Movie connections for
Open Season (2006)

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Followed by

Open Season 2 (2009)

Spin off

Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2006) (V)

References

"Wheel of Fortune" (1975)
"Jeopardy!" (1984)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
 -  Shaw names his rifle Lorraine
A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit (1989)
 -  The rabbits with sun glasses looking at the exploding jeeps was a direct copy of the mice with sunglasses when the rocket launches in a Grand Day Out
Braveheart (1995)
 -  The teaser that shows the Scottish squirrel McSquizzy above the viewer on a branch throwing acorns HAS to be taken from the Braveheart scene when Wallace and company lure the English patrol into a dead end by a cliff, and announce their presence on the cliff top to the English below by hitting the leader with a rock, along with a smile and a wave.

Featured in

"Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2006-09-30)" (2006)
 -  Clips shown for the review.

Spoofs

Braveheart (1995)
 -  the Scottish squirrel yells "Freedom!" in the middle of the battle
Deep Impact (1998)
 -  Spoofs father-daughter in Deep Impact when wave hits land (Boog and Elliot cause destructive wave at waterfall, two rabbits stand together waiting for wave)
Big Fish (2003)
 -  The underwater scene is spoofed.

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