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| Directed by | Gore Verbinski |
| Screenplay by | John Logan |
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| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Craig Wood |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $135 million[1][2] |
| Box office | $245.7 million[1] |
Rango is a 2011 American animated action comedy Western film directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by John Logan. Co-produced by Verbinski with Graham King and John B. Carls, the film stars the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone and Timothy Olyphant. The film's plot centers on Rango (Depp), a pet chameleon who accidentally ends up in the town of Dirt, an outpost that is in desperate need of a new sheriff. Rango was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Verbinski's Blind Wink Productions, and King's GK Films, and distributed by Paramount Pictures, with the animation provided by Industrial Light & Magic.[3]
Rango premiered at Westwood on February 14, 2011, and was released in the United States on March 4, 2011. The film was both a major critical and commercial success, grossing $245.7 million against a budget of $135 million. At the 84th Academy Awards, the film won Best Animated Feature.
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