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Ratatouille (Original title)
Date: 2007 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Brad Bird

Production company billing: ©2007. Disney Enterprises, Inc./Pixar Talking Pictures Walt Disney Pictures presents a Pixar Animation Studios film [end] Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Created by: Pixar Talking Pictures Created and Produced at Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, CA Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS In Colour Prints by Technicolor [2.35:1] MPAA: 43486
Synopsis: Animation. Comedy about a rat who lives within the walls of a French bistro and wants to become a chef. Unfortunately he faces opposition from both his family and the rat-hating chefs in the restaurant.
Releases
Date: 29 June 2007Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 111 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (321)
Co-directed by: Jan Pinkava, ©: Inc. Disney Enterprises, Pixar Talking Pictures, Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios, Presented by: Walt Disney Pictures, Executive Producer: John Lasseter, Executive Producer: Andrew Stanton, Produced by: Brad Lewis, Associate Producer: Galyn Susman, Production Manager: Nicole Paradis Grindle, Animation Manager: Audra Koklys Plummer, Character Manager: Michael Garner, Kim Collins, Shade/Paint/Groom Manager: Lourdes Marquez Alba, Lighting Manager: Michael Garner, Dana Murray, Rendering Manager: Kim Collins, Technical Development Manager: Pamela Darrow, Render Pipeline Group Manager: Anne Pia, Image Mastering Manager: Joshua Hollander, Effects Manager: Kevin Gordon, Sets/Layout Manager: Michael Warch, Sweatbox Manager: Pamela Darrow, Crowds/Simulation Manager: Mari Aizawa, Additional Production Management: Lindsey Collins, Editorial Manager: A.J. Riebli Iii, Character Supervisor: Brian Green, Sets Supervisor: David Eisenmann, Global Technology Supervisor: William Reeves, Simulation Supervisor: Christine Waggoner, Groom Supervisor: Sanjay Bakshi, Crowds Supervisor: Ziah Sarah Fogel, Rendering Supervisor: Humera Yasmin Khan, Shading Supervisor: Daniel Mccoy, Matte Supervisor: Michael Fu, Lighting Supervisor: Kim White, Effects Supervisor: Apurva Shah, Animation Co-ordinator: Gennie Rim, Animation Technical Co-ordinator: Daniel A. Goodman, Animation Fix Co-ordinator: Russell J. Stough, Character Co-ordinator: Sarita White, Shade/Paint Co-ordinator: Kesten Migdal, Jason 'Jtop' Topolski, Effects Co-ordinator: Nick Berry, Lighting Co-ordinator: Jason 'Jtop' Topolski, Rendering Co-ordinator: Paul Mcafee, Layout Co-ordinator: Evan Smith, Noelle Page, Sets Co-ordinator: Noelle Page, Sets Co-ordinator: Paul Mcafee, Evan Smith, Sweatbox Co-ordinator: Eric Rosales, Crowds/Simulation Co-ordinator: Shane M. Thomas, Editorial Co-ordinator: Courtney Bergin, Mary Van Escobar, Supervising Technical Director: Michael Fong, Production Accountant: Marc S. Greenberg, Assistant Production Accountant: Michelle Liu Chung, Post-production Supervisor: Paul Cichocki, Director of Editorial/Post-production: Bill Kinder, Post-production Supervisor, Video: Cynthia Slavens, Post-production Manager: Eric Pearson, Fix Animation Lead: Andrew Beall, Crowds Animation Lead: Arik Ehle, Character Lead: Paul Aichele, Character Lead: Christian Hoffman, Character Lead: Sonoko Konishi, Tom Sanocki, Character Shading Lead: Byron Bashforth, Technical Lighting Lead: Stefan Gronsky, Lighting Technology Lead: Justin Ritter, Rendering Lead: Don Schreiter, Set Modelling Lead: Ivo Kos, Set Technical Lead: Jun Han Cho, Food Development Lead: Martin Nguyen, Layout Lead: Patrick Lin, Sequence Lead: Gregg Olsson, Sequence Lead: Mark Sanford, Sylvia Gray Wong, Crowds Technical Lead: David Ryu, Render Pipeline Group Technical Lead: Christopher C. Walker, Assistant to the Director: Amy Ellenwood, Script Supervisor: Shannon Wood, Casting: Kevin Reher, Casting: Natalie Lyon, Screenwriter: Brad Bird, Original Story by: Jan Pinkava, Original Story