Furry Vengeance facts for kids
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| Directed by | Roger Kumble |
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| Music by | Edward Shearmur |
| Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
| Editing by | Lawrence Jordan |
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| Distributed by | Summit Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | April 30, 2010 |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Money made | $36.2 million |
Furry Vengeance is a 2010 American family black comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, produced by Robert Simonds and Keith Goldberg, written by Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert, co-produced by Participant Media, Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Robert Simonds Productions with music by Edward Shearmur, and distributed by Summit Entertainment.
It stars Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields, and Ken Jeong with Dee Bradley Baker as the different animal vocal effects. It was theatrically released on April 30, 2010. The film earned $36.2 million on a $35 million budget.
Furry Vengeance was Fraser's final film as part of the William Morris Endeavor agency, as he switched to the Creative Arts Agency in 2010. This film was also Alice Drummond's final feature film role before her death on November 30, 2016.
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Plot
In the wilderness of Oregon, a prairie dog screams after Riggs drives past and throws a cigar at it. This causes an unnamed raccoon to signal a mink to release a boulder that pushes Riggs' car to the edge of a cliff, teetering back and forth. After that, the raccoon throws the cigar back to Riggs, who yells "You're a bad raccoon!" The raccoon then blows the car down the cliff. Meanwhile, Riggs is heard calling his boss, and stating that he quits.
A real estate developer from Chicago named Dan Sanders is brought in as Riggs' replacement. He is given the task of turning the forest of Rocky Springs into a residential development by Lyman Enterprises' CEO Neal Lyman. This all transpires much to the objections of Dan's son, Tyler and wife Tammy, who are unhappy in Rocky Springs, missing their lives in Chicago.
Unfortunately for Dan, the animals who are led by the raccoon refuse to sit back and watch their forest being destroyed. They manage to turn the tables on him by disturbing his progress, interrupting his meetings, and humiliating him. Upon receiving some research from his love interest Amber, Tyler tells his father that Rocky Springs is a forest reserve where he warns his father that "many have tried to conquer it but they all fail." Following an attack by a grizzly bear that traps him in a tipped over portable toilet, Dan signs orders to have a drill sergeant capture and cage all the animals.
Meanwhile, Tammy is forced to plan an "eco-friendly" fair with a senile teacher Mrs. Martin at the high school which is sponsored by Lyman Enterprises, unaware of Lyman's plans to cut down the forest to build houses and a shopping mall "with a forest theme". Figuring this out, Dan decides to set the animals free. Once released the raccoon and his friends immediately wreak havoc on the eco fair, causing the guests and entertainers to flee while Mrs. Martin talks to an owl.
Lyman accidentally tranquilizes the sponsor for the construction, Mr. Gupta, after he attempted to break their deal. He flees into a worm tunnel with the animals in close pursuit. The animals began attacking him as the bear drives a golf cart, pulling the tunnel away into a bush. After some convincing from Amber and Tammy, Tyler finally tells his father that he loves him.
Three months later, the forest is reclaimed as a nature preserve with Dan working as a park ranger. The poster promoting the forest preservation also states that anyone who violates the rules will be fined $1,000,000.00.
During the credits, the humans and animals dance to the Transcenders version of "Insane in the Brain."
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Dan Sanders, a real estate developer.
- Brooke Shields as Tammy Sanders, the wife of Dan. Although initially skeptical due to Furry Vengeance being an animal film, Shields joined on the basis that she would work with Fraser. For the meat rabbit scene, Shields asked to have a statue made of real meat hit her face instead of a fake cardboard one; "I didn't have a hamburger for a while after that," Shields explained. In order for the meat to not seep through the hands of a stunt person throwing the meat, they put a "cardboard thing" on the prop; this resulted in Shields' breaking her nose. Performing a scene where Sanders uses turkey babble to communicate with a turkey expanded Shields' depth as a method actor, describing it as "not easy."
- Shields also does an uncredited performance as the wife of Tuka the Caveman in the credits.
- Ken Jeong as Neal Lyman, the CEO of Lyman Enterprises who wants to develop on the lands of Rocky Springs.
- Matt Prokop as Tyler Sanders, the son of Dan and Tammy.
- Angela Kinsey as Felder, Lyman's assistant
- Skyler Samuels as Amber, the love interest of Tyler.
- Scooby as the "hero" raccoon, a raccoon who leads the forest animals into keeping their forest from being cut down.
Rob Riggle, in an uncredited role, plays Riggs, a worker for Neal Lyman who quits following the raccoon's first attack. The construction workers include Ricky Garcia as Frank, Jim Norton as Hank, and Patrice O'Neal as Gus. According to Norton, O'Neal was difficult to work with on Furry Vengeance: "I was like the co-dependent wife. He was just embarrassing to be associated with. We had to go in and do our first meet with the director, and we had sat around all day. And I’m trying to like, 'Hey, we’re doing a movie!' And it’s a Brooke Shields movie, and we’re sitting down. And he’s just sitting there like 'Aahhhhhh.' Everybody hated him on that shoot." Toby Huss plays Wilson, one of the officers, while Billy Bush portrays a Drill Sergeant that leads the capture of the forest animals.
Alice Drummond portrays Mrs. Martin, an elderly senile school teacher and senior citizen. Alexander Chance plays a security guard.
The vocal effects of the raccoon and the other forest animals were performed by Dee Bradley Baker, an experience he described as "a lot of fun."
Music
Songs appearing in the film include:
- "Gavotte" – Jeff Cardoni and Katisse Buckingham
- "Frank & Beans" – Chad Fischer (version by Count Smokula)
- "Insane in the Brain" – Transcenders (original version by Cypress Hill)
- "We Got It All" – Right The Stars
- "A-Punk" – Vampire Weekend
- "Surrender" – Ben Lee
- "Don't Bring Me Down" – Electric Light Orchestra
- "Le Freak" – Chic
- "The Saddest Song" – Transcenders
- "Beautiful Morning" – Transcenders
- "Washington Post March" – John Philip Sousa
- "Cotton-Eyed Joe" – The Goodtime Stringband (version by Asleep at the Wheel)
Original music for Furry Vengeance was composed by Edward Shearmur.
Images for kids
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In addition to playing Dan Sanders, Fraser served as Furry Vengeance's executive producer.
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See also
In Spanish: Furry Vengeance para niños
