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Fantastic Mr. Fox (movie)

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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Directed byWes Anderson
Screenplay by
Based onFantastic Mr Fox
by Roald Dahl
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTristan Oliver
Edited byAndrew Weisblum
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox[2]
Release dates
  • October 14, 2009 (2009-10-14) (London Film Festival)
  • November 13, 2009 (2009-11-13) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million[3]
Box office$46.5 million[3]

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 American stop motion animated comedy movie directed by Wes Anderson. It is based on Roald Dahl's 1970 children's novel of the same name.

The movie stars the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, and Owen Wilson.

It was released on November 13, 2009. The movie also received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score, but lost both to Up.

References

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  1. McCarthy, Todd (October 14, 2009). "Fantastic Mr. Fox". Variety. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Fantastic Mr. Fox". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2010.