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Cars (2006)

G 117 min  -  Animation | Adventure | Comedy  -   9 June 2006 (USA)
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Ratings: 7.3/10 from 108,480 users   Metascore: 73/100 
Reviews: 565 user | 237 critic | 39 from Metacritic.com

A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.

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John Lasseter (story), Joe Ranft (story), and 14 more credits »
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 19 nominations See more awards »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Owen Wilson ...
Paul Newman ...
Doc Hudson (voice)
Bonnie Hunt ...
Sally Carrera (voice)
Larry the Cable Guy ...
Mater (voice)
Cheech Marin ...
Ramone (voice)
Tony Shalhoub ...
Luigi (voice)
Guido Quaroni Guido Quaroni ...
Guido (voice)
Jenifer Lewis ...
Flo (voice)
Paul Dooley ...
Sarge (voice)
Michael Wallis Michael Wallis ...
Sheriff (voice)
George Carlin ...
Fillmore (voice)
Katherine Helmond ...
Lizzie (voice)
John Ratzenberger ...
Joe Ranft ...
Michael Keaton ...
Chick Hicks (voice)
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Storyline

While traveling to California for the dispute of the final race of the Piston Cup against The King and Chick Hicks, the famous Lightning McQueen accidentally damages the road of the small town Radiator Springs and is sentenced to repair it. Lightning McQueen has to work hard and finds friendship and love in the simple locals, changing its values during his stay in the small town and becoming a true winner. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Car | Friendship | Race Car | Route 66 | Trophy  | See more »

Taglines:

Gear up... See more »

Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sport

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian | Japanese (only a few words) | Yiddish (only a few words)

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Cars: Race to 3D See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$120,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$60,119,509 (USA) (11 June 2006) (3985 Screens)

Gross:

$461,981,126 (Worldwide)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

SDDS  | DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The longest Pixar movie to date. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When the reflective C from Chick's fender is seen on Lightning, it's shown properly, but should be reversed. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Lightning McQueen: Okay, here we go. Focus. Speed. I am speed. One winner, forty-two losers. I eat losers for breakfast. Breakfast? Maybe I should have had breakfast? Brekkie could be good for me. No, no, no, focus. Speed. Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am Lightning.
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Crazy Credits

At the end, the couple that were looking for directions to the Interstate,
end up all dusty and still looking for the Interstate.
While credits roll, a series of short postscript scenes show the
resurrection of the town, like cars are now passing the town, Flo's V8 café
is full of customers, customers trying out Ramone's body art, Guido's tire
shop is full, a museum of Doc Hudson's racing days opens, Sarge opens a
boot camp for off-road vehicles (who have never been off-road), the
reopening of the Wheel Well Motel, etc.
One of them is the reopening of the Radiator Springs Drive-in Theater,
where they show movies of previous Pixar productions but in a car context,
like Toy Story (in the marquee it's Toy Car Story), with the actual voices
of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, Monster Trucks, Inc., with the voices of John
Goodman and Billy Crystal (Goodman is worried about the Boo mobile), and A
Bug's Life, with the voice of Dave Foley.
As an additional in-joke, Mack the truck praises the performances of Hamm
in Toy Story, the Abominable Snowplow in Monster Trucks, Inc., P.T. Flea in
A Bug's Life, which are all voiced, of course, by John Ratzenberger. Mack's
final comment is they're voiced by the same actor and "what kind of
cut-rate production is this" to reuse the same actor. See more »

Connections

Featured in "Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.24" (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"Find Yourself"
Written by Brad Paisley
Performed by Brad Paisley
Produced by Frank Rogers
Recorded by Richard Barrow and Brian David Willis
Mixed by Justin Niebank
Brad Paisley appears courtesy of Arista Nashville See more »