Movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Tagline: Meryl Streep is The Brains Behind The Brains
Trivia: The look of the film was inspired by Great Missenden, a village in Buckinghamshire, England, where Roald Dahl lived and worked. The tree where the Fox family lives is based on a prominent beech tree on Dahl’s property, and Mr Fox’s study recreates in minute detail the interior of the famous garden hut in which Dahl did most of his writing.
Goofs: Factual errors: When Latin names of the animals are displayed in the film they are not written in the correct format. “Latin” names, more correctly termed scientific names, are standardized within the scientific community worldwide and written in a specific format, e.g.Genus species with the genus capitalized, the species written in lowercase, and both written either in italics or simply underlined. The film shows both genus and species capitalized.
“It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try “just one more raid” on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends. Written by Cinema_Fan”
