1. AMBIGUOUS ENDING:
FANTASTIC MR. FOX

2. Rachelle McCarthy- Master PowerPoint Creator, Synopsis, Foxes, Animation
Kelsie Lynch- Theme-Survival, Synopsis, Discussion Questions, Movie Clip
Phuong Do- Themes, Ambiguous, The Ending, Discussion Questions
Sarah White- Roald Dahl, The Wolf

3. Fantastic Mr. Fox is based on a children’s book by British author,
Roald Dahl, originally published in 1970
There are some considerable differences between Dahl's book and
Anderson's adaptation.
The movie was not well received in the U.K. due major changes to themes
and characters

4. ROALD DAHL
Dahl was Welsh born with Norwegian parents.
He was as a child described as being
rambunctious and mischievous, whose taste for
adventure never ceased. He was an absolute
dreamer and retained his zest for adventure and
a fully active imagination through adulthood and
until his death. It was the established author and
friend C.S. Forrester that persuaded Dahl to
explore his writing capabilities.
Dahl shares some of his personality traits with
his characters, including Mr. Fox himself.

5. STOP-MOTION PUPPET
ANIMATION
The movie was created by
physically manipulating real-world
objects & photographing them
one frame at a time to the illusion
of movement.
126,720 pictures were used to
create the full length movie

6. Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a tranquil home life with their son Ash and visiting young nephew
Kristopherson. After 12 years, the simple life proves too dull 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. Confined
underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight
against the evil Farmers - Boggis, Bunce and Bean - who are determined to outwit the
cleaver, fantastic Mr. Fox at any cost .
Fantastic Mr. Fox Movie Clip

7. THEME: SURVIVAL
When Mr. Fox and his family woke up to the
sound of shoveling, they knew they were being
hunted. To survive, the dug into the ground.
When they needed food, Mr. Fox dug to the
farms to gather what he needed. When they
ran into other animals, they used their natural
instincts to survive. Mr. Fox's family didn't eat
vegetables, but would gather them for the
badgers. It was an unbeatable team. In the end,
all of the animals brought their best attribute
to the table and beat the farmers. As you can
see, this story shows how everyone can come
together, no matter their differences, and
survive.

8. THEME: LEADERS HIP
Mr. Fox is a charismatic fox and a leader in his family and among the animals.
At first, he uses his leadership for his own personal goal, which is to steal the
food for his life. Unfortunately, when he reaches his goal,
he hurts his family and friends as well as brings the whole society on conflict.

9. THEME: DIFFERENCES
Differences also form a Mr. Fox’s son, Ash,
sub-theme through the fights with the
whole film. All the differences within
animals are different. himself through the
Even the foxes are entire movie.
different from on
another. Mrs. Fox: [to Ash] We’re all
different.
At the end, it is
[indicates Mr. Fox]
everyone’s differences Mrs. Fox: Especially him. But
that bring them there’s something kind of
together. fantastic about that, isn’t there?

10. "Boggis and Bunce and Bean One short, one fat, one lean.
These horrible crooks, so different in looks, were nonetheless
equally mean."
Boggis, Bunce and Bean, are the neighbors of Mr. Fox. When they detect
the fact that Mr. Fox steals their goods, they decides to kill Mr. Fox at all
cost. Even though Boggis, Bunce, and Bean are mean and nasty, they are still
victims nonetheless. Being stolen from Mr. Fox perhaps makes them
enraged and creates the worse sequences, but Mr. Fox also creates the whole
mess by stealing stuff from others.

11. FOXES IN FOLKLORE
Foxes have been associated with certain behavior.
They are known to be crafty, cleaver, cunning,
sly-nature, intelligent, & greedy. They are
known as con-artist who trick other animals
into getting food.
People are known to be “crazy like a fox”
or get caught “out foxing yourselves”
Mr. Fox embodies all the stereotypes
associated with foxes. Though he is
clearly the “good guy” in the movie, it
is himself that starts the whole mess
in the first place.

12. THE WOLF
The Wolf is portrayed as truly wild, solitary
and unlike the rest of the films characters,
not clothed. He represents the disappearing
wild, the lone fighter in a world that is
overrun with humans and “humanlike”
animals.
Some felt that the insertion of the Wolf and
Mr. Fox's phobia is somehow racially
motivated. Yet it is the fox’s natural instinct
to fear the wolf. eventually garners less fear
but more respect by Fox in the end, as if his
own battle in some way may have made him
(Fox) feel closer to his wilder counterparts.

13. NOT ALWAYS AS IT SEEMS
Kristofferson is saved by luck, the cage falls down to the ground and
breaks, not because of Ash’s “natural” physical athletic.
Mr. Fox’s tail is rescued, it is not in its original shape anymore.
Mr. Fox does win the Rat, but he does not defeat the farmers.

14. HOW DOES IS END?
At the end, the animals survived, but
they now must live in the sewer under the
ground and can never return to their
natural homes on the surface. In some
ways, Mr. Fox started the whole mess and
lead to the bad sequences that his family
and his friends have to suffer. However,
he always tries to take the responsibility
on him and treasure the family value.
“And that’s OK, we’re told.
We’ll eat tonight,” Mr. Fox says,
“and we’ll eat together.”

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