Leaping from closets across the country, MONSTERS INC. hit the theaters running in 2001. It opened to positive reviews and tremendous audience approval. Co-produced by Pixar and Disney, the film went on to gross more than $524 million -- rivaling only "The Lion King" in terms of overall box office gross. It also went on to win an Oscar for Best Original Song.
Monsters, Inc. is the power station fueling the great city of Monsteropolis (think New York circa 1940). The blue-collar monsters employed at Monsters, Inc. clock in every day to power-up the city with the bottled screams of human children. Can you recall those dreaded nights you swore something was moving in the closet? Well, little did you know your screams would be juicing up a city of monsters. Had you had the presence of mind to swipe at them, you would have had them running for their lives. Common monster wisdom believes humans are highly toxic. Should they ever touch a human, its off to the quarantine room.
So it happens that one fateful shift, Monster Inc.'s best and brightest, Sulley (voiced by John Goodman), accidentally brings a human child back to Monsteropolis. In a frightful panic, he hides her with the help of his good buddy, Mike (voiced by Billy Crystal). They soon discover humans are not toxic after all -- in fact, making them laugh generates more power than a scream ever could. Sulley and Mike hatch a plan to disguise Boo as a monster to get her back home, but the no-good monster Randall Boggs (voiced by Steve Buscemi) has devised a power extractor that can double the scream-based fuel systems.
Sulley smuggles Boo straight to the CEO of Monsters Inc., where he is roped into teaching the new recruits some basic scare tactics. Seeing his frightening display, Boo blows her cover by bursting into tears. Sulley soon discovers the CEO, working along with Randall, is behind the new scream extractor but not before Boo is taken from him. He and Mike are quickly exiled to the Himalayas, where they begin to search frantically for the portal that will get them back to Monsteropolis in time to save Boo. Can they get back to Boo in time? What will happen to the children of the world if the scream extractor works?
This fluid film was the end-product of the hard work of the digital masters at Pixar. A great example of their meticulous work is Sulley's luxurious fur coat. The programmers rendered over two million individual hairs to give him a completely lifelike look and feel. Pixar invented a proprietary program called RenderMan DSO (Dynamic Shared Object) that effectively distributed the hair on any given character and added depth to the renderings. The end effect is a stunning film that doesn't disappoint.
Monsters, Inc. is the power station fueling the great city of Monsteropolis (think New York circa 1940). The blue-collar monsters employed at Monsters, Inc. clock in every day to power-up the city with the bottled screams of human children. Can you recall those dreaded nights you swore something was moving in the closet? Well, little did you know your screams would be juicing up a city of monsters. Had you had the presence of mind to swipe at them, you would have had them running for their lives. Common monster wisdom believes humans are highly toxic. Should they ever touch a human, its off to the quarantine room.
So it happens that one fateful shift, Monster Inc.'s best and brightest, Sulley (voiced by John Goodman), accidentally brings a human child back to Monsteropolis. In a frightful panic, he hides her with the help of his good buddy, Mike (voiced by Billy Crystal). They soon discover humans are not toxic after all -- in fact, making them laugh generates more power than a scream ever could. Sulley and Mike hatch a plan to disguise Boo as a monster to get her back home, but the no-good monster Randall Boggs (voiced by Steve Buscemi) has devised a power extractor that can double the scream-based fuel systems.
Sulley smuggles Boo straight to the CEO of Monsters Inc., where he is roped into teaching the new recruits some basic scare tactics. Seeing his frightening display, Boo blows her cover by bursting into tears. Sulley soon discovers the CEO, working along with Randall, is behind the new scream extractor but not before Boo is taken from him. He and Mike are quickly exiled to the Himalayas, where they begin to search frantically for the portal that will get them back to Monsteropolis in time to save Boo. Can they get back to Boo in time? What will happen to the children of the world if the scream extractor works?
This fluid film was the end-product of the hard work of the digital masters at Pixar. A great example of their meticulous work is Sulley's luxurious fur coat. The programmers rendered over two million individual hairs to give him a completely lifelike look and feel. Pixar invented a proprietary program called RenderMan DSO (Dynamic Shared Object) that effectively distributed the hair on any given character and added depth to the renderings. The end effect is a stunning film that doesn't disappoint.
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