The Wild

The Wild is a 2006 American animated movie made by Walt Disney Pictures. Its the 46th animated movie and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures.^[1] It was directed by Steve Williams, produced by Clint Goldman, assistant produced by John Burton, and released by Buena Vista Pictures on April 14, 2006 in the United States. In the movie, Samson the Lion in the New York Zoo is taken to Africa by accident, and his friends at the zoo have to help bring Samson back.

Cast Edit

Actor	Role
Kiefer Sutherland	Samson the Lion
Dominic Scott Kay	Young Samson
Jim Belushi	Benny the Squirrel
Greg Cipes	Ryan the Lion Cub
Janeane Garofalo	Bridget the Giraffe
Richard Kind	Larry the Snake
Eddie Izzard	Nigel the Koala
William Shatner	Kazar the Wildebeest
Chris Edgerly	Cloak The Chameleon Covert Agent
Bob Joles	Camo The Chameleon Covert Agent
Patrick Warburton	Blag The Wildebeest
Don Cherry	Turtle Curling Penguin MC
Lenny Venito	Carmine The Sewer Alligator
Joseph Siravo	Stan the Sewer Alligator
Jack DeSena	Duke the Kangaroo
Bill Fagerbakke	Eze the Hippopotamus
Cody Cameron	Fergus the Flamingo
Bronson Pinchot	Scraw The Vulture
Jonathan Kimmel	Scab The Vulture
Phil Daniels	Hamir the Pigeon
Colin Hay	Colin the Rock Hyrax
Kevin Michael Richardson	Samson's Father
Julianne Buescher/Nika Futterman	Dung Beetles

Reception Edit

The Wild opened in 2,854 theaters. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, the movie earned 9.5 million dollars in its first weekend at the box office, ranking as #4.

As of November 5, 2006, the movie has grossed a total of $37,384,046 in the United States box office & $102,338,515 worldwide. Its production budget, in contrast, was $80 million. [1]

The Wild was ranked #1 of the top DVD sales twice in Entertainment Weekly (The first time for October 6-12, 2006, the second time for October 13-19, 2006).

Critical reception for the movie has been negative. It currently hold an 18% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 25% rating from a select group of critics.

It received some harsh responses even before the trailer premiered. Movies.com^[2] described it as "Madagascar meets Finding Nemo with The Lion King thrown in for effect."

Crew Edit

Directed by Steve Williams
Written by Ed Decter, Mark Gibson, and Philip Halprin
Produced by Clint Goldman, and Beau Flynn
Co-producers Jane Park and John Strauss
Executive Producers: Eric Darnell, Will Vinton, Stefan Simchowitz
Music by Alan Silvestri
Edited by Scott Balcerek and Steven Wagner
Production designer Chris Farmer
Art director Chris Farmer and Michael Goldman
Sound Design and Sound Supervision by Andy Newell

Release dates Edit

Country	Premiere
Israel	April 6, 2006
Belgium	April 12, 2006
Slovakia	May 4, 2006
Czech Republic	May 11, 2006
Bulgaria	May 12, 2006
United Kingdom	May 26, 2006
Ireland	May 26, 2006
Poland	May 26, 2006
Czech Republic	August 31, 2006
New Zealand	September 21, 2006
Estonia	September 22, 2006
Iceland	September 22, 2006
Lithuania	September 22, 2006
Latvia	September 22, 2006
Australia	September 28, 2006
Finland	October 20, 2006
Norway	October 20, 2006
Sweden	October 20, 2006
Denmark	November 3, 2006
Japan	December 16, 2006