Bolt (2008)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

Byron Howard
Chris Williams

Writers:

Dan Fogelman (screenplay)
Chris Williams (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

A hero is unleashed 2008.

Plot:

The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.

Plot Keywords:

Superpower | Hamster | Dog | Cat | Alley Cat

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 20 nominations

Cast

John Travolta	...	Bolt (voice)
Miley Cyrus	...	Penny (voice)
Susie Essman	...	Mittens (voice)
Mark Walton	...	Rhino (voice)
Malcolm McDowell	...	Dr. Calico (voice)
James Lipton	...	The Director (voice)
Greg Germann	...	The Agent (voice)
Diedrich Bader	...	Veteran Cat (voice)
Nick Swardson	...	Blake (voice)
J.P. Manoux	...	Tom (voice)
Dan Fogelman	...	Billy (voice)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Mindy (voice)
Chloe Moretz	...	Young Penny (voice)
Randy Savage	...	Thug (voice)
Ronn Moss	...	Dr. Forrester (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Penny's Mom (voice)
Sean Donnellan	...	Penny's TV Dad (voice)
Lino DiSalvo	...	Vinnie (voice)
Todd Cummings	...	Joey (voice)
Tim Mertens	...	Bobby (voice)
Kelly Hoover	...	Ester (voice) (as Kellie Hoover)
Brian Stepanek	...	Martin (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Lloyd (voice)
Daran Norris	...	Louie (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Saul (voice)
Jenny Lewis	...	Assistant Director (voice)
Stephen J. Anderson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
June Christopher	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Christin Ciaccio Briggs	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David Cowgill	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Terri Douglas	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jackie Gonneau	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Forrest Iwaszewski	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Nathan Greno	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Holly Kane	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Daniel Kaz	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Anne Lockhart	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Dara McGarry	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Scott Menville	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jonathan Nichols	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Paul Pape	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Lynwood Robinson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Karen Ann Ryan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tara Strong	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Pepper Sweeney	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Joe Whyte	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Chris Williams	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Byron Howard
Chris Williams

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dan Fogelman		screenplay
Chris Williams		screenplay

Produced by
John Lasseter	....	executive producer
Lisa M. Poole	....	associate producer
Clark Spencer	....	producer
Makul Wigert	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Powell

Film Editing by
Tim Mertens

Casting by
Curtis A. Koller

Art Direction by
Paul A. Felix		(as Paul Felix)

Set Decoration by
Thomas Baker

Production Management
Jason Hintz-Llopis	....	production manager (as Jason Hintz)
Tom Meredith	....	production department manager
Troy Nethercott	....	assistant production manager

Art Department
Laurent Ben-Mimoun	....	visual development artist
Jim Martin	....	illustrator
Bill Perkins	....	matte painter
Gil Zimmerman	....	visual development artist

