Cars (2006)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.5/10   

Directors:

John Lasseter
Joe Ranft (co-director)

Writers:

John Lasseter (story) &
Joe Ranft (story) ...
(suite)

Release Date:

9 juin 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedie | Family | Sport

Accroche:

Ahhh... it's got that new movie smell.

Plot:

A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.

Plot Keywords:

Car | Friendship | Race Car | Route 66 | Tow Truck

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 19 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

"It's kind of nice to slow down every once in a while."

Ensemble

Owen Wilson	...	Lightning McQueen (voice)
Paul Newman	...	Doc Hudson (voice)
Bonnie Hunt	...	Sally Carrera (voice)
Larry The Cable Guy	...	Mater (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Ramone (voice)
Tony Shalhoub	...	Luigi (voice)
Guido Quaroni	...	Guido (voice)
Jenifer Lewis	...	Flo (voice)
Paul Dooley	...	Sarge (voice)
Michael Wallis	...	Sheriff (voice)
George Carlin	...	Fillmore (voice)
Katherine Helmond	...	Lizzie (voice)
John Ratzenberger	...	Mack / Hamm Truck / Abominable Snow Plow / P.T. Flea Car (voice)
Joe Ranft	...	Red / Jerry Recycled Batteries (voice)
Michael Keaton	...	Chick Hicks (voice)
Richard Petty	...	The King (voice)
Jeremy Piven	...	Harv (voice)
Bob Costas	...	Bob Cutlass (voice)
Darrell Waltrip	...	Darrell Cartrip (voice)
Richard Kind	...	Van (voice)
Edie McClurg	...	Minny (voice)
H.A. 'Humpy' Wheeler	...	Tex (voice) (as Humpy Wheeler)
Tom Magliozzi	...	Rusty Rust-eze (voice)
Ray Magliozzi	...	Dusty Rust-eze (voice)
Lynda Petty	...	Mrs. The King (voice)
Andrew Stanton	...	Fred (voice)
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	...	Junior (voice)
Michael Schumacher	...	Michael Schumacher Ferrari (voice)
Jay Leno	...	Jay Limo (voice)
Mario Andretti	...	Mario Andretti (voice)
Sarah Clark	...	Kori Turbowitz (voice)
Mike Nelson	...	Not Chuck (voice) (as Mike 'No Name' Nelson)
Jonas Rivera	...	Boost (voice)
Lou Romano	...	Snotrod (voice)
Adrian Ochoa	...	Wingo (voice)
E.J. Holowicki	...	DJ (voice)
Elissa Knight	...	Tia (voice)
Lindsey Collins	...	Mia (voice)
Larry Benton	...	Motorhome Race Fan (voice)
Douglas Keever	...	Albert Hinkey (voice) (as Douglas 'Mater' Keener)
Tom Hanks	...	Woody Car (voice)
Tim Allen	...	Buzz Lightyear Car (voice)
Billy Crystal	...	Mike Car (voice)
John Goodman	...	Sullivan Truck (voice)
Dave Foley	...	Flik Car (voice)
Jack Angel	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Bell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Susan Blu	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Andrea Boerries	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Marco Boerries	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Rodger Bumpass	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Torbin Xan Bullock	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Richard Cawood	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Scott Clark	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kathy Coates	...	Additional Voices (voice)
John Cygan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Paul Eiding	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Brian Fee	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Teresa Ganzel	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Craig Good	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Artie Kempner	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Hooman Khalili	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Konishi Sonoko	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Sonoko Konishi)
Erik Langley	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Mickie T. McGowan)
Laraine Newman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Teddy Newton	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Peterson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Steve Purcell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jan Rabson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
A.J. Riebli	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as A.J. Riebli III)
Dan Scanlon	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Stephen Schaffer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ken Schretzmann	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Scott	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Staudt	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jay Ward	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Ward	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Colette Whitaker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Sheryl Crow	...	Elvis (voice) (uncredited)
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Sven 'The Governator' (voice) (uncredited)

Réalisé par
John Lasseter
Joe Ranft		(co-director)

