Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Director:

Stephen J. Anderson

Writers:

Jon Bernstein (screenplay) and
Michelle Bochner (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

30 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

If you think your family's different, wait 'til you meet the family of the future.

Plot:

Lewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.

Plot Keywords:

Future | Hat | Bowler Hat | Memory | Invention

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Angela Bassett	...	Mildred (voice)
Daniel Hansen	...	Lewis (voice)
Jordan Fry	...	Lewis (voice)
Matthew Josten	...	Michael "Goob" Yagoobian (voice)
John H. H. Ford	...	Mr. Harrington (voice)
Dara McGarry	...	Mrs. Harrington / Receptionist (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Mr. Willerstein (voice)
Laurie Metcalf	...	Lucille Krunklehorn (voice)
Don Hall	...	Coach / Gaston (voice)
Paul Butcher	...	Stanley (voice)
Tracey Miller-Zarneke	...	Lizzy (voice)
Wesley Singerman	...	Wilbur (voice)
Jessie Flower	...	Young Franny (voice)
Stephen J. Anderson	...	Bowler Hat Guy / Grandpa Bud / Tallulah (voice) (as Stephen John Anderson)
Ethan Sandler	...	Doris / CEO / Spike / Dmitri / Laszlo / Fritz / Petunia (voice)
Harland Williams	...	Carl (voice)
Nathan Greno	...	Lefty (voice)
Kelly Hoover	...	Aunt Billie (voice) (as Kellie M. Hoover)
Adam West	...	Uncle Art (voice)
Nicole Sullivan	...	Franny (voice)
Aurian Redson	...	Frankie (voice)
Joseph Mateo	...	T-Rex (voice) (as Joe Mateo)
Tom Selleck	...	Cornelius (voice)
Joe Whyte	...	Reporter (voice)
Cameron Covell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Cooper Cowgill	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David Cowgill	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Makenna Cowgill	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Terri Douglas	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jackie Gonneau	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mick Hazen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Shannon O'Connor	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jordan Del Spina	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Jordan Orr)
Lynwood Robinson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Grace Rolek	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Greyson Spann	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Krista Swan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Stephen J. Anderson		(as Stephen Anderson)

Writing credits
Jon Bernstein		(screenplay) and
Michelle Bochner		(screenplay) (as Michelle Spitz) and
Don Hall		(screenplay) &
Nathan Greno		(screenplay) &
Aurian Redson		(screenplay) &
Joseph Mateo		(screenplay) (as Joe Mateo) &
Stephen J. Anderson		(screenplay) (as Stephen Anderson)
William Joyce		(book "A Day with Wilbur Robinson")
Robert L. Baird		(additional story material) &
Daniel Gerson		(additional story material) &
Shirley Pierce		(additional story material)

Produced by
Bill Borden	....	co-producer
William Joyce	....	executive producer
Monica Lago-Kaytis	....	stereoscopic associate producer
John Lasseter	....	executive producer
Dorothy McKim	....	producer
Clark Spencer	....	executive producer
David J. Steinberg	....	associate producer
Makul Wigert	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Danny Elfman

Film Editing by
Nikola Filipovic		(TVC) (Serbia) (Montenegro)
Ellen Keneshea

Casting by
Jen Rudin

Art Direction by
Robh Ruppel

Production Management
Philip M. Cohen	....	production department manager
Angela Frances D'Anna	....	assistant production manager
Cory Hansen	....	stereoscopic post-production supervisor
Jenni Magee-Cook	....	production manager