Sound Department
Frank Clary	....	foley recordist
Colette Dahanne	....	foley editor
Brian Dinkins	....	sound recordist
Sean England	....	foley mixer
Frank E. Eulner	....	supervising sound editor (as Frank Eulner)
Andre Fenley	....	assistant sound effects editor
David E. Fluhr	....	sound re-recording mixer
J.R. Grubbs	....	sound effects editor
Scott Guitteau	....	sound effects editor
Gabriel Guy	....	original dialogue mixer
Matthew Hartman	....	assistant dialogue editor (as Matt Hartman)
Bill Higley	....	original dialogue mixer
Rob Hill	....	adr artist
Doc Kane	....	original dialogue mixer
Leff Lefferts	....	assistant sound designer
Scott R. Lewis	....	sound recordist
James Likowski	....	foley editor (as Jim Likowski)
Randy Thom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound designer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Mike Weber	....	sound recordist
Marshall Winn	....	dialogue editor
Colette Dahanne	....	additional re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Ronald G. Roumas	....	machine room operator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Brad Achorn	....	assistant technical director
Douglas Addy	....	assistant technical director
Querquia Backman	....	visual effects production assistant
Brian Blasiak	....	assistant technical director: lighting/compositing
Brett Boggs	....	visual effects
Erik J. Borzi	....	senior technical director: lighting & compositing, Walt Disney Feature Animation
Edward Derian Boyke	....	assistant technical director (as Edward 'Ted' Boyke)
Philippe Brochu	....	modeler
Carlos Cabral	....	character technical director
Jesus Canal	....	character technical director
Keanan Cantrell	....	lighting assistant technical director
Lauren Carr	....	technical director
Tracy Church	....	look development artist (as Tracy Lee Church)
Glen Claybrook	....	character technical director
Ian J. Coony	....	character technical director
Ian J. Coony	....	digital effects artist
Tom Craigen Jr.	....	assistant technical director
Lisa Dackermann	....	lighting (as Lisa M. Tse)
Peter DeMund	....	visual effects animator
Chris Doehling	....	look development artist: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Kathryn Dowler	....	look development artist
Hank Driskill	....	technical supervisor
Emanuel 'Emey' Druckmann	....	character technical director
Mark Empey	....	CG supervisor
Darren P. Fisher	....	technical director: lighting & compositing
Cory Rocco Florimonte	....	layout artist
Edwin Fong	....	look development artist: Disney Feature Animation
Edwin Fong	....	texture painter: Disney Feature Animation
Andy Garcia	....	digital lighting and compositing artist
Brian Gardner	....	look development
Maribeth Glass	....	assistant lighting technical director
Maribeth Glass	....	digital artist
Sean Goldman	....	final layout artist
Frank Hanner	....	simulation lead
Reginald Harber Jr.	....	lighter & compositor trainee
Mike Harris	....	stereoscopic pipeline technical director
Geoffrey Harvey	....	senior lighting/compositing artist: Disney Animation Studios (as Geoff Harvey)
Mike Huang	....	visual effects production assistant
John Huikku	....	look and lighting artist
Alessandro Jacomini	....	sequence lead
Sean Jenkins	....	look and render supervisor (as Sean D. Jenkins)
Jongo	....	lighting artist
Byung Gun Jung	....	look development artist
Mohit Kallianpur	....	sequence lead
Bill Kastak	....	character technical director
Eryn Katz	....	modeler
Avneet Kaur	....	character/hair/cloth technical director
Hans-Joerg Keim	....	lighting and compositing
Hans-Joerg Keim	....	look development painter
Elizabeth Maxwell Keith	....	look development technical director
Scott Kersavage	....	render lead
Andrew Kinney	....	look development
Noah Klabunde	....	lighting and compositing
Dave K. Komorowski	....	facial lead (as Dave Komorowski)
Dave K. Komorowski	....	technical animation lead (as Dave Komorowski)
Ginka Kostova	....	lighting and compositing artist
Ju Hee Kwon	....	look development technical director
Nathaniel Lane	....	assistant technical director
Robert Lariz	....	assistant technical director
Claire Lawrence-Slater	....	character technical director
Brian Leach	....	sequence lead
Kevin Lee	....	visual effects animator
Sonserae Leese	....	texture map painter
Richard Lehmann	....	sequence lead (as Richard E. Lehmann)
Michael Leung	....	digital lighting and compositing artist
Hal Lewis	....	model lead
Vicky Yu-tzu Lin	....	look development painter
Richard Liukis	....	digital lighting and compositing artist
Christopher J. Logan	....	assistant technical director
Adolph Lusinsky	....	look and lighting director
Dale Mayeda	....	effects supervisor
Will McCrate	....	lighting & compositing
Dara McGarry	....	assistant technical director
Peter Megow	....	character technical director
Robert L. Miles	....	lighting and compositing sequence lead
Candice Miller	....	character technical director
Erick Miller	....	manager of technology: Disney Animation Studios
Terry Moews	....	layout supervisor
Rick Moore	....	digital layout artist
Darren Mortillaro	....	character technical director
John Murrah	....	visual effects supervisor
Dan Naulin	....	digital effects artist
Robert Neuman	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Jorge Obregon	....	lighting and compositing
Héctor M. Ortiz	....	effects animator: Walt Disney Animation Studios
John Edgar Park	....	character technical director
Cara Paul	....	lighting artist
Ernest Petti	....	lighting supervisor (as Ernest J. Petti)
Navin Pinto	....	character technical director: WDFA
Dan Platt	....	modeler
Susan Polk Little	....	cloth/hair lead (pre-production ) (as Suzi Hammon)
Alan Precourt	....	lighting artist
Dan Read	....	visual development artist
Olun Riley	....	sequence lead lighting
Ryan Roberts	....	rigging lead
Robert Rosenblum	....	visual effects animator
Merrick Rustia	....	digital layout artist
Amol Sathe	....	assistant technical director
York N. Schueller	....	character technical director
Lopsie Schwartz	....	look development artist
Samy Segura	....	modeler
Amy Shimano	....	character finaling technical director
Mark Siegel	....	lighting and compositing artist
Brian Silva	....	technical director
Mitchell Allen Snary	....	look development artist
Chris Springfield	....	sequence lead
Josh Staub	....	lighting and compositing artist
Brock J. Stearn	....	lighting and compositing artist
Raqi Syed	....	look development technical director
David Tanner	....	lighter & compositor
Sunny Teich	....	look development
Richard S.G. Thompson	....	look development
Pragya Tomar	....	lighting assistant technical director
Katie Tucker-Fico	....	lighter & compositor
Sondra Verlander	....	digital artist
Kathy White	....	shot lighting artist
Joe Whyte	....	senior CG modeler
Amy W. Wong	....	lighting technical director
Larry Wu	....	look development artist
Jeannie Yip	....	matte painting layout artist/atd
Hidetaka Yosumi	....	character technical director
Jennifer Yu	....	assistant technical director
Phil Zucco	....	modeler

