Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Rango

WARNING: Despite its cartoonish looks, this is not really a kids movie. There's cussing in here. Using words like Hell especially

Rango
Summary
-Rango is a pet chameleon that gets lost in the desert one day. He comes upon a small town called Dirt and meets unusual animals along the way. Such as Priscilla, the mouse. He soon discovers that this town is in dire need of water, and also a sheriff. He soon takes the case to find their missing water



Cast
-Johnny Depp: Rango/Lars
-Isla Fisher: Beans
-Abigail Breslin: Priscilla
-Ned Beatty: Mayor
-Alfred Molina: Roadkill
-Bill Nighy: Rattlesnake Jake
-Stephen Root: Doc/Merrimack/Mr. Snuggles
-Harry Dean Stanton: Balthazar
-Ray Winstone: Bad Bill
-Ian Abercrombie: Ambrose
-Blake Clark: Buford

Did You Know?
-Rattlesnake Jake was modeled after actor Lee Van Cleef
-During the part where Rango is describing the Spirit of the West, he draws images in the sky with a burning stick, he makes references to the American rock band Kiss, the Imperial Tie Starfighters from Star Wars IV and Kilroy Was Here, an album by American rock band Styx
-At the poker table in the saloon, is an owl wearing a top hat, holding in his feathers a pair of black aces and black eights. This was the hand of cards held by famous Wild West outlaw "Wild" Bill Hickock, when he was shot dead in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. Since then, it's been known as "The Dead Man's Hand"
-The bottle Rango goes in to escape from the bird is a Mexican soda-like drink called Jarrito. Later on, when he escapes from the same bird, he ducks into an outhouse made from an empty Pepto-Bismal bottle, which is for anti-diarrhea

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