Cars (2006)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

John Lasseter
Joe Ranft (co-director)

Writers:

John Lasseter (story) &
Joe Ranft (story) ...
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Release Date:

9 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

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

Cast

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sheryl Crow	...	Elvis (voice) (uncredited)
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Sven 'The Governator' (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
John Lasseter
Joe Ranft		(co-director)

Writing credits
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

Produced by
Darla K. Anderson	....	producer
Thomas Porter	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Randy Newman

Cinematography by
Jeremy Lasky

Film Editing by
Ken Schretzmann

Casting by
Kevin Reher

Production Design by
William Cone
Bob Pauley

Production Management
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

Sound Department
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)

Special Effects by
David Munier	....	sets shading supervisor

Visual Effects by
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

Other crew
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 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 (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Kaskad (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Disney Channel (2008) (Japan) (TV)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• 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

Also Known As:

Route 66 (USA) (working title)
The Cars (USA) (working title)
The Yellow Car (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian | Japanese | Yiddish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | UK:PG | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Australia:G | USA:G (certificate #42361) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | 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:All | Peru:PT | Malta:U

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The morning show crew from www.RadioAlice.com (a local favorite radio station) lend their voices to a number of ancillary characters in the film (like Kori Turbowitz, Not Chuck, Traffic Copter and Reporter #9).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lightning stops just before the finish line in the final tie-breaker race he is only a few inches from it. But in the immediate wide shot he is almost a foot or so from the line, and in the following close-up, he is (again) just a few inches from it.

Quotes:

[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 Doc Hollywood (1991)

Soundtrack:

Sh-Boom

Truly Moving Picture

I saw this film on May 31st, 2006 in Indianapolis. I am one of the judges for the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award. A Truly Moving Picture "…explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life." Heartland gave that award to this film.

The most famous streak in sports is probably Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak. The most famous hit streak in film entertainment is probably Pixar's feature film animation streak. With "Cars", it's seven in row for outstanding storytelling that is well executed and is (or will be) rewarded with blockbuster box office grosses. "Toy Story", "Toy Story 2", "Monsters, Inc.", "Finding Nemo", "The Incredibles", and "A Bug's Life" are the other six gems.

The story is about Lightning McQueen a rookie NASCAR-type racer. Of course, he is a car and not a human; or, he is a human in the form of the car. Take your pick. Either way, he is not an attractive persona. He is selfish, unappreciative, greedy, two-faced and has no real friends. But, he is a great driver and is tied for The Piston (read Winston) Cup annual championship with two other drivers. On the way to the runoff race in California, he accidentally gets off in a sleepy and forgotten town on Route 66 named Radiator Springs.

In this hillbilly hell of a town, he is punished for speeding and tearing up the road by the sheriff. As he serves his sentence with community work, he discovers the town is inhabited by rejects and misfits, who all have hearts of gold. Can they change Lightning and make him over to have positive traits like honesty, integrity, respect, honor, sacrifice, humility, and compassion? That's the drama that unfolds. Lightning is a hard case, and the outcome is always in doubt.

The cars/people are incredible. Shortly into the movie you forget that the people are cars or the cars are people, you suspend disbelief, and you just begin to watch an engaging story about real people. The windshields are their eyes, and the grilles are their mouths, and they display emotions as well as any human actor. The story is serious and light-hearted at the same time. The puns are too numerous to catch. And this is a must-see-twice-to-get-it-all movie.

FYI – There is a Truly Moving Pictures web site where there is a listing of past Truly Moving Picture Award winners that are now either at the theater or available on video.