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Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

U 86 min  -  Animation | Adventure | Comedy  -   14 March 2008 (USA)
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Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.

Writers:

Ken Daurio (screenplay), Dr. Seuss (book), and 3 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Carrey ...
Horton (voice)
Steve Carell ...
Mayor (voice)
Carol Burnett ...
Kangaroo (voice)
Will Arnett ...
Vlad (voice)
Seth Rogen ...
Morton (voice)
Dan Fogler ...
Isla Fisher ...
Jonah Hill ...
Tommy (voice)
Amy Poehler ...
Sally O'Malley (voice)
Jaime Pressly ...
Mrs. Quilligan (voice)
Charles Osgood Charles Osgood ...
Narrator (voice)
Josh Flitter ...
Rudy (voice)
Niecy Nash ...
Miss Yelp (voice)
Jesse McCartney ...
JoJo (voice)
Shelby Adamowsky ...
Hedy / Hooly / Additional Voices (voice)
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Storyline

One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home, but this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors, who refuse to believe that anything could survive on the speck. Still, Horton stands by the motto that, "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small." Written by Griffin84  

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Plot Keywords:

Dust | Elephant | Kangaroo | Mayor | Animal  | See more »

Taglines:

The Next Big Comedy Event See more »

Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$45,012,998 (USA) (16 March 2008) (3954 Screens)

Gross:

$154,529,187 (USA) (31 August 2008)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Morton the mouse, who isn't in the original book, is actually named after the baby elephant/bird creature, Morton, from "Horton Hatches the Egg." See more »

Goofs

Plot holes: When the mayor is telling Horton about his family, he says "I have a beautiful wife, ninety-six daughters and one son." He doesn't mention his son's name. Yet later in the movie, Horton says "The mayor has one son named Jo-Jo." Unless he and the mayor have another conversation in the movie that we don't see, Horton couldn't have known Jo-Jo's name. See more »

Quotes

Horton: I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.
Morton: [sighs] An elephant's faithful one hundred percent.
Horton: That's my code, my motto.
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Connections

Referenced in Despicable Me (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"Quickie"
Written by Thomas Foyer (as Thomas Feuer)
Performed by Thomas Foyer
Courtesy of Crucial Music See more »