FILM

Discovery Green and IKEA present Screen on the Green.  Join us for outdoor film screenings at  the Anheuser-Busch Stage and Fondren Performance Space.  Free films presented in the shadow of Houston’s dramatic skyline. Get the best seat in the house, thanks to IKEA Houston!

IKEA presents Screen on the Green and Fantastic Mr. Fox, Saturday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m. Bring the kids early for Animal Day at Discovery Green and stay for Fantastic Mr. Fox, a charming animated film by Houstonian West Anderson. (2009, 87 min.)

Cast: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wallace Wolodarsky

Mr. and Mrs. Fox (Clooney and Streep) live an idyllic home life with their son Ash (Schwartzman) and visiting young nephew Kristopherson (Eric Anderson). But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox’s wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community.

Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers - Boggis, Bunce and Bean - who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr. Fox at any cost.