Puss in Boots (2011)

Director:

Chris Miller

Writers:

Charles Perrault (character)
Tom Wheeler (screenplay)
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Release Date:

28 October 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Live for danger. Fight for justice. Pray for mercy.

Plot:

The events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Magic Beans | Giant | Puss In Boots | Jack And Jill

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 28 nominations

Cast

Antonio Banderas	...	Puss in Boots (voice)
Salma Hayek	...	Kitty Softpaws (voice)
Zach Galifianakis	...	Humpty Alexander Dumpty (voice)
Billy Bob Thornton	...	Jack (voice)
Amy Sedaris	...	Jill (voice)
Constance Marie	...	Imelda (voice)
Guillermo del Toro	...	Moustache Man / Comandante (voice)
Mike Mitchell	...	Andy Beanstalk (voice)
Rich Dietl	...	Bounty Hunter (voice) (as Rich B. Dietl)
Ryan Crego	...	Luis (voice)
Tom Wheeler	...	Bartender / Hotel Owner / Mean Boy / Wagon Driver / Rodrigo (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Raoul / Soldier (voice)
Tom McGrath	...	Bar Thief (voice)
Bob Joles	...	Giuseppe (voice)
Latifa Ouaou	...	Crazy Woman / Mean Girl / Milk Lady / Little Boy (voice)
Bob Persichetti	...	Ohhh Cat (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Little Boy Blue / Friar Miller / Prison Guard / Manuel / Rafael (voice)
Jessica Schulte	...	Estella Maria (voice) (as Jessica Schulte Jones)
Nina Barry	...	Ivana / Charo (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sergio Bruna	...	Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Rebecca Davis	...	Various Cats (voice) (uncredited)
Roberto Donati	...	Various (voice) (uncredited)
Jossara Jinaro	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Joshua Rush	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Julie Wittner	...	Various Cats (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Chris Miller

Writing credits
Charles Perrault		(character)
Tom Wheeler		(screenplay)
Brian Lynch		(story) &
William Davies		(story) (as Will Davies) and
Tom Wheeler		(story)

Produced by
Andrew Adamson	....	executive producer
Joe M. Aguilar	....	producer
Guillermo del Toro	....	executive producer
Tom Jacomb	....	associate producer
Latifa Ouaou	....	producer
Michelle Raimo	....	executive producer (as Michelle Raimo Kouyate)
John H. Williams	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Henry Jackman

Film Editing by
Eric Dapkewicz

Production Design by
Guillaume Aretos

Art Direction by
Christian Schellewald

Production Management
Philip M. Cohen	....	production supervisor
Kelly Cooney	....	production manager
David Farley	....	post-production supervisor
Nick Fumia	....	production supervisor
Andrew Hotz	....	production supervisor
Michael Lynn	....	production supervisor
Craig Rittenbaum	....	production manager
Christian Roedel	....	production supervisor (as Christian Harris Roedel)
Jon Eric Schmidt	....	production supervisor
Milind D. Shinde	....	production manager

