{"id":1503,"date":"2011-01-04T07:21:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewandergirl.com\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2022-12-27T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:35:49","slug":"fantastic-mr-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewandergirl.com\/2011\/01\/fantastic-mr-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Mr. Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"image-placeholder video video-youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25000000%\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n2igjYFojUo?rel=0&amp;controls=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;width=560&amp;height=315&amp;v=n2igjYFojUo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\n<!--<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n2igjYFojUo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n2igjYFojUo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object>--><\/p>\n<p>I first saw the trailer for the Fantastic Mr. Fox in the theater in 2009. I fell in love with the look and feel of the animation, but when the movie actually released I was in the midst of preparing to move across the country. The story of Mr. Fox fell off my personal radar until it released on HBO this past fall. I stumbled upon it one afternoon and absolutely adored it. The stop-motion animation is beautifully done, and the story is fantastic. It&#8217;s appropriate for children, but there are enough adult jokes to appeal to all ages. If you haven&#8217;t seen it you should definitely check it out.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m embarrassed to admit it, but until I watched Fantastic Mr. Fox I&#8217;d never heard of Roald Dahl. I mean, I&#8217;m sure I probably saw his name somewhere in the credits for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, or Matilda, but it never registered. Now that I know who this amazing author is, I just might have to read everything he&#8217;s ever written. In addition to a number of classic children&#8217;s books, he&#8217;s written short stories for adults, some of which were filmed for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (I&#8217;m also a Hitchcock fan). He also has a pretty interesting history, and was a Flying Ace for the Royal Air Force during WWII.<\/p>\n<p>For more info on Roald Dahl and Fantastic Mr. Fox, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roald_Dahl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this wikipedia article<\/a>, and these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makingof.com\/posts\/watch\/544\/anderson-s-mr-fox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Making Of shorts<\/a> about the movie. The one I&#8217;ve embedded after the jump includes a visit to Dahl&#8217;s house and talks about how director Wes Anderson actually duplicated Dahl&#8217;s furniture in miniature for the film. There is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780847833542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Making Of&#8221; book<\/a> that looks really cool too.<\/p>\n<p><!--<script src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.js?deepLinkEmbedCode=BuY3IwMToTGHo0DUFMg_RTCSFcP2EEKd&amp;embedCode=BuY3IwMToTGHo0DUFMg_RTCSFcP2EEKd&amp;autoplay=0&amp;width=560&amp;height=315\"><\/script>--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first saw the trailer for the Fantastic Mr. Fox in the theater in 2009. I fell in love with the look and feel of the animation, but when the movie actually released I was in the midst of preparing to move across the country. 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