by: Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, Story Supervisor: Mark Andrews, Additional Story Material: Emily Cook, Additional Story Material: Kathy Greenberg, Bob Peterson, Additional Story Supervision: Jim Capobianco, Jason Katz, Story Manager: Rachel Raffael-Gates, Story Artist: James S. Baker, Story Artist: Enrico Casarosa, Story Artist: Josh Cooley, Story Artist: Ronnie Del Carmen, Story Artist: Louis Gonzales, Story Artist: Brian Larsen, Story Artist: Matthew Luhn, Story Artist: Ted Mathot, Story Artist: Kevin O'Brien, Story Artist: Bill Presing, Story Artist: Peter Sohn, Story Artist: Nathan Stanton, Alexander Woo, Storyboarding (Additional): Mike Cachuela, Storyboarding (Additional): Brian Fee, Storyboarding (Additional): Doug Frankel, Storyboarding (Additional): Justin Hunt, Scott Morse, Story Co-ordinator: Dallis Anderson, Kesten Migdal, Director of Photography/Lighting: Sharon Calahan, Director of Photography/Camera: Robert Anderson, Senior Camera Operator (Sets/Layout): Shawn Brennan, Image Mastering Camera Operator: Eric Person, Jeff Wan, Modelling Artist: Jacob Brooks, Modelling Artist: Andrew Dayton, Modelling Artist: Jae H. Kim, Modelling Artist: Kristifir Klein, Modelling Artist: Michael Krummhoefener, Modelling Artist: Gary Schultz, Raymond V. Wong, Graphic Designer: Craig Foster, Graphic Designer: Collette Davies Nedelchev, Susan Bradley, Supervising Animator: Dylan Brown, Mark Walsh, Directing Animator: David Devan, Michael Venturini, Animator: Carlos Baena, Animator: Rodrigo Blaas Nacle, Animator: Jason Boose, Animator: Bolhem Bouchiba, Animator: Adam Burke, Animator: Shaun Chacko, Animator: Brett Coderre, Animator: Tim Crawfurd, Animator: Don Crum, Animator: Patrick Delage, Animator: Doug Dooley, Animator: Everett R. Downing, Animator: Ike Feldman, Animator: Doug Frankel, Animator: Tom Gately, Animator: Andrew Gordon, Animator: Stephen Gregory, Animator: Travis Hathaway, Animator: John Kahrs, Animator: Nancy Kato, Animator: Patty Kihm, Animator: Ken Kim, Animator: Karen Kiser, Animator: Jaime Landes, Animator: John Lee, Animator: Holger Leihe, Animator: Austin Madison, Animator: Matt Majers, Animator: Michael Makarewicz, Animator: Amber Martorelli, Animator: Daniel Mason, Animator: Steve Mason, Animator: Jon Mead, Animator: Paul Mendoza, Animator: Sarah Mercey-Boose, Animator: Cameron Miyasaki, Animator: Dave Mullins, Animator: James Ford Murphy, Animator: Dan Nguyen, Animator: Matt Nolte, Animator: Kevin O'Hara, Animator: Bret Parker, Animator: Sanjay Patel, Animator: Brett Pulliam, Animator: Robert H. Russ, Animator: Gini Cruz Santos, Animator: Andrew L. Schmidt, Animator: Brett Schulz, Animator: Doug Sheppeck, Animator: David Earl Smith, Animator: Peter Sohn, Animator: Ross Stevenson, Animator: Michael Stocker, Animator: Raphael Suter, Animator: Rob Duquette Thompson, Animator: Jean-Claude Tran Quang Thieu, Animator: Kristophe Vergne, Animator: Ian White, Animator: Anthony Ho Wong, Animator: Stephen Wong, Animator: Michael Wu, Animator: Kureha Yokoo, Animator: Zorman, Additional Animation: Wendell Lee, Additional Animation: Angus MacLane, J. Warren Trezevant, Effects Artist: Ben Andersen, Effects Artist: Gary Bruins, Effects Artist: Juan J. Buhler, Effects Artist: Chris Chapman, Effects Artist: Patrick Coleman, Effects Artist: Trent Crow, Effects Artist: Eric Froemling, Effects Artist: Tolga Göktekin, Effects Artist: Seth Holladay, Effects Artist: Jason Johnston, Effects Artist: Chris King, Effects Artist: Mach Tony Kobayashi, Effects Artist: Tom Nixon, Effects Artist: Darwyn Peachey, Effects Artist: Jon Reisch, Effects Artist: Chen Shen, Enrique Vila, Layout Artist: Mahyar Abousaeedi, Layout Artist: Josh Anon, Layout Artist: Cortney Armitage, Layout Artist: Andrew Cadelago, Layout Artist: Patrick James, Layout Artist: Sungyeon Joh, Layout Artist: Sukwon Park, Layout Artist: Evan Pontoriero, Layout Artist: Suzanne Slatcher, Film Editor: Darren Holmes, Film Editor (2nd): Stan Webb, Film Editor (2nd): Robert Grahamjones, Katherine Ringgold, Additional