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Directors:

John Lasseter
Dan Scanlon (co-director)

Writers:

Joe Ranft (original story) &
John Lasseter (original story) ...
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Release Date:

25 October 2006 (USA) more

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family more

Plot:

In this short featuring the characters of the movie Cars, Mater is told the story of a Ghostlight, which causes him to be scared. | add synopsis

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User Comments:

Fun for young kids but too basic for a bigger audience more (5 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)

Additional Details

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:G


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

This animated short film is included as an extra on the DVD of Cars (2006). more

Quotes:

Tow Mater: THE GHOSTLIGHT! more

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Cars (2006) more

Soundtrack:

Behind the Clouds more


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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Fun for young kids but too basic for a bigger audience, 27 April 2008
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

Following on from the action in Cars, the town is all being subject to practical jokes from Mater the tow truck. When Lightening learns of the legend of the ghostlight and the fear in puts into everyone (not least Mater), he decides to get a little payback on his friend.

Every Pixar DVD contains an extra short film and, in addition to the one often screened before the film proper, it is a nice touch that I genuinely do appreciate – I would like more films to include a short as part of some of their screenings just as a way of improving experience (rather than, say, 30 minutes of trying to sell me things). Generally the quality is high which will come as no surprise to anyone who understands how high the Pixar bar is set. However nobody can hit every time and for me Cars was OK but certainly nothing all that special in terms of the material. This short continues that trend and also focuses on one of the weaker characters in Mater.

The material is straightforward and pretty much comes down to a series of comic over-reactions from Mater to a light. And that's about it. For younger viewers it has enough energy and timing to provide plenty of amusement but those looking for the edge of adult wit and comedy beloved of Pixar will find themselves wanting. Overall then what we have is a colourful and amusing DVD extra that will be good enough for children but sadly offer nothing to the wider audience that I'm used to Pixar expertly catering for.

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