Horton

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Based on the classic 1954 children's book by Dr. Seuss, this is the second book featuring Horton the Elephant and is a deeper than you would think childrens tale about conformity, individualism and other things often not handled by kids until they are in high school.

On the fifteen of May in the jungle of Nool, an elephant named Horton (Jim Carrey) hears a cry for help and discovers the sound comes from a speck of dust on a clover that idly flies by his massive ear. Determined to save whoever or whatever is contained in that dust mote. Ultimately, Horton makes an astonishing discovery - the speck is a microscopic world of people called 'Whos' and the Mayor of the community called Whoville ( Steve Carrell ) as 95 daughters and one son and their world doesn't suspect ( or accept ) that it is just a speck of dust. Horton is ostracized from his community through the efforts of Mrs. Sour Kangaroo ( Carol Burnett ) because they think the big guy has lost his mind and he is not conformingto the neighborhood standards as Kangaroo dictates them. Still, Horton stands by the motto that, "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small."

Horton's chief tormentors are Vlad Vladikoff ( WillArnettt ) a vulture, the Wickersham Brothers apes, Sour Kangaroo. Horton tells the Whos that they needed to make themselves heard to the other animals, lest they end up as part of "beezlenut stew", which they finally accomplish. The Whos finally make themselves heard by ensuring that all members of their society play their part. In the end it is the smallest Who of all, Jo-Jo, who provides the last volume lift to be heard, thus reinforcing the moral of "a person's a person no matter how small".

This is an excellent film for the whole family to enjoy.

Roe Vs. Wade uses Horton - Some Trivia:
The book (most notably Horton the Elephant's recurring phrase "a person's a person, no matter how small") has found its way to the center of the recurring debate, in the United States, over abortion. Several pro-life groups have adopted the phrase in support of their views; the American Life League has even published a pamphlet using the phrase as the title. This has brought sharp criticism from Dr. Seuss' widow, Audrey Geisel, and at least one lawsuit was filed in Canada in 2001 to stop the use of the phrase.[1] According to Philip Nel, who wrote a biography about Geisel/Seuss, Seuss himself threatened to sue a pro-life group for using the phrase.

The Players:Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Dane Cook, Amy Poehler, Jesse McCartney Isla Fisher and Will Arnett. Narrated by newsman Charles Osgood.

The Filmmakers
Directed by:Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Screenplay by:Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Jon Vitti, Mike Reiss

Released by Twentieth Century Fox