Academy Awards, USA 2012
| Winner Oscar | Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Gore Verbinski |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Gore Verbinski
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Paramount)
In this animated tale, Johnny Depp is a pet chameleon who ends up in the Mojave Desert. He is befriended by a slightly eccentric female iguana who takes him to her hometown of Dirt. The old western town is in the midst of a drought and water is a precious commodity controlled by the bank and the mayor. The animal residents are plagued by a hawk, which Depp accidentally slays, turning him into the town hero and new sheriff. He soon finds out the mayor is corrupt and vows to expose him, but must defeat the mayor's gunslinging snake. Depp's droll characterization anchors this intelligent spoof of the western genre, filled with movie references to everything from Don Knotts to Sergio Leone.
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