actor 
Martin Ballard  Actor 

Country: UK,USA