Editing: Nicholas C. Smith, Greg Snyder, Production Designer: Harley Jessup, Sets Art Director: Robert Kondo, Shading Art Director: Belinda Van Valkenburg, Development Art Director: Dominique Louis, Art Manager: Jay Ward, Art Co-ordinator: David Park, Environment Designer: Daniel Arriaga, Additional Visual Development: William Cone, Additional Visual Development: Peter Desève, Additional Visual Development: Buck Lewis, Bud Luckey, Additional Set Artist: Mark Adams, Additional Set Artist: Brian Tindall, Chuck Waite, Character Design: Jason Deamer, Character Design: Greg Dykstra, Character Design: Carter Goodrich, Dan Lee, Character Design (Additional): Teddy Newton, Character Design (Additional): Tony Fucile, Luis Grané, Set Dressing Lead: Tom Miller, Phat Phuong, Set Dressing Artist: Christina Garcia, Set Dressing Artist: Joshua Jenny, Andrew Pienaar, Title Design: Susan Bradley, End Titles (Art and Paint Lead): Nate Wragg, End Titles (Design Lead): Teddy Newton, End Titles (Camera/Layout Lead): Andrew Jiminez, Colour Timer: Terry Claborn, Negative Cutting: Buena Vista Negative Cutting, Music: Michael Giacchino, Music Conducted by: Tim Simonec, Music Orchestrated by: Tim Simonec, Additional Orchestrations: Jack J. Hayes, Larry Kenton, Music Supervisor: Tom Macdougall, Music Contractor: Reggie Wilson, Executive Music Producer: Chris Montan, Music Production Director: Andrew Page, Music Production Co-ordinator: Lydia Paweski, Production Music Editing: David Slusser, Music Editor: Stephen M. Davis, Music Recorded/Mixed by: Dan Wallin, Sound Designer: Randy Thom, Original Dialogue Mixer: Vince Caro, Doc Kane, Additional Dialogue Recording: Nigel Heath, Tom O'connell, Re-recording Mixer: Randy Thom, Michael Semanick, Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Silvers, Sound Effects Editor: Teresa Eckton, Sound Effects Editor: Kyrsten Mate, Production Effects Editing: E.J. Holowicki, Loop Group (Paris): Eric Aubrahn, Loop Group (Paris): Patrick Béthune, Loop Group (Paris): Anne Dolan, Loop Group (Paris): Jodi Forrest, Loop Group (Paris): Steve Gadler, Loop Group (Paris): David Gasman, Loop Group (Paris): Matthew Géczy, Loop Group (Paris): Randall Holden, Loop Group (Paris): Kentaro, Loop Group (Paris): Tercelin Kirtley, Loop Group (Paris): Mark Lesser, Loop Group (Paris): Sharon Mann, Loop Group (Paris): Marie-Eugénie Maréchal, Loop Group (Paris): Pascal Massix, Loop Group (Paris): Marc Perez, Loop Group (Paris): Douglas Rand, Loop Group (Paris): Stéphane Roux, Loop Group (Paris): Estelle Simon, Loop Group (Paris): Sybille Tureau, Loop Group (Paris): Allan Wenger, Jean Marie Ancher, ADR Editor: Steve Slanec, Foley Artist: Jana Vance, Foley Artist: Dennie Thorpe, Foley Artist: Ellen Heuer, Foley Recordist: Sean England, Foley Mixer: Frank Aglieri-rinella, Foley Editor: Suzanne Fox, Foley Editor: Al Nelson, In loving memory of (1969-2005): Dan Lee, Dialect Coach: Susan Hegarty
Cast (24)
Stéphane Roux (), Patton Oswalt (voice of Remy), Ian Holm (voice of Skinner), Lou Romano (voice of Alfredo Linguini), Brian Dennehy (voice of Django, Remy's father), Peter Sohn (voice of Emile), Peter O'Toole (voice of Anton Ego), Brad Garrett (voice of Auguste Gusteau), Janeane Garofalo (voice of Colette Tatou), Will Arnett (voice of Horst), Julius Callahan (voice of Lalo/voice of François Dupuis), James Remar (voice of Larousse), John Ratzenberger (voice of Mustafa), Teddy Newton (voice of lawyer (Talon Labarthe)), Tony Fucile (voice of Pompidou/health inspector), Jake Steinfeld (voice of Git (lab rat)), Brad Bird (voice of Ambrister Minion), Jack Bird, Andrea Boerries, Marco Boerries, Lindsey Collins, Thomas Keller, Brad Lewis, Lori Richardson (additional voices)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (25)
In: Empire n244 October 2009  Pages: 96-105
Title: Pixar on PixarAuthor: JOLIN, Dan Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Brad Bird discuss the films they have made at Pixar and how over the course of ten films the animation company has grown in success.