Art Department
Chris Appelhans	....	visual development artist
Guillaume Aretos	....	visual development artist
Mike Bell	....	storyboard artist
Jessie Carbonaro	....	production supervisor: art department
Ryan Crego	....	storyboard artist
Richard Daskas	....	visual development artist
Sylvain Deboissy	....	visual development artist
Craig Elliott	....	visual development artist
Paul Fisher	....	storyboard artist
Nathan Fowkes	....	visual development artist
Todd Gibbs	....	visual development artist
Allison Isenberg	....	art department coordinator
Woon Jung	....	visual development artist
Maggie Kang	....	storyboard artist
Mark Koetsier	....	storyboard artist
Ronald A. Kurniawan	....	visual development artist
Paul Lasaine	....	visual development artist
Bob Logan	....	storyboard artist
Dominique Louis	....	visual development artist
William Mata	....	storyboard artist
Emil Mitev	....	visual development artist
Claire Morrissey	....	storyboard artist
John Puglisi	....	additional storyboard artist
William T. Silvers Jr.	....	matte painter
Rachel Tiep-Daniels	....	visual development artist
Athanassios Vakalis	....	storyboard artist (as Nassos Vakalis)
Anthony Zierhut	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	sound effects editor
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lori Castro	....	assistant engineer
Ryan Cole	....	re-recording recordist
Christopher Flick	....	supervising foley editor
Jessica Gallavan	....	adr supervisor
Richard King	....	sound designer
Richard King	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Lalley	....	sound re-recording engineer
Roy Latham	....	original dialogue mixer
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Michael W. Mitchell	....	sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Pappas	....	foley editor
Roni Pillischer	....	adr recordist
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Jeff Sawyer	....	sound effects editor
Tighe Sheldon	....	sound recordist
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Roland N. Thai	....	sound effects editor
Linda Yeaney	....	first assistant sound editor
Petra Bach	....	adr dialogue editor (uncredited)
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Godwin Fernandes	....	special effects
Russell L. Smith	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Motohisa Adachi	....	effects developer
Deepa Agarwal	....	texture artist
Yash Agrawal	....	visual effects artist
Faris Ahmed	....	lighting & compositing artist
Evrim Akyilmaz	....	visual effects artist
Gianni Aliotti	....	visual effects artist
Sagar Alodiya	....	lead lighting and compositing
J.C. Alvarez	....	final layout artist
Amiteshwar Anand	....	effects artist
Benjamin Andersen	....	visual effects artist
William E. Arias	....	lead lighter
Shinsaku Arima	....	visual effects
Cortney Armitage	....	rough layout artist
Prashant Arora	....	technical director
Mira Arte	....	character effects animator
Ashin Ashroff	....	lighting artist
Amaury Aubel	....	head of effects
V. Balaji	....	lighting and compositing
Ken Ball	....	CG supervisor
Jasper M. Baltzersen	....	paint fix artist: PDI/DreamWorks
Kelly Barschig	....	recruiter: DWA
Michael Baula	....	stereo paint fix artist
David Bazelon	....	crowds artist
Greg Beckman	....	visual effects artist
Matthew Beightol	....	stereo paint fix artist
Raj Kiran Bhandari	....	character effects artist
Shiben Bhattacharjee	....	visual effects artist
Ken Bielenberg	....	visual effects supervisor
Nafees Bin Zafar	....	senior software engineer
Corey Bolwyn	....	character effects artist
Silviu Borac	....	senior fx r&d engineer
Ryan Borah	....	character effects artist
Margarita Bratkova	....	research and development
Billy Brooks	....	lighting artist (as William J. Brooks)
Max Bruce	....	lead lighter
Vijay Bundela	....	lighting & compositing
Nicholas Burkard	....	CFX artist
