I absolutely loved director Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox.  The film is his first foray into stop-motion animation and it's like he brought the genre to him rather than attempting to adapt to the genre.  Trust me; if you're a fan of his previous work like Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, you're going to love this movie.

As most of you know, Fantastic Mr. Fox is based on the best-selling children's book by Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach) and it features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, and Owen Wilson.  But unlike some animated movies that cast famous actors to help sell tickets, everyone who provides a voice is perfect in this film.  Again, this is a great movie that you should check out as soon as you can.

So to help promote the film, I recently had the chance to speak to Jason Schwartzman and we talked about his reaction to the film, the unusual way they recorded the voices, working with Bill Murray, and I asked him if he's seen Sofia Coppola's new movie Somewhere. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

Finally, Fantastic Mr. Fox opens this Friday in very limited release and it expands next weekend to more areas.  And if you missed what  Jason Schwartzman had to say about Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, click here.

Below the interview is the official synopsis.

Jason Schwartzman

• We talk about the challenges of trying to sell this film in a trailer
• Talks about his reaction when he first saw the film
• We talk about how this is a Wes Anderson movie even though it's animated
• How they recorded on a farm and not in a recording booth
• Reveals that he always thinks he's going to get fired
• 4:44 or so. Fade in after me asking Jason about what it's like to work with Bill Murray
• 6:45 - Has he seen Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" (her new movie)

Here's the synopsis:

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.

Twentieth Century Fox presents, in association with Indian Paintbrush and Regency Enterprises, an American Empirical Picture, FANTASTIC MR. FOX.  Directed by Wes Anderson and written for the screen by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, the film is based on the book by Roald Dahl.  The film is produced by Allison Abbate, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson and Jeremy Dawson with Steven Rales and Arnon Milchan as executive producers.

The production team includes animation director Mark Gustafson, director of photography Tristan Oliver, production designer Nelson Lowry, music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat, supervising editor Andrew Weisblum, music supervisor Randall Poster and puppets fabricated by MacKinnon and Saunders.