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List Of Pixar Film References
Beginning with ''Red's Dream'' and its references to previous Pixar short films, Pixar has included references in its films to other works produced by the studio. These have included cameo appearances, references to characters, objects, and titles of works. Additionally, such easter eggs or in-jokes can refer to Pixar staff, associates, or places or events from the company's past. Lastly, some things, such as A113, Pizza Planet, or actor John Ratzenberger have appeared in the majority of Pixar films, establishing a set of traditions that subsequent Pixar films try to include. The following is a list of all documented self-referential nods contained within Pixar films and shorts that the various filmmakers have incorporated into their movies. Traditions A113 A113 is an Easter egg that has been inserted into several animated television shows and feature films as a homage to a classroom at CalArts, the alma mater of former Pixar/Disney executive John Lasseter and director Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red's Dream
''Red's Dream'' is a 1987 American animated short film written and directed by John Lasseter and produced by Pixar. The short film, which runs four minutes, stars Red, a unicycle. Propped up in the corner of a bicycle store on a rainy night, Red dreams of a fantasy where it becomes the star of a circus. ''Red's Dream'' was Pixar's second computer-animated short following '' Luxo Jr.'' in 1986, also directed by Lasseter. ''Red's Dream'' is more strongly character driven than ''Luxo Jr.'', Pixar's previous short film. The short was designed to demonstrate new technical innovations in imagery. The short was created by employing the company's own Pixar Image Computer, but the computer's memory limitations led the animation group to abandon it for further projects. Space was growing tight at the company, and as a result, Lasseter and his team worked out of a hallway during production, where Lasseter sometimes slept for days on end. The short film debuted at the annual SIGGRAPH confe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bug's Life
''A Bug's Life'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a 1998 American animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter from a screenplay written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ranft. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Hayden Panettiere. In the film, a misfit ant named Flik looks for "tough warriors" to save his ant colony from a protection racket run by a gang of Carolina grasshopper, grasshoppers. However, the "warriors" he brings back are a troupe of Circus Bugs. The film's plot was initially inspired by Aesop's fable ''The Ant and the Grasshopper''. Production on ''A Bug's Life'' began shortly after the release of ''Toy Story'' in 1995. The ants in the film were redesigned to be more appealing, and Pixar's animation unit employed technical innovations in computer animation. Randy Newman composed the music f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''SlashFilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005. The site's reviews appear on Rotten Tomatoes, and as of 2024, two of its leading film critics are Chris Evangelista and filmmaker B.J. Colangelo. Podcasts Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Jeff Cannata airs weekly and focuses on a discussion of a recently released film, along with current film news and other related entertainment topics (Adam Quigley co-hosted the show with Chen and Hardawar from 2008 to 2013). In July 2021, the show became independent from the site and was rebranded ''The Filmcast''. ''The Tobolowsky Files'', hosted by Chen, features character actor Stephen Tobolowsky talking about his career, life and other topics. The ''JustifiedCast'', also hosted by Chen, followed season 3 of the TV series '' Justified''. ''A Cast of Kings'' is a podcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cars 2
''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American animated spy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to '' Cars'' (2006), the second film in the ''Cars'' franchise, and the 12th animated film from the studio. The film was directed by John Lasseter, co-directed by Brad Lewis, produced by Denise Ream, and written by Ben Queen, Lasseter, Lewis, and Dan Fogelman. In the film's ensemble voice cast, Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Guido Quaroni, Bonnie Hunt, and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles from the first film. George Carlin, who previously voiced Fillmore, died in 2008, and his role was passed to Lloyd Sherr. They are joined by newcomers Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, John Turturro, Eddie Izzard, and Thomas Kretschmann. In the film, Lightning McQueen and Mater agree to compete in the World Grand Prix, an international racing event showcasing a new alternative fuel called Allinol, but Mater inadvertently becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up (2009 Film)
''Up'' is a 2009 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Bob Peterson, and produced by Jonas Rivera, from a screenplay written by Peterson and Docter, and a story conceived by the duo and Tom McCarthy. The film features the voice talents of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai and Bob Peterson. The film centers on Carl Fredricksen (Asner), an elderly widower who travels to South America with youngster Russell (Nagai) in order to fulfill a promise that he made to his late wife. In the jungle, they encounter an exotic bird and oppose Carl's childhood idol, who has sinister plans to capture it. Originally titled ''Heliums'', Docter conceived the outline for ''Up'' in 2004 based on fantasies of escaping from life when it became too irritating. He and eleven other Pixar artists spent three days in Venezuela for research and inspiration. The design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directive (programming)
In computer programming, a directive or pragma (from "pragmatic") is a language construct that specifies how a compiler (or other translator) should process its input. Depending on the programming language, directives may or may not be part of the grammar of the language and may vary from compiler to compiler. They can be processed by a preprocessor to specify compiler behavior, or function as a form of in-band parameterization. In some cases directives specify global behavior, while in other cases they only affect a local section, such as a block of programming code. In some cases, such as some C programs, directives are optional compiler hints and may be ignored, but normally they are prescriptive and must be followed. However, a directive does not perform any action in the language itself, but rather only a change in the behavior of the compiler. This term could be used to refer to proprietary third-party tags and commands (or markup) embedded in code that result in additiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WALL-E
