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Robots
2005
- PG2005 · Children · 1h 30m
Mar 11, 2005 · Edit page. 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.
- Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
- 3 min
- Plot
- Voice Cast
- Production
- Release
- Reception
- Music
- Video Game
- Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty
- Possible Sequel
- External Links
In Rivet Town of a world populated by sentient robots, Rodney Copperbottom, son of Herb and Lydia Copperbottom, is an aspiring young inventor. He idolizes Bigweld, a famous inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropistwhose company, Bigweld Industries, hires other inventors and provides robots with spare parts. Following Bigweld's example to "see a ne...
Halle Berry as Cappy, a straight-laced human-themed executive at Bigweld Industries and Rodney's love interestRobin Williams as Fender Pinwheeler, a mischievous red blender-like robot who befriends Rodney and is constantly falling apartMel Brooks as Bigweld, an elderly sphererobot who is the caring inventor and founder of Bigweld IndustriesInitially, Chris Wedge and William Joyce had decided to make a film adaptation of Joyce's book, Santa Calls. After a failed animation test in 2000, Wedge and Joyce decided to develop an original story about a world of robots instead. In 2001, the duo pitched the concept to then-20th Century Fox Animation president Chris Meledandri, as a visual idea...
Robots was originally scheduled for a 2004 release, but the release date was changed to 2005. The film had its world premiere 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, where it was reported that St...
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.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 64% based on 184 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's consensus reads: "Robots delights on a visual level, but the story feels like it came off an assembly line." Metacritic, gives the film a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 33 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScoregave the film a grade "A" on scale of A+ to F. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film...
Accolades
Robots won an ASCAP award in the category of top box office films. The movie received two Annie Award nominations (Outstanding Character Design in a Feature Production and Outstanding Production Design in an Animated Feature Production; both for William Joyce and Steve Martino for the latter) and two Kids' Choice Award nominations (Favorite Animated Movie and Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie for Robin Williams' performance as Fender). Robots was also nominated for a Teen Choice Award (Ch...
Score
Robots: Original Motion Picture Score was composed by John Powell and was released on March 15, 2005 by Varèse Sarabande and Fox Music. Other songs in the film include 1. "Underground" – Tom Waits 2. "Shine" – Ricky Fanté (end credits) 3. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" – Barry White 4. "...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears 5. "See Me" – Melanie Blatt 6. "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor 7. "From Zero to Hero" – Sarah Connor 8. "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" – C+C Music Fac...
A video game based on the film, was released on February 24, 2005 for the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows. It was developed by Eurocom for the consoles and PC and by Griptonite Games for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, it was published by Vivendi Universal Games. The game would receive mixed to average...
Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty is a five-minute computer-animated film that was included as a bonus feature on the DVD and Asian Blu-ray releases of Robots and is a prequel to the film, as it takes place during Fender's arrival at Robot City. In the short, Aunt Fanny/Fan gives a tour of the Robot City Train Station to a motley collection of robots, inc...
Following its release, both Wedge and Joyce have expressed interest in doing a sequel. In light of the Release the Snyder Cut movement and the closure of Blue Sky Studios, a movement to release a director's cut of Robots has gained traction.A proposed director's cut was first mentioned on the film's original DVD audio commentary with Wedge and Joyc...
Robots at Rotten TomatoesRobots at IMDbRobots at the TCM Movie Database- $75–80 million
- Jerry Davis, John C. Donkin, William Joyce
Mar 11, 2005 · In a world of sentient robots, striving young inventor Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) wants to work for the avuncular Bigweld (Mel Brooks), whose Bigweld Industries makes spare robot parts.
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- Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
- PG
- Blue Sky Studios
16K. Featuring an all-star voice cast and a groundbreaking visual style that pushes the boundaries of animated filmmaking, Robots is a dazzling, fun-filled feast for the eyes and a riveting good...
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Summaries. 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. A young male robot travels to the city to try to work in an inventing company to work with his idol.
This world is inhabited by robots who are human in every respect except that they are not human in any respect, if you follow me. They even have babies. As the movie opens, Herb Copperbottom and his wife are unwrapping their new little boy, who has arrived in a shipping crate, some assembly required.
Mar 16, 2020 · Check out the official Robots (2005) Trailer starring Ewan McGregor and Halle Berry! Let us know what you think in the comments below. Watch on FandangoNOW:...
