ASH: You’re supposed to be my lab partner.
AGNES: I am!
ASH: No you’re not. You’re disloyal.
NOTE: Based on recent podcasts, I think Merlin may be cussing obsessed with Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox: A Film by Wes Anderson Based on the Book by Roald Dahl [Hardcover]
Wes Anderson (Author)
$25.63
Originally published in 1970, Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox tells the story of the Fox Family. After twelve years, the Fox Family’s quiet home life proves too much for Mr. Fox’s natural animal instincts. When his young nephew arrives, Mr. Fox slips back into his old ways as a smart bird thief and, in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community as well. In Fall 2009, audiences will cheer as award-winning director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited) brings us his take on the tale: a blockbuster stop-motion animation film shot entirely in high definition.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox’s ‘Trademark’ (Running Time: 00:00:02)
Yeh, actually, I haven’t gotten pretty great at this, thanks.
It’s real simple. Basically, there’s three grabbers, three taggers, five twig runners, and the player at Whack-Bat. Center tagger lights a pine cone and chucks it over the basket and the whack-batter tries to hit the cedar stick off the cross rock. Then the twig runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls, “Hot Box!” Finally, at the end, you count up however many score-downs it adds up to and divide that by nine.
And, shall we say…one of my favorite shots in the movie?
“You Cussing With Me?” (Fantastic Mr. Fox)