The Wild (2006)
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| Certificate : | G |
| Genre(s) : | Animation, Family, Children, Comedy |
| Director(s) : | Steve 'Spaz' Williams |
| Cast : | Don Cherry, Eddie Izzard, Greg Cipes, Janeane Garofal, Jason Connery, Jeannie Elias, Jim Belushi, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard Kind, William Shatner |
| Description : | Ryan a lion cub worships his father Sampson (Kiefer Sutherland) the brawny brave uncontested king of a New York City zoo. The film opens as Ryan listens adoringly as Sampson recounts yet another tale of roaring wildebeests into submission on the African savannah. While the zoo animals cavort Ryan slips into a metal crate bound overseas for a chance to see "the wild" for himself. Now Sampson with the help of his loyal friends Benny the squirrel (James Belushi) Nigel the koala bear (Eddie Izzard) Bridget the giraffe (Janeane Garafalo) and Larry the snake (Richard Kind) must brave the New York City jungle and then the actual jungle to save his son from the clutches of a crazed wildebeest with aspirations to carnivorousness (William Shatner). To make things worse Sampson confesses that his heroic stories were fabrications; he's completely lost in his wild surroundings unable to fight off a rabid poodle or eat a sassy hyrax. Since ANTZ hit the cineplexes in 1993 computer-animated films about chatty animals have proliferated but THE WILD is perhaps the first that is heavily influenced by its immediate predecessors taking a little plot from MADAGASCAR adding healthy doses of the ICE AGE films and borrowing heavily from the father-son sentiments of THE LION KING (the animals actually pass a Times Square theater playing THE LION KING). However originality isn t the draw here: it's the world-class voice-acting by Hollywood heavies and the non-stop slapstick antics that will have children screaming with delight. Amid all the ridiculousness parents will appreciate the wry asides by Eddie Izzard's koala bear. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: |
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Additional details
Running Time : 82 mins Released : 09/12/2006 Screen Format : 1.78:1 Sound formats : Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound Languages : English
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