Over the Hedge

Overview

A group of feisty forest critters awaken following the winter freeze to discover that not only has a new neighborhood cropped up during the cold months, but living in close proximity to humans may have its benefits in this computer-animated comedy-adventure for all ages featuring the voices of Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, Avril Lavigne, Eugene Levy, and William Shatner. Despite Verne the Turtle's (Garry Shandling) initial hesitance to breach the formidable foliage that has appeared on his doorstep since last fall, the arrival of fearless raccoon RJ (Willis) and revelation that their new human neighbors throw out enough food in one day to feed a whole forest lead the gang to consider taking the plunge and exploring the snack-filled suburbs. As Verne and RJ learn to work together in taking on their strange new surroundings, Stella the Skunk (Sykes), Hammy the Squirrel (Carrel), Heather the Opossum (Lavigne), and Heather's father, Ozzie (Shatner), join in on the fun by scavenging for Girl Scout cookies and attempting to scuttle past the pesky new suburbanites undetected.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/05/2018
UPC:	0191329060995
Original Release:	2006
Rating:	PG
Source:	Dreamworks Animated
Language:	English
Time:	1:24:00
Sales rank:	10,554

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bruce Willis	RJ
Garry Shandling	Verne,Actor
Steve Carell	Hammy
William Shatner	Ozzie
Wanda Sykes	Stella
Nick Nolte	Vincent
Thomas Haden Church	Dwayne
Allison Janney	Gladys
Eugene Levy	Lou
Catherine O'Hara	Penny
Avril Lavigne	Heather
Omid Djalili	Tiger
Sami Kirkpatrick	Bucky
Shane Baumel	Spike
Madison Davenport	Quillo
Zoe Randol	Mackenzie
Jessica Di Cicco	Shelby
Debra Wilson	Debbie
Sean Bishop	Police Officer
Jeannie Elias	Janis
Kejon Kesse	Timmy
Paul Butcher	Skeeter
Sean Yazbeck	BBQ Barry
Geoffrey Pomeroy	Ranger
Joel McCrary	Dr. Dennis
Lee Bienstock	Lunch Table Larry
Brian Stepanek	Nugent the Dog
Götz Otto	Voices
Ben Becker	Voices
Jeanette Biedermann	Voices
Bernhard Hoëcker	Voices
Ralf Schmitz	Voices
Steve Alterman	Voices
Erin Lander	Voices
Kirk Baily	Voices
Jordan Del Spina	Actor
Jessie Flower	Actor,Voices
Greyson Spann	Actor
David Hiller	Actor
Sandy Holt	Actor,Voices
Ashlyn Madden	RJ Stomach Growling Sound Effect
Michelle Ruff	Voices
April Lawrence	Voices
BoA	Voices
Leslee Feldman	Actor
Nicholas Guest	Voices
David Hiller	Voices
Bridget Hoffman	Voices
Jordan Orr	Voices
Greyson Spann	Voices
April Struebing	Voices
Marcelo Tubert	Voices
Ariel Winter	Voices
Rupert Gregson-Williams	Conductor,Composer
Alastair King	Conductor
Ben Folds	Composer
Hans Zimmer	Composer

Technical Credits

Karey Kirkpatrick

Len Blum

Lorne Cameron

David Hoselton

Michael Fry

T. Lewis

Chris Poche

Eric Forsberg

Tim Johnson	Director,Director
Karey Kirkpatrick	Director,Screenwriter
Len Blum	Screenwriter
Lorne Cameron	Screenwriter
David Hoselton	Screenwriter
Bill Damaschke	Executive Producer,Producer
Bonnie Arnold	Producer,Director
Craig Ring	Special Effects
Christian Kubsch	Producer,Director
Marty Havran	Special Effects
Richard L. Anderson	Sound Effects
David Caeiro Cebrián	Special Effects
Michael Fry	Screenwriter
T. Lewis	Screenwriter
Chris Poche	Screenwriter
Jim Cox	Producer
Motohisa Adachi	Special Effects
James Ashwill	Sound Effects
Mark Binder	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Courtney Bishop	Sound Effects
Rick Canelli	Sound Effects
Eric Forsberg	Screenwriter
Ellen Coss	Producer
William Opdyke	Special Effects
Paul Rademacher	Special Effects
Kaye Vassey	Special Effects
Karey Tim Johnson	Director
Tim Jonson	Director
Leslee Feldman	Casting
Gary Rizzo	Sound Mixer
Randy Thom	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

It's spring, and a close-knit group of forest creatures awaken from hibernation with but one thought: It's only 274 days until winter. "Nine berries from starvation," the friends search for food, led by the cautious turtle Verne (Garry Shandling). What they find is half their habitat gone and a hedge looming before them like the Great Wall of China. On the other side is "54 acres of man-made, manicured, air-conditioned paradise." Their guide to this foreign land (where, a porcupine notes, the grass is actually greener) is R.J (Bruce Willis), a charismatic, fast-talking raccoon, who promises them a junk food paradise. What he doesn't tell them is that he plans to hijack their hard-earned stockpile and deliver it to Vincent (a growling Nick Nolte), a vicious bear who has given R.J. just one week to replace the food he tried to steal from Vincent and inadvertently destroyed. Inspired by the syndicated comic strip, Over the Hedge is a story of redemption with some clever social satire added to the mix. "That is an SUV," R.J. observes. "Humans ride in them because they are slowly losing their ability to walk." Of course, there are also mildly rude jokes of the "Wanna help me find my nuts?" variety. The producers certainly didn't hedge on the voice talent. Steve Carrell's hyper and nutty squirrel, Hammy, has the breakout potential of Scrat from Ice Age. Wanda Sykes brings her characteristic sass to Stella, a skunk. Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara are porcupine parents, with William Shatner as a possum who plays dead with hammy bravado and Avril Lavigne as his daughter. Representing the human species, Allison Janney is a freaked-out homeowner who hires pest control expert "the Verminator" (Thomas Haden Church) to rid the area of the encroaching animals. She dismisses his humane methods. "I want them exterminated as inhumanely as possible," she orders. From individual blades of grass to the spray from sprinklers' dancing waters, the computer animation is stunningly clear and sharp. Complementing the ultra-realistic style are such comic-strip flourishes as a hilarious outer-space perspective of an atomic blast of nacho chips that rocks the animals' world. With its environmental-awareness message and celebration of family, Over the Hedge is anything but junk food.