Art Department
D. Wallace Colvard	....	sequence lead
Karen deJong	....	assistant art director
Billy George	....	visual development artist (as Mac George)
David Goetz	....	co-art director (as Dave Goetz)
Dennis Greco	....	visual development artist
Paul R. Kashuk Jr.	....	visual development artist (as Paul Kashuk Jr.)
Rick Maki	....	visual development artist
Kevin Nelson	....	visual development artist
Jean-Christophe Poulain	....	visual development artist (as Jean Christophe Poulain)
Jeff Ranjo	....	visual development artist
Tom Shannon	....	visual development artist
Allen Tam	....	visual development artist (as Allen C. Tam)
Suzanne Smith	....	texture painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Michael Atwell	....	digital recordist
G.W. Brown	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
David E. Fluhr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gabriel Guy	....	sound mix technician
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
David Kern	....	foley supervisor
Adam Kopald	....	sound effects editor
Donald J. Malouf	....	sound effects editor
Marc Mann	....	MIDI supervisor
Chuck Michael	....	sound effects editor
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Chris Pinkston	....	assistant sound editor (as Christopher Pinkston)
Chris Pinkston	....	original dialogue mixer (as Christopher Pinkston)
Charles W. Ritter	....	dialogue editor
James A. Sandweiss	....	sound mixer
Todd Toon	....	sound designer
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Mark A. Tracy	....	first assistant sound editor
Jeremy Underwood	....	assistant mixing engineer

