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The Wild (2006) -- An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
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Writers:
Ed Decter (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
14 April 2006 (USA) more
Tagline:
A whole new breed of tourist. more
Plot:
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kiefer Sutherland ... Samson (voice)

James Belushi ... Benny (voice) (as Jim Belushi)

Eddie Izzard ... Nigel (voice)

Janeane Garofalo ... Bridget (voice)

William Shatner ... Kazar (voice)

Richard Kind ... Larry (voice)

Greg Cipes ... Ryan (voice)
Colin Hay ... Fergus Flamingo (voice)
Miles Marsico ... Duke (voice)
Jack De Sena ... Eze (voice)
Don Cherry ... Penguin MC (voice)
Christian Argueta ... Hamir (voice)

David Cowgill ... Hamir (voice)
Lenny Venito ... Stan (voice)

Joseph Siravo ... Carmine (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La vie sauvage (Canada: French title)
The Big Break (USA) (working title)
Wildlife (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Philippines:82 min | USA:94 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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In the part where the animals are in the garbage truck you can see a sign advertising Radio Disney and another advertising for Kodak. There is also an advertisement of a theater showing the Lion King on stage when they are being chased by dogs. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Larry the anaconda is shown blinking numerous times in the film. Snakes have no eyelids and cannot blink. He's also rather thin for an anaconda - they are heavy-bodied snakes - and has no trouble hearing the other characters when they talk to him, even though snakes have no external ears and are deaf to airborne sound. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Samson: So there I was, face to face with the biggest, meanest leopard on the savannah and...
Ryan: You roared so loud, his spots flew off. Dad I've heard that story a billion times.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs The Wizard of Oz (1939) more
Soundtrack:
Der Flüschen Fläschen more

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How can a tug boat travel that far and not run out of gas?
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16 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
I think it was wonderful, 30 December 2006
9/10
Author: lilferret from United States

I would have to say I personally thought this movie was wonderful. The animation was superb, the characters were amusing, and the dialog and banter was fabulous. I laughed throughout the movie, sometimes so hard I thought I might hurt myself. My husband also enjoyed it.

And I have to say, I disliked Madagascar immensely. I never laughed once during that entire film. The humor in The Wild was much more believable. And I thought that the plot in Madagascar was much more predictable than that of The Wild.

Overall I would have to give The Wild a 9 out of 10. The only thing that could have made it better would have been if it was longer. But you know, you really can't go wrong with an all star cast.

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