Cars - Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman, Owen Wilson, John Lasseter
Threat advisory: Elevated - Significant risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
After taking movie-goers magically into the realm of toys, bugs, monsters, fish, and superheroes, the masterful storytellers and technical wizards at Pixar Animation Studios (The Incredibles,
Finding Nemo,
Monsters Inc) and Academy Award-winning director John Lasseter (Toy story, Toy story 2,
A bug's life) hit the road with a fast-paced comedy adventure set inside the world of cars.
Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters -including Sally - a snazzy 2002 Porsche (Bonnie Hunt), Doc Hudson - a 1951 Hudson Hornet with a mysterious past (Paul Newman) and Mater - a rusty but trusty tow truck (Larry the Cable Guy) - who help him realize that there are more important things than trophies, fame and sponsorship.
The all-star vocal cast also includes free-wheeling performances by racing legend Richard Petty and Cheech Marin. Fuelled with plenty of humour, action, heartfelt drama, and amazing new technical feats, Cars is a high-octane delight for movie-goers of all ages.
Theatrical propaganda posters
Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film animation cartoon car race NASCAR road trip comedy family children
Persons of interest
- Owen Wilson .... Lightning McQueen
- Bonnie Hunt .... Sally
- Paul Newman .... Doc Hudson
- Larry The Cable Guy .... Mater
- Richard Petty .... The King
- John Ratzenberger ....Mack
- Cheech Marin ....Ramon
- Guido Quaroni ....Guido
- Miguel Borges .... San Dimas High Football Coach
- John Lasseter .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Cars official movie site
- Cars film production notes
- Cars QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2007: Nominated: Best animated feature film, Original song
- Annie Awards 2006: Nominated: Best Animated Feature, Animated Effects (Keith Klohn, Erdem Taylan), Character Animation in a Feature Production (Carlos Baena, Bobby Podesta), Directing in an Animated Feature Production (John Lasseter), Music in an Animated Feature Production (Randy Newman), Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (William Cone), Writing in an Animated Feature Production (Dan Fogelman)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2007: Nominated: Animated Feature Film (John Lasseter)
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2006: Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film
- National Board of Review, USA 2006: Won: Best Animated Feature
- See also NASCAR 3d,
Talladega nights: The ballad of Ricky Bobby
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
Cars is fun. A little more preachy than Ice age but still a lot of fun.
Media intelligence (DVD)
- Audio:
- Dolby 2.0 Sound
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
- THX Optimiser
- Languages: English
- Picture: Widescreen 2.35:1
- Special features:
- Deleted scenes
- Featurettes:
- Animated shorts
- Mater & The Ghost Light
- One Man Band
- Bonus Material Epilogue
- Inspiration for Cars
- Subtitles: English, English captions
Security censorship classification
G
Surveillance time
116 minutes (1:56 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 8 June 2006
DVD retail: 25 October 2006
DVD retail: 13 December 2006
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