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Over the Hedge

Year:

2006

Duration:

83 min

Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Tim Johnson

Awards:

6 wins & 16 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2006-05-19

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $80,000,000

Opening Weekend: $38,457,003 (USA) (21 May 2006)

Gross: $155,019,340 (USA) (4 September 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ariel Winter

Bruce Willis

Garry Shandling

Verne

Steve Carell

Hammy

Wanda Sykes

Stella

William Shatner

Ozzie

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 DiCicco

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

Steve Alterman

(voice)

Erin Lander

(voice)

Kirk Baily

(voice)

Jordan Del Spina

(voice) (as Jordan Orr)

Jessie Flower

(voice)

Michelle Ruff

(voice)

Nicholas Guest

(voice)

Greyson Spann

(voice)

David Hiller

(voice)

April Lawrence

Navistar GPS System

Bridget Hoffman

(voice)

Marcelo Tubert

(voice)

Sandy Holt

(voice)

Talula Holt

(voice)

Did you know?

Trivia

The child who plays one of the porcupine triplets, Bucky, is Sami Kirkpatrick, the son of Karey Kirkpatrick, one of the directors of the film.

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Bruce Willis replaced Jim Carrey as the voice of RJ.

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The makers originally wanted Bill Murray and Harold Ramis to voice RJ and Verne, respectively.

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Goofs

Many script details emphasize the point that Tiger is supposed to be a Persian cat, describing his recessed nose, his proud lineage, and talking with a Persian accent. Yet, the animated cat is clearly Siamese in design.

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When the animals are in the Verminator's truck, RJ tries to enter through the driver's side window, which is closed. Yet, moments later, when trying to escape Vincent, RJ jumps in the broken passenger side in, and is tossed out the now open driver's side window, even though nobody had opened it.

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When Verne first left the group to cross the hedge, he came out in a backyard. However, when he returned to the forest, he entered the hedge from a road, but ended up in the same place he left from, in front of the group.

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Quotes

Hammy the Squirrel: [Runs to one end of the hedge] It never ends!

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Vincent: Moon's full RJ. See you in the morning.

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Doll: [RJ gets string caught on a Y-shaped stick] Let's play! Nugent the Dog: Play?

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Faq

Why is Hammy the Squirrel similar to Twitchy from Hoodwinked?

Hammy is the original CGI crazy squirrel, for two reasons. Hammy was a character in the Over the Hedge comics from 1995. Over the Hedge was also written and produced and the characters were fully developed before Hoodwinked! was even thought of. Both Over the Hedge and Hoodwinked! were scheduled for a November 2005 release, but Over the Hedge was pushed back because it was not yet finished.Squirrels are fast. They move fast, they eat fast, they have fast metabolisms, and their heart rate is high. Representing a squirrel as hyperactive is thus not a stretch. That is also the extent of the similarities between Twitchy and Hammy.

Are they making a second movie?

The Over the Hedge creators are considering making a sequel as they had a lot of fun with the characters during production, but at this stage, nothing has been confirmed. A sequel is still yet to be announced.

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