Trisha Butkowski	....	character technical director
Darrin Butts	....	rough layout artist
Mark T. Carlson	....	effects engineer
Onny P. Carr	....	additional lighter
Gregg Carrier	....	software engineer
Jason Carter	....	stereo layout artist
Zachary Carter	....	visual effects
AnnMarie Cernoch	....	lighting technical assistant
Vikas Chandel	....	visual effects artist
Chloe Chao	....	research and development
Robert Chen	....	visual effects artist
Yiqun Chen	....	character effects
Wes Chilton	....	visual effects artist
Hermann Chong	....	media tools engineer
Sebastien Chort	....	lead lighting artist
Ronnie Cleland	....	surfacing artist
James Cockerham	....	character technical director
Shaun Collaco	....	lead lighting and compositing artist: Dreamworks Animation
Sara Colucci	....	lighting technical assistant
Clint Colver	....	lighting artist
Christian Cunningham	....	additional lighter
Lawrence D. Cutler	....	global department head: DreamWorks Animation Studio Management
Matthew Davies	....	production technology
Brian C. Davis	....	visual effects artist
Gilbert Davoud	....	global character technical director
Christina N. de Juan	....	lead character technical director
Antoine Deschamps	....	lead lighter
Caine Dickinson	....	lighter: DreamWorks Animation SKG
Justin Dobies	....	lighter
Craig Dowsett	....	modeler
Dale Drummond	....	additional lead lighting
Kirsten Drummond	....	lighting artist
Daniel Eaton	....	lighter
Kevin Edwards	....	lead lighting artist
Adam J. Ely	....	matte painter: Dreamworks Animation
Marcus Erbar	....	additional character effects
Kolja Erman	....	effects technical director
Tyson Erze	....	visual effects artist
Ken Faiman	....	character effects animator
Cassandra Fanning	....	stereo paint fix artist
Michael Farley	....	digital artist
David V. Fedele	....	character effects: Dreamworks
Vincent Fiere	....	matte painter
Oliver Finkelde	....	character fx artist: DreamWorks
Grace Fong	....	production testing
Jay Gambell	....	character effects: Dreamworks Animation
Akash Garg	....	fx engineer
Nitin Garg	....	surfacing/ texture artist
Amber Geisler	....	stereo paint fix artist
Ashraf Ghoniem	....	character effects artist
Sumanta Ghosh	....	character effects artist
Navjit Singh Gill	....	lighting & compositing
Florian Girardot	....	matte painting compositor
Francesco Giroldini	....	shot lighting artist
Shane Glading	....	lighting artist
Dan Golembeski	....	lead technical director
Shaun Graham	....	visual effects
Lee Gramling	....	character technical director
Bill Gumina	....	paint fix artist
Alex Gurevich	....	lighting technical director
Jonathan Harman	....	computer graphics supervisor
Matt Head	....	visual effects artist
Corey Hels	....	rough layout artist: DreamWorks Animation
Jorge Heredia	....	stereo paint fix artist
Greg Hettinger	....	surfacing artist
George Ho	....	lighter
Beth Hofer	....	global department head: DreamWorks Animation Studio Management
Robert Holder	....	lighter: DreamWorks
C. Jin Im	....	lighting artist
James Jackson	....	effects lead
Nikita Jain	....	character effects artist
Rohit Jain	....	character effects artist
Vimanyu Jain	....	lighting technical director
Aaron James McComas	....	effects animator
Lucas Janin	....	lead effects artist
Geoffrey Jarrett	....	crowd animator
Ian Jenkins	....	lighting
Brijesh Johar	....	effects lead
Matt Johnson	....	supervising technical director
Amanda Johnstone-Batt	....	lighter (as Amanda Johnstone)
Jeffrey Jose	....	technical director
Kaishin Kam	....	technical director
Kurt Kaminski	....	lighting artist
Mayank Kanyal	....	lead lighting artist
Jayesh Kapadia	....	character effects artist
David S. Karoll	....	texture artist
Conor Kavanagh	....	rough layout artist
Laurent Kermel	....	effects lead
Nishant Khanna	....	visual effects artist
Soo Kyung Kim	....	lighting artist
Soo Jin King	....	surfacing artist
Spencer Knapp	....	crowds developer
