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Interview: Jason Schwartzman

13 November 2009 2:18 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Amid all the famous voices in Fantastic Mr. Fox, from George Clooney to Own Wilson, there's one that's absolutely unmistakable. Jason Schwartzman has been part of two Wes Anderson films previously, including his screen acting debut Rushmore, and in this film brings all that familiarity with the director and patented awkward style to the character of Ash, a 12-year-old fox living in his father's shadow, who wants nothing more than to be considered a great athlete and get the girl. Schwartzman gave massively long answers to every question asked at the roundtable earlier this week, so I've done my best to condense his thoughts into what mattered most for the film at hand. Read below for his effusive praise for Wes Anderson, his contention that doing this movie wasn't exactly like doing animation, and what he and Ash have in common. What's it like working with Wes now, especially on »

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Podcast: Jason Schwartzman

13 November 2009 12:26 PM, PST | GreenCine Daily | See recent GreenCine Daily news »

In director Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox (read Vadim Rizov's "Film of the Week" review), 29-year-old actor Jason Schwartzman—who began his screen career working with Anderson as the overambitious teen hero of Rushmore, then co-starred in and co-wrote The Darjeeling Limited—lends his voice to the role of Ash. A runty young fox who longs for the attention and affection of his father Mr. Fox (George Clooney), Ash spends most of the story in a quiet jealous huff over his cousin Kristofferson (Eric Chase Anderson), who seems to be better than him in just about every sport—including the art of romance.

Sitting down with Schwartzman before the Fantastic Mr. Fox's limited release, we discussed the film, familial competition, his hilarious new HBO series Bored to Death, his band Coconut Records (did we mention he was a musician before he was a thespian?), and a somewhat unusual vice. »

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Movie Review: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

13 November 2009 1:31 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

George Clooney voices Mr. Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox

Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures I have no idea how Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox will be received by general audiences, or if they will even show up to see it. I can guess, and say many audiences won't find the humor in it. I can also guess those same people will be annoyed as I sit next to them laughing and loving every minute of it. As a so-so fan of Wes Anderson's work I can tell you I think Bottle Rocket is outstanding and I don't share the same affection for Rushmore as many others do. In this respect, Fantastic Mr. Fox is more along the lines of Bottle Rocket than it is any of Anderson's other films and the stop motion animation ramps up the comedy even that much more.

Anderson's film is an adaptation of the »

- Brad Brevet

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Interview: F is for 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'

12 November 2009 9:40 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

With their matted pelts and porcelain eyes, director Wes Anderson’s stop motion puppets breathe new life into the Roald Dahl classic "Fantastic Mr. Fox" in his analog animated adaptation of the beloved British children’s book. For all you wanted to know about Fantastic Mr. Fox and the unique vision of Wes Anderson, here is CinemaSpy’s A-z guide to the film and the inspiration and processes of its filmmaker, as he described it to us recently in New York.

Fantastic Mr. Fox opened in limited release this weekend.

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"Each time I've worked with Wes it's been so completely different than the last time, the movie and the situation that we find ourselves in," said Jason Schwartzman, who has collaborated with the filmmaker on Rushmore, Darjeeling Limited and who is the voice of Mr. Fox’s son, Ash, in Fantastic Mr. Fox. "It's a real »

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Film Of The Week: Fantastic Mr. Fox

12 November 2009 4:37 PM, PST | GreenCine Daily | See recent GreenCine Daily news »

by Vadim Rizov

Fantastic Mr. Fox is Wes Anderson's sixth feature and third to be pre-judged as a "Wes Anderson" film—a calcified pejorative often bearing little relation to what the movies are actually like. A "Wes Anderson movie," we're given to understand, is a series of candy-colored rectangular sets and frames boxing in little more than statically quirky characters. It's true that Anderson's thematic concerns have been consistent: dysfunctional families, absent/negligent paterfamiliases, '60s pop and rock songs, hermetically detailed mise-en-scène. But there are also meaningful differences between each one, rarely noted in negative reviews convinced Anderson has outstayed his welcome. After The Royal Tenenbaums—in which Rushmore's occasional cuteness thickened into an emotional mausoleum, with only Luke Wilson's suicide attempt breaking through—Anderson made two transitional films entering new terrain. Anderson's detractors didn't notice: two movies about bad fathers and tragic sons with suicidal impulses were two too many. »

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Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

12 November 2009 11:10 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Fantastic Mr. Fox marks the first time Wes Anderson, that connoisseur of whimsy, has worked with animation. If the switch required an adjustment it’s hard to tell. From the use of slow-motion to Alexandre Desplat’s jaunty soundtrack the world of this stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s classic looks and feels a lot like the offbeat ones of The Darjeeling Limited, The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore. It’s no small achievement that it does so while telling the story of a fox named Mr. Fox (George Clooney) who lives with his wife Mrs. Fox (Meryl Streep) and son Ash (Jason Schwartzman) in a tree and turns to espionage in a quest to combat three evil farmers. In the wrong hands, Dahl’s work could be prone to the strenuous prettifying and overt moralizing that are so often byproducts of family productions. Anderson goes the opposite direction, applying »