Scénaristes
John Lasseter		(story) &
Joe Ranft		(story) &
Jorgen Klubien		(story)
Dan Fogelman		(screenplay) &
John Lasseter		(screenplay) &
Joe Ranft		(screenplay) &
Kiel Murray		(screenplay) &
Phil Lorin		(screenplay) &
Jorgen Klubien		(screenplay)
Robert L. Baird		additional screenplay material
Brenda Chapman		story
Daniel Gerson		additional screenplay material
Bonnie Hunt		additional screenplay material
Don Lake		additional screenplay material
Steve Purcell		additional screenplay material
Dan Scanlon		additional screenplay material

Produit par
Darla K. Anderson	....	producer
Thomas Porter	....	associate producer

Musique originale
Randy Newman

Image
Jeremy Lasky

Montage
Ken Schretzmann

Distribution des rôles
Kevin Reher

Création des décors
William Cone
Bob Pauley

Directeur de production
Jonas Rivera	....	production manager
Cynthia Slavens	....	post-production supervisor

Art Department
Mark Andrews	....	additional storyboarding
James S. Baker	....	additional storyboarding
Anthony B. Christov	....	character and environment designer
Josh Cooley	....	additional storyboarding
Brian Fee	....	storyboard artist
Chip Foose	....	custom painting: consultant
Craig Foster	....	graphic designer
Dalton Grant	....	additional storyboarding
Stephanie Hamilton	....	art department coordinator
Jorgen Klubien	....	additional storyboarding
Tia W. Kratter	....	shading art director
Ellen Moon Lee	....	graphic designer
H.B. 'Buck' Lewis	....	visual development
Albert Lozano	....	production artist
Bud Luckey	....	additional storyboarding
Bud Luckey	....	conceptual artist
Sue Maatouk-Kalache	....	art development manager
Ted Mathot	....	additional storyboarding
Nathaniel McLaughlin	....	character and environment designer
Bobby Podesta	....	additional storyboarding
Jerome Ranft	....	sculptor
Dan Scanlon	....	storyboard artist
Gary Schultz	....	character and environment designer
Gary Schultz	....	set designer
Jay Shuster	....	character and environment designer
Patrick Siemer	....	digital storyboard
Russell J. Stough	....	art production assistant
Jay Ward	....	art department coordinator
Andrea Warren	....	art manager

Technicien du son
David Acord	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Christopher Barrick	....	foley editor
Vince Caro	....	adr recordist
Vince Caro	....	original dialogue mixer
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Coya Elliott	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Sean England	....	digital archivist
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
E.J. Holowicki	....	original dialogue mixer
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Doc Kane	....	original dialogue mixer
Shannon Mills	....	sound effects editor
Tom Myers	....	sound designer
Tom Myers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Myers	....	supervising sound editor
Al Nelson	....	assistant sound designer
Jonathan Null	....	foley editor
Juan Peralta	....	sound mix technician
Mark Rinaldi	....	dialogue recording assistant
Frank Rinella	....	foley mixer
Jurgen Scharpf	....	sound mix technician
Dee Selby	....	sound effects editor
Tony Sereno	....	sound mix technician
Michael Silvers	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Slanec	....	adr editor
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Dustin Cawood	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
David Munier	....	sets shading supervisor

