Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure
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| Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mario Piluso |
| Written by | Elana Lesser (screenplay), Cliff Ruby (screenplay), E.B. White (characters) |
| Starring | Julia Duffy, David Berón, Charles Adler, Amanda Bynes |
| Music by | Michael Tavera |
| Running time | 79 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure is a 2003 direct-to-video animated film, and a sequel to the 1973 film Charlotte's Web. It was produced by Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures (as the logo is seen on worldwide releases), Universal Cartoon Studios (as the logo is seen on international releases), and Nickelodeon; and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment in North America and Universal Studios Home Entertainment overseas.
[edit] Plot
The film opens up in springtime,hereabouts about a year after Charlotte has passed on. Charlotte's three daughters, Joy, Aranea and Nellie, are now in the stages of adolesence, with Wilbur serving as a companion and mentor.
During this time, Wilbur makes a friend in a character called Cardigan, a newborn lamb that is looked down upon by the other lambs and younger sheep of his flock because he has black wool. In a kindly gesture (similar to how Charlotte befriended Wilbur a few years ago), Wilbur takes Cardigan under his wing and shows him the farm, the ways of animal life, and dangers to look out for.
However, after only a few weeks of being friends, Wilbur and Cardigan's friendship is threatened when a farmer just down the road from the Zuckerman farm buys Cardigan to turn his wool into a coat. Determined not to let his bond with Cardigan be severed, Wilbur sets out with Joy, Aranea and Nellie (as well as Templeton the Rat) to find Cardigan and steal him back to the Zuckermans.
The name of the lamb, Cardigan, is somewhat of a pun as certain characters in the film want his wool to be turned into a coat. The punchline is implied in the fact that synonyms among the word "coat" include jacket, sweater, and cardigan.