- Robert Levin

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Fantastic Mr. Fox Featurette Capturing His World

11 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Cast and crew weigh in on the pain-staking detail that went into both the characters’ creation and stop-motion animation in Wes Anderson’s new film, “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” by director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) is based on the book by Roald Dahl. The film featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. Synopsis: “Boggis and Bunce and Bean, One short, one fat, one lean. These horrible crooks, so different in looks, were nonetheless equally mean.” Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and all their fox babies live under a hill under a tree, along with Badger, Rabbit, Weasel, and all of their families. To make [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Veteran's Day, 'Precious' And 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' In Today's Twitter-Wood

11 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Veteran's Day brought no shortage of veteran appreciation today in Twitter-Wood, prompting thanks and memories from across the board, as well as a personal note from "Twilight" actor Gil Birmingham.

Meanwhile, Jason Schwartzman's on his way to the NYC debut of "Fantastic Mr. Fox," which as a Wes Anderson follower, I am anxious to see myself this weekend. Another new release, "Precious," really got a hold of Tyrese Gibson, who said the film's been keeping him awake. Check out their thoughts along with pictures from Peter Facinelli and John Stamos and a Henry Winkler autograph to be jealous of after the jump. It's all in the Twitter-Wood report for November 11, 2009.

Twitter Pic of the Day:

@peterfacinelli Even the Cullens wouldn't hurt these little guys. Rt @TeamPFacinelli Peter our veterinarian & whale protector! http://twitpic.com/onr1x

-Peter Facinelli, Actor ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon," "Nurse Jackie")

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- Brian Warmoth

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Wes Anderson on Fantastic Mr. Fox

11 November 2009 2:21 PM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

Mr. Fox with his director Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson came to Hollywood from Texas armed with a short film and a best friend with a funny nose. The year was 1993, the film was Bottle Rocket, and the best friend was—and still is—Owen Wilson. By chance, James Brooks saw and loved Bottle Rocket, and gave Anderson the boost he needed, helping him shore up financing to expand the short into a full-length feature. Since then, Anderson has written and directed four films: Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums—for which he was nominated for best original screenplay—The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The Darjeeling Limited and its accompanying short, Hotel Chevalier. On Friday, he will be releasing his sixth film, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, a sumptuous, stop-motion version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story, which Anderson co-wrote with Noah Baumbach. The film features the voices of George Clooney and Meryl Streep, »

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Shelf Life: Bottle Rocket

11 November 2009 2:15 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Wes Anderson's movies have entertained and enchanted audiences for more than a decade now, offering a singular and yet strangely universal point of view time and again about oddballs and outsiders who simply want their creativity to connect with others. This week, Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox arrives in theaters (in limited release), and while we've already fallen in love with the his latest work (thanks in no small part to his particularly fertile adaptation of author Roald Dahl's source material), it seemed appropriate to go back and revisit his first film, the oft-forgotten Bottle Rocket, to remind ourselves where the writer-director started, if not where our love affair with his work began.

As longtime fans of the filmmaker (I remember reviewing this in 1996 when it was first released, and later declared his follow-up, Rushmore, one of my all-time favorites), this is one of his only movies I haven't »

- Todd Gilchrist

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Behind the Scenes of Fantastic Mr Fox with Jason Schwartzman

11 November 2009 10:00 AM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »

Jason Schwartzman's a very busy guy. He's starring in the HBO comedy series Bored to Death and he's been working on a variety of film projects, including lending his voice to the character 'Ash' in the animated movie Fantastic Mr. Fox. Based on the book by Roald Dahl and adapted for the screen and directed by Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore), Fantastic Mr. Fox is the story of a chicken-stealing fox and the three mean farmers who wage war on the fox and his family and friends. Schwartzman, George Clooney, Bill Murray, and Meryl Streep are among those who provide the voices in this stop-motion animated tale.

"It was really fun. I had no idea just how much fun it was going to be," said Schwartzman, describing his experience doing voice work on the family-friendly film. "It kept getting better, actually, and it was such an odd thing. »

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Jason Schwartzman Exclusive Interview Fantastic Mr. Fox

10 November 2009 12:10 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

I absolutely loved director Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox.  The film is his first foray into stop-motion animation and it’s like he brought the genre to him rather than attempting to adapt to the genre.  Trust me; if you’re a fan of his previous work like Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, you’re going to love this movie.