Visual Effects
Frank Aalbers	....	character rigger
Frank Aalbers	....	models & sets
Paul Aichele	....	lead character technical director
Robert Anderson	....	layout artist
Eric Andraos	....	technical director
Anthony A. Apodaca	....	optimization supervisor
Carlos Baena	....	animator
Alec Bartsch	....	rendering technical director
Alec Bartsch	....	shading technical director
Fareed Behmaram-Mosavat	....	character technical director
Chris Bernardi	....	sets shading supervisor
Lloyd Bernberg	....	lighting artist
Bert Berry	....	digital painter
Tim Best	....	master lighting artist
Jeremy Birn	....	lighting artist
Neil Blevins	....	digital artist
Brian Boyd	....	modeler
Gary Bruins	....	effects artist
Jeff Budsberg	....	technical director
Stephan Vladimir Bugaj	....	technical director
Christopher M. Burrows	....	technical director
Andrew Butts	....	shading artist
Gordon D.B. Cameron	....	production software engineer
Marc Cooper	....	technical director
Keith Cormier	....	lighting artist
Kate Cronin	....	render wrangler
Susan Fisher	....	rendering software engineer
Ziah Sarah Fogel	....	crowd supervisor
Julian Fong	....	renderman team
Lisa Forssell	....	matte supervisor
Carl N. Frederick	....	renderspeed guru
Jamie Frye	....	digital painter
Michael Fu	....	rendering & optimization artist
Patrick Guenette	....	shading artist
Andrew R. Harris	....	lighting technical director (as Andrew Harris)
Yvonne Herbst	....	digital painter
Seth Holladay	....	technical director
Joshua Hollander	....	visual effects producer
Lucas Ives	....	modeling software engineer
Andrew Jimenez	....	digital artist
Jason Johnston	....	effects animator
Sungyeon Joh	....	lighting artist
Ben Jordan	....	additional set artist
Ben Jordan	....	rendering & optimization artist
Thomas Jordan	....	character shading supervisor
Brad Kane	....	effects coordinator
Paul Kanyuk	....	technical director
Sandra Ford Karpman	....	effects artist (as Sandra Karpman)
Michael Kilgore	....	character shading artist
Glenn Kim	....	digital painter
Jae Hong Kim	....	technical director
Lisa Kim	....	lighting
Lisa Kim	....	modeler
Keith Daniel Klohn	....	effect artist
Mach Tony Kobayashi	....	effect artist
Mitch Kopelman	....	lighting technical director
Piotrek Krawczyk	....	technical director
Todd Krish	....	Additional Crowds Artist
Josée Lajoie	....	technical director intern
Ken Lao	....	master lighting artist
Alison Leaf	....	set dresser
John Lee	....	matte painter
Mark Leone	....	rendering software engineer
Holly Lloyd	....	visual effects
David MacCarthy	....	effect artist
David MacCarthy	....	technical director
Steve May	....	effects supervisor
Jessica Giampietro McMackin	....	rendering supervisor
Jessica Giampietro McMackin	....	visual effects supervisor
Jonathan Michaels	....	technical director intern
Tim Milliron	....	character supervisor
Kamal Mistry	....	effects artist
Kamal Mistry	....	shading artist
Amy Moran	....	lighting technical director
David Munier	....	sets shading supervisor
Shawn Neely	....	production engineering
Ernesto Nemesio	....	matte painter
Michael O'Brien	....	effects artist (as Michael K. O'Brien)
Eben Ostby	....	supervising technical director
Matthew Parrott	....	technical director intern
Jack Paulus	....	effects artist
Jack Paulus	....	technical director
Phat Phuong	....	digital artist
Japeth Pieper	....	digital painter
Maxwell Planck	....	illumination engineer
Evan Pontoriero	....	layout artist
Evan Pontoriero	....	modeler
Phillip Prahl	....	technical director
Steven Quinones-Colon	....	lighting technical director
Jon Reisch	....	effects artist
Afonso Salcedo	....	technical director
Christopher Sanchez	....	digital effects artist
Tom Sanocki	....	characters lead
Ferdi Scheepers	....	effects artist
Gary Schultz	....	modeler
Suzanne Slatcher	....	technical director
Taylor Smith	....	render technical director
David Sotnick	....	senior systems administrator
Michael Sparber	....	lighting artist
Keith Stichweh	....	technical director
Erdem Taylan	....	effects artist
Erdem Taylan	....	effects visual development
Erdem Taylan	....	visual development
Erick Tryzelaar	....	render wrangler
Esdras Varagnolo	....	lighting technical director
Jeremy Vickery	....	digital artist
Kiril Vidimce	....	software engineer
Sophie Vincelette	....	sets supervisor
Bob Whitehill	....	layout artist
Andy Whittock	....	shading artist
Brad Winemiller	....	effects artist
Raymond Wong	....	modeler
Raymond Wong	....	technical director
Sylvia Wong	....	layout artist
Wayne Wooten	....	rendering software engineer
Athena Xenakis	....	shading technical director
Bill Zahn	....	digital painter
Maggie Oh	....	technical director intern (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Frey	....	vision engineer
Craig Good	....	senior camera operator
Jenni Tsoi	....	lighting/effects manager

