United States on March 4, 2. Paramount Pictures. The film earned 2. A pet chameleon Johnny Depp becomes stranded in the Mojave Desert after his terrarium falls from his owners car by accident. He meets an armadillo named Roadkill Alfred Molina who is seeking the mystical Spirit of the West. While wandering the desert, he narrowly avoids being eaten by a vicious red tailed hawk before meeting the desert iguana Beans Isla Fisher. Beans takes him to Dirt, an Old West town populated by desert animals. The chameleon presents himself to the townsfolk as a tough drifter named Rango. He quickly runs afoul of outlaw Gila monster Bad Bill Ray Winstone, but avoids a shootout when Bill is scared off by the hawks return. Rango is chased by the hawk until he accidentally knocks down an empty water tower which crushes the predator. The town mayor Ned Beatty, an elderly tortoise, appoints Rango as the new sheriff. Meanwhile, the townsfolk worry that with the hawk dead, the gunslinger Rattlesnake Jake Bill Nighy, who is afraid of hawks, will return. After discovering Dirts water reserves stored in the town bank inside a water cooler bottle to be near empty, a skeptical Beans demands Rango investigate where the water has gone. That night, Rango inadvertently assists a trio of bank robbers, led by a mole named Balthazar Harry Dean Stanton, mistaking them for prospectors. The townsfolk find their water bottle stolen the next day, so Rango organizes a posse and track the robbers to their hideout. They fight Balthazars clan over the stolen water bottle before discovering it to be empty. The robbers profess that they found it empty, but the posse brings them to town for trial. Rango confronts the mayor about his buying of the land around Dirt, but the mayor denies any wrongdoing and shows Rango that he is building a modern city with the purchased land. The mayor then summons Rattlesnake Jake, who forces Rango to admit that he lied to the townsfolk and runs him out of town. Falling unconscious, Rango wakes and meets the Spirit of the West Timothy Olyphant, whom Rango identifies as the Man with No Name. The Spirit inspires Rango, telling him, No man can walk out on his own story. With the aid of Roadkill and mystical moving yuccas, Rango learns that Dirts water supply is controlled by an emergency shut off valve in a water pipeline to Las Vegas, which the mayor has been manipulating to cause a drought so he could buy the land. Rango returns to Dirt to challenge Jake to a duel, a diversion so the yuccas can turn the pipelines valve to flood the town. The mayor, however, forces Rango to surrender by threatening Beans life, and locks them inside the glass bank vault to drown. He then tries to shoot Jake with Rangos gun, intending to kill Jake along with the rest of the Old West, but the gun is empty. Rango has taken the bullet, which he uses to crack the glass and shatter the vault, freeing himself and Beans. Impressed, Jake thanks Rango and drags the mayor into the desert. The citizens of Dirt celebrate the return of the water and recognize Rango as their hero. Johnny Depp as Rango real name unknown, a chameleon4Isla Fisher as Beans, a desert iguana5Abigail Breslin as Priscilla, a cactus mouse or aye aye67Ned Beatty as Tortoise John, a desert tortoise, who is the Mayor of Dirt8Alfred Molina as Roadkill, a nine banded armadillo8Bill Nighy as Rattlesnake Jake, a rattlesnake. Harry Dean Stanton as Balthazar, a mole9Ray Winstone as Bad Bill, a Gila monster1. Timothy Olyphant as the Spirit of the West. Stephen Root as Doc, a rabbit Mr. Merrimack1. 0Maile Flanagan as Lucky. Alanna Ubach as Boo Cletus, a raccoon Fresca Miss Daisy. Ian Abercrombie as Ambrose, a burrowing owl. Gil Birmingham as Wounded Bird, a Chihuahuan raven. James Ward Byrkit as Waffles, a horned toad Gordy Papa Joad Cousin Murt. Claudia Black as Anglique, a fox1. Blake Clark as Buford, a Sonoran desert toad and a Gas Can Saloon bartender. John Cothran, Jr. Elgin. Patrika Darbo as Delilah Maybelle. George Del. Hoyo as Seor Flan, the accordion player and narrator of the Mariachi Owls. Charles Fleischer as Elbows. Beth Grant as Bonnie. Ryan Hurst as Jedidiah, Balthazars son, Ezekiels brother. Vincent Kartheiser as Ezekiel, Balthazars son, Jedediahs brother Lasso rodent. Joe Nunez as Rock Eye, a toad who disguises himself as a rock, until he is snatched by the hawk. Christopher L. Parson as Hazel Moats, Kinski, Stump, Clinker, Lenny, Boseefus, Dirt Kid. Lew Temple as Furgus Hitch. Gore Verbinski as Sergeant Turley, a wild turkey Crevice Slim, a turkey vulture Lupe, the violin player. Kym Whitley as Melonee. Alex Manugian as Spoons, a mouse prospector. Keenan Thompson as Beans Father. ProductioneditThe film was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Gore Verbinskis production company Blind Wink, and Graham Kings GK Films. The CGIanimation was created by Industrial Light Magic ILM, marking its first full length animated feature. ILM usually does visual effects for live action films. It is also the first animated film for Verbinski. During voice recording, the actors received costumes and sets to give them the feel of the Wild West star Johnny Depp had 2. Rango and the filmmakers scheduled the supporting actors to interact with him. Verbinski said his attempt with Rango was to do a small film after the large scale Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, but that he underestimated how painstaking and time consuming animated filmmaking is. The film contains a number of references to movie Westerns and other films, including The Shakiest Gun in the West, A Fistful of Dollars, Chinatown, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Cat Ballou, Raising Arizona, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1. ILM work, including the dogfight in the Death Star trench in Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope. Verbinski has also cited El Topo as an influence on the film. In a discussion about the nature of contemporary animated features, Verbinski said in December 2. There are shackles with the budgets and the profit margins. You want to compete with what theyre doing at Pixar and Dream. Works. Theres a price tag with that just in terms of achieving that quality level. What happened to the Ralph Bakshis of the worldWere all sitting here talking about family entertainment. Does animation have to be family entertainment I think at that cost, yes. Theres the bulls eye you have to hit, but when you miss it by a little bit and you do something interesting, the bulls eye is going to move. Audiences want something new they just cant articulate what. ReleaseeditMarketingeditRangos teaser trailer was released on June 9, 2. Rango. Movie. com. It shows an open desert highway and an orange, wind up plastic fish floating slowly across the road. On June 2. 8, 2. 01. Rango. 4 A two minute film trailer was released June 2. Another trailer was released December 1. A 3. 0 second spot was made specifically to run during Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2. Home mediaeditThe film was released on Blu ray and DVD on July 1. The release had been produced as a two disc Blu ray, DVD, and Digital Copy combo pack with both the theatrical and an extended version of the film, cast and crew commentary, deleted scenes, and featurettes. Christine Cavanaugh IMDb. Personal Quote. on voicing Chucky Finster Hes easy to do, because hes like me. Duel Masters Watch Free Online here. Chuckie and I worry about things, and theres a lot to be worried about. Hes a nerdy sidekick. Yeah, hes Tommys best friend. You know, everybody feels for the kid whos scared or the kid whos kind of the put down kid. Everybody relates to that. Weve all experienced it. And it always gives him someplace to go, because you.