Ratatouille (film)
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| Directed by | Brad Bird Jan Pinkava |
| Written by | Brad Bird Emily Cook Kathy Greenberg Jan Pinkava |
| Starring | Patton Oswalt Brian Dennehy Brad Garrett Janeane Garofalo Ian Holm Peter O'Toole |
| Music by | Michael Giacchino |
| Editing by | Darren T. Holmes |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  June 29, 2007 July 28, 2007 August 30, 2007 October 5, 2007 September 28, 2007 |
| Language | English |
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Ratatouille is the eighth animated feature film produced by Pixar. Its name comes from the dish ratatouille. It is scheduled for release on June 29, 2007 in the United States.
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[edit] Plot
The film tells the success story of an unlikely hero; a rat named Rémy (voiced by Patton Oswalt) who finds himself in a Parisian restaurant made famous by an eccentric French chef, Auguste Gusteau. Rémy is not only an epicure, (so quite an outsider among his kinfolk), but aims to become a fine chef. This far-reaching ambition, incredibly enough, he achieves. [1]
In an interview, John Lasseter described the movie:
- "It is about a rat that wants to be a fine chef in a top French restaurant in Paris. It is a wonderful story about following your passions when all the world is against you. A rat to a kitchen is death; a kitchen to a rat is death."[2]
[edit] Crew
The film is directed by Brad Bird, who previously directed the 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles. The film's original director Jan Pinkava, of the 1997 Pixar short film Geri's Game, is co-directing. The screenwriters are Emily Cook and Kathy Greenberg, both making their feature film debuts, from a story by Jan Pinkava. The film's score is composed by Michael Giacchino known for his works The Incredibles, One Man Band, Lost, and Alias.
The film's executive producer is Disney-Pixar Animation's Chief Creative Officer, John Lasseter, who continues to retain this position on all Pixar films he does not personally direct. The film is produced by John Walker and John Lasseter (executive producer) and edited by Darren T. Holmes, whose previous work includes The Iron Giant and Lilo & Stitch.
[edit] Cast
- Main article: List of Ratatouille characters.
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| Characters | Image | Voice actor |
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| Remy |  |
Patton Oswalt |
| Linguini |  |
Lou Romano |
| Colette |  |
Janeane Garafalo |
| Skinner |  |
Ian Holm |
| Emile |  |
Peter Sohn |
| Django |  |
Brian Dennehy |
| Auguste Gusteau |  |
Brad Garrett |
| Anton Ego |  |
Peter O'Toole |
| Git | Unknown | |
| French Waiter | Brad Bird |
[edit] Trivia
- The film's marketing materials say that the film's title is pronounced "rat-a-too-ee". This is purposely non-standard pronunciation syntax (versus "ra-ta-too-ee"). The same applies for the German title where the phonetic notation is "ratte-tuu-ii" (Note: "Ratte" means rat in German.)
- The chef's name "Auguste Gusteau" involves both a homonym and an anagram. His last name appears to be pronounced the same as the Italian word "gusto", meaning "flavour", and his first name is an anagram of his last.
- The restaurant in Ratatouille is called “Gusteau's” referring to the chef's name "Auguste Gusteau".
- Ratatouille's general plot, as suggested in the March 2007 trailer, of a rodent secretly guiding a human to become a success in his career -- is similar to a previous Disney short subject, Ben and Me.
[edit] Trailers
Continuing a Pixar tradition, the first trailer for Ratatouille debuted with the theatrical release of its immediate predecessor, Cars. Another Pixar tradition is to create trailers for their films that do not contain footage from the released film. Trailers for this film include:
- The main rat, Rémy, is discovered stealing a piece of cheese from a high class Parisian restaurant, and just barely makes off with it. Also, Rémy talks to the audience about his preference of "good food" (the food that we eat) over trash (which is what his father and friends want him to eat).
A second trailer was released on March 23, 2007.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Initial plot outline of Ratatouille
- ^ John Lasseter interview with reference to Ratatouille
- ^ Walt Disney Pictures. "New Ratatouille Trailer Coming Friday", Comingsoon.net, 2007-03-19. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Ratatouille at the Internet Movie Database
- Ratatouille at Keyframe - the Animation Resource
- Ratatouille profile
- American Ratatouille Theatrical Trailer
- Japanese Ratatouille Theatrical Trailer
Feature Films: Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Toy Story 3 (2010)
Short Films: Luxo Jr. (1986) • Red's Dream (1987) • Tin Toy (1988) • Knick Knack (1989) • Geri's Game (1997) • For the Birds (2000) • Mike's New Car (2002) • Boundin' (2003) • Jack-Jack Attack (2005) • One Man Band (2005) • Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) • Lifted (2006)
People: John Lasseter • Glenn McQueen • Joe Ranft • Brad Bird • Andrew Stanton • Pete Docter • Lee Unkrich • Jan Pinkava • John Ratzenberger • Ed Catmull • Steve Jobs
See also: The Adventures of André and Wally B. • List of Disney theatrical animated features
