Over The Hedge

## **OVERVIEW**

Over The Hedge is the 12th film of Warner Bros. Films. The Film tells the story how Duchess helps Cera to steal food to survive.

## **THE PLOT**

The Film Begins where Duchess fails to get snacks from a vending machine, he becomes so desperate that he tries to raid a large food cache belonging to Chrysalis. However, while trying to finish by stealing a can of "Spuddies" potato chips, he wakes Chrysalis and loses both the food and the wagon that it is on when a truck runs it over. Threatened to be devoured by the pony, he hastily promises to replace everything by the time Chrysalis reawakens in a week. After he leaves Chrysalis's cave he gets the snack from the vending machine.

Meanwhile, a group of forest animals, led by Cera, emerge from hibernation to find their food cache nearly empty. The animals consist of, Gary, Dory, Blu, Jewel, Bia, Carla, Tago, Spike and Tyke. They begin foraging but find a large hedge blocking their way. Cera investigates, discovering a human residential community that confuses and frightens her. Duchess, who sees the entire commotion, convinces the other animals that it is easier to raid the humans' garbage for food rather than forage for it, and they manage to get enough food to keep them from starving. Cera, however, remains wary, especially after homeowners association president, Mrs. Tweedy discovers the animals in her yard, chases them out through the hedge, and hires VermTech exterminator, Mr. Tweedy to keep them out.

Worried for her friends's safety, Cera decides to return the food to the humans. Duchess tries to stop her, resulting in an argument between the two. This attracts the attention of a playful dog named Scamp, who chases them across several lawns before all of the food the animals gathered is destroyed along with Mrs. Tweedy's car. Cera gets into a fight with Duchess and insults the others, causing them to turn against her.

After Duchess and Cera reconcile, they discover that Mrs. Tweedy has just restocked her pantry with a large food supply for an upcoming party and concoct a plan to get past the exterminator-planted boobytraps in her yard. Working together under cover of darkness, the animals get the food. Duchess and Cera get into another argument, again over a can of "Spuddies", during which Cera and the others learn of Duchess's true motives. Mrs. Tweedy wakes up, discovers the animals in her house, and calls VermTech, but not before Dory sprays the house. Mr. Tweedy arrives and captures the animals except for Duchess, who escapes with the food.

Duchess takes the food to a now-awake Chrysalis, but when the latter points out and praises Duchess's treachery, the cat decides to sacrifice the food to save her friends. This angers Chrysalis, who chases Duchess as he pursues Mr. Tweedy's truck. Duchess pleads to be let in the truck as Chrysalis tries to catch him, but the others, angry at her for abandoning them, refuse before Cera finally convinces them otherwise. Chrysalis gets taken by giant balloons, the animals then subdue Mr. Tweedy, hijack his truck, and turn it toward home, but the truck goes out of control and demolishes Mrs. Tweedy's house.

The animals hide in the hedge, trapped by Chrysalis on one side and Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy on the other. Duchess and Cera get an idea to give Gary his first caffeinated drink, which puts him into overdrive. Exceeding the speed of light, Gary activates an illegal trap that Mr. Tweedy had installed (at Mrs. Tweedy's insistence, while warning her that it was illegal in every state except for Texas), capturing the trio and destroying a satellite in the process. Mrs. Tweedy and Chrysalis are taken into custody by the police and animal control, respectively, while Mr. Tweedy tries to escape after taking advantage of Mrs. Tweedy's attempt at fighting a police officer and resisting arrest, only to encounter Scamp.

Back in the forest, Cera tells Duchess that if he had explained what she was trying to do in the first place, the others would have helped because "that's what families do," and welcomes her back to the gang. The animals also find that while Gary was in his caffeine-charged state, he had refilled their food cache with nuts to satisfy them for the year as the film ends.

## **CHARACTERS**

* Duchess
* Cera
* Gary
* Dory
* Blu
* Jewel
* Carla, Bia and Tiago
* Spike the Bulldog
* Tyke the Bulldog
* Scamp
* Gill
* Chrysalis
* Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy

## **VOICE TALENT**

* Anne Hathaway as Duchess
* Candace Hutson as Cera
* Mark Hausher as Gary
* Ellen DeGeneres as Dory
* Jim Gaffigan as Blu
* Sofía Espinosa as Jewel
* Selena Gomez as Bia
* Demi Lovato as Carla
* Jake T. Austin as Tiago
* Rick Zieff as Spike
* Frank Welker as Tyke
* Greg Cipes as Scamp
* Willem Dafoe as Gill
* Kathleen Barr as Chrysalis
* Jaime Camil as Mr. Tweedy
* Cate Blanchett as Mrs. Tweedy

## **OPENING CREDITS**

Based On Characters Created by:

Michael Fry and T. Lewis

Executive Producer:

Sam Register

Produced by:

Karey Kirkpatrick

Associate Producer:

Ellen Coss

Music by:

Alan Manken

Score Composed by:

Rupert Gregson-Williams

Casting And Voice Direction by:

Tim Johnson

Edited by:

John K. Carr

Story by:

Bonnie Arnold

Written by:

John Edwards

Directed by:

Darrell Van Citters

## **SONGS**

01. **Family Of Me**

Performed by: Anne Hathaway.

02. **Food Glorious Food**

Performed by: Anne Hathaway, Candace Hutson, Mark Hausher, Ellen DeGeneres, Jim Gaffigan, Sofía Espinosa, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Jake T. Austin, Rick Zieff.

03. **Creation Song**

Performed by: Anne Hathaway, Candace Hutson, Mark Hausher, Ellen DeGeneres, Jim Gaffigan, Sofía Espinosa, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Jake T. Austin, Rick Zieff.

04. **Believer**

Performed by: Anne Hathaway, Candace Hutson, Mark Hausher, Ellen DeGeneres, Jim Gaffigan, Sofía Espinosa, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Jake T. Austin, Rick Zieff..

05. **Come Back To Me**

Performed by: Anne Hathaway.

06. **Under Pressure**

Performed by: Anne Hathaway, Candace Hutson, Mark Hausher, Ellen DeGeneres, Jim Gaffigan, Sofía Espinosa, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Jake T. Austin, Rick Zieff.

## **TRIVIA**

* This film was based on *Over the Hedge.*
* This was the twelfth film of Warner Bros. Pictures.
* Duchess is the twelfth main protagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.
* Chrysalis is the twelfth main antagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.