Animation Department
Cortney Armitage	....	layout artist
James S. Baker	....	additional storyboard artist
Bobby Beck	....	animator
Suny Behar	....	layout artist
Rodrigo Blaas	....	animator
Adam Burke	....	animator
Scott Clark	....	supervising animator
Brett Coderre	....	animator
Don Crum	....	animator
Chris DiGiovanni	....	animation manager
Arik Ehle	....	additional animator
Ziah Sarah Fogel	....	character technical director
Tom Gately	....	animator
Andrew Gordon	....	animator
Travis Hathaway	....	animator
Kearsley Higgins	....	animation technical coordinator
Ewan Johnson	....	additional layout artist
Sungyeon Joh	....	layout artist
Karen Kiser	....	animator
Shawn Krause	....	animator
Jaime Landes	....	animator
Bud Luckey	....	character designer
Angus MacLane	....	additional animator
Matt Majers	....	animator
Michal Makarewicz	....	animator
Steve Mason	....	animator
Ted Mathot	....	additional storyboarding
Paul Mendoza	....	crowd animation lead
Sarah Mercey-Boose	....	animator
Dave Mullins	....	animator
James Ford Murphy	....	directing animator
Victor Navone	....	animator
Matt Nolte	....	animator
Gregg Olsson	....	layout artist
Sukwon Park	....	layout artist
Bobby Podesta	....	directing animator
Kathleen Relyea	....	animation department coordinator
Mark Sanford	....	layout artist
Gabriel Schlumberger	....	layout artist
Brett Schulz	....	animator
Bob Scott	....	animator
David Skelly	....	story artist
David Earl Smith	....	animator
Michael Stocker	....	animator
Doug Sweetland	....	supervising animator
Anthony Ho Wong	....	animator
Michael Wu	....	animator
Ron Zorman	....	animator

Editorial Department
Gregory Amundson	....	second assistant editor
Torbin Xan Bullock	....	second editor
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
John Hazelton	....	projection
Glenn Kasprzycki	....	editorial services
Zack Keller	....	editorial intern
Patrick Day Kennedy	....	second assistant editor
Bill Kinder	....	director of editorial and post-production
David Lortsher	....	colorist
Noah Newman	....	post-production coordinator
Kevin Nolting	....	second editor
Brice Parker	....	editorial coordinator
Amera Rizk	....	editorial production assistant
Stephen Schaffer	....	editor: race sequences
Nicholas C. Smith	....	additional editor
David Suther	....	second assistant editor
Lee Unkrich	....	additional editor
Stan Webb	....	additional editor
Anna Wolitzky	....	first assistant editor
Margaret Lily Andres	....	second assistant editor (uncredited)
Katelin C. Holloway	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)
Freesia Pearson	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Bryan Clements	....	scoring crew
Bruno Coon	....	music editor
Sandy DeCrescent	....	score contractor
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Greg Hayes	....	score recordist
Brenda Heins	....	assistant music editor
Greg Loskorn	....	scoring technician
Tom MacDougall	....	music supervisor
Aaron Martin	....	music score programmer
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Chris Montan	....	executive music producer
Joey Newman	....	additional orchestrator
Randy Newman	....	conductor
Lydia Paweski	....	music production coordinator
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Jonathan Sacks	....	orchestrator
David Slusser	....	music editor: temp
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Patrick Spain	....	score assistant engineer
Siobhan Sullivan	....	music production assistant
Frank Wolf	....	score recordist
Frank Wolf	....	scoring mixer
Joe Zimmerman	....	music librarian

