700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#102 Post by Kauno » Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:03 pm

Money saved is money made. No intention to hurt anyone's (religious) sentiments.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#103 Post by matrixschmatrix » Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:07 pm

Agreed.



Wait, what?

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#104 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:13 pm

So what's the over/under on features carried over from the Fox blu?

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#105 Post by domino harvey » Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:14 pm

flyonthewall2983 wrote:So what's the over/under on features carried over from the Fox blu?

New digital master, approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary featuring Anderson
Storyboard animatics for the entire film
Footage of the actors voicing their characters, puppet construction, stop-motion setups, and the recording of the score
Interviews with cast and crew
Puppet animation tests
Photo gallery of puppets, props, and sets
Animated awards acceptance speeches
Audio recording of author Roald Dahl reading the book on which the film is based
Gallery of Dahl’s original manuscripts
Discussion and analysis of the film
Stop-motion Sony robot commercial by Anderson
One Blu-ray and two DVDs, with all content available in both formats
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay; a 2002 article on Dahl’s Gipsy House by Anderson; White Cape, a comic book used as a prop in the film; and drawings, original paintings, and other ephemera

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#106 Post by hearthesilence » Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:20 pm

If I ever need to replace my old Blu-Ray, I'll get this, but otherwise, I don't intend to buy it just to upgrade.

Regardless, I'm glad they have this bonus:

Animated awards acceptance speeches

That year at the Oscars, all the nominees for best animated feature animated their segments during the presentation (including acceptances if they won), and Fantastic Mr. Fox was the only one that made something memorable. Basically, Mr. Fox is under the impression that they were nominated for Best Picture, and when he notices that it's the "animated" category, he gets indignant and yells at someone off camera. ("Hey, I thought we got one of the REAL nominations!") They lost, so I'm guessing we'll finally see what it would've been like had they won.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#107 Post by The Narrator Returns » Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:48 pm

Criterion sneakily added in another feature.
Fantastic Mr. Dahl, an hour-long 2005 documentary about the author

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#108 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 8:53 pm

When Criterion promotes added features after a release has been announced, is it because they're holding it back or because they got the rights in between the time of initial announcement and said inclusion of the bonus feature?

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#109 Post by jindianajonz » Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:05 pm

I'd guess the latter, as I can't think of any reason it would be better to announce it later and without much fanfare

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#110 Post by Shrew » Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:14 pm

I wonder if on occasion they get contacted about a special feature after they make the announcement? In this case it would make sense if Criterion was mainly working with film-centric extras from/about Anderson and the animation, but someone with this Roald Dahl doc saw a google alert after the announcement and contacted Criterion themselves.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#112 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:47 pm

Gary Tooze wrote:This film is a masterpiece. PLEASE do a sequel! Is Wes Anderson our little secret? making these films... for us? It sure feels that way sometimes.
What the fuck is he ever talking about?

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#113 Post by adavis53 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:08 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:
Gary Tooze wrote:This film is a masterpiece. PLEASE do a sequel! Is Wes Anderson our little secret? making these films... for us? It sure feels that way sometimes.
What the fuck is he ever talking about?
I also like the touch of Bill Murray being best known for Lost in Translation but Owen Wilson's best work is Marley & Me and Dafoe's is the Spiderman trilogy. Not to mention none of those actors have leading characters in the film, and Wilson's barely passes as a cameo.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#114 Post by Yaanu » Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:26 pm

adavis53 wrote:
mfunk9786 wrote:
Gary Tooze wrote:This film is a masterpiece. PLEASE do a sequel! Is Wes Anderson our little secret? making these films... for us? It sure feels that way sometimes.
What the fuck is he ever talking about?
I also like the touch of Bill Murray being best known for Lost in Translation but Owen Wilson's best work is Marley & Me and Dafoe's is the Spiderman trilogy. Not to mention none of those actors have leading characters in the film, and Wilson's barely passes as a cameo.
That's what happens when you make a mainstream movie, yo. Minor characters played by A- or B-List talent get their name on the poster.
Same thing happened with Michael Caine and "Inception". Anne Hathaway in "Les Miserables" probably counts as well.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#115 Post by Der Spieler » Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:48 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:
Gary Tooze wrote:This film is a masterpiece. PLEASE do a sequel! Is Wes Anderson our little secret? making these films... for us? It sure feels that way sometimes.
What the fuck is he ever talking about?
I had the exact same reaction. Troubling.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#116 Post by Moe Dickstein » Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:32 pm

...To MFunk or the Beev?

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#117 Post by Der Spieler » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:56 pm

When I read that sentence in the Beaver review. I had the same reaction as mfunk.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#118 Post by cdnchris » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:48 am

I thought this was a neat little tidbit from the commentary:

The whack-bat scene with Owen Wilson sounds to have been something added last minute in the writing process. Anderson came up with the scene and when he was recording the commentary for Bottle Rocket with Wilson over the phone (he actually says it was the one for Darjeeling but I'm pretty sure Wilson wasn't there for that one, and that track would have been recorded after Mr. Fox was released anyways) he had Wilson record his lines for the scene.

He also says he'd like to do another stop-motion film but doubts he'd ever be able to do a sequel to this one since it performed so poorly. So I'm sure Gary will be disappointed.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#119 Post by Yaanu » Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:09 am

cdnchris wrote:I thought this was a neat little tidbit from the commentary:

The whack-bat scene with Owen Wilson sounds to have been something added last minute in the writing process. Anderson came up with the scene and when he was recording the commentary for Bottle Rocket with Wilson over the phone (he actually says it was the one for Darjeeling but I'm pretty sure Wilson wasn't there for that one, and that track would have been recorded after Mr. Fox was released anyways) he had Wilson record his lines for the scene.

He also says he'd like to do another stop-motion film but doubts he'd ever be able to do a sequel to this one since it performed so poorly. So I'm sure Gary will be disappointed.
Come to think of it, the whack-bat scene does seem like something added in the last minute. The inclusion of Owen Wilson as well. Still kinda funny to think that he got his name on the poster despite being in the film for less than five minutes.

I don't think too many people would want a sequel to a story that didn't ever actually have a sequel in the first place.
Though I hope if he does make another stop-motion feature that he enlists the help of the Brothers Quay. Then they can have a foot in the door with Criterion.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#120 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:53 am


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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#122 Post by copen » Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:08 pm

On the u.s. non-criterion dvd: on the french audio track, who does the voice of Mrs. Fox? I think it was supposed to be Isabelle Huppert, but it's not her.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#123 Post by manicsounds » Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:36 pm

Huppert does the voice in French on the France edition, but the US version includes the Canadian French dub, by Marie-Andrée Corneille

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#124 Post by copen » Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:26 pm

Thanks. There's probably a good reason for this. My favorite parts of this movie are the ones without the farmers, the chases, and the shootings.

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Re: 700 Fantastic Mr. Fox

#125 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:46 pm

Nice little blast from the past seeing Karen Duffy read Mrs. Fox during the Clooney recordings.

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