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Fantastic Mr. Fox

£325.00

Film

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Additional information

Year

2009, 2016 ‘Mondo’ Release (Bottleneck Gallery)

Size/Type

Bottleneck Gallery Limited Edition Lithograph by Tyler Stout – Hand-Numbered #333/650

Country of Origin

UK / British

Condition

Near mint minus; originally rolled (as issued)

Director

Wes Anderson

Actor/Actress

Bill Murray, George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe

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“His life is fantastic… his wife is fantastic… his neighbors, not so fantastic.”

“Fantastic Mr. Fox” is a pure delight. A feast for the eyes. From the opening scene, it takes no time at all to draw you into its beautiful visuals of vast countryside’s, running streams and falling foliage, all in marvelous stop motion animation.“Fantastic Mr. Fox” was a critical & cult success on its release with Anderson’s loyal fanbase hailing another solid cinematic offering. For a special screening of the movie in New York, 2016 Bottleneck Gallery commissioned alternative movie poster artist Tyler Stout who created this beautiful, highly detailed ‘cast style’ lithograph. From a limited edition print run of only 650 this has been hand-numbered #333. Presented in original rolled, flat, unfolded condition it displays to excellent effect and represents an extremely hard to find item of collectable movie memorabilia from both a truly talented writer / director and artist.

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Trivia: Altogether, 535 puppets were made for the film. Mr. Fox had 17 different styles alone, and each of Mr. Fox’s styles had to be done in six different sizes. He has 102 puppets alone.

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Film Description

Fantastic Mr. Fox Movie Poster

“This is the story of Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try “just one more raid” on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.”

To put it simply, Fantastic Mr. Fox is unlikely to leave you disappointed.

For a start, the animation, is simply wonderful. Gorgeously designed backgrounds and scenery full of simply incredible attention to detail, the film is full of such loving care and attention. Each character feels full of personality and it’s refreshing to see something other than a glossy 3D rendered animation film for a change most certainly. It feels like a return to a day where a little imagination was expected in films, which is nice.

Comparing Pixar releases and this film is besides the point. “Fantastic Mr. Fox” wasn’t made to be compared or compete with others, it was made to tell a classic children’s tale by one of the greatest authors at writing them. Dahl’s wife Felicity herself has described her delight at how the film portrays the universe great author created and the modification of the story for film length is smoothly and smartly done. It is a beautifully told story, heart-warming and charming, witty and full of comedic moments.

While Pixar films play like films made for children that can be enjoyed by adults. Wes Anderson‘s film feels like one made for adults, that can be enjoyed by children. Some parents may not feel too comfortable of the less than subtle replacement of curse words with “cuss” or “cussing” it has to be mentioned however.

The voice acting is excellently done, Anderson took the cast outside, underground and indoors for the varying parts of the film to give it a real feel of authenticity which pays off. The soundtrack, as with all Wes Anderson films, is stunningly good and really elevates the film. After watching you may find yourself searching out the soundtrack as soon as you get home.

The film’s style and direction screams Wes Anderson at the top of its lungs and so, haters of his previous work may need to be careful, but I would certainly suggest to give the film a try and see if it can convert you, if not at least not make you feel like you’ve wasted your money.

As a self confessed Wes Anderson fan I was doomed to love this film no matter what, but am genuinely delighted with the end product and believe that more than just the blind Wes Anderson lover will find this film a charming, witty ride of enjoyment.

 

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11 x 14″ printed on heavy stock paper. Used as display in theatre lobbies. Originally made in sets of eight. Some sets have a title card, which contains credits and artwork, essentially a mini-poster. The remaining seven cards are coloured photographic credits and poster artwork showing different scenes from the movie.

WINDOW CARD
14 x 22″ printed on heavy stock paper with the top 4-6 inches usually left blank for the local cinema owner to fill in the cinema and the date it was due to play. Largely discontinued during the 1970’s.

HALF SHEET
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INSERT
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ONE-SHEET
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BRITISH QUAD
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ITALIAN LOCANDINA
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FRENCH
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