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Hoodwinked!
Hoodwinked! is a 2005 American animated musical comedy film directed by Cory Edwards and written by Edwards, Todd Edwards, and Tony Leech. It retells the folktale "Little Red Riding Hood" as a police procedural, using backstories to show multiple characters' points of view. The film features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, and Andy Dick.
Hoodwinked! was among the earliest computer-animated films to be completely independently funded. Working apart from a major studio allowed the filmmakers greater creative control, but also restrained them economically. Due to the film's low budget, its animation was produced in the Philippines with a stylized design inspired by stop motion films. The Weinstein Company did not sign on as the film's distributor until near the end of production, and while the company had several roles recast with higher-profile actors, it otherwise made few changes to the film. Structurally, the film was inspired by non-linear crime dramas, such as Rashomon and Pulp Fiction. It was released shortly after the first two installments in the successful Shrek series by DreamWorks Animation, which accentuated the fairy tale parody genre of which Hoodwinked! is a part. Hoodwinked!, however, intentionally deviated from the Shrek series in its style of humor and in certain plot elements. This was in part based on Cory Edwards' concerns over exposing children to the high level of cynicism often found in the genre.
The film was released in Los Angeles and Philadelphia on December 16, 2005, for a one-week engagement, before expanding nationwide on January 13, 2006. The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, grossing $110 million against an $8 million budget. A sequel, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, was released in 2011.
Red Puckett arrives at her Granny's house, where Wolf W. Wolf has disguised himself as the latter. As Wolf attacks Red, a bound Granny jumps out of a closet before a woodsman named Kirk bursts through the window. A police investigation led by Detective Nicky Flippers ensues.
The police question Red first, who explains she was delivering goodies for Granny's pastry business when she discovered a threat from the mysterious Goody Bandit, who has been stealing recipes and causing pastry businesses to shut down. Red had set out to take the Puckett recipe book to Granny's mountaintop home for safekeeping, but fell out of a cable car owned by her rabbit friend Boingo and encountered Wolf, who asked her suspicious questions. After evading him, she met a goat named Japeth, who accompanied her to Granny's house, where she found Wolf waiting to ambush her.
Wolf reveals that he is an investigative reporter who was searching for a lead on the Goody Bandit's identity and had reason to believe that Granny and Red were connected. Wolf and his hyperactive squirrel assistant and photographer Twitchy confronted Red in hope of solving the mystery. When they failed to detain Red, they made haste for Granny's house, arriving ahead of her through a shortcut known to Boingo. They found Granny already tied up in the closet before Wolf disguised himself as her using her merchandise, planning to trick Red into revealing the truth about the Goody Bandit.
Kirk explains his appearance at Granny's house was a coincidence. He is an aspiring actor trying out for the part of a woodsman for a commercial. After his schnitzel truck was robbed by the Goody Bandit, he was consoled by Boingo, then received a callback for the commercial. He spent the rest of the day getting into character by chopping trees. While chopping one near Granny's house, he was distracted by noises coming inside, causing a tree he left unfinished to collapse and push him through the window of Granny's house.
Granny reveals she is secretly an extreme sports enthusiast. Earlier that day, she competed in a ski race, with Boingo spectating, until she was attacked by the opposing team. Discovering they were hired by the Goody Bandit to eliminate her and Red, Granny parachuted home, but was entangled in her parachute cords and thrown into her closet by her ceiling fan before Wolf arrived.
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Hoodwinked!
Hoodwinked! is a 2005 American animated musical comedy film directed by Cory Edwards and written by Edwards, Todd Edwards, and Tony Leech. It retells the folktale "Little Red Riding Hood" as a police procedural, using backstories to show multiple characters' points of view. The film features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, and Andy Dick.
Hoodwinked! was among the earliest computer-animated films to be completely independently funded. Working apart from a major studio allowed the filmmakers greater creative control, but also restrained them economically. Due to the film's low budget, its animation was produced in the Philippines with a stylized design inspired by stop motion films. The Weinstein Company did not sign on as the film's distributor until near the end of production, and while the company had several roles recast with higher-profile actors, it otherwise made few changes to the film. Structurally, the film was inspired by non-linear crime dramas, such as Rashomon and Pulp Fiction. It was released shortly after the first two installments in the successful Shrek series by DreamWorks Animation, which accentuated the fairy tale parody genre of which Hoodwinked! is a part. Hoodwinked!, however, intentionally deviated from the Shrek series in its style of humor and in certain plot elements. This was in part based on Cory Edwards' concerns over exposing children to the high level of cynicism often found in the genre.
The film was released in Los Angeles and Philadelphia on December 16, 2005, for a one-week engagement, before expanding nationwide on January 13, 2006. The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, grossing $110 million against an $8 million budget. A sequel, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, was released in 2011.
Red Puckett arrives at her Granny's house, where Wolf W. Wolf has disguised himself as the latter. As Wolf attacks Red, a bound Granny jumps out of a closet before a woodsman named Kirk bursts through the window. A police investigation led by Detective Nicky Flippers ensues.
The police question Red first, who explains she was delivering goodies for Granny's pastry business when she discovered a threat from the mysterious Goody Bandit, who has been stealing recipes and causing pastry businesses to shut down. Red had set out to take the Puckett recipe book to Granny's mountaintop home for safekeeping, but fell out of a cable car owned by her rabbit friend Boingo and encountered Wolf, who asked her suspicious questions. After evading him, she met a goat named Japeth, who accompanied her to Granny's house, where she found Wolf waiting to ambush her.
Wolf reveals that he is an investigative reporter who was searching for a lead on the Goody Bandit's identity and had reason to believe that Granny and Red were connected. Wolf and his hyperactive squirrel assistant and photographer Twitchy confronted Red in hope of solving the mystery. When they failed to detain Red, they made haste for Granny's house, arriving ahead of her through a shortcut known to Boingo. They found Granny already tied up in the closet before Wolf disguised himself as her using her merchandise, planning to trick Red into revealing the truth about the Goody Bandit.
Kirk explains his appearance at Granny's house was a coincidence. He is an aspiring actor trying out for the part of a woodsman for a commercial. After his schnitzel truck was robbed by the Goody Bandit, he was consoled by Boingo, then received a callback for the commercial. He spent the rest of the day getting into character by chopping trees. While chopping one near Granny's house, he was distracted by noises coming inside, causing a tree he left unfinished to collapse and push him through the window of Granny's house.
Granny reveals she is secretly an extreme sports enthusiast. Earlier that day, she competed in a ski race, with Boingo spectating, until she was attacked by the opposing team. Discovering they were hired by the Goody Bandit to eliminate her and Red, Granny parachuted home, but was entangled in her parachute cords and thrown into her closet by her ceiling fan before Wolf arrived.