Barnyard (film)
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| Directed by | Steve Oedekerk |
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| Written by | Steve Oedekerk |
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| Music by | John Debney |
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90 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $51 million |
| Box office | $116.5 million |
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| Released | August 22, 2006 |
| Recorded | 2005-2006 ("Boombastic" was recorded in 1995) |
| Genre | Alternative Rock, Pop |
| Length | 36:58 |
| Label | Bulletproof Records |
Barnyard (also known as Barnyard: The Original Party Animals) is a 2006 German-Americancomputer-animated comedy film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies, O Entertainment and Omation Animation Studio, directed by Steve Oedekerk (who was also one of the producers and the main writer) with music by John Debney and co-produced by Paul Marshal. It was released on August 4, 2006. The film stars the voices of Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Sam Elliott, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes, Andie MacDowell and David Koechner. Most of the production was carried out in San Clemente, California.
Barnyard grossed $116.5 million worldwide against a $51 million production budget, and received generally negative reviews. The film spawned a television series, titled Back at the Barnyard, which ran for two seasons between 2007 and 2009.
Otis is a carefree cow who prefers playing with his friends rather than accept responsibility. His adoptive father Ben is the leader of the barnyard. After Otis interrupts a barnyard meeting with his wild antics, Ben has a talk with his son, warning him that he will never be happy if he spends his life partying without acting more maturely. Otis ignores his advice and leaves to have fun with his friends Pip the Mouse, Pig the pig, Freddy the Ferret, and Peck the Rooster. That same day, Otis meets a pregnant cow named Daisy, who is accompanied by another cow, Bessy.
That night, the animals throw a party in the barn. All the animals including the world famous artist, Biggie Cheese, are there except Ben, who guards the fence line. Otis is assigned a shift along with Ben, but Otis talks himself out of working. Before Otis leaves, Ben tells him that the night he found him as a baby calf stumbling alone in the meadow, he swore he saw the stars dance, thus giving him reason to know his place was at the farm. Later, Ben takes on a pack of coyotes led by Dag, who is a serial killer turned coyote plundering the chicken coop. He manages to fight off the pack until he is bitten on the leg by the red coyote, making him fall. The coyotes pile on Ben, but he manages to grab Dag and escapes the pile. He threatens to punch Dag, but lets him go, scaring away him and the coyotes. Ben falls on the ground, exhausted. A hen named Etta runs into the barn and tells Otis and he runs outside to his father. Ben dies and is buried on his favorite hill by the farmer, and the other animals mourn Ben after the farmer leaves.
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