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Billy Crystal and John Goodman in Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Monsters, Inc.(2001)

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    • G
    • 1h 32m
    • November 2, 2001(United States)
    • 8.1/10 (1M)
    • Top rated movie #198
AnimationAdventureComedy
  • In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things ... Read allIn order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.

  • Stars
    • Billy Crystal
    • John Goodman
    • Mary Gibbs
  • Awards
    • Won 1 Oscar
    • 15 wins & 38 nominations total
  • Reviews
    • 833 User reviews
    • 250 Critic reviews
  • Photos & videos
    • 401 Photos
    • 9 Videos

Directors

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  • Pete Docter
    Pete Docter
  • David Silverman
    David Silverman
    co-director
  • Lee Unkrich
    Lee Unkrich
    co-director

Writers

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  • Pete Docter
    Pete Docter
    original story by &
  • Jill Culton
    Jill Culton
    original story by &
  • Jeff Pidgeon
    Jeff Pidgeon
    original story by &
  • Ralph Eggleston
    Ralph Eggleston
    original story by
  • Andrew Stanton
    Andrew Stanton
    screenplay by &
  • Daniel Gerson
    Daniel Gerson
    screenplay by

Cast

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  • John Goodman
    John Goodman
    John Goodman
    Sullivan
    (voice)
  • Billy Crystal
    Billy Crystal
    Billy Crystal
    Mike
    (voice)
  • Mary Gibbs in Monsters, Inc. (2001)
    Mary Gibbs
    Mary Gibbs
    Boo
    (voice)
  • Steve Buscemi
    Steve Buscemi
    Steve Buscemi
    Randall
    (voice)
  • James Coburn in The Magnificent Seven (1960)
    James Coburn
    James Coburn
    Waternoose
    (voice)
  • Jennifer Tilly
    Jennifer Tilly
    Jennifer Tilly
    Celia
    (voice)
  • Bob Peterson in Monsters, Inc. (2001)
    Bob Peterson
    Bob Peterson
    Roz
    (voice)
  • John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger
    Yeti
    (voice)
  • Frank Oz at an event for The Score (2001)
    Frank Oz
    Frank Oz
    Fungus
    (voice)
  • Daniel Gerson at an event for Monsters University (2013)
    Daniel Gerson
    Daniel Gerson
    Needleman
    /Smitty
    (voice)
  • Steve Susskind
    Steve Susskind
    Steve Susskind
    Floor Manager
    (voice)
  • Bonnie Hunt at an event for The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019)
    Bonnie Hunt
    Bonnie Hunt
    Flint
    (voice)
  • Jeff Pidgeon
    Jeff Pidgeon
    Jeff Pidgeon
    Bile
    (voice)
  • Samuel Lord Black
    Samuel Lord Black
    George
    (voice) (as Sam Black)
  • Jack Angel
    Jack Angel
    Jack Angel
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Bob Bergen
    Bob Bergen
    Bob Bergen
    Schmidt
    (voice)
  • Rodger Bumpass
    Rodger Bumpass
    Rodger Bumpass
    News Anchor
    (voice)
  • Gino Conforti in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
    Gino Conforti
    Gino Conforti
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Jennifer Darling
    Jennifer Darling
    Jennifer Darling
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Patti Deutsch in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
    Patti Deutsch
    Patti Deutsch
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Pete Docter at an event for The Oscars (2021)
    Pete Docter
    Pete Docter
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Bobby Edner
    Bobby Edner
    Bobby Edner
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Ashley Edner
    Ashley Edner
    Ashley Edner
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Paul Eiding
    Paul Eiding
    Paul Eiding
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Katie Scarlett
    Katie Scarlett
    Additional Voices
    (voice) (as Katie Evans)
  • Bill Farmer
    Bill Farmer
    Bill Farmer
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Keegan Farrell
    Keegan Farrell
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Pat Fraley
    Pat Fraley
    Pat Fraley
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Teresa Ganzel
    Teresa Ganzel
    Teresa Ganzel
    Additional Voices
    (voice) (as Terese Ganzel)
  • Taylor Gifaldi
    Taylor Gifaldi
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Marc John Jefferies
    Marc John Jefferies
    Marc John Jefferies
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Joe Lala
    Joe Lala
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Noah Luke
    Noah Luke
    Noah Luke
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Sherry Lynn
    Sherry Lynn
    Sherry Lynn
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Danny Mann
    Danny Mann
    Danny Mann
    Chuck
    (voice)
  • Mona Marshall
    Mona Marshall
    Mona Marshall
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Mickie McGowan
    Mickie McGowan
    Marge
    (voice)
  • Laraine Newman
    Laraine Newman
    Laraine Newman
    Simulation Mother
    /School Teacher
    (voice)
  • Kay Panabaker
    Kay Panabaker
    Kay Panabaker
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Bret 'Brook' Parker
    Bret 'Brook' Parker
    Monster Kid
    /Trailer Mom
    (voice) (as Bret Parker)
  • Phil Proctor
    Phil Proctor
    Phil Proctor
    Charlie
    (voice)
  • Josh Qualtieri
    Josh Qualtieri
    Josh Qualtieri
    Trailer Son
    (voice)
  • Guido Quaroni
    Guido Quaroni
    Guido Quaroni
    Tony
    (voice)
  • Jan Rabson
    Jan Rabson
    Jan Rabson
    Chef
    (voice)
  • Lisa Raggio
    Lisa Raggio
    Lisa Raggio
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Joe Ranft in A Bug's Life (1998)
    Joe Ranft
    Joe Ranft
    Ward
    (voice)
  • Sophia Ranft
    Sophia Ranft
    Baby Smitty
    (voice)
  • Katherine Ringgold
    Katherine Ringgold
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Bob Scott
    Bob Scott
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • At the 85th Academy Awards, Feb. 24, 2013
    David Silverman
    David Silverman
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Jim Thornton
    Jim Thornton
    Additional Voices
    (voice)
  • Lee Unkrich in Monsters, Inc. (2001)
    Lee Unkrich
    Lee Unkrich
    Josh Rivera
    (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Greg Berg in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
    Greg Berg
    Greg Berg
    CDA Agent
    (uncredited)
  • Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc
    Harley Gerson
    /Bob Peterson
    (archive footage) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  • Donald Fullilove
    Donald Fullilove
    Donald Fullilove
    CDA Agent
    (uncredited)
  • Jacques Marin in How to Steal a Million (1966)
    Jacques Marin
    Jacques Marin
    French Reporter on TV News
    (voice) (uncredited)
  • Stojan Matavulj
    Stojan Matavulj
    Sale Salecic
    (uncredited)
  • Branko Menicanin
    Branko Menicanin
    Mate Vidovic
    (uncredited)
  • Patrick Pinney
    Patrick Pinney
    CDA Agent
    (uncredited)
  • Nikki Rapp
    Nikki Rapp
    Screaming Sound Effects
    (uncredited)
  • Wallace Shawn at an event for Bernard and Doris (2006)
    Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn
    Rex (outtakes)
    (voice) (uncredited)
  • Patty Wirtz
    Patty Wirtz
    Patty Wirtz
    CDA Agent
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Darla K. Anderson
    Darla K. Anderson
    producer
  • Karen Dufilho
    Karen Dufilho
    co-producer: Company play
  • John Lasseter
    John Lasseter
    executive producer
  • Kori Rae
    Kori Rae
    associate producer
  • Andrew Stanton
    Andrew Stanton
    executive producer

