Fantastic Mr. Fox / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation presents in association with Indian Paintbrush and Regency Enterprises an American Empiraical Picture ; produced by Allison Abbate, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson ; written for the screen by Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach ; directed by Wes Anderson.

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A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family at a new foxhole in a beautiful tree directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Mr. Fox simply cannot resist.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Fantastic Mr. Fox (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Production company)
Indian Paintbrush (Firm) (Production company)
Regency Enterprises (Production company)
American Empirical Pictures (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Anderson, Wes, 1969- (Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer)
Baumbach, Noah, 1969- (Screenwriter)
Clooney, George (Voice actor)
Streep, Meryl (Voice actor)
Murray, Bill, 1950 September 21- (Voice actor)
Dafoe, Willem (Voice actor)
Schwartzman, Jason, 1980- (Actor)
Wilson, Owen, 1968- (Voice actor)
Gambon, Michael (Voice actor)
Cocker, Jarvis (Performer)
Dahl, Roald
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014], ©2014.
Edition:Director-approved special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 700.
Subjects:
Foxes > Behavior > Drama.
Fathers and sons > Drama.
Farmers > Drama.
Livestock > Drama.
Cousins > Drama.
Animal burrowing > Drama.
Animal films.
Fantasy films.
Animated films.
Stop-motion animation films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Animal films.
Fantasy films.
Animated films.
Stop-motion animation films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 Blu-ray disc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (33 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 cm.
Variant Title:
Fantasic Mister Fox. [Other title]
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Description
Summary:
A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family at a new foxhole in a beautiful tree directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Mr. Fox simply cannot resist.
Note:Based on the book by Roald Dahl.
Issued as part of a Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition.
Blu-ray release of the 2009 motion picture.
Special features: Audio commentary with Wes Anderson; storyboard animatic for the entire film; footage of the actors voicing their characters, puppet construction, stop-motion setups, and the recording of the score; interviews with cast and crew; puppet animation tests; photo gallery of puppets, props, and sets; animated awards acceptance speeches; audio recording of author Roald Dahl reading the book; "Fantastic Mr. Dahl" an hour-long 2005 documentary about the author; gallery of Dahl's original manuscripts; dicussion and analysis of the film; stop-motion Sony robot commercial by Anderson.
Accompanied by a booklet featuring an essay by critic Erica Wagner; a 2002 article on Dahl's Gipsy house by Anderson; "White Cape," a comic book used as a prop in the film; and drawings, original paintings, and other ephemera.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1997.5 .F35 2014 Blu-ray Video
Audience:
Rating: PG; for action, smoking and slang humor.
System Details:Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
Region A, widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
Participant or Performer:
Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Michael Gambon, Jarvis Cocker.
Source of Description:
Title from container.