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The Wild

The Wild

Start spreading the newspaper.

20065.51h 22m

Overview

An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.

Directed by Steve Williams
Written by Matt Lopez, Lloyd Taylor, David Collard
Produced by Beau Flynn, Clint Goldman
Box OfficeBudget: $80.0MRevenue: $102.3M

Top Cast

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland

Samson (voice)

Jim Belushi

Jim Belushi

Benny (voice)

Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard

Nigel (voice)

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo

Bridget (voice)

William Shatner

William Shatner

Kazar (voice)

Richard Kind

Richard Kind

Larry (voice)

Greg Cipes

Greg Cipes

Ryan (voice)

Colin Hay

Colin Hay

Fergus Flamingo (voice)

Miles Marsico

Miles Marsico

Duke (voice)

Jack De Sena

Jack De Sena

Eze (voice)

Themes & Keywords

new york cityafricalionzoo

About The Wild

The Wild is a family, animation film released in 2006 exploring themes of new york city, africa, lion, zoo. Directed by Steve Williams, it stars Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Eddie Izzard. An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.

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