A person’s a person no matter how small!|Mar. 03, 2008|United States|86 Min.|G
Genre: Adventure;Animation;Comedy;Family;Fantasy
Description: Horton Hears A Who is a 2008 animated film in English, available in 720p resolution. The story unfolds in the Jungle of Nool, where Horton, an eccentric elephant and nature teacher, hears a faint cry from a speck of dust. Convinced that an entire microscopic community resides on this speck, he sets out to protect it, eventually placing it on a flower for safekeeping.
Horton discovers that the speck is home to Whoville, a city inhabited by the Whos, led by Mayor Ned McDodd. The Mayor’s family includes his wife Sally, their 96 daughters (all with names starting with the letter H), and their teenage son, JoJo. JoJo, the eldest child and presumed successor to the mayoral role, struggles with his fear of disappointing his father and remains silent.
As Horton carries the speck, Whoville experiences strange phenomena like earthquakes and erratic weather. The Town Council, led by the opportunistic Chairman, challenges the Mayor’s efforts to address these issues. Meanwhile, Dr. Mary Lou LaRue warns the Mayor that Whoville will be destroyed unless Horton finds a safer location for the speck. With the help of his loyal friend Morton the mouse, Horton decides to move the speck to the summit of Mt. Nool, the jungle’s most secure spot.
However, Sour Kangaroo, the jungle’s authoritative leader, refuses to acknowledge the existence of the Whos and repeatedly demands that Horton abandon the speck. When Horton refuses, the Kangaroo enlists the Wickersham Brothers, a mischievous group of monkeys, and a cunning vulture named Vlad Vladikoff to seize the speck by force.
After several failed attempts, Vlad successfully steals the flower and drops it into a vast field of identical pink flowers, causing chaos in Whoville. Horton painstakingly searches through millions of flowers and eventually recovers the correct one, revealing himself to the Whos. Despite this, the Kangaroo discovers Horton still has the speck and rallies the jungle community to arrest him, exploiting fears that his influence will corrupt their children.
Cast director: Jimmy Hayward
Cast actor: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Bill Farmer, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler
Original name: Horton Hears a Who!