Dig the life fantastic

MANILA, Philippines - Twentieth Century Fox presents Fantastic Mr. Fox, visionary director Wes Anderson’s first animated film, which utilizes classic handmade stop-motion techniques to tell the story of the best-selling children’s book by Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).

Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe and Owen Wilson, Fantastic Mr. Fox opens exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas (Glorietta 4 & Greenbelt 3) on Dec. 9.

In the film, Mr. and Mrs. Fox (Clooney and Streep) live an idyllic home life with their son Ash (Jason Schwartzman) and visiting young nephew Kristofferson (Eric Anderson). But after 12 years of quiet domesticity, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr. Fox’s wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground without enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil farmers — Boggis, Bunce and Bean — who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr. Fox at any cost. In the end, he uses his natural instincts to save his family and friends.

First published in 1970, Roald Dahl’s beloved book Fantastic Mr. Fox has enchanted and delighted generations of children and their parents alike for almost 40 years.