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Robots is a 2005 American animated science fiction adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film is directed by Chris Wedge and co-directed by Carlos Saldanha from a screenplay by David Lindsay-Abaire and the writing team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, based on a story conceived by Lindsay ...
- Will Denton
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- Marshall Efron
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- William Joyce
William Edward Joyce (born December 11, 1959) is an American...
- Lucille Bliss
Lucille Theresa Bliss (March 31, 1916 – November 8, 2012)...
- Harland Williams
Harland Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian and...
- Babaloo Mandel
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Mar 27, 2005 · Robots: Directed by Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha. With Paula Abdul, Halle Berry, Lucille Bliss, Terry Bradshaw. In a robot world, a young idealistic inventor travels to the big city to join his inspiration's company, only to find himself opposing its sinister new management.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
- 2005-03-27
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- Chapters
- Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty
is a 2005 American computer-animated adventure comedy filmproduced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Chris Wedge and produced by Jerry Davis, William Joyce, and John C. Donkin, and stars the voices of Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey, and Robin Williams.
Originally developing a film version of Joyce's book Santa Calls, Wedge and Joyce then decided to develop an original story about a world of robots. The film was released on March 11, 2005, and grossed $260.7 million on its $75 million budget.
In Rivet Town, Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) is a young inventor who idolizes Bigweld (Mel Brooks), whose company develops useful machines. Rodney invents the Wonderbot (Chris Wedge) to help his father Herb (Stanley Tucci) clean dishes at a restaurant. When Herb's supervisor confronts them, Wonderbot breaks the dishes, leaving Herb in debt. Rodney takes his invention to Robot City to work at Bigweld Industries and help pay back his father's debt. On arrival, he learns Phineas T. Ratchet (Greg Kinnear) has taken over Bigweld Industries and stopped making spare parts in favor of expensive ‘upgrades’.
Rodney is thrown out and meets Fender Pinwheeler (Robin Williams) (who he met earlier at the train station), Fender's sister Piper (Amanda Bynes), Crank (Drew Carey), Lugnut (Harland Williams), and Diesel, collectively known as ‘the Rusties’. Rodney stays with them at a boarding house owned by Aunt Fanny (Jennifer Coolidge). Rodney begins fixing old robots, known as ‘outmodes’, in the neighborhood. Discovering this, Ratchet's mother Madame Gasket (Jim Broadbent) orders Ratchet to stop Rodney and destroy Bigweld.
Rodney later receives news that Herb needs replacement parts, and decides to find Bigweld to ask him to return and keep on making spare parts. Wonderbot reminds him Bigweld will attend the Bigweld Ball. Rodney and Fender go to the ball in disguise only to hear Ratchet announce Bigweld is unable to attend. Rodney confronts Ratchet but is captured by security. Cappy (Halle Berry), a robot executive at Bigweld Industries opposed to Ratchet's plan, rescues Rodney and Fender.
Fender is captured by a sweeper and taken to the Chop Shop, where the city's junk is melted down, but escapes. Meanwhile, Rodney and Cappy fly to Bigweld's house. Rodney asks Bigweld to return to Bigweld Industries and start making spare parts again, but Bigweld refuses, telling Rodney to give up and leave. Rodney calls his parents, intending to return to Rivet Town, but Herb convinces Rodney to stay. Rodney rallies the Rusties and prepares them for combat. Fender reveals Ratchet has built a fleet of super-sweepers to destroy all outmodes. Bigweld returns to the group, having regained his resolve.
•Ewan McGregor as Rodney Copperbottom, a young blue robot and aspiring inventor.
•Halle Berry as Cappy, an executive at Bigweld Industries and Rodney's love interest.
•Robin Williams as Fender Pinwheeler, a red robot who befriends Rodney and is constantly falling apart.
•Mel Brooks as Bigweld, a jolly inventor and owner of Bigweld Industries.
•Greg Kinnear as Phineas T. Ratchet, a materialistic, arrogant, treacherous, greedy, and self-centered robot, Rodney's arch-rival, and Madame Gasket's son, partner and henchman.
•Jim Broadbent as Madame Gasket, a twisted, malevolent, manipulative, and tyrannical robot, Rodney's arch-enemy, Bigweld's arch-rival, and Ratchet's mother, partner, and boss.
Rivet Town was rumored to be based on Watertown, New York, but director Chris Wedge dismissed this in an interview.
was originally scheduled for a 2004 release, but the release date was changed to 2005. The film premiered on March 6, 2005 in Westwood, Los Angeles, and it was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The film was the first to feature the new trailer for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. The film also featured the exclusive trailer for ...
Critical reaction
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 64% based on 178 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "Robots delights on a visual level, but the story feels like it came off an assembly line." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, gave a score of 64 based on 33 reviews. Roger Ebertgave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, stating that "this is a movie that is a joy to behold entirely apart from what it is about. It looks happy, and, more to the point, it looks harmonious."
Box office
The film was released March 11, 2005, in the United States and Canada and grossed $36 million in 3,776 theaters its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the box office. It grossed a total of $260.7 million worldwide—$128.2 million in the United States and Canada and $132.5 million in other territories.
Accolades
The film was nominated for many awards in the category of best animated film, as well as awards for character design, best animated character, voice casting, and sound editing. However, it only won one, the MTV (Mexico) Movie Award for best song, "Un Héroe Real".[citation needed] The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: •2008: AFI's 10 Top 10: Nominated Animation Film
Soundtrack
was released on March 1, 2005 by Virgin Records. Other songs in the film include •"Underground" – Tom Waits •"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" – Barry White •"...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears •"See Me" – Melanie Blatt •"Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor •"From Zero to Hero" – Sarah Connor •"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" – C+C Music Factory and Freedom Williams
Score
was composed by John Powell and was released on March 15, 2005 by Varèse Sarabande Records.
1.Rivet Town's Newest Arrival
2.The Copperbottom Boy (Main Titles)
3.The World of Bigweld
4.The Inventor
5.Follow Your Dream
6.Robot City
is a five-minute computer-animated film that was included as a bonus feature on the DVD and VHS releases of Robots and a prequel to the film. In the short, Aunt Fanny gives a tour of the Robot City Train Station to a motley collection of robots, including Fender Pinwheeler, Zinc, Tammy, Hacky, and an Old Lady-Bot.
Robots is a 2005 American movie which was produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20ty century Fox. It's one of the best movies to ever grace this planet. A video game of the same name was released for consoles in the same year. In Rivet Town, Rodney Copperbottom is a young inventor who dreams of...
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Robots is a 2005 American computer animated comic science fiction film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The story was created by Chris Wedge and William Joyce, a children's book author/illustrator.
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Mar 11, 2005 · Overview. Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete. David Lindsay-Abaire. Screenplay, Story.