Camera and Electrical Department
David Booth	....	camera operator
Michael Fitzgerald	....	epk photographer

Animation Department
Cinzia Angelini	....	animator
Mark Anthony Austin	....	supervising animator
James Baker	....	animator
Thomas Baker	....	3D layout artist
Mike Belzer	....	animator (as Michael Belzer)
Doug Bennett	....	animation supervisor
Joe Bowers	....	animator
Darrin Butters	....	animator
Bevin Carnes	....	additional and fix animator
Katie Carter	....	animation production assistant
Kevin Chesnos	....	animator
Youngjae Choi	....	animator
Simon Christen	....	animator
Christopher Cordingley	....	animator
Lino DiSalvo	....	lead animator
Renato Dos Anjos	....	animator
Renato Dos Anjos	....	supervising animator
Adam Dykstra	....	animator
Kelly Eisert	....	animation production assistant
Doug Engalla	....	animation research library
Brian Ferguson	....	animator
Chadd Ferron	....	animator
James Finn	....	visual development artist
Mike Gabriel	....	additional story artist
Dave Gottlieb	....	animator
Adam Green	....	animator
Nathan Greno	....	supervising storyboard director
Josh Gridley	....	additional and fix animator
Jason Herschaft	....	animator
Brent Homman	....	animator
Stephen Hoogendyk	....	animator
Ethan Hurd	....	animator
Roger Huynh	....	lighter/compositor
Darrell W. Johnson	....	assistant animation supervisor (as Darrell Johnson)
Clay Kaytis	....	supervising animator: "Rhino"
Mark Kennedy	....	additional story artist
Anthea Kerou	....	animator
Sang-Jin Kim	....	character designer
Neil Krepela	....	layout artist
Alex Kupershmidt	....	animator
Kira Lehtomaki	....	additional and fix animator
Scott Lemmer	....	animator
Alex Mark	....	animator (as Alexander Mark)
Brian Menz	....	animator
Steven J. Meyer	....	animator
Mark Mitchell	....	supervising animator
Mike Navarro	....	animator
Marlon Nowe	....	animator
Joe Oh	....	animator
Hyrum Osmond	....	animator
Keith Paciello	....	animator
Rebecca Perez	....	animator
Clarence Robello	....	animator (as Clarence 'Boola' Robello)
Scott Robideau	....	animator
K.C. Roeyer	....	animator
Joe Sandstrom	....	animator
Chad Stubblefield	....	character modeler
Wayne Unten	....	supervising animator
Lindsay VanderGalien	....	animator
Chris Wahl	....	animator
David Wainstain	....	layout artist
Danny Wawrzaszek	....	animator
Dougg Williams	....	animator
John Wong	....	animator
John Yoon	....	character technical director: pre-production
Dick Zondag	....	animator
Ralph Zondag	....	animator

Casting Department
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting
Phoebe Rosenberg	....	additional casting
Jen Rudin	....	additional casting

Editorial Department
Robert Bagley	....	digital imaging manager (as Robert H. Bagley)
Paul Bronkar	....	Digital Intermediate Colorist
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer
David J. Chung	....	first assistant editor
Glenn Dakake	....	digital intermediate assistant
Kristen Kolada	....	editorial production assistant
Brian Millman	....	post-production coordinator
Karen Ann Ryan	....	editorial production assistant