Visual Effects by
Brad Achorn	....	assistant technical director
Julie Adrianson-Neary	....	digital artist
Sean Afshar	....	CGI coordinator: stereoscopic
Tony Alexander	....	lighting/shot finaler
Slavik Anishchenko	....	digital artist
Arthur Argote	....	lighting & compositing
Jeffrey Arnold	....	lighter & compositor
Jim Aupperle	....	lighting and compositing
Robert Bagley	....	digital imaging supervisor
Thomas Baker	....	stereographer
Eric M. Beaver	....	digital stereoscopic artist
Brian Begun	....	stereoscopic digital artist: Digital Domain
Bob Bennett	....	digital stereoscopic artist
Krista Benson	....	stereoscopic digital artist: Digital Domain
Cathy E. Blanco	....	lighting technical director
Brett Boggs	....	effects animator
Austin Bonang	....	digital artist
Katherine Bouglai	....	effects animator
Joe Bowers	....	assistant animator
Joe Bowers	....	modeler
Stephen D. Bowline	....	software engineer
Edward Derian Boyke	....	assistant technical director (as Edward 'Ted' Boyke)
John Bozzalla	....	manager of production services
Daniel Brimer	....	visual effects producer: stereoscopic
Philippe Brochu	....	modeler
Ted Burge	....	rendering software engineer
Jesus Canal	....	lead character technical director
Lauren Carr	....	character setup
Jeffrey Castel De Oro	....	stereoscopic compositor
Craig Caton	....	cloth technical director
Ili Chiang	....	digital artist
Ian J. Coony	....	effects animator
Christopher Cordingley	....	animator
Christine Cram	....	digital painter
Lee Croft	....	2D paint lead: Digital Domain
Sean C. Cunningham	....	CG effects supervisor: stereoscopy, Digital Domain
Peter DeMund	....	effects animator
Teunis deRaat	....	character technical director
James DeValera Mansfield	....	effects animator (as James DeV. Mansfield)
Gina Di Bari	....	lighting & compositing
Chrysta Dieterly	....	stereoscopic compositor
Nathaniel Dirksen	....	software developer
Brady Doyle	....	visual effects coordinator: stereoscopic, Digital Domain
Steven Dugaro	....	shot finaling/software technical director
Theresa Ellis	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Mark Empey	....	pre-production CG supervisor
Bill Fadness	....	visual effects supervisor
Steven Fagerquist	....	digital compositor
Brad Falk	....	technical director
Tamara Alejandra Faralla	....	assistant technical director
Joe Farrell	....	digital compositor
Daniel Fazel	....	lighting and compositing
Lisa Fisher	....	digital artist
Cory Rocco Florimonte	....	lead layout artist
Martin Foster	....	lighting and compositing artist
Jay Frankenberger	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Haskell Friedman	....	lighting & compositing
Quentin Frost	....	digital artist
Brian Gardner	....	stereoscopic layout
Steve Goldberg	....	visual effects supervisor
Sean Goldman	....	assistant technical director
Paula Goldstein	....	lighting & compositing
Juan S. Gomez	....	stereoscopic compositor
Stuart D. Gordon	....	lead fx artist
Martin Hall	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Justin Hammond	....	lighting/shot finaler
Frank Hanner	....	senior character technical director
Dan Haring	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Mike Harris	....	stereoscopic assistant technical director
Geoffrey Harvey	....	lighter: Disney Feature Animation
Darren Hendler	....	computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain
Peter Herlein	....	digital compositor
Peter Herlein	....	digital painter
Paul Hildebrandt	....	software developer: production pipeline tools
Marcus W. Hobbs	....	CG supervisor (as Marcus Hobbs)
Aaron Holly	....	character technical director
Holly Gregory Horter	....	digital compositor
Heather Hoyland	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Benny Min Huang	....	lighting & compositing
Jamison Huber	....	digital coordinator
John Huikku	....	lighting & compositing
Adnan Hussain	....	look development technical director
Roger Huynh	....	lighter & compositor
Aruna Inversin	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Will Johnson	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Heather Jones-Pryor	....	digital artist: 3D Stereoscopic
Jaimie Lee Jota	....	senior digital coordinator: Digital Domain
Byung Gun Jung	....	look development / texture painter
Michael Kaschalk	....	effects supervisor
Bill Kastak	....	character technical director
Avneet Kaur	....	look development technical director
Hans-Joerg Keim	....	lighting and compositing
Elizabeth Maxwell Keith	....	look development technical director (as Liza Keith)
Danny Keller	....	character animator
Scott Kersavage	....	digital effects artist: shot finaling technical director
Kavita Khosla	....	character technical director
Ted Kierscey	....	effects animator
Scott Kilburn	....	stereoscopic compositor: Digital Domain
Jeff Kim	....	paint artist
Darren Kiner	....	lighting/shot finaler
Adam King	....	stereoscopic compositor
Michael R. King	....	lighting/shot finaler
Andrew Kinney	....	look development
Daryl Klein	....	stereoscopic compositor: Digital Domain
Kevin Koneval	....	lighting/shot finaler
Ginka Kostova	....	lighting and compositing artist
Frances Kumashiro	....	lighting/shot finaler
James Kuroda	....	stereoscopic compositor: Digital Domain
Claire Lawrence-Slater	....	character technical director
