Fantastic Mr. Fox [videorecording (DVD)] / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; in association with Indian Paintbrush and Regency Enterprises, an American Empirical picture ; based on the book by Roald Dahl ; directed by Wes Anderson ; written for the screen by Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach ; produced by Allison Abbate, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson ; executive producers, Steven Rales, Arnon Milchan.
Publisher:
distributorTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Based on the book by Roald Dahl. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Special features. Behind the scenes extras: From script to screen -- Still life (puppet animation) -- A beginner's guide to Whack-Bat. Voices: George Clooney (Mr. Fox), Meryl Streep (Mrs. Fox), Jason Schwartzman (Ash), Bill Murray (Badger), Wally Wolodarsky (Kylie), Eric Anderson (Kristofferson), Michael Gambon (Franklin Bean), Willem Dafoe (Rat), Owen Wilson (Coach Skip); "Petey's song" performed by Jarvis Cocker (Petey).
Summary:
Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a happy home life underground with their eccentric son Ash. Mr. Fox works as a journalist, but against the advice of Badger, his attorney, he moves his family into a larger and finer home inside a tree on a hill. The treehouse has an excellent view of the nearby farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Ash becomes hostile when his cousin, Kristofferson, joins the family for an extended stay. Mr. Fox decides to raid the farms, but this leads the farmers to stakeout the treehouse. The farmers try to dig the Fox family out, but they dig even faster. Mr. Fox organizes a tunneling project to burrow under all three farms and steal all the chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys.
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