Open Season [UMD] DVD

Open Season
A domesticated grizzly bear finds that there's more to life than being the star attraction of a mountain town nature show when a fast-talking mule deer offers him a crash course in woodland living in Sony Pictures Animation's first full-length animated feature. Raised by kindly park ranger Beth (Debra Messing) since he was a just a cub, 900-pound grizzly Boog (Martin Lawrence) is content to spend his days entertaining Timberline tourists and his nights nestled safely in Beth's luxurious garage. Boog's life is about to get much more complicated, however, when paranoid hunter Shaw (Gary Sinese) returns from a recent foray in the woods with a frightened, one-horn mule deer named Elliot strapped trophy-like to the hood of his truck. Though at first reluctant to answer Elliot's desperate cries for help, gentle giant Boog eventually frees the thankful creature, who in turn decides to teach his hulking friend what it truly means to be free. Subsequently tranquilized and relocated into the wilderness after momentarily reverting to his true animalistic nature, Boog is forced to team with seasoned forest-dweller Elliot in order to find their way out of the woods before hunting season starts and Shaw comes gunning for all creatures great and small. Things are different in the woods than they were back in the safe confines of park ranger Beth's garage, though, and in order to find their way back to Timberline, Boog and Elliot are going to have to rely on the kindness of their fellow creatures, a rowdy and unruly bunch that includes an army of Scottish squirrels led by rogue critter McSquizzy (Billy Connolly), and a productive beaver construction team whose foreman, Reilly (Jon Faverau), is more than willing to lend a helping tail. With hunting season now upon them and time running out as the hunters close in, the unlikely duo of bear and mule deer put their new life lessons to good use by turning the tables on the gun-toting gamesmen, and once again making the woods safe for the furry critters who call the forest home. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast Martin Lawrence as Boog Ashton Kutcher as Elliot Gary Sinise as Shaw Debra Messing as Park Ranger Beth Billy Connolly as McSquizzy Jon Favreau as Reilly Georgia Engel as Bobbie Jane Krakowski as Giselle Gordon Tootoosis as Gordy Patrick Warburton as Ian

Crew Carter Goodrich - Art Director Andy Harkness - Art Director Dan Wawrzaszek - Animator Henry Sato, Jr. - Animator Roger Vizard - Animator Chris Williams - Animator Bill Haller - Animator Joshua Beveridge - Animator Kevin Freeman - Animator P. Kevin Scott - Animator Keith Paciello - Animator Partick Osborne - Animator Joseph Oh - Animator Mark Farquhar - Animator Gavin Moran - Animator Kenn McDonald - Animator Chad Stewart - Animator James Crossley - Animator Matthew J. Munn - Animator Nicole Herr - Animator David Stodolny - Animator John Wong - Animator Tim Ranck - Animator Eric Lees - Animator Abel Salazar - Animator Isabel Auphan - Animator Anders J.L. Beer - Animator Steve Pierre Gordon - Animator Ben Catmull - Animator James Chiang - Animator Jeff Croke - Animator Brian Scott - Animator Sandra Ryan-Moran - Animator Alan Hawkins - Animator Steve Harwood - Animator Dave Hardin - Animator Luca Erbetta - Animator Keith A. Sintay - Animator Jamaal Bradley - Animator Christopher Lindsay - Animator Irene Parkins - Animator Derek Friesenborg - Animator Jay Jackson - Animator Pepe Valencia - Animator Alex Williams - Animator Kevin O'Hara - Animator Luis Grané - Animator Alex Whitney - Animator Cinzia Angelini - Animator Cathy Jones - Animator Michael C. Walling - Animator Larry White - Animator Dominic A. Cecere - Animator Sony Pictures Imageworks - Animator Dougg Williams - Animator Eric Yueh Chih Lin - Animator Brett Paton - Animator James Baker - Animator Ethan Hurd - Animator Alex Tysowsky - Animator Ana Maria Alvarado - Animator Sydney Padua - Animator Joe Mandia - Animator Jayson Price - Animator Bill Tessier - Animator Scott Holmes - Animator Jeff Vacanti - Animator Ruth Lambert - Casting Mary Hidalgo - Casting Amy Jupiter - Co-producer Anthony Stacchi - Director Jill Culton - Director Roger Allers - Director Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland - Editor Steven Dean Moore - Executive Producer Jenny Fulle - Executive Producer John Carls - Executive Producer Paul Westerberg - Composer (Music Score) Ramin Djawadi - Composer (Music Score) Paul Westerberg - Songwriter Michael Humphries - Production Designer Deanne Koehn - Production Manager Bradford Simonsen - Production Manager David Kalbeitzer - Production Manager Michelle Murdocca - Producer Tateum Kohut - Sound/Sound Designer Tim Chau - Sound/Sound Designer Jill Culton - Screen Story Anthony Stacchi - Screen Story Steven Dean Moore - Screen Story John Carls - Screen Story Ron J. Friedman - Screenwriter Steven Bencich - Screenwriter Nat Mauldin - Screenwriter Jill Culton - Screenwriter Anthony Stacchi - Screenwriter Doug Ikeler - Visual Effects Supervisor Alan McLaughlin - Additional Music John Butiu - Model Effects Luis Labrador - Model Effects Christian Bouyer - Model Effects Richard Suchy - Model Effects Yun Geuk Kang - Model Effects Patrick Voetberg - Additional Editing Apryl Knobbe - Matte Painting Supervisor Matt Davis - Post Production Supervisor Will Csaklos - Screenplay Consultant Todd Wilderman - Supervising Animator Sean P. Mullen - Supervising Animator Chris Hurtt - Supervising Animator Renato Dos Anjos - Supervising Animator Trevor Pawlik - Production Accountant Carter Goodrich - Character Design Pacific Title - Title Design

Open Season
The year 2006 had already born witness to so many "animated animals teaming up" movies, it wouldn't have been a surprise if audiences were ready to side with the hunters when Open Season came out in late September. Add to that the two polarizing personalities (Ashton Kutcher and Martin Lawrence) providing the lead voices, and you might have heard triggers cocking in darkened theaters across America. But both performers bring plenty of warmth to their first animated roles, and Open Season, with its rich palette of Starbucks greens and browns, is as pleasant to endure from a character perspective as it is easy on the eyes. This Sony Pictures Animation offering simply pops off the screen, its canvas deep and sumptuous, its characters wild and angular. A particular masterpiece of vulgarity is the villainous hunter Shaw, snarled by Gary Sinise. A lanky hillbilly in an orange vest, he's all legs and teeth. His relentless pursuit of the buck (Kutcher) who escaped from the hood of his pickup -- with a little help from a certain domesticated bear (Lawrence) -- propels numerous imaginative set pieces in the American everywoods, including a terrific raging rapids sequence that features a truck doubling as a whitewater raft. But as much as there is to take in visually, let's admit that the reluctant bond between the two main characters is pretty nicely done as well -- particularly the apparent reversal of their roles. Kudos to the filmmakers for letting Lawrence play the proud straight man, Kutcher the skittish pipsqueak. Kutcher's demeaning sidekick role certainly would have gone to Lawrence if they were just operating on procedural autopilot. Despite having all surface appearances of such conformity, Open Season is a definite breath of fresh air, the woodsy scent of pine needles seeming to emanate from the very screen. ~ All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Full-length movie Widescreen presentation DVD picture quality DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 86 min