As most of you know, Fantastic Mr. Fox is based on the best-selling children’s book by Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach) and it features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, and Owen Wilson.  But unlike some animated movies that cast famous actors to help sell tickets, everyone who provides a voice is perfect in this film.  Again, this is a great movie »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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Fantastic Mr. Fox Featurette Creating His World

9 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Members of the crew talk about the directors vision for the overall design of the upcoming animated film “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” by director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) is based on the book by Roald Dahl. The film featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. Click Here to get the iPhone App now. Synopsis: “Boggis and Bunce and Bean, One short, one fat, one lean. These horrible crooks, so different in looks, were nonetheless equally mean.” Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and all their fox babies live under a hill under a tree, along with Badger, Rabbit, Weasel, and all of their families. To [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Exclusive Video: Jason Schwartzman Is an Animal in The Fantastic Mr. Fox

9 November 2009 12:12 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Actor Jason Schwartzman is a member of an exclusive club and no ... I'm not talking about the Coppola family. While, Schwartzman is the nephew of the famed director and Nicolas Cage's cousin he is also a member of a prestigious group of actors that appear in Wes Anderson films. The talented ensemble includes Luke and Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Seymour Cassel and Michael Gambon, actors who have all appeared in more than one Wes Anderson film. Schwartzman himself made his film debut in Anderson's Rushmore and later appeared in The Darjeeling Limited but now returns to work with Anderson again in his new film The Fantastic Mr. Fox, opening in theaters on November 13th. The film, which is based on the classic children's book by author Roald Dahl features stop motion animation and also introduces Oscar winners George Clooney and Meryl Streep into the Anderson family of actors. »

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George Clooney as Fantastic Mr Fox Featurette

6 November 2009 11:35 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Here’s a brand new featurette with George Clooney as Mr. Fox in the upcoming animated film “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” by director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) is based on the book by Roald Dahl. The film featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. Click Here to get the iPhone App now. Synopsis: “Boggis and Bunce and Bean, One short, one fat, one lean. These horrible crooks, so different in looks, were nonetheless equally mean.” Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and all their fox babies live under a hill under a tree, along with Badger, Rabbit, Weasel, and all of their families. To make ends [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Fantastic Mr. Fox iPhone App Trailer

3 November 2009 11:05 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Get the Fantastic Mr. Fox App for your iPhone or iPod Touch! The upcoming animated film “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” by director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) is based on the book by Roald Dahl. The film featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. Click Here to get the iPhone App now. Synopsis: “Boggis and Bunce and Bean, One short, one fat, one lean. These horrible crooks, so different in looks, were nonetheless equally mean.” Mr. Fox, Mrs. Fox, and all their fox babies live under a hill under a tree, along with Badger, Rabbit, Weasel, and all of their families. To make [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Wes Anderson Expresses Interest in Sci-Fi, Shooting 'On Location In Space'

2 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

After surprising fans by taking on an adaptation, one based on a children's book and shot using an old style of stop-motion animation, Wes Anderson is not about to shock anyone with future film plans. But can you imagine what it'd look like if the man behind "Rushmore and "The Royal Tenenbaums" made a science fiction film?

Speaking to Access Hollywood last week, the filmmaker, whose take on Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" arrives in theaters next week, claimed he is interested in doing a movie set in space. "If possible," he added, "I would like to try to actually shoot some of it on location in space. That is my preference."

I don't see Anderson ever going for a big effects-driven piece, of course. But if anyone were to really shell out enough money to blast Anderson and crew into space, they'd likely demand a movie with as »

- Christopher Campbell

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U.K. box office: ‘Up’ still up

30 October 2009 10:16 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »

Up had edged close to a cumulative U.K. take of £20 million by the end of last weekend, and will have certainly already have passed that as we head into this weekend. Oh, those crazy Pixar kids, making movies with mass appeal and genuine emotion! Who knew making successful movies could be so simple? Fantastic Mr. Fox won’t open in North America for a couple weeks still, and it’ll get only a limited release in New York and Los Angeles -- hard to believe, but Wes Anderson’s biggest opener so far, number-of-screens-wise, was his first film, Bottle Rocket, which debuted on 28 screens; next is The Royal Tenenbaums, on five; his other films all opened on just two screens. Anyway: the point is, Fox cannot possible open to $15 million, which would be what we might expect for North America based on the U.K. performance, were it to open wide here. »

- MaryAnn Johanson

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tMF Featured Trailer: The Fantastic Mr. Fox

26 October 2009 3:14 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

From director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) comes Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the book by Roald Dahl. Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. - - -

- - - After doing blog posts on Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, I was planning another set of two - Michael Bay and Spike Lee, but I feel so exhausted already, let's have a trailer break!

Digital Spy's Stella Papamichael has this to say about the movie: Few filmmakers have managed to capture all the cheekiness and whimsy of Roald Dahl's books, but indie helmer Wes Anderson brushes very close to a flawless adaptation of Fantastic Mr Fox. That's despite the fact that he is unashamedly unfaithful to the source, creating a world in stop-motion that somehow manages to be both English and American, old-fashioned and cutting edge, idiosyncratic and accessible to kids. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Featured Trailer: The Fantastic Mr. Fox

26 October 2009 3:14 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

From director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) comes Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the book by Roald Dahl. Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. - - -

- - - After doing blog posts on Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, I was planning another set of two - Michael Bay and Spike Lee, but I feel so exhausted already, let's have a trailer break!

Digital Spy's Stella Papamichael has this to say about the movie: Few filmmakers have managed to capture all the cheekiness and whimsy of Roald Dahl's books, but indie helmer Wes Anderson brushes very close to a flawless adaptation of Fantastic Mr Fox. That's despite the fact that he is unashamedly unfaithful to the source, creating a world in stop-motion that somehow manages to be both English and American, old-fashioned and cutting edge, idiosyncratic and accessible to kids. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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