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Release Date:
14 April 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
A whole new breed of tourist. more
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An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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After A Great 50 Minutes, film Flounders In Final Half-Hour
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Samson (voice) |
 | James Belushi | ... | Benny (voice) (as Jim Belushi) |
 | Eddie Izzard | ... | Nigel (voice) |
 | Janeane Garofalo | ... | Bridget (voice) |
 | William Shatner | ... | Kazar (voice) |
 | Richard Kind | ... | Larry (voice) |
 | Greg Cipes | ... | Ryan (voice) |
 | Colin Hay | ... | Fergus Flamingo (voice) |
| Miles Marsico | ... | Duke (voice) |
| Jack De Sena | ... | Eze (voice) |
| Don Cherry | ... | Penguin MC (voice) |
| Christian Argueta | ... | Hamir (voice) |
 | David Cowgill | ... | Hamir (voice) |
| Lenny Venito | ... | Stan (voice) |
 | Joseph Siravo | ... | Carmine (voice) |
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Also Known As:
La vie sauvage (Canada: French title)
The Big Break (USA) (working title)
Wildlife (USA) (working title)
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The Big Break (USA) (working title)
Wildlife (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Philippines:82 min | USA:94 min
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1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:G |
Hong Kong:I |
Netherlands:MG6 |
UK:U |
Ireland:G |
Singapore:G |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Malaysia:U |
Brazil:Livre |
Philippines:G (MTRCB) |
Germany:o.Al. |
Finland:K-7 |
Iceland:L |
Denmark:7 |
Norway:7 |
Sweden:7 |
South Korea:All |
Canada:G (all jurisdictions) |
France:U
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The line by Kazar, "Step, kick, pivot, kick, walk, walk, walk" is a parody of the line from A Chorus Line (1985) which goes "back step, pivot step, walk, walk, walk!", from the song "I Hope I Get It".
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Factual errors: After Benny has landed on the boat and Larry asks Samson if they're going to the wild, Larry pulls the throttle backwards. This would put the engines in reverse, yet in the film the boat continues going forwards and picks up speed.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs Apocalypse Now (1979)
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Clocks
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How can a tug boat travel that far and not run out of gas?more
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At first, this appears to be a rip-off of "Madagascar," with New York City zoo animals leaving the comforts of "home" for the wilds of Africa. However, it is a totally different story and feel to it, more serious and sentimental than "Madagascar." Personally, I like "serious and sentimental" but not in animated movie, at least not to the degree it was in here. I preferred the other "NYC zoo" film to this one because "The Wild" lost almost all of its great humor in the last 20-30 minutes.
The first 50 minutes of this film was spectacular. I was thinking, "Wow, another great animated film. How many is that in the past year or so?" The jokes were excellent, the characters mostly funny and the animation superb. The dark, rich colors in here are magnificent. This is a beautiful movie! The minor characters are the best in here: the snake, koala bear and squirrel. Eddie Izzard, Richard Kind and Jim Belushi, in particular, are great in their voices of these characters. The two crocodiles that the wandering zoo animals meet in the sewers are hilarious. They produced the biggest laughs, at least with me. The major characters: the lion (Keifer Sutherland), his cub (Greg Cipes) and the giraffe (Janeane Garafolo) were all a little too much on the serious side.
Speaking of serious: the last third of this film totally switched gears. I wonder how this went over with very young kids and their parents? It got too serious, frightening in spots (for little ones) and then the usual corny Disney ending. It's too bad: this could have been super if they had just continued doing what was working the first 50 minutes.