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Hoot Movie written by: David Abbott
Hoot is a new film and is based on a novel that was written by Carl
Hiassen. This movie was directed by Wil Shriner. It has alot of actual
Owls. The other artist that co produced this masterpiece and actually
starred in the movie is Jimmy Buffett. Basically, if you like Buffett,
you will also love this movie. This movie is made for kids but I must
say feel that it will be a jewel to share with your kids!
I am the father of two children and I must say that there is alot
of great movies for kids. However, I HIGHLY recommend this movie. I
read the 2002 novel and it was fantastic!
The movie is all based down in Florida. It is about a bunch of school
kids who are trying to help the environment. Basically they learn.
There is a group that is trying to build an establishment and they are
doing their best to stop this because they feel it will hurt the
environment.
The movie really all starts off with a family that moves from the
state of Montana to Coconut Grove, Florida. The main characters name
is Roy Eberhardt and he is having a tough time in school with the kids
and well let's just say what we all went through when we were young,
although I got along with nerds and jocks! :-)
Well, everyday he picked on by a tough guy bully by the name of
Dana Matherson, Dana finally gets his one day when Roy decides to
fight back and hits Dana's nose. For some odd reason even the Vice
Principal seems to believe that poor old Montana Roy actually started
the fight and I know, get ready for this, apologize to him.
Meanwhile back at the ranch! LOL! There is a chain of flapjacks or as
we call it here where I live Pancake houses is going to build on this
land. They bring the bulldozers and......
If you are sensitive to Owls, here comes more writings. Remember, give
a hoot! :-)
More writings by WikiPedia:
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bulldozers have already been parked on the construction site, but work
is delayed again and again when bizarre but effective acts of
vandalism occur at night. As a groundbreaking ceremony has already
been scheduled and advertised, the company is eager to stop all that
sabotage, for example by having the site guarded by trained
Rottweilers.
Also at the same time Napoleon Bridger Leep, a boy who has run away
from his dysfunctional family and from an institution in which he was
put, is hiding in a dilapidated ice-cream truck parked on a junkyard
in Coconut Cove. However, one morning he is spotted by Roy Eberhardt
when he is running away from the school bus rather than hurrying to
join the other kids at the next bus stop. Curious, Roy starts to
investigate and, after some initial setbacks, eventually not only
makes Napoleon's acquaintance but also convinces the other boy that he
can be trusted.
It turns out that Napoleon, who prefers to be called "Mullet Fingers",
is responsible for the acts of vandalism that have been committed at
the construction site. His motives, however, are intended to be
honourable: Mullet Fingers wants to save the burrowing owls that live
on the site from being killed when the bulldozing begins. The young
people succeed in exposing the machinations of those in power—which
include illegally removing an environmental impact statement from the
official file and taking a bribe—and, eventually, in saving the birds
and their habitat. |