Real Creatures of Dirt

Jul 15, 2011

0h 22m

★ 6.0

No man can walk out on his own story.

Overview

In this fun and educational piece, animal experts talk about the real creatures that inspired the characters of Rango and the filmmakers explain why they chose specific animals to reflect certain personality traits.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Self

Donald Schultz

Self

Gore Verbinski

Self / Rango / Lars

Johnny Depp

Self

Mark 'Crash' McCreery

Self

Brent Karner

Self

Neftali Camacho

Self / Rattlesnake Jake

Bill Nighy

Self

Eugene Yelchin

Self

James Ward Byrkit

Self

Gary Wilson

Self

A. Kristopher Lappin

Self / Beans

Isla Fisher

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