Description
The pixel-happy production company Blue Sky follows its successful feature ICE AGE with more animated antics in ROBOTS. Rodney Copperbottom (voiced by
Ewan McGregor) is a talented inventor who hopes to make his fortune by moving to Robot City and working among the nuts and bolts of the robotics industry. Rodney fantasizes about building robots for his boyhood hero and master inventor Big Weld (
Mel Brooks), but when he meets him, Rodney's dream threatens to turn rusty. Big Weld reveals that his company is now being run by the evil Phineas T. Ratchet (
Greg Kinnear), a merciless moneymaker who wants to rid the world of the antiquated robots that clutter up the streets of Robot City. This leaves Rodney's aspirations needing a major oil change, and with little chance of finding work, he feels about as useful as a broken spare part. So he takes to the streets, where he finds some unlikely salvation in a group of robots lead by Fender (
Robin Williams). Fender urges Rodney to help save them from the scrap heap, while Ratchet and his company create threatening new policies on robot reconstruction. The ensuing action leads to a breathtaking set of adventures in the futuristic city.
A fun, dizzying delight, ROBOTS benefits from the many voices of
Robin Williams, who is the perfect comic foil to
Ewan McGregor's central character. The special effects are masterfully handled, and the rendering of Robot City is a true sight to behold. A film that should find a broad audience among adults and children alike, ROBOTS is fast-paced animated entertainment at its finest.
Details
Released: Tue 14 Oct 2008
Catalogue Number: 2229385
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- Director: Chris Wedge
- Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Producers: Jerry Davis, John C. Donkin, William Joyce
- Screenwriters: Lowell Ganz, David Lindsay-Abaire, Babaloo Mandel, Marc Mandel, Jim McClain, Ron Mita
- Feature:
- Deleted Scenes
- Audio Commentary - 1. Chris Wedge - Director, William Joyce - Producer
- Audio Commentary - 2. Mitch Kopelman - Technical Director, Animators (unspecified)
- Film Clip - PSA 15 sec. spot
- Making of - ICE AGE 2
- Featurettes - 1. "You Can Shine No Matter What You're Made Of"
- 2. Blue Man Group Featurettes
- Featurette - 2. Blue Man Group Featurettes
- Bonus Shorts - 1. AUNT FANNY'S TOUR OF BOOTY
- Featurette - 2. Original ROBOTS pitch short
- Trailers -
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Bonus Trailers - 1. BRATZ 2
- Audio Commentary - 2. FERNGULLY SPECIAL EDITION
- Audio Commentary - 3. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
- Audio Commentary - 4. GARFIELD
- Audio Commentary - 5. MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
- Audio Commentary - 6. ICE AGE 2
- 7. Forced Family Trailer: (GARFIELD/BECAUSE OF WINN
- Trailer - 7. Forced Family Trailer: (GARFIELD/BECAUSE OF WINN
- DIXIE/FAT ALBERT)
- Audio Trailer: ROBOTS soundtrack
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Access
- Multiple Angles - Characters 3-D Turnaround
- Set-Top Interaction - Meet the Bots
- Set-Top Games (5)
- Character Designs
- Character Profiles
- Character Interviews
- Xbox Multi-Player Racing Game
- DVD-ROM Link
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: NTSC
- Layers: 1
- Release Year: 2005
- Running Time: 89 minutes
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