On November 13, for the low, low price of only $10-$18 dollars (depending on where you live), you will have the opportunity to view what we dare say will be Wes Anderson’s cinematic masterpiece, Fantastic Mr. Fox. The film, based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story, uses highly tedious stop-motion animation along with hand-made puppets and set pieces to tell its tale, as it were. And just in case the point wasn’t already driven home that Anderson wants this movie to go down as an instant classic, he’s used the likes of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman to voice the characters.
If you wonder why there aren’t more stop motion animation films and shorts, this brand new behind-the-scenes featurette should tell you why: It basically takes an insane genius (and Jason Schwarzman) to pull off.






