Brave (2012)

Directors:

Mark Andrews
Brenda Chapman
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Writers:

Mark Andrews (screenplay) and
Steve Purcell (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

22 June 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Change your fate.

Plot:

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.

Plot Keywords:

Archery | Curse | Princess | Scotland | Bravery

Status:

Completed | See complete list of 12,000 in-production titles »

Status Updated:

27 April 2012

More Info:

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Cast

Kelly Macdonald	...	Princess Merida (voice)
Emma Thompson	...	Queen Elinor (voice)
Kevin McKidd	...	Lord MacGuffin / Young MacGuffin (voice)
Craig Ferguson	...	Lord Macintosh (voice)
Robbie Coltrane	...	Lord Dingwall (voice)
Julie Walters	...	Wise Woman (voice)
Billy Connolly	...	King Fergus (voice)
John Ratzenberger	...	Scottish Soldier (voice)

Directed by
Mark Andrews
Brenda Chapman
Steve Purcell		(co-director)

Writing credits
Mark Andrews		(screenplay) and
Steve Purcell		(screenplay) and
Brenda Chapman		(screenplay) and
Irene Mecchi		(screenplay)
Brenda Chapman		(story)

Produced by
Pete Docter	....	executive producer
John Lasseter	....	executive producer
Katherine Sarafian	....	producer
Andrew Stanton	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Patrick Doyle

Film Editing by
Nicholas C. Smith

Art Department
Emma Coats	....	storyboard artist
Mark Cordell Holmes	....	graphic artist
Jason Merck	....	artist
Nick Sung	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Iain Anderson	....	adr recordist
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Sean England	....	foley artist
Sue Fox	....	foley editor
Josh Gold	....	sound effects editor
Nia Hansen	....	assistant
E.J. Holowicki	....	sound designer
James Hyde	....	adr recordist
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Kray	....	adr mixer
Micheal MacKinnon	....	adr recordist
Kyrsten Mate	....	sound effects editor (as Kyrsten Mate Comoglio)
Gary Rydstrom	....	re-recording mixer
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound designer
Dee Selby	....	foley editor
Brad Semenoff	....	supervising assistant
Corey Tyler	....	foley recordist
Andrew Vernon	....	additional sound services
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	supervising sound editor
Ronni Brown	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Frank Aalbers	....	simulation technical director
Amit Baadkar	....	effects technical director
Max Bickley	....	lighting technical director (as Maxwell Bickley)
Stephan Vladimir Bugaj	....	pipeline technical lead
Gordon D.B. Cameron	....	technical development supervisor
Philip Child	....	shading technical director
Jiayi Chong	....	technical development technical director
Pauline Chu	....	sets production coordinator
Justine Codron	....	lighting technical director
Jared Fong	....	character modeler/rigger
Maël François	....	lighting techical director
Carl N. Frederick	....	lightspeed technical director
Michel Gagné	....	pre-visualisation
Robert Graf	....	rendering & optimization artist
Rogan Griffin	....	simulation technical director
Emron Grover	....	cloth lead
Dave Hale	....	effects artist
Lou Hamou-Lhadj	....	character modeling and articulation artist
Bernhard Haux	....	character modeler/rigger
Allen Hemberger	....	fx technical director
Katherine Ipjian	....	lighting artist
Jason Johnston	....	visual effects artist
Ben Jordan	....	senior technical development technical director
Tanja Krampfert	....	character modeler/rigger
David Lally	....	simulation technical director
William Austin Lee	....	character lead (as Austin Lee)
Holly Lloyd	....	digital artist
Hsiao-Hsien Lo	....	simulation technical director
Edward Luong	....	technical development intern
David MacCarthy	....	effects supervisor
Ian Megibben	....	lighting lead
Thomas Moser	....	simulation technical director
Alexander Nehls	....	simulation technical lead
Jonathan D. Penney	....	stereoscopic rendering
Nick Pitera	....	international production technical director
Samantha Raja	....	simulation technical director
José Luis Ramos	....	lighting technical director
Jordan Rempel	....	master lighting artist
Alex Seiden	....	technical director
Nadim Sinno	....	rendering technical director
Gaston Ugarte	....	modeling artist
Jeremy Vickery	....	lighting artist
Bill Watral	....	effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Anderson	....	director of photography: camera

Animation Department
Simon Allen	....	animator
Dovi Anderson	....	animator
Jude Brownbill	....	animator
Courtney Casper	....	animation fix coordinator
Andrew Coats	....	animator
Robb Denovan	....	animator
Curran W. Giddens	....	animator
Aaron J. Hartline	....	additional animator
Tsung-Yin Hsieh	....	fix and additional animator
Jaime Landes	....	animator
Ramiro Lopez Dau	....	animator
Rich McKain	....	animator
Erick Oh	....	fix animator
Charlie Ramos	....	layout artist
Jessica Sances	....	animator
Mark Sanford	....	layout artist
Michael Sauls	....	crowd animator (as Mikey Sauls)
Benjamin Su	....	animator
Saschka Unseld	....	layout artist
Charlene Wang	....	layout artist
Royce Wesley	....	animator
Stephen L. Wong	....	animator

Casting Department
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting

Editorial Department
Sarah K. Reimers	....	first assistant editor
David Suther	....	editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Christopher Benstead	....	music editor
Ashley Chafin	....	music production coordinator
Rupert Cross	....	music programmer
Jason Poss	....	music transcription
Maggie Rodford	....	music supervisor
James Shearman	....	conductor
James Shearman	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Erik Anderson	....	laser camera operator
Tricia Andres	....	production office manager
Barbara Berkery	....	voice and dialogue coach
Susan Bradley	....	title designer
Stephan Vladimir Bugaj	....	team lead: production pipeline
Jeremy Cowles	....	software engineer
Stephen Krug	....	production coordinator
Ryan Lynch	....	story coordinator
Lauren Montuori	....	production coordinator
Kirsten Peterson	....	fx production coordinator
David Sotnick	....	technical lead: network
Andy Thomas	....	systems administrator
Ian Westcott	....	systems administrator

Production Companies

• Pixar Animation Studios
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Forum Cinemas (2012) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Forum Hungary (2012) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Japan (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• De Lane Lea  ADR recording
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Hurwitz Creative  electronic press kit (EPK Produced by)
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

"Valiente" - Chile (imdb display title), Colombia (imdb display title)
"÷¦Ä×ÁÖÎÁ" - Ukraine (imdb display title)
"Brave - Indomável" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Cesur" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Karaliska drasa" - Lithuania (imdb display title)
"Merida - Legende der Highlands" - Germany (imdb display title)
"Merida and the Terrible Forest" - Japan (literal English title)
"Merida to Osoroshi no Mori" - Japan (imdb display title)
"Merida waleczna" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Merida, a bátor" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Modig" - Norway (imdb display title)
"Modig" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Modig" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"Rebelle" - France (imdb display title)
"Ribelle - The Brave" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Valente" - Brazil (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some scary action and rude humor

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | Datasat

Certification:

USA:PG

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

Four of the cast members (Kelly Macdonald, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, and Emma Thompson) have worked on Harry Potter. Thompson and Macdonald have both worked on Nanny McPhee and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, however, in the latter they have no scenes together. Brave will be their 3rd film together.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Princess Merida:I am Merida, and I'll be shooting for my own hand.

Movie Connections:

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Soundtrack:

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