The Nut Job is a 2014 3D computer-animated comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis (who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron) and starring the voices of Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Stephen Lang, Maya Rudolph, Liam Neeson and Katherine Heigl. The film is based on Lepeniotis's 2005 short animated film Surly Squirrel.
It was released on January 17, 2014, by Open Road Films.With a budget of $42.8 million, it is the most expensive animated film co-produced in South Korea.A sequel, titled The Nut Job 2, is scheduled to be released on January 15, 2016.
Movie Details:
Directed by : Peter Lepeniotis
Produced by : Graham Moloy,WK Jung
Screenplay by : Lorne Cameron,Peter Lepeniotis
Story by : Peter Lepeniotis
Based on : Surly Squirrel ,by Peter Lepeniotis
Starring : Will Arnett,Brendan Fraser,Gabriel Iglesias,Jeff Dunham,Liam Neeson,Katherine Heigl
Music by : Paul Intson
Edited by : Paul Hunter
Production : Toonbox Entertainment,Red Rover International,Gulfstream Pictures
Distributed by : Open Road Films (United States),The Weinstein Company (International)
Release date : January 11, 2014 (Los Angeles),January 17, 2014 (North America),January 29, 2014 (South Korea)
Running time : 86 minutes
Country : Canada,South Korea,United States
Language : English
Budget : $42.8 million
Box office : $77,463,668
Source: Wikipedia n IMDB
Source: Wikipedia n IMDB
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plot: In a city park, Surly the Squirrel has finally gone too far with his latest caper leading to the animal community's winter food cache being destroyed. Now exiled, Surly and his rat buddy's, Buddy, collective nightmare on the streets ends when they discover a nut store to raid. Meanwhile, the squirrels, the heroic Andie and the ditsy Grayson, are charged by Raccoon to find a new food source and Andie runs into Surly. With no other options, she arranges a deal to help in Surly's heist for the colony, even while Surly fully intends to betray it. However, there is more going on with the nut store being a front for bank robbers while Raccoon has his own agenda to ensure his own power. In the mayhem to come, Surly finds himself challenged in ways he never expected and discovering the real prize to treasure in this adventure.
