Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Wes Anderson
Screenplay by	Wes Anderson; Noah Baumbach;
Based on	Fantastic Mr Fox; by Roald Dahl
Produced by	Allison Abbate; Scott Rudin; Wes Anderson; Jeremy Dawson;
Starring	George Clooney; Meryl Streep; Jason Schwartzman; Bill Murray; Willem Dafoe; Owen Wilson;
Cinematography	Tristan Oliver
Edited by	Andrew Weisblum
Music by	Alexandre Desplat
Production; companies	Indian Paintbrush; Regency Enterprises; American Empirical Pictures;
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	October 14, 2009 (London Film Festival); November 13, 2009 (United States);
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40 million
Box office	$46.2 million

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 American animated adventure-comedy film^[6] directed by Wes Anderson from a screenplay by Anderson and Noah Baumbach and based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. Featuring stop-motion animation, 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.

Fantastic Mr. Fox premiered as the opening film of the 53rd edition of the London Film Festival on October 14, 2009, and was released in the United States on November 13, to critical acclaim, with praise for its humor, stop-motion animation and Anderson's direction. However, it underperformed at the box office, grossing $46.2 million against a $40 million budget. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score.

^ ^a ^b McCarthy, Todd (October 14, 2019). "Fantastic Mr. Fox". Variety. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
^ "Fantastic Mr. Fox". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
^ "Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
^ "Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
^ "Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - Financial Information".
^ "FANTASTIC MR. FOX (2009)". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 11, 2024.

[ProductionCrew-1] McCarthy, Todd (October 14, 2019). "Fantastic Mr. Fox". Variety. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.

[BBFC-2] "Fantastic Mr. Fox". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.

[3] "Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2021.

[BOM-4] "Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.

[The_Numbers-5] "Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - Financial Information".

[6] "FANTASTIC MR. FOX (2009)". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 11, 2024.

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