Kamy Leach	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Nic Leach	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Ryan Leasher	....	lead lighter
Kevin Lee	....	effects animator
Sonserae Leese	....	texture map painter
Mark Lefitz	....	lighting technical director
Michael Leung	....	lighting and compositing
Michael Levine	....	cloth technical director
Hal Lewis	....	modeler
P. Alex Lim	....	stereoscopic compositor
Vicky Yu-tzu Lin	....	look development artist
Richard Liukis	....	digital lighting and compositing artist
Raymond K.L. Liu	....	digital artist (IMAX version)
Sophia Lo	....	stereoscopic digital artist: Digital Domain
Mauro Maressa	....	animator
Gregory Martin	....	model department lead
Richard Matsushita	....	stereoscopic compositor: Digital Domain
Jake Maymudes	....	Nuke artist
Dara McGarry	....	assistant technical director
Chris McLeod	....	visual effects coordinator
Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Daniel Mejia	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Daniel Mejia	....	digital painter: Digital Domain
Michael Melchiorre	....	stereoscopic compositor
Bernard Mendiburu	....	digital effects artist
Bernard Mendiburu	....	stereoscopic camera layout artist
David B. Menkes	....	lighting/shot finaler
Robert L. Miles	....	lighting and compositing sequence lead
Candice Miller	....	character technical director
Michael Miller	....	lighting/compositing
Rohini Montenegro	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Rick Moore	....	digital layout artist
Marc Morissette	....	digital compositor
Daniel Moy	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Colleen Murphy	....	visual effects coordinator
Mike Murphy	....	character animator
Howie Muzika	....	stereoscopic compositor
Jihyun Nam	....	visual effects
Patrick Neary	....	lighting/shot finaler
Jimmie Nelson	....	look development technical director
Robert Neuman	....	stereoscopic layout
Paul Newell	....	layout department software
Paul Newell	....	stereoscopic software developer
Alex Nijmeh	....	lead lighter
Mike Ocoboc	....	digital compositor
Yuko Okumura	....	lighting and compositing artist
John Edgar Park	....	character technical director
Chris Peterson	....	visual effects supervisor
David Ryan Phalen	....	stereoscopic lead: Digital Domain
Navin Pinto	....	character technical director: WDFA
Dan Platt	....	modeler
Alan Precourt	....	lighting/shot finaler
Heather Pritchett	....	look development supervisor
Francis Puthanangadi	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Nordin Rahhali	....	lead CG supervisor: Digital Domain
Raymond Ribaric	....	assistant technical director
Olun Riley	....	lead lighter
Michelle Lee Robinson	....	look development artist
Doug Roble	....	software developer
Chris Rockwell	....	production accountant
Eric S. Rosenthal	....	digital effects artist
Merrick Rustia	....	digital layout artist
Joe Sandstrom	....	assistant animator
Joe Sandstrom	....	character finaling technical director
David Marcus Santoyo	....	assistant technical director
Wally Schaab	....	sequence lead
Samy Segura	....	modeler
Ziad Seirafi	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Jason Selfe	....	digital compositor
Jay Shindell	....	digital artist
Mark Siegel	....	sequence lead
Corey D. Smith	....	CG supervisor (as Corey Smith)
Russell L. Smith	....	lead character technical director
Bill Spradlin	....	lead digital artist
James Stapp	....	senior modeler
Brock J. Stearn	....	stereoscopic compositor: Digital Domain
Carl Stork	....	executive: Digital Domain
Kee Nam Suong	....	digital effects artist
Åsa Svedberg	....	sequence lead: Digital Domain
Raqi Syed	....	assistant technical director: shot finaling
Osamu Takehiro	....	visual effects
David Tanner	....	lighter & compositor
Patrick Taylor	....	character rigger
Sunny Teich	....	assistant technical director: shot finaling
John Textor	....	executive: Digital Domain
Richard S.G. Thompson	....	look development
Peter Tipton	....	software engineer
Peter Tipton	....	visual effects
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Mana Toyoda	....	technical assistant
Linda Tremblay	....	digital compositor
Katie Tucker-Fico	....	lighting/shot finaler
Erich Turner	....	effects animator
Tara Handy Turner	....	technology manager
Peter John Vaughan	....	assistant technical director
Sondra Verlander	....	assistant technical director
Scott Vosbury	....	stereoscopic compositor: Digital Domain
Dan A. Walker	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Jun Watanabe	....	digital artist
Marlon West	....	digital effects artist
Kathy White	....	lighting artist
Joe Whyte	....	CG modeler
Stephen Wilson	....	digital compositor
Deborah Wiltman	....	digital compositor
Chris Winters	....	lighting artist: Disney Feature Animation
Tommy Wright	....	lighting artist
Larry Wu	....	look development / texture painter
Genevieve Yee	....	digital artist
Jeannie Yip	....	assistant technical director: lighting/compositing
Niki Yoblonski	....	digital artist
Paolo Joel Ziemba	....	stereoscopic compositor: Digital Domain
Erik Zimmermann	....	visual effects artist: Digital Domain
Phil Zucco	....	senior modeler
Andra Bard	....	bidding producer: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Amanda Hampton	....	pipeline engineer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Roman Robbins	....	lighting technician

