Fantastic Mr. Fox / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation presents in association with Indian Paintbrush and Regency Enterprises an American Empirical Picture ; produced by Allison Abbate, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson ; written for the screen by Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach ; directed by Wes Anderson.
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.
Uniform Title: | Fantastic Mr. Fox (Motion picture) |
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Language: | English |
Language of the Original: |
English |
Language and/or Writing System: |
Closed-captioned. |
Published: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2014], ©2014.
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Edition: | Director-approved special edition. |
Series: | Criterion collection ;
700. |
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Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Variant Title: |
Fantasic Mister Fox. |
Format: | Video DVD |
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. |
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Note: | Based on the book by Roald Dahl. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Issued as part of a Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition. 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. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | PN1997.5 .F35 2014 VideoDVD |
Audience: |
Rating: PG; for action, smoking and slang humor. |
System Details: | DVD, widescreen. |
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. |