Showing posts with label Horton Hears a Who!. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horton Hears a Who!. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Horton Hears a Who! 2008

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! is a 2008 American computer-animated adventure comedy film, based on the Dr. Seuss' book. The film was directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, and was produced by Blue Sky Studios. It features the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell. Released on  march 14, 2008 by 20th Century Fox, it received generally positive reviews, and grossed $297 million on a budget of $85 million.

The film is the third Dr. Seuss feature film adaption, the second Dr. Seuss film starring Jim Carrey after How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000, and the first adaptation of a Dr. Seuss fully animated using Computer-generated imagery technology. It is also Carrey and Carell's second collaboration after Bruce Almighty in 2003.

The film features the voices of Jim Carrey as Horton. Steve Carell as Mayor Ned McDodd, the mayor of Whoville. Carol Burnett as the Kangaroo. Will Arnett as Vlad Vladikoff the vulture. Seth Rogan as Horton's best friend, Morton the mouse. Amy Poehler as Ned's wife, Sally O'Malley. Dan Fogler as Yummo Wickersham. Jesse McCartney as Ned's son, JoJo. Isla Fisher as Dr. Mary Lou LaRue, the teacher as Who U. Jonah Hill as Tommy. Laura Ortiz as Jessica. Josh Flitter as the Kangaroo's son Rudy. And Joey King as Katie the little baby yak and the film is narrated by Charles Osgood.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Horton Hears a Who!

Horton Hears a Who! is a 1970 television half-hour long special based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It was produced and directed by Chuck Jones, who previously produced the Seuss special of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for MGM Television. The special contains songs with lyrics Seuss and music by Eugene Poddany, who would later write songs for Seuss' book, The Cat in the Hat Song Book.

In this special, Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community in the small speck of dust from his jungle neighbors who refuse to believe it exists. But Horton believes that "a person's a person, no matter how small." The special features the voices of Hans Conried as Horton, the narrator, and Dr. H. Hoovey. June Foray as Jane Kangaroo and the birds. Chuck Jones as Junior Kangaroo, JoJo, and the black-bottomed eagle named Whizzer McWoff. And the Mellomen as the Wickersham Brothers.