, 1h47 Directed byGore Verbinski OriginUSA GenresComedy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Western ThemesFilms about animals, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films, Reptile ActorsJohnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton Roles Señor Flan, the accordion player and narrator of the Mariachi Owls Rating72% Rango, a pet chameleon (Johnny Depp) becomes stranded in the Mojave Desert after his terrarium falls from his owners' car by accident. He meets an armadillo named Roadkill (Alfred Molina) who is seeking the mystical Spirit of the West and directs the parched chameleon to find water at a town called Dirt. While wandering the desert, he narrowly avoids being eaten by a vicious red-tailed hawk and has a surreal nightmare before meeting the desert iguana Beans (Isla Fisher), a rancher's daughter, who takes the chameleon to Dirt, an Old West town populated by desert animals.