Hunting Fever (2006)

Movie
German title	Hunting fever
Original title	Open season
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2006
length	86 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 JMK 6
Rod
Director	Roger Allers Jill Culton Anthony Stacchi
script	Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman
production	Michelle Murdocca
music	Ramin Djawadi
cut	Ken Solomon Pam Ziegenhagen
synchronization
chronology
Successor  → Hunt Fever 2

Jagdfieber (Original Title: Open Season ) is a computer-animated comedy film from 2006 . It is the first computer-animated feature film produced by Sony Pictures Animation .

In 2009 a sequel was released under the title Jagdfieber 2 and in 2010 another under the title Jagdfieber 3 , which did not come into the cinemas and were released directly on DVD. Jagdfieber 4 followed in 2015 : Uninvited visitors .

action

The grizzly bear Boog leads an almost human life at ranger Beth in the small town of Timberline . He regularly appears as a tamed bear in their shows and lives by himself in a garage. He sleeps on soft pillows and has a teddy bear as a cuddly toy .

One day Boog saves the life of the deer Elliot, who was caught by a poacher. As a result, Elliot went to Boog one night in his garage to "free" him because he believed the bear was being held captive there by humans. However, Boog doesn't want to leave his garage. However, Elliot can lure the bear outside with sweets. To get more candy, they break into a store. Boog is captured by the sheriff in the destroyed shop and brought back to Beth. When the next day at Boog's appearance in front of children there was a wild fight between the bear and the deer, Beth realizes that the bear probably does not belong in the city after all and with a heavy heart she has to abandon it together with the deer in the forest. For their safety, this is done outside the official hunting area, as there are only three days left before the start of the hunting season.

When Boog awakes from the anesthesia in shock, Elliot promises to take him back to town, although he actually wishes Boog to stay with him. On their search for their way into town, they meet the inhabitants of the forest, and Boog realizes that he is anything but a dangerous grizzly - the largest carnivore in North America.

To make matters worse, Boog and Elliot accidentally destroy a large beaver dam. The released masses of water then wash the two and numerous other animals down into the hunting area, where the hunting season is now also starting. The animals of the forest must now fear for their lives. However, together they manage to drive the hunters out of the forest. When Beth comes to the forest to bring Boog back to town, Boog decides against the town and for his new friends. He now sees the forest as his new home.

synchronization

The film was dubbed at Berliner Synchron . Michael Nowka wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue.

Role name	figure	Original speaker	German speaker
Boog	grizzly bear	Martin Lawrence	Thomas Heinze
Elliot	Mule deer	Ashton Kutcher	Jürgen Vogel
Shaw	human	Gary Sinise	Oliver Stritzel
Beth	human	Debra Messing	Alexandra Neldel
McSquizzy	Gray squirrel	Billy Connolly	Wolfgang Spier
Bobbie	human	Georgia angel	Christel Merian
Reilly	Canadian beaver	Jon Favreau	Jörg Hengstler
Giselle	Mule deer	Jane Krakowski	Dascha Lehmann
Gordy	human	Gordon Tootoosis	Roland Hemmo
Ian	Mule deer	Patrick Warburton	Engelbert von Nordhausen
Mr. Wiener (Mr. Weenie)	dachshund	Cody Cameron	Christian Gaul
Uschi (Rosie)	skunk	Nika Futterman	Daniela Reidies
Gabi (Maria)	skunk	Michelle Murdocca	Heike Schroetter
serge	Mallard	Danny Mann	Frank-Otto Schenk
Porcupine	Porcupine	Maddie Taylor	Santiago Ziesmer
Deni	Mallard	Maddie Taylor	Martin Kautz
O'Toole	Canadian beaver	Fergal Reilly	Tobias Kluckert

background

• The plot is loosely based on the comics In the Bleachers by Steve Moore .
• Production cost was estimated to be $ 85 million. The film grossed around US $ 85 million in cinemas in the United States and around US $ 112 million in other countries.
• It was released in theaters in the US on September 29, 2006 and in Germany on November 9, 2006.
• The film was also shown in a 3D version in IMAX theaters.

Reviews

On Rotten Tomatoes , the film received an average of 47% from 96 reviews. The consensus resulted in "a clichéd range of tired jokes" and "computer-generated animal nonsense that has already been seen several times".

Svenja Friedrich on stern.de said the idea could have worked “if the film didn't take ages before the fight in the forest begins. In the meantime adult viewers are already bored to death ”, another shortcoming would be“ that the viewer already has the feeling of knowing the story at the beginning of the film ”and“ that the film starts to repeat itself after about 30 minutes ”.

"Solid, but not very original animation film, whose characters and gags copy all too clearly successful role models such as 'Shrek' and 'Ice Age'."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

• The film won an ASCAP award in 2007 for the soundtrack .
• Ashton Kutcher was nominated for a 2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Voice from an Animated Feature Film.

Web links

• Open Season in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Jagdfieber at rotten tomatoes (English)
• Official website (requires Flash)
• German dubbing index for hunting fever

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Age rating for hunting fever . Youth Media Commission .
2. ↑ German synchronous card index : Jagdfieber. Retrieved March 27, 2018 . 
3. ↑ http://www.awn.com/articles/production/iopen-seasoni-diary-iopen-seasoni-and-its-directors (English)
4. ↑ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=openseason06.htm (English)
5. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/open_season/
6. ↑ http://www.stern.de/kultur/film/jagdfieber-die-jagdsaison-ist-eroeffnet-575660.html
7. ↑ Hunting Fever. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 25, 2017 .