Divers
Renee Adams	....	project manager
Kirsten Ames Staubli	....	additional production support
Benjamin Andersen	....	technical director
John R. Anderson	....	researcher
Josh Anon	....	render optimization engineer
Dana Basinger	....	projection
Dana Batali	....	development lead: Renderman
Gabriel Benveniste	....	systems administrator
Bryan Bird	....	supervising animal trainer
Malcolm Blanchard	....	software engineer
Rod G. Bogart	....	image mastering technical lead
Colin Bohrer	....	development
Kelly Bonbright	....	consumer products
Benjamin Butcher	....	consumer products
Tom Carlisle	....	facilities
Loren Carpenter	....	development team: Renderman
Marco Castellanos	....	facilities
Marlon Castro	....	security
John Charles	....	software manager: Sony DAC
Paul Chideya	....	security
Per Christensen	....	development team: Renderman
Christopher Colby	....	software developer
Wendy Collins	....	facilities
Kenny Condit	....	facilities
Rob Cook	....	researcher
Lars R. Damerow	....	systems administrator
Gareth Davis	....	software team lead
Tony DeRose	....	researcher
Ross Dickinson	....	systems administrator
Brendan Donohoe	....	software engineering
Tom Duff	....	development team: Renderman
Karen Dunn	....	project manager
Ray Felipe	....	script researcher
Francisco Figueroa	....	craft service
Erik Forman	....	information systems manager
Craig Foster	....	title designer: end titles
Joe Garcia	....	facilities
Grant Gatzke	....	media systems engineer
Paul Gillis	....	facilities
Pascal Grapard	....	assistant to vice president of production
Eric Gregory	....	software developer
Susan Boylan Griffin	....	technical documentation
Michael Hitson	....	security
Jerremy Holland	....	software lead
Ling Hsu	....	systems administrator
Jason 'Jayfish' Hull	....	systems administrator
Jose Ignacio	....	systems administrator
Pino Insegno	....	voice dubbing: Michael Keaton
Kristine Javier	....	security
Keith Johnson	....	facilities
Brad Kane	....	effects coordinator
Morgan Karadi	....	consumer products
Michael Kass	....	researcher
Keith Kops	....	security
Mike Lane	....	client services
Erik Langley	....	production assistant
Chris Lasell	....	systems administrator
David M. Laur	....	development team: Renderman
Eric Lebel	....	graphics software development
Ellen Moon Lee	....	title designer: end titles
Mark Leone	....	development team: Renderman
Susan E. Levin	....	script supervisor
Kristen Light	....	craft service
Matthew Lindahl	....	systems administrator
Emery Low	....	consumer products
Candelaria Lozano	....	craft service
Mickie McGowan	....	adr loop group coordinator
Cherise Miller	....	facilities
Josh Minor	....	software engineer
BoB 'Naked BoB' Morgan	....	systems administrator
Terry Lee Moseley	....	systems administrator
Jerry Nadeau	....	special racing consultant
Marie Nilsson	....	craft service
Adrian Ochoa	....	sets department coordinator
Adrian Ochoa	....	story department coordinator
Luigi Passalacour	....	craft service
Craig Payne	....	facilities
Katrin Petersen	....	development team: Renderman
Kerry Phelan	....	consumer products
Martin Reddy	....	software lead
Laura Leganza Reynolds	....	manager: layout, rendering and optimization
Eric Rosales	....	rendering coordinator
Chris Schoeneman	....	software engineer
Peter T. Schreiber	....	facilities
Brenden Schubert	....	development team: Renderman
Bob Scott	....	additional voices
Guillermo Segovia	....	craft service
Kay Seirup	....	project manager
Jonathan Ward Shade	....	development team: Renderman
Sajan Skaria	....	technical director
Noah Skinner	....	security
Michele Spane	....	consumer products (as Michele Spane-Rivera)
Keith Stichweh	....	technical director
Joni Superticioso	....	security officer
Elle Yoko Suzuki	....	unix systems administrator
Andy Thomas	....	systems administrator
Osvaldo Tomatis	....	craft service
Jason Topolski	....	production supporter (as Jason 'JTOP' Topolski)
Erick Tryzelaar	....	rendering systems administrator
Dirk Van Gelder	....	graphics software development
Olga Velaszquez	....	craft service
Valerie Villas	....	story production assistant
Christopher C. Walker	....	technical lead
Mike Wallace	....	systems administrator
Darrell Waltrip	....	special racing consultant
Peter Ward	....	systems administrator
Jay Weiland	....	systems administrator
Brad West	....	development team: Renderman
Ian Westcott	....	systems administrator
Andy Witkin	....	researcher
John V. Graziano	....	technical director (uncredited)

Thanks
Mario Andretti	....	special thanks
Jay Faye	....	special thanks
Antonio Ghini	....	special thanks
Ryan Pemberton	....	special thanks
John Zudell	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures
• Pixar Animation Studios

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (Australia) (2006) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Disney Channel (2008) (Japan) (TV)
• Falcon (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Kaskad (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  script research
• Buena Vista Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• Signet Sound Studio  score recording
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sony Pictures Studios  score recording
• Technicolor  prints
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack

Autre(s) titre(s):

Route 66 (USA) (working title)
The Cars (USA) (working title)
The Yellow Car (USA) (working title)
Cars - Quatre roues (France) [fr]
Les bagnoles (Canada: French title) [fr]

Durée:

117 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Italien | Japonais | Yiddish

