Ratatouille

Theatrical Release Date: 2007 06 29 (USA)

UPC: 786936727173

Studio: Walt Disney Video

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: A scrawny rat named Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt) finds his dreams of culinary superstardom stirring up sizable controversy in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant in director Brad Bird's madcap computer-animated comedy. It's hard being a rat with culinary aspirations, but Remy is convinced he has what it takes to break the stereotypes and follow in the footsteps of star chef Auguste Gusteau (voice of Brad Garrett). As fate would have it, Remy is currently situated in the sewers directly beneath Gusteau's elegant restaurant. Soon Remy teams up with a young chef with little talent named Linguini (voice of Lou Romano). Together they are able to create some fabulous dishes, but they live in fear that someone will discover their secret and object strenuously to a rat being in a kitchen. When Remy's passion for cooking turns the haughty world of French cuisine upside down, the rat who would be king of the kitchen learns important lessons about life, friends, and family while questioning whether he should pursue his culinary calling or simply go back underground and return to his life as a sewer rat. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Awards: Best Animated Feature – National Board of Review Best Animation – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Screenplay – Boston Society of Film Critics Best Animated Feature – Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – null Best Original Screenplay – Chicago Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – Chicago Film Critics Association Best Picture – American Film Institute Best Animated Feature – Southeastern Film Critics Association Best Picture - Animated or Mixed Media – Golden Satellite Award Best Animated or Family Film – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – Utah Film Critics Best Animated Feature – Florida Film Critics Best Animated Feature – Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Best Animated Feature – Las Vegas Film Critics Association Best Family Film – Las Vegas Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – San Diego Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – Austin Film Critics Best Animated Feature – Toronto Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – Phoenix Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – Kansas City Film Critics Association Best Art Direction in a Fantasy Film – Art Directors Guild Best Animated Feature – Ohio Film Critics Best Animated Feature – Producers Guild of America Best Animated Feature – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Presented – Santa Barbara International Film Festival Best Animated Feature – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Animated Feature – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Deleted scenes
An all-new animated short Remy & Emile in "Your Friend the Rat"
Fine food & Film
"Lifted"

Ratatouille

Format: DVD

Release Date: 11/06/2007

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS2.0 Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels

Runtime: 111 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Ratatouille
1. World's Best [:00]
2. This is Me [:00]
3. Taste This [:01]
4. Caught [:00]
5. Exodus [:00]
6. Wall Rat [:00]
7. Le Cooks [:55]
8. Big Break [:21]
9. Discovered [:03]
10. The Pact [:33]
11. First Day [4:36]
12. Test Drive [1:24]
13. Accidental Success [:55]
14. Cooking With Colette [:33]
15. Something New [:54]
16. Old and New Friends [:12]
17. Homecoming [:29]
18. Exterminator [:11]
19. Kiss & Vinegar [:14]
20. Losing Control [:24]
21. Paper Chase [:04]
22. Up & Down [:33]
23. Heist to See You [1:03]
24. Big Night(mare) [:16]
25. Ego Orders [:26]
26. Truth Hurts [1:10]
27. Dinner Rush [2:15]
28. Best Shot [:17]
29. The Review [1:39]
30. La Ratatouille [1:21]
31. End Creditouilles [3:06]

Perry Seibert

Pixar's Parisian-set Ratatouille tells the delightful story of Remy (Patton Oswalt), a sewer rat with sophisticated taste buds who wants desperately to become a gourmet chef. Artistically employing state-of-the-art CG animation, director Brad Bird uses colorful imagery to create a visual metaphor for what this rat with a highly refined palette experiences whenever he eats good food. The bright, playful splashes of color that symbolize Remy's exploding taste buds have the same effect for the audience as they do for the rat, pleasurably tickling the senses of audience members of any age. If Ratatouille accomplished nothing else, it would still be a very good movie, but the film goes even farther. Remy is such a likeable, sympathetic character that his story translates to anyone's calling or interest, from cooking to filmmaking to sculpture. Without doubt, Ratatouille is a heartwarming story, but its subtext expresses why art matters so deeply to those who make it, as well as to those who appreciate it. Bird knows how to orchestrate a frantic chase through a kitchen with the precision of the old Warner Bros. Looney Tunes team, and the timing of Buster Keaton. Like Remy, Bird knows how to utilize a variety of elements that play off each other to create something new and memorable that's greater than the sum of its parts. As with all Pixar films, the animation is exquisite. Watching wine pour from a bottle into a glass is almost sensory overload, as attention is paid to every instant of the liquid's movement, and the way different lighting affects its burgundy hue. Bird also paces his story with masterful skill, inspiring the audience to care for his characters and understand their desires. There's always a reminder of what's at stake for Remy and the other characters before Bird plunges us into another brilliantly enthralling set piece. Bird even portrays the fearsome restaurant critic Ego (gloriously voiced by Peter O'Toole) with just as much respect as he does the film's hero. Perhaps this helps explain why the film opened to such rapturous reviews from critics, but there is so much more to Ratatouille than simple flattery. The film reflects the fact that Bird understands the way cuisine, film, or any art form can trigger the senses -- which in turn trigger our emotions, inspiring our own warm memories. From beginning to end, Brad Bird's Ratatouille offers as pure a statement of purpose for an artist as one could imagine. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Brad Bird  Director 
Brad Bird  Screenwriter 
John Lasseter  Executive Producer 
Andrew Stanton  Executive Producer 
Brad Lewis  Producer 
Michael Giacchino  Composer (Music Score) 
Jan Pinkava  Director 
Patton Oswalt  Actor 
Ian Holm  Actor 
Lou Romano  Actor 
Brian Dennehy  Actor 
Peter Sohn  Actor 
Peter O'Toole  Actor 
Brad Garrett  Actor 
Janeane Garofalo  Actor 
Will Arnett  Actor 
Julius Callahan  Actor 
Julius Callahan  Actor 
James Remar  Actor 
John Ratzenberger  Actor 
Teddy Newton  Actor 
Tony Fucile  Actor 
Tony Fucile  Actor 
Jake Steinfeld  Actor 
Brad Bird  Actor 
Stéphane Roux  Actor 

Country: USA