Fantastic Mr. Fox is now playing in select cities and opens nationwide on Thanksgiving.

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FANTASTIC MR. FOX is visionary director Wes Anderson’s first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop-motion techniques to tell the story of the best-selling children’s book by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach). The film features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, and Jarvis Cocker.

Mr. and Mrs. Fox (Clooney and Streep) live an idyllic home life with their son Ash (Schwartzman) and visiting young nephew Kristofferson (Eric Anderson). But after twelve years of quiet domesticity, 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 without 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. In the end, he uses his natural instincts to save his family and friends.

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Today, we are giving you an opportunity to win Mario Batali Thanksgiving recipe cards and a fox tail necktie in honor of the movie. To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on this post and let us know what’s your favorite food on Thanksgiving.

Your comment will automatically enter you into the contest, which ends on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 11:59pm ET.

We will select four random winners from all the entries and each will receive a fox tail tie and a recipe card set. The tie could be a fun novelty holiday gift.

To learn more about the movie, visit www.fantasticmrfoxmovie.com.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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