The Nut Job
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| Directed by | Peter Lepeniotis |
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| Story by | Peter Lepeniotis |
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Surly Squirrel by Peter Lepeniotis |
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| Music by | Paul Intson |
| Edited by | Paul Hunter |
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| Distributed by | Open Road Films |
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86 minutes |
| Country | Canada South Korea United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $42.8 million |
| Box office | $120.9 million |
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| Soundtrack album / Film score by Paul Intson | ||||
| Released | January 17, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 1:08:00 | |||
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The Nut Job is a 2014 3D computer-animated heist-comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis (who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron). It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Liam Neeson and Katherine Heigl with supporting roles done by Stephen Lang, Maya Rudolph, and Sarah Gadon. The film is based on Lepeniotis's 2005 short animated film Surly Squirrel. Produced by Gulfstream Pictures, Redrover International and ToonBox Entertainment, it was released in the United States on January 17, 2014, by Open Road Films. With a budget of $42.8 million, it is the most expensive animated film co-produced in South Korea. The film grossed $64.3 million in North America for a worldwide total of $120.9 million.
A sequel titled The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is scheduled to be released on August 18, 2017.
In the fictional town of Oakton City, a purple squirrel named Surly and his mute rat partner Buddy reside in Liberty Park where their thieving reputation has made them outcasts. A group of urban animals led by Raccoon and his cardinal assistant, are running low on food for winter. Red squirrel Andie and gray squirrel Grayson compete with Surly and Buddy to scavenge from a peanut cart manned by Lucky and Fingers who are casing a bank. The squirrels' efforts inadvertently end with the cart's propane tank exploding in the park after its cord was bitten by Lucky's pug Precious. The runaway cart ends up destroying the tree, where the animals store their food. Surly is banished and Buddy goes with him.
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