Scratchpad

If you are new to Scratchpad, and want full access as a Scratchpad editor, create an account!
If you already have an account, log in and have fun!!

READ MORE

Scratchpad
Register
Advertisement

Welcome to the Cars mini wiki at Scratchpad!

You can use the box below to create new pages for this mini-wiki.




Cars
[[File:
Cars 2006
|frameless|alt=]]
Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Lasseter
Produced by Darla K. Anderson
Screenplay by
Story by
  • John Lasseter
  • Joe Ranft
  • Jorgen Klubien
Starring
Music by Randy Newman
Cinematography
  • Jeremy Lasky
  • Jean Claude Kalache
Edited by Ken Schretzmann
Production
company
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
Release dates
  • June 9, 2006 (2006-06-09)
Running time
116 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $120 million[1]
Box office $462 million[1]

Cars is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy-adventure sports film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and co-written by John Lasseter, it is Pixar's final independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features the voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman (in his final non-documentary feature), Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, and John Ratzenberger. Real life race car drivers Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Mario Andretti and Michael Schumacher, and car enthusiast Jay Leno (as "Jay Limo") voice themselves. It is also the second Pixar film – after A Bug's Life – to have an entirely non-human cast. The film was accompanied by the short One Man Band for its theatrical and home media releases.

Cars premiered on May 26, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina and was theatrically released on June 9, 2006, to positive reviews. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and won the wikipedia:Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The film was released on DVD on November 7, 2006 and to Blu-ray Disc in late 2007. Related merchandise, including scale models of several of the cars, broke records for retail sales of merchandise based on a Disney·Pixar film,[2] bringing an estimated $10 billion in 5 years since the film's release.[3] The film was dedicated to Joe Ranft, who was killed in a car accident during the film's production.

A sequel, Cars 2, was released on June 24, 2011,[4] and a spin-off, Planes, produced by DisneyToon Studios, was released on August 9, 2013.[5] A series of short animated films entitled Cars Toons has been airing since 2008.[6]

Characters[]

Parodies[]

Cars/Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Cars/My Little Pony

Cars/My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Cars/Finding Nemo

Cars/ A Bug's Life

Cars/Thomas

Cars/Equestria Girls

Cars/Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse

See also[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Cars (2006)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cars.htm. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  2. Brooks Barnes. "Pixar’s Art Leaves Profit Watchers Edgy", The New York Times, April 5, 2009. Retrieved on June 2, 2009. 
  3. "Merchandise sales drive Pixar's 'Cars' franchise", June 21, 2011. Retrieved on July 13, 2013. “In the five years since its 2006 release, "Cars" has generated global retail sales approaching $10 billion, according to Disney. That ranks the Pixar film alongside such cinematic merchandising standouts as "Star Wars," "Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter," as well as its own paean to playthings, "Toy Story," according to researcher NPD.” 
  4. Graham, Bill. "First Image, Poster, and Official Synopsis for Pixar’s CARS 2; Plus Trailer Info", November 15, 2010. Retrieved on May 18, 2011. 
  5. "Disney Sets Cars Spinoff Planes for a Theatrical Release", ComingSoon.net, December 21, 2012. Retrieved on July 2, 2013. 
  6. Rizvi, Samad. "Three ‘Cars’ Shorty Shorts Debut Tonight On Disney Channel", March 22, 2013. Retrieved on March 24, 2013. 
Advertisement