Animation Department
Jon Aghassian	....	lighting artist
Tim Allen	....	animator
Jason Anastas	....	lead animator: "Gaston"
Cinzia Angelini	....	animator
Ruben A. Aquino	....	supervising animator: "Mildred" and "Mr. Willerstein"
Mark Anthony Austin	....	animator
Dale Baer	....	supervising animator: "Wilbur" (as Dale L. Baer)
Thomas Baker	....	3-D layout artist
Mike Belzer	....	animation supervisor (as Michael Belzer)
Joe Bowers	....	assistant animator
Darrin Butters	....	lead animator: "Frankie the Frog"
Darrin Butts	....	animator
Jerry Yu Ching	....	animator
Christopher Cordingley	....	animator
Bob Davies	....	supervising animator
Jay N. Davis	....	supervising animator: "Doris" and "Little Doris"
Lino DiSalvo	....	animator
Adam Dykstra	....	animator
Doug Engalla	....	animation research library
Brian Ferguson	....	supervising animator
Chadd Ferron	....	animator
Cliff Freitas	....	assistant animator
Dave Gottlieb	....	animator
Nathan Greno	....	story artist
Randy Haycock	....	supervising animator
Eric Hedman	....	assistant animator
Mark Henley	....	layout artist
Mark Henn	....	animator
Leland J. Hepler	....	animator
Jason Herschaft	....	animator
Steven Hornby	....	animator
Ken Huling	....	animator
Clay Kaytis	....	animator
Chris Keene	....	cg modeler
Danny Keller	....	animator
Anthea Kerou	....	assistant animator
Tamara Khalaf	....	animation research library
Michael Kiely	....	animator
Sang-Jin Kim	....	animator
Alex Kupershmidt	....	animator
Holger Leihe	....	animator
Duncan Marjoribanks	....	animator
Alex Mark	....	assistant animation supervisor (as Alexander Mark)
Alex Mark	....	lead animator: "Cornelius" (as Alexander Mark)
Noel McGinn	....	animator
Steven J. Meyer	....	assistant animator
Mark Mitchell	....	animator
David B. Mooy	....	senior modeler
Erik Morgansen	....	animator
Joseph C. Moshier	....	character designer (as Joe Moshier)
Rebecca Perez	....	assistant animator
Noah Peterson	....	character technical director
Mark Pudleiner	....	animator
Nik Ranieri	....	supervising animator: "Lewis"
Jeff Ranjo	....	additional story artist
Aurian Redson	....	story artist
John Ripa	....	supervising animator
Scott Robideau	....	supervising animator
Yuriko Senoo	....	animator
Mike Show	....	animator
Tony Smeed	....	animator
Mitchell Allen Snary	....	look developement artist
Eric Strand	....	lead animator: "Frankie the Frog"
Juliet Stroud	....	modeler
Chad Stubblefield	....	modeler
Zubin Wadia	....	effects animator
David Wainstain	....	layout artist
Eric Walls	....	animator
Mark Walton	....	additional story artist
Melinda Wang	....	digital character finaling artist
Chris Williams	....	additional story artist
Dougg Williams	....	animator
Rebecca Wilson Breese	....	animator
Ellen Woodbury	....	animator
John Yoon	....	character technical director
Dick Zondag	....	supervising animator: "Bowler Hat Guy"

