---
title: 'Over the Hedge (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karey Kirkpatrick'
released: '2006-05-19'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/over-the-hedge-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327084/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Over the Hedge (2006)

2006 · 83 min · Comedy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Family · United States

Part of: DreamWorks Animation feature films

## Synopsis

Over the Hedge is a 2006 American animated comedy film directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, and written by Len Blum, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton and Kirkpatrick. It is based on the Over the Hedge comic strip by Michael Fry and T. Lewis, and was produced by DreamWorks Animation. The voice cast stars Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Wanda Sykes, and Nick Nolte. The plot follows RJ (Willis), a raccoon who is forced to deliver food to a bear named Vincent (Nolte) after accidentally destroying his stockpile of food, whereupon he manipulates a family of woodland animals, led by a turtle named Verne (Shandling), into helping him steal food from a local housing development in order to speed up the process.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karey Kirkpatrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/karey-kirkpatrick), [Tim Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-johnson)
- **Screenplay:** [Karey Kirkpatrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/karey-kirkpatrick), [Len Blum](https://cinepixo.com/people/len-blum), [David Hoselton](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hoselton), [Lorne Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorne-cameron)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ben Folds](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-folds), [Rupert Gregson-Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-gregson-williams)
- **Producer:** [Bonnie Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/bonnie-arnold)
- **Editor:** [John K. Carr](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-k-carr)

## Cast

- [Steve Carell](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-carell)
- [Madison Davenport](https://cinepixo.com/people/madison-davenport)
- [Debra Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-wilson)
- [Ariel Winter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ariel-winter)
- [Talula Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/talula-holt)
- [Eugene Levy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-levy)
- [Garry Shandling](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-shandling)
- [Nick Nolte](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-nolte)
- [Omid Djalili](https://cinepixo.com/people/omid-djalili)
- [Catherine O'Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-o-hara)
- [Thomas Haden Church](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-haden-church)
- [Joel McCrary](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-mccrary)
- [Wanda Sykes](https://cinepixo.com/people/wanda-sykes)
- [Brian Stepanek](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-stepanek)
- [William Shatner](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-shatner)

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Official site: https://www.dreamworks.com/movies/over-the-hedge
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/over-the-hedge-2006
Film facts: Wikidata (Q245366); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.