Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Coming Out at 2 November 2001 in theaters.
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Monsters, Inc. is computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, and Jennifer Tilly, the film was directed by Pete Docter in his directorial debut, and executive produced by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. The film centers on two monsters – James P. “Sulley” Sullivan and his one-eyed partner and best friend Mike Wazowski – employed at the titular energy-producing factory Monsters, Inc, which generates power by scaring human children. The monster world believes that children are toxic, and when a small child enters the factory, Sulley and Mike must return her home before it is too late.
Docter began developing the film in 1996, and wrote the story with Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston. Stanton wrote the screenplay with screenwriter Dan Gerson. The characters went through many incarnations over the film’s five-year production process. The technical team and animators found new ways to render fur and cloth realistically for the film. Randy Newman, who composed the music for Pixar’s three prior films, returned to compose its fourth.
Monsters, Inc. was praised by critics and proved to be a major box office success from its release on November 2, 2001, generating over $577 million worldwide and becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2001. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “If I Didn’t Have You” and was nominated for the first Best Animated Feature, but lost to DreamWorks’ Shrek, and was also nominated for Best Original Score and Best Sound Editing. Monsters, Inc. saw a 3D re-release in theaters on December 19, 2012. A prequel titled Monsters University, which was directed by Dan Scanlon, was released on June 21, 2013. A web-series titled Monsters at Work will release on Disney+ in 2020.
Directors: Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
Writers: Jeff Pidgeon, Ralph Eggleston, Andrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson
Stars: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly, Bob Peterson
Cast:
| John Goodman | … | Sullivan (voice) |
| Billy Crystal | … | Mike (voice) |
| Mary Gibbs | … | Boo (voice) |
| Steve Buscemi | … | Randall (voice) |
| James Coburn | … | Waternoose (voice) |
| Jennifer Tilly | … | Celia (voice) |
| Bob Peterson | … | Roz (voice) |
| John Ratzenberger | … | Yeti (voice) |
| Frank Oz | … | Fungus (voice) |
| Daniel Gerson | … | Needleman & Smitty (voice) |
| Steve Susskind | … | Floor Manager (voice) |
| Bonnie Hunt | … | Flint (voice) |
| Jeff Pidgeon | … | Bile (voice) |
| Samuel Lord Black | … | George Sanderson (voice) |
| Jack Angel | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bob Bergen | … | Schmidt (voice) |
| Rodger Bumpass | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Gino Conforti | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jennifer Darling | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Patti Deutsch | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Pete Docter | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bobby Edner | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ashley Edner | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Paul Eiding | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Katie Scarlett | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bill Farmer | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Keegan Farrell | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Pat Fraley | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Teresa Ganzel | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Taylor Gifaldi | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Marc John Jefferies | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Joe Lala | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Noah Luke | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Sherry Lynn | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Danny Mann | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Mona Marshall | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Mickie McGowan | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Laraine Newman | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Kay Panabaker | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bret ‘Brook’ Parker | … | Monster Kid / Trailer Mom (voice) |
| Phil Proctor | … | Charlie (voice) |
| Josh Qualtieri | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Guido Quaroni | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jan Rabson | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Lisa Raggio | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Joe Ranft | … | Ward (voice) |
| Sophia Ranft | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Katherine Ringgold | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bob Scott | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| David Silverman | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jim Thornton | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Lee Unkrich | … | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jacques Marin | … | French Reporter on TV News (voice) |
| Stojan Matavulj | … | Sale Salecic |
| Branko Menicanin | … | Mate Vidovic |
| Wallace Shawn | … | Rex (outtakes) (voice) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia