Ratatouille (2007)

Directors:

Brad Bird
Jan Pinkava (co-director)

Writers:

Brad Bird (screenplay) and
Jan Pinkava (story) ...

Release Date:

29 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Dinner is served... Summer 2007

Plot:

Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy's family's skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans.

Plot Keywords:

Rat | Chef | Restaurant | Cooking | Food

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 43 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

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)

Also Known As:

Untitled Rodent Project (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES

Certification:

USA:G | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Australia:PG | Singapore:G | Brazil:Livre | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (subtitled version) | Finland:S | UK:U | Ireland:G | Chile:TE | South Korea:All | Germany:o.Al. | Taiwan:GP | Malaysia:U | Sweden:7 | Hong Kong:I | Iceland:L | Norway:7 | Netherlands:AL | South Africa:PG | New Zealand:PG

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

John Ratzenberger once again provides a voice in a Pixar film (the only actor do so in every Pixar film). It's also noted that this is the first time Ratzenberger has voiced a human. Before, he has voiced a piggy bank in Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999); a flea in A Bug's Life (1998); The Abominable Snowman in _Monster's Inc. (2001)_; a school of fish in Finding Nemo (2003); a robotic miner in The Incredibles (2004); and a Mack truck in Cars (2006);.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Unlike in English, the apostrophe is not used to form possessives of nouns and pronouns in French. Thus, "Gusteau's" should be "Le restaurant de Gusteau" (the restaurant of Gusteau).

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...
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Gone Maggie Gone (#20.13)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Le Festin

Pure brilliance... beats Nemo, Cars, etc !!

I saw this movie in the sneak preview, and I just loved it! You will be amazed by its creativity and brilliance. I would easily vote it to be the best animation movie ever beating nemo, cars, monster inc, etc by a mile! This movie is for people of all age groups. Kids, adults and even those who do not like animations will love it.

I do not want to say anything else here and spoil it for you. All I can say is if you do not watch it, you will be missing out on a very very very special movie.

I have never written a review on here before, but this movie made me write one. Ratatouille is pure brilliance!