_Rango_ is an original animated comedy adventure that takes moviegoers for a hilarious and heartfelt walk in the Wild West. The story follows the comical, transformative journey of Rango (Johnny Depp), a sheltered chameleon living as an ordinary family pet while facing a major identity crisis. When Rango accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt—a lawless outpost populated by the desert’s most wily and whimsical creatures—the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt . . . until, in a blaze of action-packed situations and encounters with outrageous characters, Rango starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.

_Rango_, directed by Gore Verbinski, won the Oscar for Best Animated Film in 2012.


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Industrial Light & Magic (US), with locations in San Francisco and Singapore, is a Lucasfilm Ltd. company serving the digital needs of the entertainment industry for visual effects. Founded in 1975 by George Lucas, ILM has created visual effects for nearly 300 feature films, and has been awarded 15 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and received 24 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards.