The Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The fantastic Mr. Fox |
| Original title | Fantastic Mr. Fox |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Wes Anderson |
| script | Wes Anderson Noah Baumbach (screenplay) Roald Dahl (book) |
| production | Wes Anderson Scott Rudin Allison Abbate Jeremy Dawson |
| music | Alexandre Desplat |
| camera | Tristan Oliver |
| cut |
Ralph Foster , Stephen Perkins, Andrew Weisblum |
| synchronization | |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox ( English title: Fantastic Mr. Fox ) is an American stop motion - animated film from 2009, based on the children's book by Roald Dahl . The film was produced by Regency Enterprises and Indian Paintbrush for 20th Century Fox and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Film in 2010 .
action
The two foxes, Mr. Fox and his wife Felicity, are stealing chickens on a farm when they are locked in a fox trap . When Felicity then confesses that she is pregnant, Mr. Fox promises her that she will find a more secure job in the future. From now on he writes columns in a newspaper.
Two years later (twelve Fuchs years), Mr. and Mrs. Fox lead a peaceful life in a cave with their son Ash. At Mr. Fox's request, they move into a tree converted into a burrow , despite warnings about the dangerous environment. Not far away are the large factories of the notorious farmers Walter Boggis, Nathan Bunce and Franklin Bean. The family has also moved into their new home from Ash's cousin Kristofferson, as his father suffers from a serious illness. When Kristofferson soon wows everyone in the new neighborhood, including Mr. Fox, with his athletic talent, Ash becomes increasingly jealous and is often mean to him.
In a nostalgic mood, Mr. Fox and caretaker Kylie Opossum decide to steal from the three farmers. His plan to set up a factory every night seems to work, but afterwards the farmers track down the thief and decide to wait in front of his tree and shoot him. When Mr. Fox is leaving his home with Kylie, the farmers open fire, but only shoot Mr. Fox's tail. They begin to dig up the building, whereupon the family digs their way down inside to escape.
The three farmers then lay siege to the entire area with the support of their workers, as sooner or later the foxes have to return to the surface due to a lack of food and water. Deep down, they meet the other neighboring animals, who are now also suffering from the siege of the farmers and are stuck underground. In order to escape starvation, Mr. Fox devises a plan: While the farmers are still waiting in front of the burrow, the animals dig through a system of tunnels underground to access their factories in order to take all their food underground with them. As the animals then triumphantly throw out a grand feast, Ash and Kristofferson return to Bean's farm with the intention of stealing back Mr. Fox's tail. The mission fails when the two discover that Bean is using the tail as a tie and is therefore unreachable. When they are surprised by Bean's wife, Ash manages to escape, but Kristofferson is captured.
The other animals also experience a setback when the three farmers flood the entire underground with the apple cider produced in Bean's factory and they are flushed into the sewage system. While trapped there, the animals learn that the farmers are holding Kristofferson hostage and will not release him until Mr. Fox is extradited to them. However, the animals meet Bean's security guard Rat, who reveals Kristofferson's whereabouts after he is fatally wounded in a fight with Mr. Fox.
Mr. Fox then pretends to barter and hand himself over, whereupon the farmers open one of the city sewer exits. They plan an ambush, but the animals get ahead of them and start a counterattack. Meanwhile, Mr. Fox, Kylie and Ash sneak into Bean's farm, where the latter apologizes to Kristofferson for his behavior and sets him free. Outside they are already expecting Boggis, Bunce and Bean with armed support, but Ash manages to let go of the rabies- suffering beagle "Spitz" on the crowd. The resulting excitement enables them to escape, but in the episode Bean's tie, Mr. Fox's tail, is torn by Spitz. The tail is taken along during the escape and later Mr. Fox wears it on his pants with a safety pin.
The animals get used to life in the sewer system, where others will soon move in too. Ash and Kristofferson have become good friends. Eventually, Mr. Fox leads his family to a drain located directly in a Boggis, Bunce and Bean supermarket , which will be the future food source for the residents of the sewer. Here Felicity also reveals that she is pregnant again, whereupon the animals dance in the hallways of the department store. Unaware of this access to the shopping center, the three farmers persistently wait at the location of the original ambush in the city, in the hope that the fox may eventually appear in the sewers due to a lack of food.
production
Directed by Wes Anderson from a screenplay he wrote with Noah Baumbach . The film is based on the book of the same name by Roald Dahl , but the story has been expanded for the film. The content of the original corresponds roughly to the second act of the film. The film music was contributed by Alexandre Desplat .
Anderson opted for a traditional stop-motion style with no further digital retouching to make the film look rougher and more unpolished. This technique means that instead of the usual 24 frames per second, only 12 were used, which were then doubled.
synchronization
The synchronous work took place at Berliner Synchron . Tobias Meister was responsible for the dialogue script and direction.
| role | English speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Fox | Meryl Streep | Andrea Sawatzki |
| Mr. Fox | George Clooney | Christian Berkel |
| Ash | Jason Schwartzman | Norman Matt |
| Kristofferson | Eric Chase Anderson | Nicolás Artajo |
| Kylie Sven (Opossum) | Wallace Wolodarsky | Michael Pan |
| Badger (badger) | Bill Murray | Joachim Tennstedt |
| Petey | Jarvis Cocker | Friedemann Benner |
| Coach Skip | Owen Wilson | Philipp Moog |
| Council (rat) | Willem Dafoe | Pure beauty |
| Walter Boggis | Robin Hurlstone | Jürgen Kluckert |
| Rickity (field mouse) | Adrien Brody | Markus Pfeiffer |
| Franklin Bean | Michael Gambon | Uli Krohm |
reception
The film was nominated at the 2010 Academy Awards in the categories of Best Animated Film and Best Film Music. The production also won the Annie Award for Best Screenplay that same year .
“In times of photo-realistic computer animation à la Pixar ( above ), the time-consuming stop-motion process, in which handmade figures are minimally changed for each setting and then filmed, is considered out of date. Despite all prophecies of doom, Anderson reactivated this technique and, with the help of thousands of handcrafted characters and backdrops in miniature format, created a colorful fabulous world in which the fox and the rabbit say good night. But as lovingly as Anderson paid attention to the equipment, the jagged dialogues make Mr. Fox and his loved ones appear brittle and serene. Establishing an emotional bond with the puppet theater is therefore difficult, despite the nu [n] anticipated and airy soundtrack. Conclusion: A wonderfully equipped animation adventure for adults that lacks the heart. "
“The similarities in the plot mask how different the film version is from the book. While Dahl's children's book has an almost class-fighting attitude (steal from the rich, give it to the poor), Wes Anderson has managed to transfer the story completely into his own cosmos, which is less about ideology than about the neuroses of the main characters. This can be criticized as escapism, but it is indisputable that no other director in Hollywood knows how to enforce his very personal vision so conspicuously. "
literature
- Michael Specter, Ray Lewis, Wes Anderson: The making of Fantastic Mr. Fox. Rizzoli, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0847833542 .
Web links
- Fantastic Mr. Fox in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The Fantastic Mr. Fox . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2010 (PDF; test number: 122 001 K).
- ↑ Age rating for The Fantastic Mr. Fox . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ FILM DETAILS | The fantastic Mr. Fox. www.cinefacts.de, accessed on August 28, 2012 .
- ↑ The fantastic Mr. Fox. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on May 8, 2018 .
- ↑ The fantastic Mr. Fox. In: sprecherforscher.de. May 7, 2010, accessed May 8, 2018.
- ↑ Cinema.de: film review
- ↑ taz.de: film review