The Wild

The Wild is a 2006 American animated movie produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It was the 46th animated movie and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. It was directed by Steve Williams, produced by Clint Goldman, assistant produced by John Burton, and released on April 14, 2006. In the movie,  a young pampered Koala named Hugo is taken to an unfamiliar city, and with the help from his fox pal Rita, he learns to get back home by himself all while having com mishaps around the city.

 Cast 
 Main cast 
 Kiefer Sutherland as Samson, a lion
 Dominic Scott Kay as young Samson
 Jim Belushi as Benny, a squirrel
 Eddie Izzard as Nigel, a koala
 Janeane Garofalo as Bridget, a giraffe
 William Shatner as Kazar, a wildebeest
 Richard Kind as Larry, an anaconda
 Greg Cipes as Ryan, a lion cub

 Supporting cast 
 Colin Hay as Fergus, a flamingo
 Miles Marsico as Duke, a kangaroo joey
 Jack De Sena as Eze, a hippopotamus calf
 Don Cherry as Penguin MC
 David Cowgill as Hamir, a pigeon
 Lenny Venito as Stan, an alligator
 Joseph Siravo as Carmine, an alligator
 Colin Cunningham as Colin, a hyrax
 Patrick Warburton as Blag, a wildebeest
 Jonathan Kimmel as Scab, a vulture
 Eddie Gossling as Scraw, a vulture
 Clinton Leupp as Mama Hippo
 Kevin Michael Richardson as Samson's Father
 Nika Futterman and Julianne Buescher as two Dung Beetles
 Chris Edgerly as Cloak, a chameleon
 Bob Joles as Camo, a chameleon

 Additional voices 
 Keith Anthony as the Security Voice
 Greg Berg as a Vulture
 Bob Bergen as Donald and a Cheering Rhino Fan
 Jason Connery as a Flamingo
 Debi Derryberry as the Third Dung Beetle and a Monkey Girl
 Terri Douglas as a Koala Toy
 Jeannie Elias as the Monkeys
 Pat Fraley, Eddie Frierson and Nicholas Guest as four Penguins
 Jess Harnell as a Screaming Garbage Man
 Jason Harris as Victor
 Bridget Hoffman as a Koala Toy
 John Kassir as a Rhino and the Bulldogs
 Emily Johnson and Daniel Kaz as two Boys at Zoo
 Josh Keaton as another Rhino
 Carolyn Lawrence as a Ladybird and another Monkey Girl
 Danny Mann as Nelson and some Geese
 Mona Marshall as a Screaming Woman and the Fourth Dung Beetle
 Laraine Newman as another Monkey Girl
 Paul Pape as the First Man
 Peter Pamela Rose as the Fifth Dung Beetle
 Fred Tatasciore as Victor and the Second Man
 Audrey Wasilewski as Nancy
 Hannah Williams as the Baby Hippo
 Director Steve 'Spaz' Williams as the Guard Dog

Additionally, Nolan North provided additional voices.

 Reception 
The Wild opened in 2,854 theaters. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, the movie earned 9.5 million dollars in its first weekend at the box office, ranking as #4.

As of November 5, 2006, the movie has grossed a total of $37,384,046 in the United States box office & $102,338,515 worldwide. Its production budget, in contrast, was $80 million. 

The Wild was ranked #1 of the top DVD sales twice in Entertainment Weekly (The first time for October 6-12, 2006, the second time for October 13-19, 2006).

Critical reception for the movie has been negative. It currently hold an 19% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 25% rating from a select group of critics.

It received some harsh responses even before the trailer premiered. Movies.com described it as "Madagascar meets Finding Nemo with The Lion King thrown in for effect."

 Crew 
 Directed by Steve Williams
 Written by Ed Decter, Mark Gibson, and Philip Halprin
 Produced by Clint Goldman, and Beau Flynn
 Co-producers Jane Park and John Strauss
 Executive Producers: Eric Darnell, Will Vinton, Stefan Simchowitz
 Music by Alan Silvestri
 Edited by Scott Balcerek and Steven Wagner
 Production designer Chris Farmer
 Art director Chris Farmer and Michael Goldman
 Sound Design and Sound Supervision by Andy Newell

 References 

 Plot 
In the jungle, a  young, pampered, and joyful Koala named Hugo lives in the jungle and is very happy there, despite causing trouble for the jungle animals. His best friends are zig and Zack, two monkey trouble causing. One day, Hugo notices a young woman pear near his jungle home, where, he believes the woman to be a friend of his, despite the jungle animals warning him that she is not friendly. that night, after being frustrated that he cannot find a proper place to sleep, he goes to the woman for friendship and sleep, but the woman wants Hugo for money and chases him. He falls into an river and presumed loss when plumbing down the waterfall, and the woman vows to get Hugo.

Lost and frightened, Hugo is captured, and taken to a city, where he has trouble. He’s found by a meatball cooker named meatball Charlie, who he learned that his meatballs are tasty and becomes a friend of his. He is taken to a zoo to get famous, but frightened by all the attention, he panics, but a lion berates him for his selfishness. Hugo calms down when he meets a fox named Rita; she is uninterested of him at first, but after escaping on a skateboard and getting into a chase around town by the woman, they bond.

The woman uses her two bumbling helpers name, Jake and Mong girl  defined Hugo, while the two jungle animals get into many mishaps across the city. The lion that Hugo was scolded from early and the zoo takes them to a ship where they will be taken home.  They found by Jake and mongrel and managed to escape, only to be captured and taken by the woman. Hugo learns that all of his jungle animals miss him and blames himself for having gone to that woman. Rita cheer him up, and together, with the help from two arguing rats, they managed to escape but are in hot pursuit of the women’s bulldog named Pollito.

they escape in a sewer and have no choice, but to swim, with a break open a chain guarding  The water and swim to the surface, followed by a way out. The woman catches up to Hugo after they get into a chase, but overcome by madness, she ends up, disappeared by crows, her deep weakness. Hugo celebrates, but is unable to find Rita, which he starts to cry as he will not see her again. He’s found by meatball Charlie at that moment, where he tries to contain his sadness.

After a heartfelt goodbye from everyone he met, he starts to leave, but not until Rita arrives, and the two engage in a kiss.  Hugo returns home and his reunited with all of the jungle animals, who has missed Hugo while he was gone.  Hugo also nice with his friends continues in the jungle,  and they go on an adventure to make a banana dam.

Category:2006 animated movies
Category:2006 computer-animated movies
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Category:American adventure movies
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Category:Movies about lions
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