Monsters, Inc. Director: Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich Cast: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi
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- DVD Release Date: 09/17/2002
- Original Release: 2001
- Rating:
- Sales Rank: 215
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- Common Sense Rates this for Ages: More
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Features
Closed Caption; All-new animated short film Mike's New Car (created exclusively for the video and DVD); Filmmakers' audio commentary; For the Birds - 2001 Academy Award winner for best animated short film; Finding Nemo - an exclusive sneak peek of Disney/Pixar's Summer 2003 feature film; Hilarious outtakes and the Monters, Inc. company play; Monster World: Enter the "Monster World" and become an employee at the Monsters, Inc. factory - Train for your first day at Monsters, Inc.; see the Monsters, Inc. employee handbook; learn the history of the Monster World; play Peek-a-Boo - Boo's door game; check out fun-filled facts and much more; Human World: go inside the "Human World" for a fascinating tour at Pixar Animation Studios and meet the filmmakers - never-before-seen deleted scenes; 3D location flyarounds; Monstropolis Art Gallery featuring hundreds of images; animation gags and guide to "in" jokes; behind the scenes of If I Didn't Have You - 2001 Academy Award winner for best original song; Choice of viewing presentations: fullscreen version of the film (1.33:1) - specially reframed for standard televisions; widescreen version of the film (1.85:1) - enhanced for 16x9 televisions; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX; DVD-ROM links and game; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX sound effects only track; THX-certified, including THX optimizer
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Disc #2 -- Monsters, Inc.
1. Main Title [1:32]
2. Monster in the Closet [1:34]
3. Mr. Waternoose [1:43]
4. Morning Workout [2:25]
5. Monstropolis [1:54]
6. Monsters, Inc. [1:32]
7. Randall [1:10]
8. The Scare Floor [5:31]
9. "23-19!" [2:40]
10. End of the Day [1:58]
11. Boo! [3:44]
12. Harryhausen's [2:46]
13. Back at the Apartment [2:31]
14. Bedtime [3:43]
15. Sneaking Boo to Work [2:05]
16. Potty Break [1:54]
17. Randall's Plot [1:37]
18. The Wrong Door [3:06]
19. Mike on the Run [1:55]
20. The Trash Compactor [2:37]
21. Mike Kidnapped [2:29]
22. The Scream Extractor [3:01]
23. Sulley Scares Boo [1:02]
24. Banished [2:48]
25. Sulley Rescues Boo [6:12]
26. "Schmoopsie Poo!" [2:42]
27. The Door Vault [1:01]
28. Tricking Waternoose [6:25]
29. Goodbye [3:57]
30. The Laught Floor [3:35]
31. Kitty! [2:42]
32. End Credits [1:02]
Editorial Reviews
The DVD edition of Monsters, Inc. -- the latest Disney-Pixar collaboration -- is really something to scream about. Its many supplemental features include the Academy Award-winning computer-animated short "For the Birds," as well as a new animated short created for the DVD, "Mike's New Car." There are also exclusive "outtakes" and, for animation buffs, a behind-the-scenes look at the artistic evolution of the film, from abandoned concepts to animation tests. But Monsters, Inc. -- an Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature and Oscar winner for Randy Newman's rollicking ode to friendship, "If I Didn't Have You" -- is itself a sheer joy to behold. While the Disney-Pixar Toy Story films and A Bug's Life revealed the secret lives of toys and insects, Monsters, Inc. confirms something that generations of children have always known: There really are monsters lurking in their bedroom closets! What they don't know is that these beasts are employees of the titular corporation, and their job is to scare children -- whose screams somehow fuel the power grid in Monstropolis (where monsters live). The real revelation here, though, is that monsters are deathly afraid of children. John Goodman is the voice of the bearlike Sully, Monsters, Inc.'s leading scream producer. His sidekick is Mike (Billy Crystal), a giant eyeball with a mouth, arms, and legs. Chaos ensues when a fearless little girl follows Sully through the closet door and into Monstropolis. Monsters, Inc. brims with visual invention (a climactic chase aboard an assembly line of closet doors is a particular tour de force), as well as in-jokes for keen-eyed viewers. Like the Toy Story films, it's a state-of-the-art crowd pleaser. Donald Liebenson, Barnes & Noble
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Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 5 and UP
What to watch out for
- Violence:
Comic peril, cartoon violence. The monsters are terrified of children for most of the film, which takes out some scariness. One of these closet monsters is scary and straps a toddler to a chair to catch her screams in a machine. Her monster... More
Comic peril, cartoon violence. The monsters are terrified of children for most of the film, which takes out some scariness. One of these closet monsters is scary and straps a toddler to a chair to catch her screams in a machine. Her monster friend saves her. Close
- Messages
- Sex:
Not an issue.
- Consumerism:
Toy Story toys are on the floor in one child's room.
- Drugs:
Not an issue.
- Language:
Not an issue.
What Parents Need to Know
About Monsters, Inc.
Parents need to know that this movie is about closet monsters, but from their point of view -- scaring kids is their 9-to-5 job. Kids who are scared easily often come around, especially when the monster Sulley turns into a softy and takes care of the little girl in the story who isn't the least bit afraid of him. However there is one scene where a monster the child does fear straps her to a chair and tries to steel her screams. Kids will find it funny that most monsters fear any contact with kids -- when one monster gets a child's sock on him the whole factory panics and biohazard workers quarantine and shave him. Young kids may need help understanding what the monsters in yellow suits are doing to him and why.
Families Can Talk About
Families can talk about what Sulley learns about kids and how he changes the factory for the better in the end. They can also talk about how each kid was scared by a certain kind of monster. Why was Boo scared of Randall and not Sulley? Why was Sulley considered such a top-notch scarer then? What would make you laugh the hardest if it came out of your closet?
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