The Lorax (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Lorax) is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film directed by Chris Renaud, produced by Illumination Entertainment, based on Dr. Seuss' children's book of the same name following the 1972 animated television special, and starring the voices of Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle, Jenny Slate, and Betty White. It builds on the book by expanding the story of the Lorax and Ted, the previously unnamed boy who visits the Once-ler.
The film was released by Universal Pictures on March 2, 2012, which would have been Seuss's 108th birthday. It received mixed reviews from critics who praised its animation, musical score, and voice acting but criticized its characters. It also received backlash for its marketing, noting its contradictions to the book's message. The film grossed $348.8 million worldwide on a $70 million budget.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
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The Lorax
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Danny DeVito | |
  
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The Once-ler
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Ed Helms | |
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Ted Wiggins
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Zac Efron | |
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Audrey
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Taylor Swift | |
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Aloysius O'Hare
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Rob Riggle | |
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Grammy Norma
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Betty White | |
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Mrs. Wiggins
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Jenny Slate | |
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The Once-ler's Mom
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Nasim Pedrad | |
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Aunt Grizelda
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Elmarie Wendel | |
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Brett
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Danny Cooksey | |
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Chett
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Uncle Ubb
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Stephen Tobolowsky | |
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O'Hare's Marketing Guy #1
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Joel Swetow | |
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O'Hare's Marketing Guy #2
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Michael Beattie | |
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Commercial Guy #1
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Dave B. Mitchell | |
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Commercial Guy #2
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Dempsey Pappion | |
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Cy
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Fletcher Sheridan | |
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Dan
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Dan Navarro | |
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Rose
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Edie Lehmann Boddicker | |
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Marie
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Claira Titman | |
Music[]
| Song | Singer(s) | ||
Thneedville
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Cast | ||
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This is The Place
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Ed Helms | ||
Everybody Needs A Thneed
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Entire Cast | ||
| Ed Helms | |||
Let It Grow
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Entire Cast | ||
Celebrate the World
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Ester Dean |
International versions[]
| Language | Title | |
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Amharic | ዘ ሎራክስ |
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Azerbaijani (ARB Günəş) |
Loraks |
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Azerbaijani (TVSeans.az) |
Loraks |
 
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Bulgarian | Лоракс |
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Estonian | Looraks |
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Georgian (GDS TV, first voice-over) |
ლორაქსი |
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Georgian (second voice-over) |
ლორაქსი |
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Latvian | Lorakss |
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Lithuanian | Loraksas |
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Mongolian | The Lorax[10] |
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Russian | Лоракс |
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Uzbek | Loraks |
 
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Vietnamese | Thần Lorax |
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Serbian | Loraks |
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Korean (North Korea) | 로렉스[11] |
Trivia[]
- Danny DeVito, in addition to having voiced the Lorax in the original English version, dubbed the character in 4 different languages, covering a total of another 5 dubs with his voice: Italian, German, Russian, European Spanish and Latin American Spanish. This was as a result of the actor offering to dub his character in other languages, after hearing that normally other actors would do it in their respective countries as well as enjoying voicing the character so much.
- He only knows how to speak English and some Italian, so he had special consultants and trainers from each country to do the dubbing into the different languages that he did not speak, trying to neutralize the accent as much as possible and phonetically imitate the pronunciations of each language.
- Because he wasn't used to dubbing, he was constantly moving in front of the microphone, which is why the studio engineer had to improvise and create a 180-degree fan of microphones to pick up the sound where the actor moved.
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160708044333/http://www.abcsuriname.com/tv/programma-overzicht/donderdag-7-juli
- ↑ https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=535136401945362&set=a.506842461441423
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180805051114/http://dtv8.net/tv-listings/sunday
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200505153421/https://www.family.ca/movies/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200705215335/https://www.chrgd.ca/movies/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160805084150/http://www.skynetdth.com/index.php/sport-schedule/tv-schedule
- ↑ https://tv24.co.uk/channel/sky-showcase/2024-12-29
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/canalplusmmfg/photos/1802781256758039
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Cula4_TG4/status/1468868059221868547
- ↑ http://ubkin1.me/publ/animejshn/the_lorax_2012_hd_mongol_khehlehehr/4-1-0-238
- ↑ http://nkict.com/archives/tag/%EB%B6%81%ED%95%9C-%EB%8B%88%EB%AA%A8%EB%A5%BC-%EC%B0%BE%EC%95%84%EC%84%9C
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