Meet the Robinsons

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Meet the Robinsons

Directed by	Steve Anderson
Produced by	Dorothy McKim Clark Spencer (executive) John Lasseter (executive)
Written by	Michelle Bochner Jon Brenstein
Starring	Jordan Fry Harland Williams Tom Kenny Steve Anderson Angela Bassett Tom Selleck Nicole Sullivan
Music by	Danny Elfman
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)	March 23, 2007 March 24, 2007 March 30, 2007
Language	English (with dubbing to other languages in some countries)
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Meet the Robinsons is a computer-animated film and the 46th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. In the UK, the 3D version was released on March 23. It will be released in standard and Disney Digital 3-D versions in the US and in its standard version in the UK on March 30, 2007. It is based on the characters and events in the illustrated book A Day with Wilbur Robinson, by William Joyce. The film originally had the same title as the book. The voice cast includes Jordan Fry, Harland Williams, Tom Kenny, Steve Anderson, Adam West, and Angela Bassett. The film is rated G by the MPAA.

1 Plot
2 Contents
3 Reviews
4 Disney Digital 3-D
5 Voice cast
6 Crew
7 Soundtrack
8 Video games
9 References
10 See also
11 External links

Plot

Set in 2037, Meet the Robinsons tells the story of Lewis - a brilliant and creative twelve-year-old orphan with a surprising number of clever inventions to his credit. His latest and most ambitious project is the Memory Scanner, a machine that will help him find his birth mother so they can become a family. But before he can find her, his invention is stolen by the dastardly Bowler Hat Guy (Steve Anderson) - a villain from the future, and his diabolical hat and constant companion, Doris (Ethan Sandler). Lewis has all but given up hope when a mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson (Wesley Singerman) whisks our bewildered hero away in a time machine and together they fly into the future to spend a day with Wilbur's eccentric family. They hunt down the Bowler Hat Guy, uncover the amazing secret of Lewis' future family, and save the future in a showdown that ends with unexpected twists of fate.

The movie contains some important educational messages, such as not being afraid of failures since you can learn a lot from them, "always keep moving forward", and solving problems in an enlightened way instead of through revenge.

Reviews

Early reviews have been generally positive. Realmovienews stated that it has "a snappy plot that demands close attention as it whizzes back and forth in the space-time continuum, touching on serious ideas and proposing some rather disturbing alternate realities. And the witty story twists are handled with rare subtlety and intelligence. In the end it may get a little weepy and inspirational. But it's so charming that we don't mind at all". [1] Danny Minton of the Beaumont Journal sais that "The Robinsons might not be a family you want to hang out with, but they sure were fun to meet in this imaginative and beautiful 3-D experience." [2] And Andrew L. Urban of Australian Urban Cinefile said that "Walt Disney stood for fantasy on screen and this is a loving tribute to his legacy." [3]

Disney Digital 3-D

Main article: Disney Digital 3-D

Over 600 REAL D Cinema digital 3D-equipped theaters will present the stereoscopic third-dimensional version of the film.^[1] In late 2005, Disney released Chicken Little in the same process, but in only 84 theaters.^[1] According to the trade figures discussed on line and in the press, that film earned nearly three times as much per screen as the standard release and encouraged Disney to release the new film on a larger scale.^{[citation needed]}

Voice cast

Wesley Singerman - Wilbur Robinson
Tom Kenny - as Mr. Willerstein
Aurian Redson - as Frankie the Frog
Steve Anderson - Bowler Hat Guy, Grandpa Bud, Cousin Tallulah
Laurie Metcalf - Dr. Krunklehorn
Ethan Sandler - Doris, Uncle Fritz, Aunt Petunia, Uncle Dimitri, Uncle Spike, Cousin Laszlo
Adam West - Uncle Art
Daniel Hansen - Lewis
Harland Williams - Carl
Angela Bassett - Mildred
Nicole Sullivan - Frannie