In: Creative Screenwriting v15 n1 Jan/Feb 2008  Pages: 52-53
Title: The seamless theme: five effective ways to avoid preaching..Author: IGLESIAS, Karl Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...your theme". Advice for screenwriters on how to convey the theme of a screenplay, using the example of animated film RATATOUILLE.

In: Written By v12 n5 Summer 2008  Pages: [50]-57
Title: Brad the bardAuthor: FEENEY, F.X. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Writer/director Brad Bird talks about his career in animation film and television, including The SIMPSONS, The INCREDIBLES and RATATOUILLE.

In: Empire n224 February 2008  Pages: 152-153
Title: The Top 10: Movie mealsAuthor: BRAUND, Simon Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A listing and brief critique of ten films considered to have memorable scenes involving meals or food.

In: Filmwaves n35 Spring 2008  Pages: 36-43
Title: Kinopraxis: Rules of ThomAuthor: CONSTANTINI, Gustavo Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On sound design, particularly Randy Thom's work on RATATOUILLE.

In: Empire n223 January 2008  Pages: 118-130,132-133
Title: 2007: Empire's heroes of the yearArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Brief profiles of the people Empire magazine considers its 'Heroes of the Year', plus a top 25 listing of its favourite films of the year.

In: Screen International n1626 4 Jan 2008  Pages: 14-17
Title: Awards countdown: Picture perfectAuthor: GOODRIDGE, Mike Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Profiles the films considered to be contenders for best picture award nominations in 2008. Includes profiles of: Richard D. Zanuck, Kathleen Kennedy, Joanne Sellar, Steve Samuels, Art Linson, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.

In: Film Quarterly v61 n4 Summer 2008  Pages: 48-61
Title: Films of the Year, 2007Author: NAREMORE, James Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review by James Naremore of what he considers to be the best film (including one TV show) releases in the U.S.

In: Empire n225 March 2008  Pages: 116-117
Title: Disney's all-time top 10 moviesArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Listing and brief critique of the ten best Disney films as selected by Empire magazine.

In: Empire n225 March 2008  Page: 131
Title: At home/DVD new: RatatouilleAuthor: DE SEMLYEN, Nick Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1618 2 Nov 2007  Page: 19
Title: Awards countdown: Year of the ratAuthor: GOODRIDGE, Mike Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Part of a series of articles on the 2007-08 awards season. H ighlights RATATOUILLE as the best animation of the year and interviews its director Brad Bird about the making of the fi lm. Includes a brief sidebar about PERSEPOLIS.

In: StarBurst vSpec. n84 Yearbook  Pages: 92-93,98
Title: Reviews: MoviesAuthor: JONES, Alan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n218 August 2007  Pages: 60-62,64
Title: What am I gonna do?Author: O'HARA, HelenArticle type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Preview of RATATOUILLE, with a report on the making of the f ilm and it's story. Includes a table of the budget, gross an d profits made by Pixar film titles to-date.

In: Screen International n1601 29 Jun 2007  Page: 21
Title: Reviews: RatatouilleAuthor: GOODRIDGE, Mike Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1625 21 Dec 2007  Page: 4
Title: News digest: AFI lists films of the yearArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Brief report and listing of the American Film Institute's top ten "incontrovertibly American" films of 2007.

In: StarBurst n354 September 2007  Pages: 88-89
Title: Reviews: MoviesAuthor: JONES, Alan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n215 May 2007  Pages: 30-31
Title: News etc.: RatatouilleArticle type: PreviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v17 n10 October 2007  Page: 66,68
Title: Reviews: RatatouilleAuthor: OSMOND, Andrew Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Creative Screenwriting v14 n3 May/Jun 2007  Pages: 63-66
Title: A Bird in handAuthor: WHARTON, David Michael Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Writer/director Brad Bird and head of story Mark Andrews talk about the process of working together on animated feature film RATATOUILLE.

In: Variety 25 Jun 2007  Page: 42, 45
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: CHANG, Justin Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Empire n220 October 2007  Page: 165
Title: At home/Soundtracks: RatatouilleAuthor: GRAYDON, Danny Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n221 November 2007  Pages: 40-42
Title: In cinemas: RatatouilleAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n221 November 2007  Pages: 98-102,104
Title: State of the artAuthor: O'HARA, HelenArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses whether or not current American animation is going through a resurgence. Focussing on Pixar's RATATOUILLE, discusses the mixed fortunes of Disney and Pixar and the use of CG animation.

In: StarBurst n351 July 2007  Page: 26
Title: Trailer Park: RatatouilleArticle type: PreviewLanguage: English

In: Imagine n14 Sep/Oct 2007  Page: 13
Title: Ratatouille: a recipe for disaster?Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Short piece on creating the food featured in the animated film RATATOUILLE, about a rat who wants to become a chef.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Pixar and the aesthetic imagination: animation, storytelling, and digital culture
Author: Herhuth, Eric  Pages: xii, 240 pages

Title: Pixar with Lacan: the hysteric's guide to animation
Author: Rösing, Lilian Munk  Pages: 181 pages