Woody Woodpecker (2017) on Netflix
Woody Woodpecker outwits Nate and Otis Grimes, two poachers who want to catch him. Lance Walters, a fired Seattle lawyer, brings his son Tommy to build a house on land he inherited.
- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb4.2/106,241 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes13%
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Plot summary
In the Pine Grove forest in Washington, Woody Woodpecker wrecks the plans of two poaching brothers, Nate and Otis Grimes, who hope to catch him and sell him. In Seattle, real estate lawyer Lance Walters loses his job when a video of him calling wildlife conservation unprofitable goes viral, and he decides to build an investment home on property his grandfather left him near the Canadian border. His ex-wife Linda, needed at her hospitalized father's side in Philadelphia, leaves their son Tommy in his care, and Lance takes the boy and his girlfriend Vanessa to the forest. There they meet park ranger Samantha Bartlett. Tommy wanders into the woods, shares peanut butter cookies with Woody, and gains the bird's friendship. Construction starts the next morning, and Woody causes chaos at the site.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Woody Woodpecker (2017)
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- Thaila Ayala was cast as Vanessa, Lance's girlfriend, to add appeal in Brazil, and in the Brazilian dubbing of the film she voiced the character herself.
- Director and co-writer Alex Zamm watched all 200 Woody Woodpecker cartoons as preparation, after working with co-writer William Robertson on The Little Rascals Save the Day. To keep costs down, Woody was the film's single surreal element: a photorealistic character in the real world.
- Brazil was the primary audience the film was made for: the Woody Woodpecker cartoon had been broadcast in the country for 38 years by 2017.
