Hoodwinked!

Hoodwinked!
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cory Edwards Todd Edwards Tony Leech
Written by	Screenplay: Cory Edwards Todd Edwards Tony Leech Story: Cory Edwards Todd Edwards
Produced by	Maurice Kanbar David K. Lovegren Sue Bea Montgomery Preston Stutzman
Starring	Anne Hathaway Glenn Close Jim Belushi Patrick Warburton Anthony Anderson
Edited by	Tony Leech
Music by	John Mark Painter Kristin Wilkinson
Production company	Kingdom Feature Productions
Distributed by	The Weinstein Company
Release dates	December 16, Template:Fy January 13, Template:Fy
Running time	80 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000
Box office	$110,011,106

Hoodwinked! is a 2005 computer-animated family comedy produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment. It was released by The Weinstein Company in selected markets on December 16, 2005, before expanding nationwide in the USA on January 13, 2006. It was written and directed by Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, and Tony Leech, and stars the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Andy Dick, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Anthony Anderson, Chazz Palminteri, and Jerry Cantrell. An alternate title of the film was Hoodwinked! The True Story of Red Riding Hood.

Based on the Little Red Riding Hood folktale, structurally, it borrows from the films Rashomon and The Usual Suspects, as well as frequently intertwining various plots. The film's setting uses the same type of anachronistic and satirical mixing of modern and fantasy culture as the Shrek films. It is 80 minutes long and is rated PG in the US for mild action and thematic elements. A twenty-two minute behind the scenes video podcast is available for free in iTunes.

A sequel to the film, titled Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil is currently in the making and is expected to be released in 2010.

Plot

The movie opens in medias res, as Little Red Riding Hood (Anne Hathaway) discovers that the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) has disguised himself as Red's Granny (Glenn Close), just as the ax-wielding Woodsman (Jim Belushi) bursts through the window. The police quickly arrive, and led by detective Nicky Flippers (David Ogden Stiers), the four are questioned about the events leading up to the incident.

Flippers discovers that all four are innocent and learns the true story behind the events. Red is attempting to protect her Granny's recipe book from the "Goody Bandit", but ends up meeting the Wolf, an investigative journalist also tracking down thefts by the Goody Bandit with his hyperactive photographer squirrel, Twitchy. The Wolf, based on Irwin Fletcher from the 1985 comedy Fletch, is suspicious of Red, causing Red to panic and run away. However, when she encounters him again, she beats him up. Afterwards, she flees into the mountains where she finds help from a singing mountain goat Japeth. Meanwhile, Grannie, a successful goodie maker but leading a double-life as "Triple-G", an extreme sports athlete, has entered a skiing competition, but finds that a European ski team to be playing dirty and trying to disable Granny. Granny learns from them that the Goody Bandit hired them to take out Granny. Granny avoids them by causing an avalanche and deploying a parachute to parasail towards home. At the same time, Red and Japeth escape the Wolf on a mountain railway car, but Twitchy accidentally lights a stick of dynamite destroying the railway and causing Red's cart to leave the track. Red, as she is falling, sees her Granny, believing her to be a vision but in reality Granny still on her parachute, telling her to use her hood to safely land. The Wolf and Twitchy, however, have a more dramatic crash, but manage to make it to Granny's house before Red. Granny, as she tries to land, finds herself entangled in the parachute's drawstrings, and lands in her closet, ensnared by ropes. The Wolf quickly dons his Granny disguise before Red arrives in order to try to apprehend her. Simutaneous to these events, the Woodsman, an aspiring actor, is selling schnitzel on a stick to children, but becomes victim to a robbery by the Goody Bandit. When he receives a call that a studio is looking for him to try out for a part, he practices by chopping down trees, accidentally causing one to nearly run him over as it falls, forcing him to jump through Granny's window to get away safely, just as Red discovers the Wolf.

Flippers recognizes that the only commonality to these events was a bunny named Boingo (Andy Dick), and deduces he may be the Goody Bandit. Red, alone, follows Boingo up to a mountain hideout via an air tram, and tries to confront him about his thefts, but he, along with the ski team, captures her and rigs her on the air tram loaded with explosives. Granny, the Wolf, Twitchy, and the Woodsman shortly follow Red, discovering her predicament, and send a caffeine-loaded Twitchy down to alert Flippers and the other cops. The other three are able to save Red and capture Boingo as the cops arrive. The next day, Flippers tells Red, Granny, the Wolf, and Twitchy (the Woodsman went on to become a world-famous yodeller) that he is a member of the "Happily Ever After Agency", and enlists the four to start a private agency with him.

Cast

Main article: List of Hoodwinked characters

• Anne Hathaway as Red Puckett
• Glenn Close as Granny Puckett
• Jim Belushi as The Woodsman (Kirk Kirkendall)
• Patrick Warburton as Wolf W. Wolf
• Anthony Anderson as Det. Bill Stork
• David Ogden Stiers as Det. Nicky Flippers
• Xzibit as Chief Ted Grizzly
• Chazz Palminteri as Woolworth
• Andy Dick as Boingo
• Cory Edwards as Twitchy
• Benjy Gaither as Japeth the Goat
• Joshua J. Greene as Jimmy Lizard
• Ken Marino as Raccoon Jerry
• Tom Kenny as Tommy
• Preston Stutzman as Timmy
• Tony Leech as Glen
• Kevin Michael Richardson as P-Biggie
• Tara Strong as Zorra

Soundtrack

Main article: Hoodwinked (soundtrack)

The soundtrack by Todd Edwards and John Mark Painter was released with the film. Due to legal wrangles, the CD has not been available since the first run. This has resulted in a higher resale value than the list price.

Track listing

1. "Into the Book"
2. "Great Big World" - Anne Hathaway
3. "Critters Have Feelings" - Todd Edwards
4. "Nicky Intro"
5. "Red is Blue" - Ben Folds
6. "Be Prepared" - Benjy Gaither
7. "Go Flippers"
8. "Little Boat" - Daniel Rogers
9. "Red/Wolf Stare-Down"
10. "Runaway" - (Josh Greene)
11. "The Schnitzel Song" - Fleming K. McWilliams and Jim Belushi
12. "Tree Critter" - Todd Edwards
13. "Three G's"
14. "The Real G" - Cory Edwards
15. "Blow Your House Down" - Pupil
16. "Hoodwinked Theme (Granny Techno Mix)"
17. "Eva Deanna" - Todd Edwards
18. "Chopping for Actors"
19. "Glow" - Todd Edwards
20. "Nicky Knows"
21. "Top of the Woods" - Andy Dick
22. "Delivery Girl"
23. "Lair Rescue"
24. "Cable Car Rescue/End of the Line"
25. "Bounce" - Todd Collins
26. "Bossa for Boingo"
27. "Hoodwinked Theme (Surfer version)"

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, as of August 2007, the film has garnered a "rotten" 48%, out of 120 reviews. On Metacritic it received a score of 45/100 ("mixed or average reviews"). On its opening weekend the box office totaled up to $16,879,402. It has grossed $110,011,106 worldwide, including $51,386,611 in the United States.

External links

• Hoodwinked at IMDb
• Hoodwinked at Box Office Mojo
• Hoodwinked at Metacritic
• Hoodwinked at Rotten Tomatoes