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Wes Anderson's stop-motion masterpiece
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"Quirky." "Eccentric." "Whimsical." Critics trot out the synonyms for "playful" and "odd" when talking about Wes Anderson.
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Capone talks to Wes Anderson about working with animals like Clooney...
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The Yes List - Wes Anderson's Fantastic Fox
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What You Missed: A Conversation with Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman
Last night at 92YTribeca - in a discussion moderated by Entertainment Weekly 's Dave Karger - 92YTribeca, Borders, and Twentieth Century Fox presented an evening of conversation with director Wes Anderson and actor Jason Schwartzman .
With 'Fantastic Mr. Fox,' Wes Anderson Finds His Genre: Animation
With 'Fantastic Mr. Fox,' Wes Anderson F... Wes Anderson is famous for his quirky sense of absurdist humor.
Review: `Fantastic Mr. Fox' is mighty fine
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Mr Fox and his wife Felicity used to steal chickens, but now they raise their children while Mr Fox concentrates on journalism.
Beyond Hollywood: Jared Hess' unique world
In a recent New Yorker profile of Wes Anderson - the director of "Rushmore," "The Royal Tenenbaums" and other quirky indie ventures - he was said to have inspired a glut of auteurs with a similar sensibility.
Daniel Carey "A MAN can't change what he is. He can convince anyone he's someone else, but never himself." So Verbal Kint comments in 'The Usual Suspects', explaining how dirty ex-cop Dean Keaton is persuaded to return to a life of crime.
Great kids movies will please little critics
'Fantastic Mr. Fox' is directed by indie darling Wes Anderson, and features George Clooney and Meryl Streep as lead voices.
Wes Anderson To Boldly Go? a I Would Like To Do A Movie In Spacea
Wes Anderson has explored the ocean's depths in the nautical "The Life Aquatic" and voyaged by train through India in "The Darjeeling Limited," but the director has another place still to explore - the final frontier.
George Clooney out-Foxes the enemy
BASED on the story by Roald Dahl, the Fantastic Mr Fox tells the tale of the noble and charming Mr Fox who outfoxes some dimwitted farmers, who tire of sharing their chickens with the crafty creature.
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