Parashar Krishnamachari	....	shader writer
Linda Kurgpold	....	surfacing artist
Dilip Lalwani	....	character technical director
Jennifer Lasrado	....	character effects artist
Claire Lawrence-Slater	....	additional character effects
David C. Lawson	....	cg supervisor
Jonathan Leaders	....	lighting technical director
Domin Lee	....	visual effects
Jaemin Lee	....	visual effects artist
Matt Lee	....	digital layout artist
Erin Lehmkühl	....	visual effects artist
Greg Lev	....	CG supervisor
Nick Levenduski	....	crowds artist
David Lewis	....	lighting technical assistant
Lyndon Li	....	lighting artist
Seth Lippman	....	visual effects artist
Fabio Lissi	....	production engineer
Kieron Cheuk-Chi Lo	....	lighter
Igor Lodeiro	....	cg supervisor
Suryaveer Singh Lodha	....	character effects technical director
Nathan Loofbourrow	....	character technical director supervisor
Michael Losure	....	visual effects artist
Amber Stewart Lunderville	....	lead lighting artist
Robert Lurye	....	cg supervisor
Eric Lyman	....	cg modeler
Marc Machuca	....	stereo paint fix artist
Mark Macready	....	lighting technical assistant
Sanjay Mahajan	....	surface/texture artist
Jayanti Mahapatra	....	effects lead
Marco Marquez	....	stereo paint fix artist
Jeffrey Martin	....	character effects animator
Pietro Materossi	....	lead lighter
Jack Noriaki Matsumoto	....	effects animator
Kyle Maxwell	....	visual effects
Vicky McCann	....	character effects technical director
Carson McKay	....	surfacing artist
Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Zeki Melek	....	visual effects
Jacob K. Melvin	....	visual effects
Aparna Mepani	....	character effects artist
Anthony Meschi	....	stereo paint fix artist
John R. Miller	....	technical director
Marc Miller	....	additional lead lighter
Tony Mitzelfelt	....	additional lead lighting
Tom Molet	....	global character technical director
Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco	....	production testing
Jonathan Fletcher Moore	....	lighting artist
Rahul Mullick	....	visual effects
Muralitharan	....	character effects
Ken Museth	....	r&d supervisor
Rahul Nair	....	visual effects artist
Gupta Neha	....	surface/texture artist
Mark Newport	....	visual effects artist
Rob Nitsch	....	senior character effects artist
Colleen O'Hagan	....	character effects technical director
Rohan Oka	....	surfacing/ texture artist
Justin Onstine	....	technical director
Arun P.A.	....	lighting and compositing
Anand Palaniswamy	....	character effects
Patrick A. Palmer	....	production engineer
Jennifer J. Pan	....	surfacing/lighting technical director
Prema Parab	....	surfacing lead
Hongseo Park	....	lead character technical director
Collin Maxfield Parrish	....	visual effects
Devank Patel	....	visual effects
Mitul Patel	....	visual effects artist
Dhruva Pathak	....	visual effects artist
John Patton	....	visual effects
Nikita Pavlov	....	visual effects
Andrew Pearce	....	director of reseach and development
Devon Penney	....	effects animator
Alessandro Pepe	....	visual effects artist
Joseph Piercy	....	character effects artist
Navin Pinto	....	character effects artist: Dreamworks Animation
Jason Porath	....	visual effects artist
Gabriel Portnof	....	lead lighter
Dagan Potter	....	head of effects
Aitor Prieto	....	CFX technical director: Dreamworks Animation
Andrew Pungprakearti	....	digital effects artist
Vikram Puttanna	....	character effects artist
Heribert Raab	....	effects artist
Samy Ben Rabah	....	effects technical director
Shanmuga Raja	....	visual effects artist
Rajarajan Ramakrishnan	....	lighting
Aneel Ramanath	....	lighting and compositing artist
Celambarasan Ramasamy	....	visual effects artist
John P. Rand	....	modeler
Brian Ratchford	....	surfacing artist
Joshua F. Richards	....	crowds artist
Paul Rivera	....	matte painting compositor
Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios	....	cg supervisor
