Get Squirrely

{{short description|2015 film by Ross Venokur}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Get Squirrely!

|image = Get Squirrely poster.jpg

|caption = Theatrical Release poster

|director = Ross Venokur

|producer = Dan Krech

|writer = Lenore Venokur

|starring = Jason Jones
Will Forte
John Leguizamo
Samantha Bee
Victoria Justice
John Cleese
Jim Cummings

|music = Marcelo Quinonez

|cinematography = Kyran Kelly

|studio = Vanguard Animation

|distributor = Viva Pictures

|released = {{Film date|2016|11|04}}

|country = United States

|language = English

|gross = $1.2 million{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=UK&id=_fGETSQUIRRELYANI01|title=Get Squirrely|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 29, 2018}}

}}

Get Squirrely (also distributed as A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crack Down) is a 2016 American animated heist comedy film produced by John H. Williams (through Vanguard Animation{{cite web |work=Cartoon Brew |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/get-squirrely-trailer-gives-animation-fans-want-shit-jokes-123900.html |title='Get Squirrely' Trailer Gives Animation Fans What They Want |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |last=Amidi |date=30 November 2015 |quote=John H. Williams, the producer of four Shrek movies, shows how it's done with the trailer for his new film Get Squirrely: Produced through Williams' Vanguard Films and directed by Ross Venokur}}) and Dan Krech{{cite web |work=Screen International |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/buyers-get-squirrely-for-john-h-williams-animation/5100058.article |title=Buyers 'Get Squirrely' for John H. Williams animation |first=Andreas |last=Wiseman |date=10 February 2016 |quote=The Canadian feature was produced by John H. Williams (Shrek) of Vanguard Films and Dan Krech of Awesometown Entertainment. Ross Venokur directs.}} and directed by Ross Venokur. Released on November 4, 2016, the film was Vanguard Animation's first theatrically released feature film since 2010's Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back to avoid competition with 2014's The Nut Job. However, the film received mixed reviews.

Plot

Frankie (Jason Jones), a smooth-talking squirrel, finds out that acorns are being stolen by the evil A.C.O.R.N.S. Corporation. Now he must assemble a rag-tag team of forest animals with only three days to pull off their biggest heist yet.

Voice cast

Development

The film was first announced in 2011 under the original title The Nut House.{{Cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/news/people/arc-vanguard-team-nut-house-toon|title=Arc, Vanguard Team on Nut House Toon {{!}} Animation World Network|last=DeMott|first=Rick|date=October 26, 2011|website=awn.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325065642/https://www.awn.com/news/arc-vanguard-team-nut-house-toon|archive-date=March 25, 2014}}{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2011/05/vanguard-makes-three-picture-deal-with-authorscribe-ross-venokur-130141/|publisher=Deadline|accessdate=February 7, 2022|title=Vanguard Makes Three-Picture Deal With Author/Scribe Ross Venokur|date=May 10, 2011|author=Mike Fleming}}

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