Horton Hears a Who! (film)
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| Directed by |
Jimmy Hayward Steve Martino |
| Produced by | Bob Gordon Bruce Anderson |
| Screenplay by | Cinco Paul Ken Daurio |
| Based on | Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss |
| Starring |
Jim Carrey Steve Carell Carol Burnett Will Arnett Seth Rogen |
| Narrated by | Charles Osgood |
| Music by | John Powell |
| Edited by | Tim Nordquist |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $85 million |
| Box office | $297.1 million |
| Horton Hears a Who! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
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| Film score by John Powell | |
| Released | March 25, 2008 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 59:56 |
| Label | Varèse Sarabande |
| Producer | John Powell |
Horton Hears a Who! (also known as Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!) is a 2008 American computer-animated fantasy adventure comedy film based on the book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. Produced by Blue Sky Studios, the film was directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, with music by John Powell. It features the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.
Released theatrically on March 14, 2008, by 20th Century Fox, it grossed $297 million on a budget of $85 million. The film is the third Dr. Seuss feature film adaptation, the second Dr. Seuss film starring Jim Carrey after How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), and the first adaptation of a Dr. Seuss work fully animated using CGI technology.
A dust speck is dislodged from its obscure place and sent adrift through the Jungle of Nool. At the same time, Horton the elephant (Jim Carrey), the jungle's eccentric nature teacher, takes a dip in the pool. The dust speck floats past him in the air, and he hears a tiny yelp coming from it. Believing that an entire society of microscopic creatures are living on that speck, he places it atop of a clover. Horton finds out the speck harbors the city of Whoville and its inhabitants, the Whos, led by Mayor Ned McDodd (Steve Carell).
He has a wife, Sally (Amy Poehler), 96 daughters (whose names all begin with the letter H), and one teenage son named JoJo (Jesse McCartney). Despite being the oldest and next in line for the mayoral position, JoJo doesn't want to be the next mayor, and because he's so scared of disappointing his father, never speaks. Once Horton begins carrying the speck with him, the city starts experiencing strange phenomena (earthquakes and changes in the weather), and the Mayor finds his attempts to caution Whoville challenged by the Town Council, led by the opportunistic yet condescending Chairman (Dan Fogler).
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