Open Season (2006)

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Rating: PG

Release Date: Sep 29, 2006

Running Time: 100 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Ashton Kutcher, Martin Lawrence, Debra Messing, Gary Sinise, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Patrick Warburton, Georgia Engel, Jane Krakowski, Gordon Tootoosis

director: Jill Culton, Roger Allers, Anthony F Stacchi

A 900-pound domesticated grizzly bear named Boog, with no survival skills, has his perfect world turned upside-down when he meets Elliot, a scrawny, fast-talking wild mule deer. When Elliot convinces Boog to desert his idyllic existence living in a garage decked out with all the comforts of home, and try the "wild" life, things quickly spiral out of control. With open season upon them, and the hunters arriving in force, Elliot must help Boog get in touch with his inner grizzly to unite the woodland creatures and take the forest back!

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Story

Open Season follows a few different tired and true scenarios. There's the fish-out-of-water setup: A 900-pound tamed grizzly bear named Boog (Martin Lawrence) is inadvertently released back into the wildand has no idea how to wing it. See, he was living a pleasant domesticated life with Ranger Beth (Debra Messing), who rescued him as cub. But when he meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a wild mule deer with…