“Stories help explain themselves; if you know how something happened, you begin to see why it happened.”
“Isn't it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years.”
“Any story worth telling relates to real life in some meaningful way. Scifi allows you to tell meaningful stories without seeming too preachy — it adds a metaphorical layer between the story and the real world. Scifi is dismissed as ungrounded fluff, but it's actually the opposite.”
“All Nature's wildness tells the same story: the shocks and outbursts of earthquakes, volcanoes, geysers, roaring, thundering waves and floods, the silent uprush of sap in plants, storms of every sort, each and all, are the orderly, beauty-making love-beats of Nature's heart.”
“No story comes from nowhere; new stories are born from old — it is the new combinations that make them new.”
“Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.”
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2013 · 1h 42m · Animation · Adventure · Family
TMDB 6.6/10 (2,982 votes)
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours.
Directed by Chris Wedge
Box office $268M worldwide
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Chris WedgeDirector
Colin Farrellas Ronin (voice)
Amanda Seyfriedas Mary Katherine (M.K.) (voice)
Christoph Waltzas Mandrake (voice)
Josh Hutchersonas Nod (voice)
Jason Sudeikisas Bomba (voice)
Aziz Ansarias Mub (voice)
Chris O'Dowdas Grub (voice)
Beyoncéas Queen Tara (voice)
Judah Friedlanderas Taxi Driver (voice)
Steven Tyleras Nim Galuu (voice)
Pitbullas Bufo (voice)
Blake Andersonas Dagda (voice)
John DiMaggioas Pinecone Jinn (voice)
Allison Billsas Dandelion Jinn (voice)Cast & crew political lean — 6 of 15 researched: 3 left · 0 center · 0 right · 3 no public record. Based only on cited public statements, endorsements, and documented donations.
