Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Statement of responsibility: Twentieth Century Fox presents in association with Indian Paintbrush and Regency Enterprises ; an American Empirical Picture ; produced by Allison Abbate, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson ; executive producers, Steven Rales, Arnon Milchan ; written for the screen by Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach ; directed by Wes Anderson

Summary: The story of a clever, quick, nimble, and exceptionally well-dressed wild animal. 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. Based on the beloved, best selling book by Roald Dahl

Credits note: Animation director, Mark Gustafson ; "Petey's Song" performed by Jarvis Cocker ; director of photography, Tristan Oliver ; production designer, Nelson Lowry ; music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat ; supervising editor, Andrew Weisblum ; puppets fabricated by Mackinnon and Saunders

PerformerNote: Voices: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarksy, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson

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