''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American animated Romance film, romantic science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Jim Morris (film producer), Jim Morris, and written by Stanton and Jim Reardon, based on a story by Stanton and Pete Docter. It stars the voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, and Sigourney Weaver, with Fred Willard in a live-action role. The film follows a solitary robot named WALL-E (character), WALL-E on a Future of Earth, future, Planetary habitability, uninhabitable, deserted Earth in 2805, left to clean up garbage. He is visited by a robot called EVE sent from the starship ''Axiom'', with whom he falls in love and pursues across the galaxy. After directing ''Finding Nemo'', Stanton felt Pixar had created believable simulations of underwater physics and was willing to direct a film set lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratatouille (film)
''Ratatouille'' ( ) is a 2007 American animated Comedy drama, comedy-drama film written and directed by Brad Bird from an original idea by Jan Pinkava, who conceived the film's story with Bird and Jim Capobianco. Produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, it stars the voices of Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O'Toole, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn and Brad Garrett. The title refers to the French dish ratatouille, and also references the species of the main character, a rat. Set mostly in Paris, the plot follows a young rat Remy (Oswalt) who dreams of becoming a chef at Auguste Gusteau's (Garrett) restaurant and tries to achieve his goal by forming an unlikely alliance with the restaurant's garbage boy Alfredo Linguini (Romano). Development for ''Ratatouille'' began in 2000 when Pinkava wrote the original concepts of the film, although he was never formally named the director of the film. In 2005, following Pinkava's departure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mater And The Ghostlight
''Mater and the Ghostlight'' is a 2006 American animated short film released as a special feature on the DVD of Pixar's film ''Cars'', which was released in the United States and Canada on November 7, 2006. The short, set in the ''Cars'' world, tells a story of Mater being haunted by a mysterious blue light. Plot Mater has been pranking the other residents of Radiator Springs by moving Red's flowers, bursting out from a pile of tires built to resemble the Colosseum to startle Guido and Luigi, dressing up as a cone vampire to scare Sally, attempting to scare Lizzie while she is sleeping which is unsuccessful, moving Fillmore's gas cans back outside while he takes them in and scaring Lightning McQueen when he believes Mater is hiding behind a pile of cans ready to jump out (what was really behind the pile of cans was one of Mater's signs). Afterwards, Mater teases Lightning as if he had seen " the Ghostlight," a Route 66 urban legend. Sheriff admonishes him for mocking the ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tow Mater
Tow Mater is a fictional anthropomorphic tow truck and major character in the Disney/Pixar ''Cars'' franchise. His appearances include the feature films ''Cars'', ''Cars 2'', and ''Cars 3,'' as well as in the TV series ''Cars Toons'' and '' Cars on the Road.'' Mater is also a playable character in each of the ''Cars'' video game installments. He is voiced by Larry the Cable Guy. In ''Cars,'' Mater is the local tow truck who owns and operates his own towing and salvage yard in Radiator Springs and is the first vehicle in town to support Lightning McQueen. They quickly become best friends. In ''Cars 2'', Mater heads overseas to act as Lightning's crew chief in the first ever World Grand Prix, but inadvertently becomes involved in international espionage after being mistaken as a spy. In ''Cars 3,'' Mater is a supporting character who stays behind in Radiator Springs while Lightning travels to the Rust-eze Racing Center, but gives advice to him on how to defeat Jackson Storm later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightning McQueen
Lightning McQueen is a fictional anthropomorphic stock car and the protagonist of the Disney/Pixar ''Cars'' franchise. He was developed by John Lasseter and co-director Joe Ranft from a story concept by Jorgen Klubien. Lightning's appearances include the feature films ''Cars'', ''Cars 2'', and '' Cars 3'', as well as the animated series ''Cars Toons'' and '' Cars on the Road''. He is also a playable character in each of the ''Cars'' video game installments. Primarily voiced by Owen Wilson, Lightning is recognizable by his red body with yellow and orange lightning bolt stickers featuring his racing number on his sides. In ''Cars'', Lightning begins as a talented but cocky rookie in the Piston Cup racing series who becomes stranded in the small town of Radiator Springs, where he learns about humility and friendship from the locals. Over his professional racing career, he achieves several Piston Cup victories. In ''Cars 2'', he competes in the World Grand Prix, while his friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cars (film)
''Cars'' is a 2006 American animated Sports comedy, sports comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by John Lasseter, co-directed by Joe Ranft (his only directorial effort), produced by Darla K. Anderson, and written by Lasseter, Ranft, Dan Fogelman, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, and Jorgen Klubien based on a story by Lasseter, Ranft, and Klubien. The film stars an ensemble voice cast of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman (in his final voice acting theatrical film role), Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, John Ratzenberger and Richard Petty, while race car drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr. (as "Junior"), Mario Andretti, Michael Schumacher and car enthusiast Jay Leno (as "Jay Limo") voice themselves. Set in a world populated entirely by Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic vehicles, the film follows a young self ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
