Director: Jill Culton, Roger Allers, Anthony Stacchi
Writer: Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman, Nat Mauldin
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Messing, Gary Sinise, Billy Connolly
Released: November 30, 2006
Rating: (G)
Runtime: 86 minutes
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Story: In Columbia Pictures' new action-adventure comedy Open Season, the first feature-length animated film from Sony Pictures Animation, Boog (Martin Lawrence), a grizzly bear with no survival skills, has his perfect world in the tranquil town of Timberline turned upside-down when he meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a scrawny, fast-talking wild mule deer. Elliot arrives in Timberline missing an antler and strapped to the hood of a truck, courtesy of the paranoid uber-hunter Shaw (Gary Sinise). Against his better judgment, Boog frees Elliot. Elliot attempts to return the favor by "freeing" Boog from his idyllic existence with his beloved Park Ranger Beth (Debra Messing), who raised him since he was a cub. Things quickly spiral out of control. The two troublemakers are relocated together to the wild...just three days before open season! With hunting season upon them and Shaw in hot pursuit, Boog and Elliot must learn to work together and unite the woodland creatures. In a rowdy, madcap battle, they make the woods safe once and for all by turning the hunters into the hunted.
Cast:
Martin Lawrence Boog (voice)
Ashton Kutcher Elliot (voice)
Jon Favreau Reilly (voice)
Gary Sinise Shaw (voice)
Jane Krakowski Giselle (voice)
Debra Messing Beth (voice)
Billy Connolly McSquizzy (voice)
Matthew W. Taylor Porcupine/Others (voice)
Georgia Engel Bobbie (voice)
Danny Mann Serge/Deni (voice)
Gordon Tootoosis Gordy (voice)
Patrick Warburton Ian (voice)
Cody Cameron Mr. Weenie (voice)
Nika Futterman Rosie (voice)
Jack McGee Hunter (voice)