Strange Wilderness
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| Strange Wilderness | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Fred Wolf |
| Produced by | Adam Sandler (executive) Jack Giarraputo Allen Covert Peter Gaulke |
| Written by | Peter Gaulke Fred Wolf |
| Starring | Steve Zahn Allen Covert Justin Long Jonah Hill Robert Patrick |
| Cinematography | David Hennings |
| Editing by | Tom Costain |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures for Happy Madison Productions |
| Release date(s) | February 1, 2008 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Strange Wilderness is a 2008 comedy film produced by Adam Sandler's production company, Happy Madison Productions for Paramount Pictures, and starring Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Justin Long, Kevin Heffernan, and Jonah Hill.
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[edit] Plot
Animal enthusiast Peter Gaulke (Zahn) and his sidekick Fred Wolf (Covert) host a program about wildlife called "Strange Wilderness," which is in a steep ratings decline. Desperate to save the show, Peter hatches a Hail Mary scheme to find the one animal that could truly turn the show around and change the nature-show landscape forever - Bigfoot.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Steve Zahn - Peter Gaulke
- Allen Covert - Fred Wolf
- Justin Long - Junior
- Jonah Hill - Cooker
- Robert Patrick - Gus Hayden
- Ashley Scott - Cheryl
- Harry Hamlin - Sky Pierson
- Ernest Borgnine - Milas
- Jeff Garlin - Ed Lawson
- Kevin Heffernan - Whitaker
- John Farley - Mountain Doctor
- Peter Dante - Danny Guiterrez
- Oliver Hudson - TJ / Animal Handler
[edit] Critical reception
The film received highly negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 0% rating based on 36 reviews. [2] At Metacritic, it was given a 12% (ranking 'Extreme dislike or disgust') based on 12 reviews, tying it for 28th place for the worst-reviewed films ever, and was rated by users at 3.5/10, based on 29 votes.
[edit] Box office performance
The film was a box office bomb, earning just $3,001,719 on opening weekend and $6,575,282 in 5 weeks in theaters.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ CanMag.Com. Strange Wilderness Preview Page. Retrieved on December 5, 2007.
- ^ Strange Wilderness at RottenTomatoes.com (English). RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
[edit] External links
- Strange Wilderness at the Internet Movie Database
- Strange Wilderness at Rotten Tomatoes
- Strange Wilderness at Metacritic
- Strange Wilderness at Box Office Mojo
- Strange Wilderness at Allmovie
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