Wendy Rogers	....	visual effects supervisor: pre-production
Andrew Romine	....	character effects animator
Eric Roth	....	lead lighting artist
Saswat Sahoo	....	lighting technical director
Mark Sandell	....	lighting technical director
Amy McDonald Sandjideh	....	research and development manager
Marc Scott	....	cg supervisor
Chellappan Senthilkumar	....	character technical director
Aayush Sharma	....	lighter & compositor
Cheten Sharma	....	surface/texture artist
Gaurav Shenai	....	character technical director
Hannah Sherman	....	lighting artist
Dmitry Shklyar	....	lighting technical assistant
Stephanie Siebert	....	visual effects artist
Debanshu Singh	....	technical director
Jagjeet Singh	....	character effects artist
Rahul Singh	....	effects technical director
Nikhil Sinha	....	visual effects artist
Marty Sixkiller	....	r&d supervisor
Kathryn Skorpil	....	lighting techical director
Brian Smith	....	stereo paint fix artist
Kirill Smolskiy	....	lighting technical assistant
Javier Solsona	....	character technical director
Steven Song	....	cfx technical director
Christopher Sprunger	....	lighting technical assistant
Brock J. Stearn	....	lighter
Curt Stewart	....	effects artist
David Stodolny	....	senior character animator
Hong Suck Suh	....	digital artist
Ben Sutherland	....	paint fix artist
Kenji Sweeney	....	visual effects artist
Bonnie Tai	....	lighting technical director
Osamu Takehiro	....	visual effects artist
Suan Ching Tan	....	surfacing artist
Hector Tantoco	....	character effects animator
Amy Taylor	....	visual effects artist
Don Taylor	....	lead lighting artist
Panat Thamrongsombutsakul	....	character effects artist
Arjun Thekkumadathil	....	visual effects artist
Ty Thomson	....	previz artist
James Thornton	....	crowd supervisor
Ryan Michael Todd	....	lighting
Lisa M. Tse	....	lighter
Amy Rebecca Tucker	....	lighting technical assistant
Kevin Turcotte	....	surfacer
Sachin Tyagi	....	character effects artist
Anthony Tyler	....	character effects technical director
Ajay Upadhyaya	....	lighting and compositing
Ozgur Ustundag	....	lead lighting artist
David Valdez	....	surfacing artist
David Patrick Valera	....	layout artist
Kristi Valk	....	matte painter
Katie Van Maanen	....	visual effects artist
Benjamin Venancie	....	lead lighting artist
Venu Victor	....	effects lead
Brent Villalobos	....	production engineer
Koen Vroeijenstijn	....	visual effects developer
Marko Vukovic	....	senior lighting/compositing
David Walden	....	character technical director
Brian Walters	....	visual effects artist
Jeff Wang	....	effects technical director
Victor Wang	....	r&d technology
Michael Leon Ware	....	character technical director
Nathan Warner	....	additional pre-visualization artist
Ferris Webby	....	character technical director
Aaron Weldon	....	rough layout artist
David I. White	....	light engineer
Jeffrey Wike	....	director of research & development
Kurt D. Williams	....	visual effects artist
Ron Williams	....	character effects animator
Tony K. Williams	....	modeling supervisor
Jeong Won Jang	....	stereo paint fix artist
D'Lun Wong	....	crowds artist
Youxi Woo	....	effects technical director
Youxi Woo	....	visual effects artist
Laura Wood	....	production engineer
Stephen Wood	....	visual effects animator
Zhang Xiao	....	visual effects artist
Neil Yamamoto	....	character effects
Farid K. Yazami	....	lighting & compositing (as Farid Khadiri-Yazami)
Nate Yellig	....	character effects artist
Gregory Yepes	....	cg supervisor: DreamWorks Animation
Ramakrishna Yerramsetty	....	visual effects artist
Emily Yi	....	additional lead lighter
Doug Yoshida	....	lighter
Masahito Yoshioka	....	visual effects
Can Yuksel	....	effects lead
Franz Zach	....	senior modeler
Kent Seki	....	rough layout artist (uncredited)
Jason P. Weber	....	character effects developer (uncredited)