Casting Department
Betsy Bagg	....	additional casting
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting
Phoebe Rosenberg	....	additional casting

Editorial Department
Robert Bagley	....	digital imaging supervisor (as Robert H. Bagley)
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer (as Chris De La Guardia)
Noah Gift	....	avid engineer
Brent Hall	....	post-production coordinator
Darrian M. James	....	assistant editor
Brian Millman	....	post-production assistant
Dan Molina	....	additional editor
William Shaffer	....	associate editor
Sean Someroff	....	editorial technician
Bruce Tauscher	....	digital colorist
David J. Chung	....	additional assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Bill Abbott	....	music editor: score
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Steve Bartek	....	orchestrator
Susan Boyd	....	score vocalist (as Susan Boyd Joyce)
Julian Bratolyubov	....	music preparation: score
Bryan Clements	....	scoring crew
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	score contractor
Norman Dlugatch	....	scoring technician
Danny Elfman	....	score producer
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Earl Ghaffari	....	song music editor
Mark Green	....	music editor: temp music
Jennifer Hammond	....	additional orchestrator
Linda Harmon	....	score vocalist
Karen Harper	....	score vocalist
Walter S. Harrah	....	score vocalist
Greg Hayes	....	assistant music engineer
Jill Heffley	....	executive music assistant
Deniece LaRocca	....	music coordinator: pre-production (as Deniece Hall)
Edie Lehmann	....	score vocalist
Rick Logan	....	score vocalist
Tom MacDougall	....	music supervisor
Marc Mann	....	choir conductor
Marc Mann	....	midi programmer
Donna Medine	....	score vocalist
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Chris Montan	....	executive music producer
Denise Okimoto	....	assistant music editor
Andrew Page	....	music production director
Bobbi Page	....	choral contractor
Bobbi Page	....	score vocalist
Lydia Paweski	....	music production coordinator
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Shie Rozow	....	additional music editor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Dennis S. Sands	....	score recordist (as Dennis Sands)
Edgardo Simone	....	orchestrator
David Slonaker	....	orchestrator
Sally Stevens	....	score vocalist
Siobhan Sullivan	....	music production assistant
Ron Vermillion	....	music preparation: score
Oren Waters	....	score vocalist
Booker White	....	music preparation: songs
Reggie Wilson	....	music contractor: songs
Gina Zimmitti	....	score contractor

Other crew
David A. Aguilar	....	software engineer
Anthony M. Aoude	....	assistant to associate producer
Luis Artola	....	senior software engineer
Jeremy Bernstein	....	assistant to associate producer (as Jeremy 'Yirme' Bernstein)
James Colby Bette	....	lead: digital resources
Rik Bomberger	....	systems administrator
Greg Bradner	....	senior systems administrator: Disney/Pixar
Scott L. Burris	....	systems engineer
Eliot Cail-Sirota	....	assistant technical director
Leo Chu	....	vice president of production
Kevin C. Constantine	....	systems administrator
Tom Corrigan	....	technology crew
Rudy Cortes	....	technical director
Brooke deRosa	....	production assistant
Kelley Derr	....	production department manager
Joshua P. Edwards	....	production assistant
Norbert Faerstain	....	systems engineer
David Patrick Flynn	....	systems engineer
John H.H. Ford	....	production assistant
Sarah Genevieve	....	production department manager
Shon Georgie	....	systems administrator
Evan Goldberg	....	software engineer
Casey Z. Golliher	....	technical support staff
Thomas Greer	....	systems engineer
Aaron J. Greusel	....	network engineer
Kitt Hirasaki	....	software engineer
James P. Hurrell	....	software developer
Marc Jordan	....	systems engineer
Richard N. Kanno	....	technical support engineer
Frank William Knittel	....	assistant production accountant
Tracy Larson	....	production coordinator
Susan Levesque Coffer	....	assistant to producer and director
Matthew E. Levine	....	software engineer
Chris Lozano	....	image & data services
James MacBurney	....	network engineer
Mary Meacham	....	title designer (as Mary Meacham Hogg)
Greg Neagle	....	systems engineer
Uri Okrent	....	software engineer
John Robert Perry	....	senior software engineer
Elkeer Zaldumbide Pratt	....	assistant technical director
Marlin Rowley	....	senior software engineer
Matthew F. Schnittker	....	senior software engineer
Kirk Scott	....	production assistant
Steven Seed	....	lead system administrator
Clay Speicher	....	systems engineer
Matsune Suzuki	....	pre-visualization
Tony Swarthout	....	production assistant
Leanne K. Tanizawa	....	production assistant
Jim Tannahill	....	network engineer
Scott S. Terek	....	technology crew
Kevin Waldvogel	....	human resources
Justin Walker	....	software engineer
Doug White	....	network engineer
Howard Wilczynski	....	software developer: Production Pipeline Tools
Lisamarie Worley	....	assistant production accountant
Terence Worley	....	senior software engineer
Kristin Yadamec	....	production assistant
Michael Zarembski	....	principal engineer
Robert Boas	....	i/o support (uncredited)
Karen N. Sickles	....	recruiter: Digital Domain stereoscopic (uncredited)

