The Wild (2006)

Max Schreck as Graf Orlok in "Nosferatu" (1922)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.

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Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Rating: G

Release Date: Apr 14, 2006

Running Time: 94 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Kiefer Sutherland, James Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, William Shatner, Richard Kind, Greg Cipes, Patrick Warburton, Jonathan Kimmel, Clinton Leupp

director: Steve "Spaz" Williams

The Wild

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.

In a cross between Finding Nemo and Madagascar, with a little Lion King thrown in for good measure, Disney's The Wild is just plain old tired derivativeness. Maybe we should chalk this one up to bad timing.

Story

Like Madagascar, the story starts at the New York Zoo. Samson (Kiefer Sutherland) the lion, is once again the star of the show, but unlike Madagascar's Alex, Samson claims he came from the wild. He regales the other odd assortment of zoo denizens--including a talkative giraffe (Janeane…