Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who movie storyline. In the Jungle of Nool on the fifteenth of May where a warthog breifly ran, a caring, imaginative elephant named Horton (Jim Carrey), the jungle’s nature teacher, takes a dip in the pool. A dust speck floats past him in the air, and he hears a tiny yelp coming from it. Believing that an entire family of microscopic creatures are living on that speck, he places it on top of a pink, fuzzy clover that he holds in his trunk.
In fact, he finds out the speck harbors the city of Who-ville and all its inhabitants, led by Mayor Ned McDodd (Steve Carell). He has a loving wife, Sally (Amy Poehler), 96 daughters (Selena Gomez) who all have names that start with the letter H, and one son named JoJo (Jesse McCartney), who, by Who custom, is next in line for the mayoral position. JoJo does not want to become mayor, which leads him to become sullen and refuse to talk, despite Ned’s giving him extra attention.
The Mayor finds out from Dr. Larue (Isla Fisher) that Whoville will be destroyed if Horton does not find a “safer more stable home.” So Horton resolves to place the speck atop Mt. Nool, the safest place in the jungle. This outlook earns Horton nothing but ridicule from the inhabitants of Nool, especially from the strict official of the jungle, the Sour Kangaroo (Carol Burnett), who tries to get Horton to give up the speck, so as not to put supposedly ridiculous ideas into the heads of the children. Ever faithful to his motto, “A person’s a person, no matter how small,” Horton refuses. Also taking force toward Horton are the Wickersham brothers (Frank Welker and Dan Castellaneta), a group of bullying monkeys who love making misery.
Horton Hears a Who! (also known as Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!) is a 2008 American computer-animated comedy adventure film based on the book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. Produced by Blue Sky Studios, the film was directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, with music by John Powell. It features the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.
Released theatrically on March 14, 2008, by 20th Century Fox, it grossed $297 million on a budget of $85 million. The film is the third Dr. Seuss feature film adaptation,[3] the second Dr. Seuss film starring Jim Carrey after How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000),[4] and the first adaptation of a Dr. Seuss work fully animated using CGI technology.
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who (2008)
Directed by: Jimmy Hayward
Starring: Jim Carrey, Steve Carrell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly, Niecy Nash, Jesse McCartney, Charles Osgood
Screenplay by: Cinco Paul
Production Design by: Audrey Geisel, Christopher Meledandri
Film Editing by: Tim Nordquist
Set Decoration by: Melanie Martini
Art Direction by: Thomas Cardone
Music by: John Powell
MPAA Rating: G for general audience.
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: March 14, 2008
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