Thanks
Jenn Corrigan	....	special thanks
Colin King Miller	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista International (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2007) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Taramount Film (2007) (Serbia) (theatrical) (Montenegro)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digital Domain (3D animation)

Other Companies

• Atomic Monkey  maquettes
• Buena Vista Sound  sound services (as Buena Vista Sound Services)
• One Step Up  foley
• Studios  media production (Serbia) (Montenegro)
• Technicolor  prints
• Walt Disney Music Library, The  music preparation: songs
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

A Day with Wilbur Robinson (USA) (working title)
Beetle (Philippines: English title) (review title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-3 | USA:G | Australia:G | UK:U | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:I | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Malaysia:U | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:G | Sweden:7

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Trivia:

In the 3D version of the film, the final credits are all in 2D except for the names of the people who converted it to 3D.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the time machine crashes Wilbur is seen holding onto the steering wheel of the time machine, clearly detached from the time machine. At the next scene when Lewis and Wilbur are looking at the damage done to the time machine we see that the steering wheel is intact with the time machine.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Michael "Goob" Yagoobian: Then, um, I didn't choose that one because it was gonna give me pimples so I choosed, um, another scary one cause for, um, all those years that I went for halloween I wasn't scary at all... I love baseball. It's my destiny to play that game. And I don't really care about winning...
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Movie Connections:

References Airplane! (1980)

Soundtrack:

Another Believer

Disney is getting back on the right track

I'm writing reviews for a German movie website and thus got into a press screening of the new CG animated Disney movie "Meet the Robinsons" in Munich a little while ago. I'm a big animation fan myself and love many of the old Disney movies, although lately I've been more impressed with Pixar's films than anything Disney had to offer in the last few years. However, the story of this one is actually quite interesting and not as uninspired and generic as Disney's last traditionally animated feature Home on the Range or as messy as their first CG outing Chicken Little. It offers a number of nice surprises and even a good plot twist or two without causing too much of the old time-traveling headache. The humor also works quite well, although many of the jokes seem to be aimed at adults and little kids might not get all of them. (Didn't bother me, though…) Most importantly, this film does not contain a single fart joke nor any talking animals or even animal sidekicks (except for those singing frogs you might have seen in the trailers, but they're really not the same thing). I don't know how close this adaptation is to William Joyce's novel "A Day With Wilbur Robinson", as I've never read anything Joyce has written, but it all works pretty well and manages to be an exiting and entertaining family adventure movie.

One aspect of the movie that works particularly well is the design. The buildings, machines and landscapes of the future really look totally cool and have a very own look that is inspired by Joyce's illustrations and various visions of the future from the 50ies and 60ies. They're beautifully rendered, too. Furthermore, the animation is pretty awesome. The movements of the quirky characters are very fast but funny and cleverly stylized. The best example for this is the Bowler Hat Guy who moves in a unique style that makes him look like a giant Spider. This really is a welcome change from the hyper-realistic motion capturing stuff we've been seeing in a lot of movies lately. The character design isn't so bad either. However, the humans don't look quite as good as the ones in The Incredibles, the stylization of some characters makes them look a little too artificial for my taste. The voice-acting, which relies on solid voice actors and luckily doesn't involve any fancy stunt casting, leaves nothing to be desired. Danny Elfman's score is pretty fine, too. I could have done without the cheesy pop songs that were played at some parts of the film, though.

Altogether, I highly recommend seeing this warmhearted family film to any animation fan. It might not be as good as my Pixar favorites The Incredibles and Finding Nemo, but it sure is a lot better than most of the other studios' wisecracking-and-farting-animal flicks. With Pixar's John Lasseter pulling the strings at Disney's animation unit now, they finally seem to be getting back on the right track and I'm looking forward to their next projects, especially the traditionally animated The Frog Princess.

One last thing: as some of you might have heard, Disney wants to start putting original animated shorts in front of their feature films again. Meet the Robinsons kind of makes a start by showing the old Mickey, Donald & Goofy short Boat Builders in the beginning. It's a great experience to see one of those on the big screen again and the kids in the audience apparently loved it.