The Wild
2006 film by Steve Williams / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wild is a 2006 animated adventure comedy film directed by animator Steve "Spaz" Williams (in his director debut) and written by Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson and Philip Halprin. It features the voices of Eddie Izzard, Kiefer Sutherland, Janeane Garofalo, Jim Belushi, Richard Kind, Greg Cipes, and William Shatner. The film's plot centers around Samson, a male lion who loses his preteen son Ryan when he wanders off and accidentally gets shipped from the Central Park Zoo to Africa, he teams up with a group of animals as they embark on a journey to rescue his missing son and take risks to evade dangers along the way.
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Directed by | Steve "Spaz" Williams |
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Music by | Alan Silvestri |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution[2] (under Walt Disney Pictures) |
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Running time | 82 minutes[3] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $80 million[5] |
Box office | $102.3 million[6] |
Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Hoytyboy Pictures, Sir Zip Studios and Contrafilm,[1][2] it was animated by C.O.R.E. Feature Animation. It was released to theaters in North America on April 14, 2006, by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution and earned $102 million on an $80 million budget. The film was a critical and commercial failure, with severe criticism given towards its animation and similarities to DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar, Pixar's Finding Nemo, and Disney's very own The Lion King.