Rango (2011)

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4 star rating THE Screened Review by Alex Navarro

Gore Verbinski's first animated film skews a bit more to the adult side of the family, but it's a fun ride for nearly all ages.
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Gore Verbinski Director previously directed Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

A house-hold pet lizard (Johnny Depp) escapes his owners in search for adventure and excitement in the Mojave Desert.
Trivia:

Rango will be accompanied by an Electronic Arts video game that will be available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, and the Wii.

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Reference: Cat Ballou

The bad guy hawk has a metal tip to its beak just like the metal nose on the bad guy Kid Shelleen.

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Here in the Mojave desert, animals have had millions of years to adapt to the harsh environment. But the lizard... he is going to die.

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Johnny Depp Rango
Timothy Olyphant The Spirit of the West (voice)
Abigail Breslin Priscilla (voice)
Bill Nighy Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Isla Fisher Beans (voice)
Alfred Molina Roadkill (voice)
Ray Winstone Bad Bill (voice)
Claudia Black Angelique (voice)
Alanna Ubach Fresca (voice)
Stephen Root Doc' and Merrymack (voice)
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Overview

An animated film following the adventures of a discombobulated pet lizard, in search of a purpose. 

Creation

This movie is directed by Gore Verbinski and stars Johnny Depp. This is Gore's first animated movie. They both previously worked on the first three Pirates of the Carribean movies, adding to the tradition of Directors that repeatedly work with their favourite actors. That said, Johnny Depp is more well known for frequently teaming up with Tim Burton on various projects.  Johnny Depp has starred in an animated feature before (Corpse Bride with the aforementioned Mr. Burton), but it's not the mainstay of his work. Bill Nighy is another actor that worked with Gore previously in the second and third Pirates of the Carribean movies.  He played Davy Jones.  In this movie, he voices the character Rattlesnake Jake.  

Plot Summary

Rango on the road
Rango on the road
Our protagonist starts out with no name, as he probably considers himself a clay for a director or other to mold- he's an actor. His stage is his little glass container, with a pool, plastic beach, 1/3 of a naked Barbi torso, and a wind-up fish. There really isn't much of an audience. He's very knowledgeable about stage, story and plot structure, and would probably be a great critic. Though he is very lonely, and still sometimes ponders on his purpose. One fateful day, as his owners take him on a venture in the middle of the desert, they get into a quick car-scuffle, which causes our protagonist's glass box to fly out of the car, and land in the middle of the road. Our lizard friend is stranded with no water and as of now, no purpose.
 
In the middle of the road, he meets an armadillo whose stomach has been turned into a halfpipe by a random driver. He is trying to get across the road, and that's all.  What's our hero's purpose? After some wise yet vague words from the armadillo, which our lizard friend helps, he gets a new purpose, which is to find dirt, if he is to find water.
 
Dirt turns out to be a town, just like all the other towns you've seen in other westerns. There, lies our heroes destiny, as well as his new identity, which he gains by accident. The lizard becomes Rango, and is the hope of the town of Dirt... though can he live up to the hype, for his sake and theirs?
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Rango Trailer 2

Here's the latest trailer for Gore Verbinski's flat-out bizarre-looking animated film, starring Johnny Depp as a Hawaiian shirted lizard that wanders into the wrong town.
Rango Trailer

Raptors, snakes and Hunter S. Thompson's windshield are just a few of the dangers for Johnny Depp's character in Gore Verbinski's new animated adventure.
Rango Teaser

Gore Verbinski takes a stab at animation with this film starring Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy and...a mechanical goldfish? Sure, why not.
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Name Rango
US Release March 4, 2011
UK Release March 4, 2011
AUS Release March 10, 2011
Runtime 107
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Adventure
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Western
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computer animated
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Rating PG
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $123,477,607
    Foreign +121,897,767
  • = total worldwide gross $245,375,374
  • - a reported budget of $135,000,000
  • = a 81.8% net profit of $110,375,374
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