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor (as Tom Carlson)
Beth Caucci	....	scoring assistant
Ashley Chafin	....	music production coordinator
David Channing	....	scoring editor
Donna Cole-Brule	....	music business affairs
Bruce Dukov	....	concert master
Koji Egawa	....	technical score consultant
Germaine Franco	....	orchestrator
Earl Ghaffari	....	music editor
Mark Graham	....	head of music preparation
Jill Heffley	....	executive music assistant
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Daniel Lerner	....	additional score recordist (as Dan Lerner)
Tom MacDougall	....	music supervisor
James McKee Smith	....	additional music arranger
James McKee Smith	....	composer: additional music
James McKee Smith	....	music programmer
James McKee Smith	....	orchestrator: MIDI
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator
Michael John Mollo	....	digital score production
Chris Montan	....	executive music producer
Paul Mounsey	....	additional music arranger
Paul Mounsey	....	composer: additional music
Paul Mounsey	....	music programmer
Paul Mounsey	....	orchestrator: MIDI
Adam Olmsted	....	music digital recordist
Andrew Page	....	music production director
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Dennis S. Sands	....	score recordist (as Dennis Sands)
Siobhan Sullivan	....	music production assistant
John Ashton Thomas	....	additional music arranger
John Ashton Thomas	....	composer: additional music
John Ashton Thomas	....	music programmer
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator: MIDI
John Ashton Thomas	....	supervising orchestrator
Reggie Wilson	....	music contractor: songs
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Other crew
Brett Achorn	....	software engineer: strike team
David A. Aguilar	....	senior software engineer
Eileen Aguirre	....	assistant to producer and director
Rik Bomberger	....	systems administrator
Cathleen Brown	....	clearances
Justin Brunett	....	production assistant
Mark T. Carlson	....	cloth simulator
Stephanie Anne DeJohn	....	assistant: associate producer
Regan Forman	....	consumer products
Evan Goldberg	....	senior software engineer
Karl 'Krash' Goldshmidt	....	software developer: Shot Finaling Tools
Lauren Henry	....	animal consultant
Paul Hildebrandt	....	software developer: Production Pipeline Tools
Kitt Hirasaki	....	software engineer
James P. Hurrell	....	software engineer: tools and technology
Rachel Illowsky	....	production assistant
Ronald L. Johnson	....	senior systems engineer
Matthew E. Levine	....	senior software engineer
Mary Meacham	....	end titles (as Mary Meacham Hogg)
Andy Milne	....	senior software engineer: dynamics
Olivier Mouroux	....	international publicity
Uri Okrent	....	senior software engineer
Marlin Rowley	....	senior software engineer
Matthew F. Schnittker	....	senior software engineer
Steven Seed	....	senior systems engineer
Roland Sonnenburg	....	animal consultant
Leanne K. Tanizawa	....	production assistant
San Thach	....	production assistant
Kevin Waldvogel	....	human resources
Justin Walker	....	software engineer
Brian Wherry	....	senior software engineer
Howard Wilczynski	....	software developer: Production Pipeline Tools
Terence Worley	....	senior software engineer
Kristin Yadamec	....	production assistant

Thanks
Sharon Calahan	....	special thanks
Ron Clements	....	special thanks
Don Hahn	....	special thanks
Glen Keane	....	special thanks
Kellie D. Lewis	....	special thanks
John Musker	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Audio Visual Enterprises (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Sony Pictures Releasing (BVSPR) (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Saturn Enternainment (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Sound  sound services
• Ignite Creative  title design
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as Joann Kane Music Service)
• Skywalker Sound  sound services
• The Hollywood Studio Orchestra  score performed by
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

American Dog (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild action and peril.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44841) | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Ireland:G | South Africa:10M | Netherlands:AL | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Australia:G | UK:PG | Chile:TE | New Zealand:PG | Brazil:Livre | Germany:6 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Hong Kong:I | Taiwan:GP | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Sweden:7 | Norway:7 | Czech Republic:U | Mexico:AA

Company:

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Trivia:

The number on Bolt's dog tag is the address of Disney's feature animation building.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where the studio is on fire, Bolt actually drops the rope before Penny lets go and falls unconscious.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Young Penny: [points to puppy Bolt, decisively] That one.

Movie Connections:

Features "Gilligan's Island" (1964)

Soundtrack:

Dog-Face Boy

A VERY fun movie for old and young alike

Its an animated movie about a dog. GIVEN, its a 'kids' movie. Unlike many animated movies, the dialog isn't full of innuendos or 'hidden' humor that only adults would 'get'. Its easily understood by kids, the animation is top-rate (as would be expected) and the characters are engaging and easy to enjoy. I admit that even though I love animation, I went to this sneak preview with a few misgivings. The trailers didn't look all that exciting, and I didn't expect to see anything I hadn't already seen. On one hand, I was right. The animation WAS very good, but nothing that hadn't been done before. But on the other hand I was pleasantly wrong. The formula works perfectly for Bolt. It was fun, didn't have any 'dull' spots, and while my theater was filled with a fairly consistent mix of children and young teens, and a relative smattering of adults, everyone seemed to enjoy it. Laughter was pretty consistent among the old and young, and at the end of the flick I heard something I rarely get to experience in theaters these days: applause. Granted, the adults were the ones applauding, and I joined in enthusiastically. The wife and I agree that this was one movie where we felt we got more than our dollars' worth. Thats a rare treat. Bolt did not disappoint on any level -and will find a spot in our library when the DVD eventually hits market. I fully expect this movie to do very well.