Animation Department
Drew Adams	....	animator
Manuel Almela	....	animator
Julien Bocabeille	....	animator
Theophile Bondoux	....	final layout lead
Ludovic Bouancheau	....	animator
Joe Bowers	....	animator
Edward Derian Boyke	....	final layout artist
Jamaal Bradley	....	senior animator
Philippe Brochu	....	modeler
Stephen Candell	....	character face rigger
Laurent Caneiro	....	animator
Chris Capel	....	animator
Jacob Chacko	....	layout artist
Nicolas A. Chauvelot	....	animation supervisor
Renith Chundakkad	....	animator
David Couchariere	....	animator
Ryan Crego	....	story artist
Monica De Armond	....	production supervisor: animation crew
Bill Diaz	....	animator
Adam Dotson	....	animator
Derek Drymon	....	additional story artist
Christopher Ell	....	final layout artist
Ken Fountain	....	animator
W. Jacob Gardner	....	animator
Matthieu Grospiron	....	lighting artist
Thomas Grummt	....	additional animator
Willy Harber	....	animator
Dave Hardin	....	senior character animator
Ki Jong Hong	....	modeling artist
Martin Hopkins	....	animator
Steven Hornby	....	supervising animator: Kitty Softpaws (as Steven 'Shaggy' Hornby)
David Hubert	....	character animator
Rodrigo Huerta	....	animator
Raman Hui	....	additional story artist
Leif Jeffers	....	animator
Michael Juarez	....	character effects animator
Jung Jin Kang	....	modeler
Morgan R. Kelly	....	animator
Kavita Khosla	....	cloth developer
Michael Kiely	....	animator
Megan Kreiner	....	final layout artist
Manish Kumar	....	animator
Luis Labrador	....	Senior Character Modeler
Eric Lees	....	animator
Peer Lemmers	....	animator
Fabio Lignini	....	head of character animation
Bob Logan	....	story artist
Tommie Löfqvist	....	animator
Mark Manfrey	....	head of character effects
Patrick Mate	....	character designer
Jason McDade	....	additional rough layout
Stephen Melagrano	....	animator
Steven J. Meyer	....	senior character animator
Kyle Milardo	....	production assistant: layout
Pia Miniati	....	animation rig engineer
Clay Morrow	....	additional story artist
Prasanjib Nag	....	animator (animation segment)
Matthew Nealon	....	story artist
Takao Noguchi	....	additional character design
William Otsuka	....	layout technical director
Bob Persichetti	....	head of story
Noah Peterson	....	character effects animator
Tyler Phillips	....	character animator
Luke Randall	....	animator
Marco Regina	....	animator
Jason Reisig	....	animator
Brian Riley	....	layout artist
Mike Safianoff	....	animator
Henry G. Sanchez	....	character animator
Joe Sandstrom	....	animator
Tannaz Sassooni	....	technical director
George Schermer	....	animator
Sean Sexton	....	supervising animator
Vaibhav Shah	....	modeler
Tony Siruno	....	character designer
Olivier Staphylas	....	supervising animator
Mike Stern	....	animator
Kemer Stevenson	....	character effects artist
David Stodolny	....	senior character animator
Adam Strick	....	animator
Bill Tessier	....	animator (as William Tessier)
Theodore Ty	....	animator
Athanassios Vakalis	....	story artist (as Nassos Vakalis)
David Patrick Valera	....	layout artist
Craig Van Dyke	....	previs
Roger Vizard	....	animator
Jeff Wagner	....	modeler
David Weatherly	....	additional animator
Darren R. Webb	....	story artist
David I. White	....	light engineer
Greg Whittaker	....	animator
Peter Wilkins	....	animation engineer
Mark Williams	....	animator
Benjamin Willis	....	animator
Hock Wong	....	rough layout artist
Nate Wragg	....	story artist
Onur Yeldan	....	animator
Gil Zimmerman	....	head of layout
Jed Diffenderfer	....	freelance story artist (uncredited)
Robert Porter	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Casting Department
Brittany Cope	....	casting assistant
Mollie Gamo	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Allison Bernardi	....	senior media coordinator
James Beshears	....	post production executive
Alex Cardullo	....	post-production assistant
Anthony Severin Cox	....	post production engineer
Gregory Creaser	....	digital colorist
Rich Dietl	....	associate editor
Jennifer Dolce	....	associate editor
Marc Fisher	....	digital conform editor
Shane Glick	....	assistant editor
Stephen L. Meek	....	associate editor
Jeff Olm	....	digital colorist: Dreamworks Animation
Cindy Azada Whitman	....	production supervisor: color timing
Alexander Wu	....	editorial coordinator
Jim Passon	....	deluxe color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Alex Belcher	....	technical score engineer
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Paul Clarvis	....	musician: percussion soloist
Stephen Coleman	....	orchestrator
Jack Dolman	....	music editor
Frank J. Garcia	....	score assistant engineer
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Bryce Jacobs	....	music services: Guitar
Gary Kettel	....	musician: percussion soloist
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
Daniel Kresco	....	music engineer
Peter Lale	....	musician: solo viola
Tommy Laurence	....	additional orchestrator
Dominic Lewis	....	composer: additional music
Matthew Margeson	....	composer: additional music
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Satoshi Mark Noguchi	....	assistant score mixer
Sunny Park	....	executive in charge of music
Daniel Pinder	....	music editor
Frank Ricotti	....	musician: percussion soloist
Benjamin R. Robinson	....	assistant score technical engineer
Czarina Russell	....	studio manager: Remote Control Productions
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Roger Tang	....	music coordinator
Susan Thampi	....	music manager
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
John Traunwieser	....	assistant engineer: music recording
Marc Viner	....	additional recordist
Christian Wenger	....	assistant engineer
Nick Wollage	....	score engineer

