On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn't everything in life.On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn't everything in life.On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn't everything in life.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 28 wins & 34 nominations total
Owen Wilson
- Lightning McQueen
- (voice)
Bonnie Hunt
- Sally Carrera
- (voice)
Paul Newman
- Doc Hudson
- (voice)
Larry the Cable Guy
- Mater
- (voice)
Cheech Marin
- Ramone
- (voice)
Tony Shalhoub
- Luigi
- (voice)
Guido Quaroni
- Guido
- (voice)
Jenifer Lewis
- Flo
- (voice)
Paul Dooley
- Sarge
- (voice)
Michael Wallis
- Sheriff
- (voice)
George Carlin
- Fillmore
- (voice)
Katherine Helmond
- Lizzie
- (voice)
John Ratzenberger
- Mack
- (voice)
- …
Michael Keaton
- Chick Hicks
- (voice)
Richard Petty
- The King
- (voice)
Jeremy Piven
- Harv
- (voice)
Bob Costas
- Bob Cutlass
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was Paul Newman's last American feature film before his death of lung cancer in 2008. It turned out to be the highest-grossing movie of his career. George Carlin died of heart failure three months earlier. This was the highest-grossing film of his career as well.
- GoofsIn the courtroom there is a Latin motto over the doorway, that should read "Justitiae via strata veritate" (The way of justice is paved with truth). But the first word is misspelled as "Justitae."
- Quotes
Lightning McQueen: He's won three Piston Cups!
Mater: [spits out fuel] He did WHAT in his cup?
- Crazy creditsThe credits contain a dedication and retrospective of characters voiced by Joe Ranft, a Pixar writer who died in 2005.
- Alternate versionsThe UK version features Top Gear (1978) host Jeremy Clarkson as the voice of Harv instead of Jeremy Piven. This version is also available worldwide as an audio track on Disney+.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Pixar's 20th Anniversary Special (2006)
- SoundtracksLife Is a Highway
Written by Tom Cochrane (as Thomas Cochrane)
Performed by Rascal Flatts
Produced by Dann Huff and Rascal Flatts
Recorded by Justin Niebank and Mark Hagen
Mixed by Justin Niebank
Rascal Flatts appear courtesy of Lyric Street Records
Featured review
This movie is truly another hit from PIXAR. It's wonderful story, charming characters, and great animation for it's time brings this movie to be just as creative as PIXAR's First Movie Toy Story. Who knew in 11 years from then, we would get this remarkable computer-animated classic. Thank you PIXAR for giving us the true action-adventure thrilling feel of Cars. Still awesome to this day. PIXAR Scale: 10/10
- BryanBranly17
- Oct 29, 2020
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Kars
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $120,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $244,082,982
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $60,119,509
- Jun 11, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $461,996,328
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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