Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) Movie Trailer, Poster, Plot, Cast

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Beasts of the Southern Wild Returns to Theaters January 18. Quvenzhane Wallis and Dwight Henry star in Oscar-nominated drama based on the stage play Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar. Watch the movie trailer and featurette for Beasts of the Southern Wild below. Faced with her father's fading health and environmental changes that release an army of prehistoric creatures called Aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy (Wallis) leaves her Delta-community home in search of her mother.

Beasts of the Southern Wild movie poster

Release Date: January 18, 2013 (re-release)
Release Date: July 13, 2012 (limited)
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Adaptation
Director: Benh Zeitlin
Screenwriter: Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Official Website: WelcomeToTheBathtub.com
Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes, Pamela Harper, Gina Montana, Jovan Hathaway
Running Time: 1 hr. 32 min.
MPAA Rating: (PG-13) for thematic material including child imperilment, some disturbing images, language and brief sensuality.
Buy New: $19.96 (Save 33%)

Synopsis

In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.