DVD & Blu-Ray: FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Criterion Collection)

Product Description: Fantastic Mr. Fox is the story of a clever, quick, nimble, and exceptionally well-dressed wild animal. A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family at a new foxhole in a beautiful tree directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms-owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Mr. Fox simply cannot resist. This adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel from Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums) is a meticulous work of stop-motion animation featuring vibrant performances by George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon and Bill Murray.

Read more about the movie and special features after the jump.

• Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson
  
• Director: Wes Anderson
  
• Writer: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach
  

• Rated: PG
• Runtime: 87 min
• Studio: Criterion Collection

• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Region: Region A/1

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Special Features:

• 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

Ratings:

• IMDb.com: 7,8/10 from 95.915 users
• Rottentomatoes: 93% (196 fresh, 15 rotten, score: 7.9/10).
• Metacritic: 83 out of 100 (31 positive, 1 mixed, 1 negative).

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