Ratatouille (2007)

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.

Directors:

Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava (co-director)

Writers:

Brad Bird (screenplay), Jan Pinkava (original story by)

Stars:

Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt

Won 1 Oscar. Another 65 wins & 42 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patton Oswalt	...	Remy (voice)
Ian Holm	...	Skinner (voice)
Lou Romano	...	Linguini (voice)
Brian Dennehy	...	Django (voice)
Peter Sohn	...	Emile (voice)
Peter O'Toole	...	Anton Ego (voice)
Brad Garrett	...	Gusteau (voice)
Janeane Garofalo	...	Colette (voice)
Will Arnett	...	Horst (voice)
Julius Callahan	...	Lalo / Francois (voice)
James Remar	...	Larousse (voice)
John Ratzenberger	...	Mustafa (voice)
Teddy Newton	...	Lawyer (Talon Labarthe) (voice)
Tony Fucile	...	Pompidou / Health Inspector (voice)
Jake Steinfeld	...	Git (Lab Rat) (voice)

Storyline

A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely, and certainly unwanted, visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

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Plot Keywords:

rat | chef | ratatouille | soup | hair | 

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Taglines:

He's dying to become a chef.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [United States] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

29 June 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Rodent Project

Filming Locations:

Pixar Animation Studios - 1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$47,027,395, 1 July 2007, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$206,445,654

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$623,722,818, 13 December 2007

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS (Digital DTS Sound)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some of the scenes in the movie were rendered based on the rehearsal demo footage performed by Lou Romano (Linguini) and shot by director of photography Robert Anderson, with Brad Bird supervising. An example from that has Romano taking his bicycle inside his house.

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Goofs

When Remy returns to the restaurant after leaving his Dad (about 40 min in).. He enters through an open door, when Colette comes in the door is closed...

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: [on television] Although each of the world's countries would like to dispute this fact, we French know the truth: the best food in the world is made in France. The best food in France is made in Paris. And the best food in Paris, some say, is made by Chef Auguste Gusteau. Gusteau's restuarant is the toast of Paris, booked five months in advance. And his dazzling ascent to the top of fine French cuisine has made his competitors envious. He is the youngest chef ever to achieve a ...
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Crazy Credits

Continuing a Pixar tradition, Production Babies are listed: Abigail, Adrian, Adriel, Aiden, Akiko, Alexander, Anton, Audrey, Bosco, Brighton, Cameron, Ciana, Claire, Devon, Donovan, Edison, Eleuterio III, Elijah, Ella, EllaDale, Emily, Ford, Gabriel, Isabel, Jack, John, Josephine, Julia, Katherine, Katherine, Laura, Lewis, Lilly, Logan, Lotus, Luisa, Luke, LuLu, Madeline, Malia, Malina, Mariah, Miles, Nate, Nicolas, Nola, Oliver, Oscar, Peggy, Phoenix, Rebecca, Roman, Ruth, Sammy, Sarah, Shaya, William, Zachary, Zoey, Zuhan.

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Alternate Versions

In the DVD version, the final scene has Remy put on a Chef's hat in the kitchen.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Avatar/It's Complicated/Crazy Heart/Did You Hear About the Morgans (2009)

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Soundtracks

Le Festin
Written and Produced by Michael Giacchino
Performed by Camille
Recorded by Paul Silveira and Dan Wallin
Mixed by Dan Wallin
French Translation by Boualem Lamhene
Camille Appears Courtesy of EMI Music France/Virgin Music Division

User Reviews

A First Rate Film

I just saw "Ratatouille" tonight.

It's a first class movie. Several thoughts come to mind...

-The character performances are so good, I think there's no sort of movie they couldn't make. I've heard Pixar's John Carter of Mars is going to be live action? No! I want them to do it all animated.

-"Cars" definitely _was_ a lower-value softball they threw to finish out that original Disney-gets-half-of-everything-plus-sequel-rights contract they were in at the time. I remember all the clucking last summer about how Pixar had lost its way.

-There were a few moments when they seemed to lose that stylized reality they had established and things looked merely "real".

-There was one scene in the latter part of the film where I thought "I can't believe they are doing this tired movie cliché" but they pulled out of it at the last second and made it something new.

-The 2D-ish end credits were great. Stick it out to the very end to see the mo-cap disclaimer!

-With this, Brad Bird is certainly one of the animation gods now.