Other crew
Balaji Alahari	....	engineering system administrator
Holly Allen	....	research and development manager
Rain Angeles	....	systems administrator
Parimal Aswani	....	director of technology
Carl Bahor	....	technical resource administrator
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Arun Balasubramaniam	....	engineering system administrator
Mikaila Baumel	....	adr voice
François Bertel	....	render engineer
Will Bilton	....	research and development
Alyson Blume	....	production coordinator
Shawn Bohonos	....	operations system administrator
Laura C. Bowers	....	production coordinator
Liza Breuninger	....	production accountant
Zeke Burgess	....	hardware engineer
Matthew C. Campbell	....	production coordinator
Scott Chapin	....	engineering system administrator
Avril Louis Cherian	....	production assistant
Kelly Chow	....	production assistant
Malik Coates	....	r&d engineer
Emily Conlon	....	production coordinator
Michael Coronado	....	hardware engineer
Sarah Counnas	....	senior technology production manager
Michael Cutler	....	principal engineer
Mark J. Davis	....	research and development
Mike Davis	....	production engineer
Roger Deakins	....	visual consultant
Jayson DeLancey	....	production engineer
Dave Dinsmore	....	operations system administrator
Dj Downey	....	operations system administrator
Brendan Duncan	....	research and development
Alex Echols	....	creative marketing
Sean Ellis	....	network engineer
Alireza Estakhrian	....	operations system administrator
Bart Feliciano	....	systems administrator
Jessica Forer	....	production coordinator: Layout
Benoit Gagnon	....	infrastructure engineer
Omar Garcia	....	technical resource administrator
Reid Gershbein	....	research and development
Steph Gortz	....	production coordinator
Darin Grimes	....	marketing
Juli Gumbiner	....	technical resource supervisor
David Hail	....	publicist
Michael P. Hamler	....	production tester
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production office supervisor
Guthrie S. Hennessey	....	training and technical development
Jorge Heredia	....	technical resource administrator
Richard Holland	....	technical lead
Tripp Hudson	....	production executive
Vicki Hunter	....	finance/accounting: administration & finance
Daniel Inkeles	....	development
Mark Jackels	....	production engineer
Molly Jackson	....	adr actor
Jossara Jinaro	....	voice
T. Patrick Johnson	....	production coordinator
Megha Jois	....	coordinator
Ibrahim Sani Kache	....	tech assistance
Jason Kankiewicz	....	infrastructure engineer
Robert Knaack	....	research and development manager
Hans Ku	....	alliance manager
Terence Kuederle	....	research and development
Jayanth Kumar	....	studio management
Tim Kwan	....	production coordinator
Rich Lee	....	production coordinator
Jon Leibowitz	....	technical resource administrator
Adam Levy	....	production coordinator
Nicholas Long	....	technical lead
Swetha Madhavan	....	production assistant
Judah Mambu	....	story coordinator
Rich Marco	....	engineering systems administrator
Ian J. McIntosh	....	production coordinator
Rick Menze	....	training and technical development
Laura Gorenstein Miller	....	choreographer
Peter C. Miller	....	software quality assurance
Aliza Mills	....	production coordinator
Nabarun Modak	....	human resources
Sunil Modi	....	engineering systems administrator
Logan Molnar	....	recruiting
Jemson Montefalcon	....	hardware engineer
Bob Morgan	....	senior documentation specialist
Murali Mohan	....	technical resource administrator
Jaimie Nakae	....	marketing
Anna Newman	....	research and development manager
John O'Sullivan	....	systems administrator
Kara Oropallo	....	production assistant (as Kara Ulseth)
Paul Parmer	....	editorial systems engineer
Bree Potter	....	training manager
Shaun Potts	....	technical resource administrator
Drew Puchalski	....	production coordinator
Anshul Pundir	....	animation tools intern
Peter Ramsey	....	creative consultant
Daniel Rich	....	engineering systems administrator
Caroline Robinson	....	production coordinator
Gemma Ross	....	technical resource administrator
Stephen E. Ross	....	technical lead
Joshua Rush	....	additional voices
Saibal Saha	....	engineering system administrator
Kirk Shalosky	....	production accountant
Doug Sherman	....	infrastructure engineer
Mona Shokrai	....	business and legal affairs
Cathy Sitzes	....	production coordinator
Cathy Sitzes	....	technical resource administrator
Kira Shea Smithson	....	administrative staff (as Kira Smithson)
Brent St. Mary	....	production assistant
Suchita Suryamurty	....	recruiting manager
Suchita Suryamurty	....	talent acquisition
Casey Sword	....	technical resource administrator
Julio C. Talavera	....	operations system administration
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	manager of digital resources
Darlene Annette Toledo	....	technical resource administrator
Xavier Vanegas	....	production intern
Brandon Weil	....	production development assistant
Alissa Rowinsky Wright	....	business & legal affairs

