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2 November 2001 (USA) moreTagline:
Monsters, Inc. : We Scare Because We Care morePlot:
Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 31 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Wall-e Mania! With $23M Friday & a likely $66M weekend, ‘Wall-e’ scores 3rd-biggest Pixar opening ever!; ‘Wanted’ blows past expectations with $18.5M Friday & $48M weekend for all-time 7th-best R-rated opening! (From Fantasy Moguls. 27 June 2008, 4:56 PM, PDT)
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`Monsters, Inc.' is the best animated feature this year and one of the greatest of all time. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Goodman | ... | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (voice) | |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Mike Wazowski (voice) | |
| Mary Gibbs | ... | Boo / Mary (voice) | |
| Steve Buscemi | ... | Randall Boggs (voice) | |
| James Coburn | ... | Henry J. Waternoose (voice) | |
| Jennifer Tilly | ... | Celia (voice) | |
| Bob Peterson | ... | Roz (voice) | |
| John Ratzenberger | ... | The Abominable Snowman (voice) | |
| Frank Oz | ... | Fungus (voice) | |
| Daniel Gerson | ... | Needleman / Smitty (voice) | |
| Steve Susskind | ... | Floor Manager (voice) | |
| Bonnie Hunt | ... | Flint (voice) | |
| Jeff Pidgeon | ... | Bile (voice) | |
| Samuel Lord Black | ... | George Sanderson (voice) (as Sam Black) | |
| Jack Angel | ... | Additional Voice (voice) |
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Hidden City (USA) (working title)Monsters, Incorporated (USA) (alternative spelling)
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:TV-G (Disney Channel) | USA:TV-PG (ABC) | Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Ireland:G | Japan:U | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:G | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Taiwan:GP | UK:U | USA:G | Greece:KFun Stuff
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At Harryhausen's Sushi Restaurant, employees shout, "Get a paper bag!" whenever somebody walks through the door. In Japan, it is customary for employees of any store to shout "irasshaimase!" (pronounced ee-rah-shai-mah-seh"). The monsters shouting, "Get a paper bag!" is a phonetic reference to this fact. There's a similar Japanese reference in Toy Story 2 (1999) (see Trivia). moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the international version of the video/DVD several instances of written English text have been replaced with universal symbols (see Alternate Versions). However on several occasions they switch back to the original appearance. For instance: The "Standby/Scare" sign in the factory, the "Contamination alert" on the video wall during the first 2319 and the joke on the video wall in the final scene. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Flint: All right, Mr. Bile, is it?
Bile: Uh, my friends call me Phlem.
Flint: Uh-huh, Mr. Bile, can you tell me what you did wrong?
Bile: I fell down?
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If I Didn't Have You moreFAQ
A Note Regarding SpoilersWhat is Boo's actual name?
I heard that the restaurant where Mike and Celia had dinner is named after someone famous. Who?
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You may admire the hair detail on Sully the Yeti's arm, but you will be amazed at the warmth of characterization in `Monsters, Inc.,' surpassing even the great `Shrek' earlier this year. Goodman and Crystal are a comedic team reminiscent of the zaniest Martin and Lewis days. Crystal's Borscht-belt routines brought smiles even to this jaded and admittedly tough-on-comedy critic. I thought Eddie Murphy's donkey in `Shrek' was smart and funny; Crystal's one-eyed monster is even better with its wry and annoying wit.
Cleaning the environment of child contamination is a hilarious conceit that turns around the usual fears children have of monsters in closets. It is also a chilling parallel to the challenge of removing anthrax from today's letters. Generally, the allegorical underpinnings of animation are natural for the medium, powerful like the images of the novel `Animal Farm' for political and sociological levels of meaning. For example, the endless-door motif in this film is an ingenious metaphor for the scary and glorious possibilities the present and future hold for kids.
Even before you see this feature, Pixar offers the short feature `For the Birds' -- a brilliant takeoff on Hitchcock's memorable film besides being a great commentary on diversity. The expressions around the animated eyes, as the little birds deal with the big bird interloper, are more expressive than those of most contemporary film actors, with the exception of Brando, Pacino, Depp, and Streep.
The short trailer for `Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones' may precede the showing as it did ours for an added delight.
`Monsters, Inc.' is the best animated feature this year and one of the greatest of all time.