December 2009
21 posts
Happy Holidays (video card) →
In addition to the great Season’s Greetings video we posted yesterday, we have a video card similar to the Thanksgiving one we shared last month. After the break are shortened links to both…
Season’s Greetings →
More Awards for Fantastic Mr. Fox →
In addition to the Golden Globe nomination, yesterday Fantastic Mr. Fox picked up two screenwriting awards from west coast critics associations. Wes and Noah won the Best Adapted…
Another Fantastic Mr. Fox For Your Consideration... →
Another from AwardsDaily, this one naming possibly every person involved in the making of the film. I can’t say I’ve ever seen For Your Consideration ads that so fully celebrate the collaboration…
Fantastic Mr. Fox nominated for a Golden Globe →
Here are the nominees for Best Animated Film:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Princess and the Frog
Up
Let’s show some hustle, Hollywood Foreign Press…
Fantastic Mr. Fox Nabs Four More Critics Awards →
It’s another good day for Wes and co., as Fantastic Mr. Fox continues to pick up critics awards. Announced this morning, Fantastic Mr. Fox won Best Animated Film, and was the first…
Fantastic Mr. Fox in Top Ten Lists (on-going) →
With the year wrapping up, many critics are making top ten lists and not surprisingly, Fantastic Mr. Fox is on a lot of them. The following is a listing of the films place on a number of lists,…
Fantastic Mr. Fox Takes LA Film Critics Award →
Several critics groups announced their annual awards yesterday, and Fantastic Mr. Fox was named the Best Animation by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The rest of the groups…
Season’s Greetings from RA →
Rushmore Academy Season’s Greetings from Mike Danger Kingsley Vanata on Vimeo.
A little something I put together. Sorry, no footage of Fantastic Mr. Fox. Let it load…
A Third Fantastic Mr. Fox For Your Consideration... →
A slight variant on the design of the last one, but this one is our favorite, with a numerical breakdown of all the time spent and people inolved in making the movie. It seems like a real tribute…
Variety: “Directors as Wild Cards” →
Award season speculation from Variety (full story):
As has become the custom, there are still a few bad boys this awards season whose creations cannot be ignored, including the Coens (”A…
Halloween Costume Contest Winners →
We finally have the prize packages from Fox Searchlight and are ready to dispense some prizes! Sorry for the delay, and thanks to all who participated. A special thanks to Fox Searchlight and Sneak…
Wes on The Treatment with Elvis Mitchell →
Here’s a great conversation between Wes and former New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell. If you listened to the show Mitchell did with Jason Schwartzman before the film’s…
U.K. Fantastic Mr. Fox Blu-Ray/DVD Announced →
Though Fantastic Mr. Fox is only in its second week here in the States, it’s been out in the U.K. for a bit longer, and as such, Fox has announced the Blu-Ray and DVD edtions of the film for that…
Owen Wilson Interviews Woody Harrelson →
In the new Interview, Owen Wilson talks to his friend Woody Harrelson about playing poker and his great new film The Messenger. Read the full interview here, or after the break.
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“Mr. Fox” – Best Film of the Year for New Yorker’s... →
Richard Brody chimes in again for Anderson in his Best of 2009 film list on his Front Row blog. “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is #1 on his list:
1. “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (Wes Anderson): Pure animal wildness…
Wes wins Special Filmmaking Achievement Award from... →
See IndieWire for a full list of winners.
“The Darjeeling Limited” Best of the Decade →
From Richard Brody’s New Yorker blog, where he ranked TDL the second best film of the 00s:
As ever with the films of Wes Anderson—the best new American director of the last twenty…
Wes on Charlie Rose →
Wes appeared on Charlie Rose a couple of nights ago, and unfortunately due to a redesign, it’s nearly impossible to link you directly to the interview. If you can manage it, go to Charlie Rose’s …
Spinner Interviews Anderson & Poster →
Spinner interviewed Wes Anderson & longtime music supervisor Randall Poster about Fantastic Mr. Fox’s soundtrack.
Full article after the jump, but check Spinner for a great promo video…
Fantastic Mr. Fox Nominated for 3 Annie Awards →
And so Fantastic Mr. Fox’s award season begins. It was announced today that the film is nominated in three categories for Annie Awards (which you can read more about here), which as…
November 2009
73 posts
Fantastic Mr. Fox Box Office →
We’ll let indieWire break it…
The only truly disappointing development this weekend was the expansion of Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” After two weekends of scorching…
Second Fantastic Mr. Fox FYC Ad →
Fox has put out another “For Your Consideration” ad, this one targeting the Golden Globes. Check out the previous ad here, and see AwardsDaily’s full “For Your Consideration” gallery here….
Mario Batali’s Recipe for Mrs. Bean’s Famous... →
From Fox Searchlight, recipe after the break.
