The Lorax (2012) on Netflix
PG20121h 26mAnimationComedyFamily
In Thneedville every plant is artificial and the air is sold by O'Hare's company. Twelve-year-old Ted wants to find a real tree for Audrey, so his grandmother sends him to the Once-ler.
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Ted, twelve years old, lives in Thneedville, a walled city where nothing that grows is real and the air itself is sold by the O'Hare Corporation. Audrey wants to see a real tree, and Ted thinks finding one would win her affection. His grandmother Norma tells him about the Once-ler, a recluse who knows what became of the trees. Ted leaves town and finds the world beyond the walls barren and contaminated, then tracks down the Once-ler, who agrees to tell him the story over several visits. The Once-ler describes himself as a young inventor who found a forest of Truffula trees and chopped one down to knit a Thneed, until the Lorax, who guards the forest and its creatures, confronted him and made him promise to stop. Aloysius O'Hare, the mayor, warns Ted off the search.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Lorax (2012)
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- DeVito reprised his role in several languages beyond the original English, recording the Russian, German, Italian, Catalan/Valencian, Castilian Spanish and Latin Spanish dub editions himself and learning his lines phonetically.
- The idea for the film was initiated by Audrey Geisel, Dr. Seuss's widow, who had an established partnership with producer Chris Meledandri from Horton Hears a Who!; she approached him when he launched Illumination, saying "This is the one I want to do next".
- Despite the original Lorax being made as a critique of capitalism and pollution, Mazda used the likeness of the film's setting and characters in an advertisement for their CX-5 SUV, which was seen by some as the complete opposite of the work's original message.
- In total, Illumination Entertainment struck more than 70 different product integration deals for the film, including with IHOP, Whole Foods and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
- Universal added an environmental message to the film's website after a fourth-grade class in Brookline, Massachusetts, launched a successful petition through Change.org asking for one.
- The two young leads are named after the people behind the book: Ted Wiggins after the author, Dr. Seuss, whose name was Theodor Geisel, and Audrey after Audrey Geisel, Dr. Seuss' wife.
- The film's version of the Once-ler developed a notable fandom on Tumblr, with users creating remixes of his song "How bad can I be", fan art, fan fiction and cosplay; the fandom led to the character being labeled the first instance of a "Tumblr sexyman".