Production Companies

• DreamWorks Animation

Distributors

• Forum Cinemas (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Paramount Japan (2012) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Paramount Pictures Japan)
• Paramount Pictures Entertainment (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2011) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2011) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Solar Entertainment (2011) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Poland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (USA) (TV)
• Imperial - Cinepix (2012) (Poland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Odeon (2012) (Greece) (DVD) (3D Blu-ray)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain) (2012) (Spain) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2011) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  on-line promotional material creation
• DreamWorks Animation  thanks
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound post-production
• PDI DreamWorks  thanks
• POP Sound  ADR recording
• Sam Hurwitz Productions  EPK produced by
• Sony Classical  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some adventure action and mild rude humor

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Datasat | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #47119) | Ireland:G | Malaysia:U | Canada:G (Ontario) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/6 | India:U | South Korea:All | Japan:G | Australia:PG | New Zealand:PG | South Africa:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Sweden:7 | Hong Kong:I | Mexico:AA | UK:U | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-7 | Spain:T/i

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Trivia:

Antonio Banderas participated in a viral marketing event for the film by posing in photos of himself at a screening surrounded by cats.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Kitty softpaws, Humpty and puss are in the giants cloud lair, the high altitude causes their voices to raise in pitch, Humpty explains that is caused by the low pressure due to the height. However, when the trio exit the lair (when they are falling) their voices are normal in pitch and somehow not high at all.

Quotes:

[Puss and Kitty kiss]
Ohhh Cat:Ooooooohhhhhh!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Hollywood's Top Ten: Cinema Cats (#1.354)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Americano

A Nutshell Review: Puss in Boots

Shrek had run its course, having forcefully pushed itself into a fourth film that was really too trying, but I suppose Puss in Boots, introduced in the second film of the franchise, proved to have nine lives, and extended his longevity through a spin off film of his own. After all, there are plenty of cat lovers out there, and his antics in the Shrek movies were undoubtedly the highlights when the Ogre and his pet donkey were getting really tired. Originally intended for straight to video, Puss in Boots proved to have what it takes for a big screen outing, and it didn't disappoint.

Dreamworks Animation may seem to have a stranglehold on making a mickey out of well known fairy tales, and this continues in its re-imagining of characters adopted for the Puss in Boots origin story, where we go into his background as an orphaned kitty cat brought up by Imelda (voiced by Constance Marie), only to disappoint his foster mum when he got betrayed by best friend Humpty Alexander Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis), a brilliant inventive and creative mind who had turned to a life of crime, staining the honor that Puss had gained through a heroic deed, banishing him forever as an outlaw and bandit.

The two major story arcs in this film enriched the narrative, one dealing with the past of Puss in Boots, while the other having him reluctantly team up with Humpty once again if only to get close to his new squeeze, the master thief Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek), to take on the very grown up and nasty Bonnie and Clyde inspired Jack and Jill (Billy Bob Thorton and Amy Sedaris), who are in possession of the fabled magical beans belonging to the other Jack (and the Beanstalk), where planting them at the correct spot would mean a path to the heavens to gain access to the goose that lays golden eggs, with repercussions of course that comes with a force of nature to be reckoned with.

What worked for Puss in Boots were the strengths of its story arcs, the major set action pieces, the voice cast really providing that level of flair to the many flamboyant characters in the film as well as dramatic, emotional depth to key characters, and who can forget the comedy. There are plenty of sight and verbal gags, and innuendos galore that hardly a moment goes by without something naturally hilarious happening, and does so quite subtly without screaming and forcing their way down your throat. Which I had found the later Shrek films guilty of doing just that.

Antonio Banderas provides the voice for Puss in Boots, and it's quite convenient that the character gets modelled after Zorro through a series of identifiable elements from costuming, behaviour as well as style, a character that Banderas himself have played twice in live action films. Puss continues to drawn upon established abilities especially that of its iconic hypnotic eyes, which somehow in a self-fulfilling fourth wall prophecy, will have any audience in stitches as well as held in captivating aww/awe. Zach Galifianakis voices the misunderstood character Humpty Dumpty to perfection, providing that balance of villainy and sympathy, while I suspect that the animators would have had a field day with Humpty especially with the plenty of movement gags that he got himself into, and playing upon none too subtle fat jokes on the character, resulting in the character stealing the scene most of the time. Hayek on the other hand did just enough providing her sultriness to the incredibly sexy feline that looked like, erm, Batman in costume.

Hitting the right notes consistently throughout the film, here's a pussy cat that's both a lover and a fighter and a film that can appeal to both young and the not too young at heart alike. The producers of Shrek and Kungfu Panda may have found itself another character that has enough legs to carry off yet another franchise on its own, but please don't let it merge or include characters from Shrek too soon, as this kitty deserves a rogues gallery and supportive allies of its own. Recommended!