One day, horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Horton the elephant, voiced by jim carrey, the main protagonist of the film. Horton horton is the main character and saves all the people of whoville from being destroyed by the wickersham monkeys and the kangaroo. Horton and kangaroo rarely see eyetoeye in horton hears a who. Ned mcdodd, the mayor of whoville, voiced by steve carell, and the deuteragonist. Seuss horton hears a who equally fun for children and adults. Find out about all the goofs from horton hears a who. Todd walters is delighted to announce that the roles of socrates and galileo will be played by horton and the mayor of whoville respectively a few weeks ago i was dragged to see the new animated film horton hears a who. Deep in the jungle of nool lives horton, a goofy yet noble elephant, who hears a cry for help from a floating speck of dust that is inhabited by the microscopic city of whoville and its hapless yet upstanding mayor. Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. Jesse mccartney as jojo mcdodd, mayor mcdodds quiet son. Horton is a firm favourite in our household and i am sure it will be for some time to come. A strong cast and a funny adaptation of the classic childrens book make dr.
We must become invisible, travel silently, for there are forces that would seek to destroy us. Horton is a kind, sweetnatured elephant who cares about other animals or people. Recognising the dangers they face, he resolves to keep them safe. Hollywood is not going to put together a movie that actually supports any sort of religious belief, so it predictably takes the imagination route. Listening library, an imprint of the random house audio publishing group. It features the voices of jim carrey and steve carell. The voices of horton, the narrator, the mayor, and the baby kangaroo, were performed by yours truly. For example, when the bird drops the clover into the field, the mayor laments. In this story, horton discovers there is a microscopic community of intelligent beings called the whos living on a plant that only he can hear. In the movie, hes notably goofy and likes to play silly games mad libs catchphrase. Tonight, the roles of socrates and galileo will be played by horton and the mayor of whoville, respectively. A great memorable quote from the horton hears a who.
I do not personally own or claim any rights to the written material or the images. Even though he cant see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. Theodor seuss geisel penned this noble premise back in 1954, and the idea of caring for the tiny and powerless is even more meaningful today in the aftermath of roe v. Horton the elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists. The film was directed by jimmy hayward and steve martino, and was produced by blue sky studios. On the fifteenth of may in the jungle of nool in the heat of the day in the cool of the pool. He hears a call for help coming from the dust speck and, thinking someone is living on it, saves it from going over a waterfall. Seuss attempt to rewrite history for what the united states, symbolized by horton, should have done for the japanese, represented by the whos 54. A kangaroo named jane, not believing hortons beliefs, tries to get horton to give up the speck, but horton refuses. I was especially impressed by the fact that the movie had a narrator who read certain parts of the book word for word so in these instances there was absolutely no difference. A relatively neutered jim carrey provides the voice for horton, an elephant who hears a voice from a floating speck and discovers that there are people actually living in it in a place called whoville. Horton, the lovable elephant, tries to protect tiny creatures on a speck of dust.
Jane sourkangaroo is voiced by carol burnett, and one of the two main antagonist of the film jojo mcdodd is voiced by jesse mccartney, and the secondary tritagonist. When the mayor of whoville describes the town to horton, hes amazed that all those things and buildings and people could fit into that little speck. Horton the elephant comes to the rescue again in this video. In the jungle of nool, the dueteragonist of the special, horton the elephant bathes in the watering hole when he sees a small dust speck floating by. Seuss film starring jim carrey after how the grinch stole christmas 2000.
Horton hears a who 2008 animation comedy family adventure movie story one day, horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. But though the town is quite magically advanced, its still remarkably fragile. Horton, with his sensitive hearing, is the only person who can hear the pleas for help from the microscopic world of the whos, a world so tiny that it fits on a speck of dust. Seuss adaptation that stays true to the spirit of the source material. Seuss feature film adaptation, the first adaptation to be fully animated, and the second dr. The dust speck floats past him in the air, and he hears a tiny yelp coming from it. In horton hatches the egg and the movie version of horton hears a who, his catchphrase is i meant what i said and i said what i meant, and fill in the blank 100% usually an elephants faithful. The grinch mono soundtrack and stereo rerecording were both reissued, but the horton soundtrack was not. Seuss book, horton hears a who it is produced by mgm studios 1970. It stars jim carrey, seth rogen, carol burnett, will arnett, steve carell, jesse mccartney and amy poehler. Geisel, who had harbored strong antijapan sentiments before and during world war ii, changed his views dramatically after the war and used. At the same time, horton the elephant, the jungles eccentric nature teacher, takes a dip in the pool. Though he goes through many hardships, whether trying to keep an egg warm through storms, rough travels, and humiliating shows or tries to save a small planet from harm, he. Seuss horton hears a who based on the classic 1954 book of the same name, the film tells of an elephant named horton voiced by jim carrey who one day hears a voice emanating from a tiny speck.
He is very compassionate towards others because he doesnt even know these people that are so small but he still must save all of them. Given my general antipathy to cartoons, i went with low expectations. Horton the elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his. Now some people out there, i think i know who, may find they agree with that sour kangaroo. The speck flew by horton, uttering a small cry for help. Blue sky studios welcomed such a trial, though, with their computeranimated 2008 release, dr. Full movie online streaming free and fun horton hears a who. However, the other animals around him think horton has gone crazy thinking that there are such beings. Horton the movie holds hands with horton the book in terms of one main theme. Even though you cant see them or hear them at all, a persons a person, no matter how small. Seuss, produced by blue sky studios and distributed by 20th century fox.
I always have a running commentary about subtle things they may not note on their own, helping them to learn the social and emotional dynamics of the story. One day in the jungle, an elephant named horton hears a voice coming from a dust particle on top of a flower. Free movie stream only here today, we can see that hundreds thousands of people looking for free horton hears a who. Given my general antipathy to cartoons, i went in with low expectations. This is a really good tale and introduces many ideas such as loyalty, self belief, caring for. Plus, watch over 4,500 free movies on vudu movies on us. Horton hears a who charles osgood was born on january 8, 1933 in new york city, new york, usa as charles osgood wood iii.
Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. The books main theme, a persons a person no matter how small, was geisels reaction to his visit to japan, where the importance of the individual was an exciting new concept. With jim carrey, steve carell, carol burnett, will arnett. Directed by jimmy hayward and steve martino in their directorial debuts, the films screenplay was written by cinco paul and ken daurio, and features the. It has to be a challenge to create a short picture book into a movie that is over an hour so i was expecting a lot of additions to. Horton the elephant is a fictional character from the 1940 book horton hatches the egg and 1954 book horton hears a who. This past friday night, i was dragged to see the new animated film horton hears a who. Horton hears a who was recorded in stereo though it was broadcast in mono, so the rhino cd is the only stereophonic film soundtrack from a chuck joneseugene poddanymgm project ever on disc. Also taking force toward horton are the wickersham brothers, a group of bullying monkeys who love making misery. The carefree elephant, horton, was watering his back by squirting water out of his trunk.
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