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Malaysia:U | UK:PG | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Australia:G | USA:G (certificate #42361) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Portugal:M/6 | Argentina:Atp | Norway:A | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:Btl | Hong Kong:I | Germany:o.Al. | Philippines:G | Brazil:Livre | India:U | Finland:K-3 | South Africa:PG | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Iceland:L | South Korea:Tous | Peru:PT | Malta:U

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Anecdotes:

To build the cars, the animators used computer platforms very similar to the ones that real car manufacturers use.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the second race, when Chick makes Lightning lose control, McQueen passes him in reverse. So McQueen's race position is now second. But a few moments later, we see the board at lap 190 and we see number 43 in the lead and the top part of number 86 (Chick's number) as position two. However, the position board is not updated until cars pass the start/finish line.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Lightning McQueen: Okay, here we go. Focus. Speed. I am speed. One winner, forty-two losers. I eat losers for breakfast. Breakfast? Maybe I should have had breakfast? Brekkie could be good for me. No, no, no, focus. Speed. Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am Lightning.

Movie Connections:

References The Incredibles (2004)

Soundtrack:

Real Gone

"It's kind of nice to slow down every once in a while."

"Cars didn't ride on it to make great time; they rode on it to have a great time."

It's not hard to make a successful movie. It's simple, really. Exceed my expectations. Make me feel. Force me to care. Deliver a somewhat clichéd message, but deliver it in such a way that the meaning resounds. Teach me the same lessons that your characters learn. And above all, entertain.

Pretty easy, right? Well, at least Pixar makes it look that way because with Cars they have once again succeeded.

I'll be honest; I had my doubts about the movie. How would they be able to take a story featuring nothing but vehicles, with nary a human in sight, and keep my interest for a full two hours? Animals are one thing, but could Pixar successfully master the personification of modes of transportation?

Yes, they could, and they did.

Thanks to Director Lasseter's strong attention to detail, going so far as to insist that the vehicles bend and gesture in ways that were true to their construction, every car and truck truly becomes a unique character and personality. And along with those characters and personalities comes a story which yes, contains a well-traveled theme, but it comes with so much charm that even Grouchy McKilljoy's hard little heart can't help but be warmed.

Don't worry if you're not a racing fan; I assure you it's not a requirement to enjoy the movie. I love watching muscle cars race the quarter mile (ask me about my '69 Camaro), but NASCAR doesn't do it for me. That's another aspect about the film that gave me pause. I once fell asleep at a NASCAR qualifying race, despite the 90-degree heat and ear-splitting decibel levels, so would Cars keep me awake and interested? Within five minutes my worries began to slowly subside as I happily settled in for the ride.

Animation should be about bringing imagination to life. Give us something that can't be done in live action. Cars does this so effectively that it almost seems a redundancy to comment on how Pixar continues to raise the CGI bar. The scenery on screen is awe-inducing to the point that it's getting harder to distinguish the real from the created. The filmmakers have gone so far as to perfect reflections in the cars and to pay careful attention to weeds growing out of cracks in the sidewalk. I don't see any way you could not be visually stunned.

But impressive visuals are little comfort if I'm not presented with a story that I care to follow. No problems there. If you're the kind of person who loves to go "awwwww" at movies then prepare to be satisfied. What I appreciate the most is that, at the risk of causing some youngsters to become restless, time and attention has been given to character and story development. Lasseter and his team stood their ground and resisted any pressure to trim this to a runtime more suitable to those with limited attention spans, and I thank them for it.

As I said earlier, Cars hit the starting line with a disadvantage. I didn't greet it with a warm smile. I crossed my arms, furrowed my brow, and dared it to prove my preconceived notions wrong.

It proceeded to exceed my expectations. It made me feel for its characters and forced me to care about McQueen's journey, both to California and to a different viewpoint on life. Sure, the "slow down and enjoy the scenery" message may seem a little routine, but it's a message I took to heart.

Immediately following the movie I was on the Internet looking up information regarding Route 66. I'm now ready for a road trip void of interstates and efforts to beat my best time. I feel like slowing down a bit and exploring the unknown. Give me the scenic route, and give me more finely-tuned, detailed movies like Cars. That's all I ask. Two hours of entertainment that make me care, even if briefly, about something other than myself and what goal has to be accomplished next.

See? It was simple, really. At least Pixar made it look that way.