Recipe Courtesy of Mario Batali
• 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
• 2 cups light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups…
Entertainment Weekly’s Fantastic Mr. Fox... →
Entertainment Weekly’s Dave Karger sat down for a roundtable discussion with Wes, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray to talk about Fantastic Mr. Fox. The first part is embedded…
Reblog: Send our Thanksgiving video to Family and... →
Want to say Happy Thanksgiving in a Wes-y kinda way? Send our video!
E-mail, tweet or telegraph it by sending one of the links below:
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDU26QEYg20
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Fantastic Mr. Fox Opens Today! →
Fantastic Mr. Fox has been in limited release in the U.S., and today it opens nation wide.
To celebrate, you can take a look at all of our Mr. Fox posts by going here, and if you see…
Roger Ebert Reviews Fantastic Mr. Fox →
Roger Ebert has reviewed the film, and as with The Darjeeling Limited, he awards it 3 1/2 stars. Full review after the break.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
BY ROGER EBERT / November 24, 2009
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The A.V. Club Interviews Wes →
Scott Tobias of The A.V. Club recently sat down with Wes to discuss working on Mr. Fox (of course) but also talked film. Very good interview, full version after the break.
Now six…
Interview with Mr. Fox Animator →
A brief interview with animator Brad Schiff on the detailed work of animating Fantastic Mr. Fox from the world renowned San Antonio Current. Full interview after the break.
OCD like a…
Trailer for Noah Baumbach’s New Film “Greenberg” →
See it below or at Apple in HD.
Noah Baumbach is of course the co-writer of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the director of the Wes…
Wes on Fresh Air →
Wes spoke to Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air earlier today. Haven’t had a chance to listen yet, but Fresh Air interviews are always worth a listen. To listen to or download the…
Happy Thanksgiving (video) →
Wes writes about a favorite Fox scene for HuffPo →
Wes has written a great behind the scene look at a favorite scene of his in the film. Too much media to copy here, but head over to The Huffington Post to read the whole article with…
NPR: Wes’ Influences and Jason on Wait, Wait… →
NPR Weekend Edition did a little piece on Wes Anderson’s influences in Fantastic Mr. Fox:
“Eric says he thinks that it’s based on my relationship with my older brother,” says Anderson….
M. Fantastique Fox →
Allocine has announced two of the actors who will be voicing Fantastic Mr. Fox in la version française, and they’re on par with their American counterparts. Mathieu Amalric (Quantam…
The Music of Mr. Fox (video) →
Wes, Alexandre Desplat, Jarvis Cocker, and the London Oratory School Schola
Watchthehoulywoodreporter:
As a lifelong card-carrying member of Team Zissou, I have to say Fantastic Mr. Fox is my new favorite Wes Anderson movie. What the cuss, you’re probably thinking. Well, cuss yeah! You’ll understand what I’m talking about after you see the movie. It’s my new favorite cuss word replacement, by the way, too. Thanks, Wes.
I know everyone acts like Wes Anderson is the...
Fantastic Mr. Fox “Street Fighting Man” video →
From VH1. Note that the video contains unreleased scenes. If you are a stickler about spoilers, you might want to wait until you have seen the picture.
You can buy the…
Fantastic cover of New York Magazine →
The November 23 issue of New York Magazine
Fantastic Mr. Fox window display at Bergdorf... →
Photos by Rudy Pospisil, © 2009 him Flash slideshow
(Simple gallery)
Fantastic Mr. Fox concept art →
We have compiled a gallery of concept art from the production of Fantastic Mr. Fox. Click here or on the image above for the flash slideshow, here for the simple gallery. A few…
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We now have a page on Tumblr. It features content from the site as well as photos, quotes, and links shared by our…
New York Times Anatomy of a Scene: Fantastic Mr.... →
Wes gives commentary on a scene early in the film at the New York Times website. You can view the video there.
Vanity Fair on Creating the Puppets for Mr. Fox →
Vanity Fair has a look at the creation and design of the Fantasitc Mr. Fox puppets. Click on Mr. Fox above or right here to read the article, and be sure to check out the gallery…
Wes Anderson Week: Bottle Rocket (1996)
filmosophy:
Like a Little Banana: Childhood and Adulthood in Wes Anderson’s Films
by Mills Baker
In Wes Anderson’s movies, one senses a preoccupation with detail that is almost mannered: it is as though the story is told so that the houses, ships, and trains can be built, their colorful, scale-model intricacies reminiscent of the spaces in one’s favorite children’s books. From room to...
Behind the scenes video of “FMF” New York Magazine... →
via Vulture
Fantastic Mr. Fox For Your Consideration Ad →
Fox has begun its awards campaign for Fantastic Mr. Fox, the first ad is below. The ads are published in trade papers and online to encourage Academy members and the rest of the awards voting…
Details on Wes’ Next Film →
/Film has some information today about Wes’ next film, the previously reported remake of My Best Friend. The film has been retitled The Rosenthaler Suite.
As members of the press…