Wes Anderson

Fantastic Mr. Fox is such a marvelous toy box of a movie that a bit of fantastic leaks out when Anderson introduces his pet serious motif: the son who tries desperately to forge a bond with his self-absorbed, unappreciative father. Young...

In this article: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Noah Baumbach, George Clooney, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Roald Dahl, Sergio Leone, Michael Gambon, Burl Ives, and Jason Schwartzman

...single, "Cowboy Casanova" indicates a move to a more rock sound. Various Artists, "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (Abkco): The soundtrack to Wes Anderson's stop-motion children's movie contains new music from Pulp leader singer Jarvis Cocker, but also...

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...Gambon and musician Jarvis Cocker also provide voices for the playfully lo-fi feature, which brings the hipster sensibility of Anderson's Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums to Dahl's children's classic. Although the film takes liberties with...

In this article: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Fantastic Mr. Fox, London, London Film Festival, Royal Tenenbaums, United States, All rights reserved, and Sherlock Holmes

...and New York, and expands nationwide on Thanksgiving. We could discuss how working in a new medium has rejuvenated director Wes Anderson's creative juices, or how all of the voice performance were delivered in the same slightly ironic,...

In this article: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Yoda, Thanksgiving, Alexandre Desplat, Pixar, Jarvis Cocker, Rolling Stones, Wallace & Gromit, and The Empire Strikes Back

...it or not-"Ol' Man River." [Fanstastic Mr. Fox] reanimates filmmaker Wes Anderson's career... Not since the memorable days of Bottle Rocket and Rushmore has it made sense to apply those words to Anderson. Though the director never lost...

In this article: George Clooney, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Roald Dahl, Meryl Streep, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Rushmore, A Christmas Carol, and Quentin Tarantino

Director Wes Anderson is a stated admirer of Cocker's work. This led to Anderson giving Cocker a role in the forthcoming stop-animation movie Fantastic Mr. Fox as the voice of Petey. Cocker was born in Sheffield. His father, Mac , a DJ and...

In this article: Jarvis Branson Cocker, Pulp, Michael Jackson, Mac Cocker, BRIT Awards, Sheffield, London, Paris, and Noel Gallagher

...Cocker on his one line in Fantastic Mr Fox When Anderson was asked why the film's human characters were the only ones with British accents, Murray chipped in "because they're the bad guys". And talking about a meeting with Roald Dahl's...

In this article: George Clooney, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Bill Murray, Roald Dahl, Meryl Streep, London Film Festival, and Jarvis Cocker

...Dahl. This is the miniature, incredibly detailed world of Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson's stop-motion animation of Dahl's 1970 classic about a wily Vulpes vulpes and his battles with three poultry-owning, cider-brewing farmers. It is...

In this article: Fantastic Mr Fox, Jason Schwartzman, Coraline, The Royal Tenenbaums, Roald Dahl, Eric Anderson, and Three Mills