Editing Kangaroo Jack (section)

== Production ==
Initially ''Kangaroo Jack'' was titled ''Down and Under'' and was shot as a mob comedy in the style of ''[[Midnight Run]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=DVDTalk |url=https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/267057-article-original-cut-kangaroo-jack-wasnt-meant-kids-movie.html |website=dvdtalk.com}}</ref> The film was initially set up at the [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Disney]] label [[Hollywood Pictures]], but Disney placed it into turnaround and instead the film was set up at [[Castle Rock Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallace |first=Amy |date=1998-05-10 |title=On an Emotional Ride |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-10-ca-48204-story.html |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The film began shooting in Australia in August 2001, lasting about six months in total, and originally included profanity, sex, and violence, intended to be released with an [[R rating (Motion Picture Association of America)|R-rating]].<ref name=":0" /> According to actor [[Jerry O'Connell]], he filmed a [[Full-frontal nudity|full-frontal nude]] scene for the film.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pf7X_Ha6pQ |title=Release The R Rated Kangaroo Jack! w/ Jerry O'Connell - The Kinda Funny Podcast (Ep. 128) |date=2021-04-08 |last=Kinda Funny Highlights |access-date=2025-02-09 |via=YouTube}}</ref> However, the film's producers were dissatisfied by the first rough cut.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jerry-oconnell-looks-back-on-his-worst-movie-kangaroo-jack/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321194310/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4xe83m/jerry-oconnell-looks-back-on-his-worst-movie-kangaroo-jack |title=Jerry O'Connell Looks Back on His Worst Movie, ''Kangaroo Jack'' |last=Caffier |first=Justin |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |date=April 3, 2017 |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |access-date=February 21, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> 

Inspired by positive response to the kangaroo scene in early test screenings, as well as the marketing campaign behind the recently released ''[[Snow Dogs]]'', the production shifted the marketing focus away from that of a dark mafia comedy to that of a family-friendly animal picture. Extensive new footage that replaced the [[animatronic]] kangaroo with a new [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] one that rapped (voiced by an uncredited [[Adam Garcia]]) was shot, and the film was edited down to a PG-rated family animal comedy.<ref name="Hopped">{{cite web|last1=Patrick|first1=Goldstein|title=How ''Jack'' hopped away with a PG rating|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-28-et-gold28-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=January 28, 2003|access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> Among the changes, repeated utterances of "chickenshit" were [[Dubbing|redubbed]] with "chicken blood".