Most of the picture, as did the book, unfolds as a flashback to ... from a single line in the original about the Once-ler’s family, “The Lorax” brings in a venal hick crowd straight out ...

Some may decry such a seemingly radical change to the look of the mysterious Once-ler. But producer Christopher Meledandri, who collaborated with Suess’ estate and widow, explains that the creative ...

These people add to the film, add to the story of the Once-ler and the Lorax, and they build up a story that WOULD BE BETTER than the film. They help to recreate the morals of the book ...

The conflict between the industrious, polluting Once-ler and the feisty Lorax, who "speaks for the ... "He wanted a book that captured the effects of pollution on ecosystems and I would say ...

Even the Lorax, whose persistent warnings went unheeded, takes off in search of someplace better. The book ends, back in the present, with the Once-ler giving the boy the last remaining Truffula ...

Even the Lorax points this out, but the Once-ler has no ladder ... one that seems as apt for today as when the book was written in 1971. Have no fear that you leave the show feeling weighed ...

Seuss' The Lorax was one of actor Ed Helms' favorite books as a child ... They offered the Once-ler, and I was totally floored,'' he says, especially since he, like many, had long been curious ...

But as a new film version is released in the US, what is the book really all about? As schoolchildren across the world can attest, The Lorax is the story of an ambitious businessman, a Once-ler ...

PHOTOS: 10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations ... His journey takes him to the Once-ler and eventually the tale of the Lorax, voiced in the animated film by Danny DeVito.

The Once-ler tells the child how a long time ago ... “We have moved so far from The Lorax.” A beloved book that can feel ‘stressful’ In recent years, some of Dr. Seuss’ work has been ...