The Wild (2006)

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Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: G
Release Date: Apr 14, 2006
Running Time: 94 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
In this wild and outrageous computer-animated comedy-adventure, an odd assortment of animals from the New York Zoo -- including a lion, a giraffe, an anaconda, a koala, and a squirrel -- discover what a jungle the city can be when one of their own is mistakenly shipped to the wild and they embark on a dangerous mission to rescue him. The film boasts an impressive vocal ensemble -- Kiefer Sutherland (as the respected lion leader, Samson), Greg Cipes (as Samson's son, Ryan), Jim Belushi (as Benny, the street savvy squirrel and Samson's best friend), Janeane Garofalo (as a quick-witted giraffe), Richard Kind (as a dim-witted anaconda), William Shatner (as a wicked wildebeest), and Eddie Izzard (as Nigel, an acerbic koala) -- along with cutting edge animation, and a story filled with hilarious situations. Director Steve "Spaz" Williams and producer Clint Goldman helped to revolutionize CG character animation during their long association with ILM, and were responsible for the acclaimed Blockbuster Entertainment commercials featuring Carl the rabbit and Ray the guinea pig.
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Another vocal roster of big names, another dollar. This time around we've got Sutherland, Garofalo, Belushi, all doing the animal thing. There's also William Shatner, as a villainous wildebeest headed for the loony bin after deciding he's tired of being the prey and turns predator. He's even got his herd of wildebeest dancing a Busby Berkeley number around a volcano, á la Lion King. Sigh. Luckily, there is one saving grace--sort of: Izzard as the wisecracking Koala bear Nigel, who gets mistaken… Continued