Composer

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  • Randy Newman
    Randy Newman

Cinematographer

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  • Sharon Calahan
    Sharon Calahan
    director of photography (uncredited)

Editor

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  • Jim Stewart
    Jim Stewart
    film editor

Casting

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  • Matthew Jon Beck
    Matthew Jon Beck
  • Mary Hidalgo
    Mary Hidalgo
  • Ruth Lambert
    Ruth Lambert

Production Design

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  • Harley Jessup
    Harley Jessup
  • Bob Pauley
    Bob Pauley

Art Directors

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  • Tia Kratter
    Tia Kratter
    art director (as Tia W. Kratter)
  • Dominique Louis
    Dominique Louis

Makeup Department

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  • LeighAnna Frostad
    LeighAnna Frostad
    key hair stylist

Production Management

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  • Elzbieta Araszkiewicz
    Elzbieta Araszkiewicz
    production associate
  • Paul Cichocki
    Paul Cichocki
    post-production supervisor
  • Miguel Ángel Poveda
    Miguel Ángel Poveda
    post-production supervisor (international version)
  • Katherine Sarafian
    Katherine Sarafian
    production supervisor
  • Bruce J. Nachbar
    Bruce J. Nachbar
    production manager (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Robert Anderson
    Robert Anderson
    additional set dresser
  • Randy Berrett
    Randy Berrett
    production artist
  • Geefwee Boedoe
    Geefwee Boedoe
    additional storyboarding / visual development
  • Trish Carney
    Trish Carney
    set dressing manager
  • Jon Childress Farmer
    Jon Childress Farmer
    set dresser
  • Jill Culton
    Jill Culton
    visual development
  • Peter de Séve
    Peter de Séve
    visual development (as Peter DeSève)
  • Jason Deamer
    Jason Deamer
    production artist
  • Norm DeCarlo
    Norm DeCarlo
    character sculptor
  • Ralph Eggleston
    Ralph Eggleston
    visual development

Sound Department

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  • Lindakay Brown
    Lindakay Brown
    foley editor (as LindaKay Brown)
  • Jeannette Browning
    Jeannette Browning
    dialogue recordist (as Jeanette Browning)
  • Vince Caro
    Vince Caro
    additional dialogue recordist
  • Tony Eckert
    Tony Eckert
    foley mixer
  • Teresa Eckton
    Teresa Eckton
    sound effects editor / foley editor (uncredited)
  • Doc Kane
    Doc Kane
    original dialogue mixer
  • Stephen Kearney
    Stephen Kearney
    sound effects editor
  • Brian Magerkurth
    Brian Magerkurth
    re-recordist
  • John McGleenan
    John McGleenan
    additional dialogue recordist
  • Frank 'Pepe' Merel
    Frank 'Pepe' Merel
    foley mixer

Visual Effects

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  • Jessica Abroms
    Jessica Abroms
    simulation and effects artist
  • Mark Adams
    Mark Adams
    modeling artist
  • Paul Aichele
    Paul Aichele
    modeling artist
  • Lauren Alpert
    Lauren Alpert
    lighting artist
  • Robert Anderson
    Robert Anderson
    layout artist
  • Anthony A. Apodaca
    Anthony A. Apodaca
    shading artist / simulation and effects artist
  • Daniel Arriaga
    Daniel Arriaga
    simulation and effects production assistant
  • James Bancroft
    James Bancroft
    modeling artist / shading artist
  • Byron Bashforth
    Byron Bashforth
    shading artist
  • David Batte
    David Batte
    shading artist

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Don Conway
    Don Conway
    camera technician
  • Perrin Cutting
    Perrin Cutting
    camera department manager
  • Elizabeth Del Sol
    Elizabeth Del Sol
    lighting production assistant
  • Jean-Claude Kalache
    Jean-Claude Kalache
    lighting supervisor (as Jean-Claude J. Kalache)
  • John Hee Soo Lee
    John Hee Soo Lee
    camera software and engineering
  • Matthew Martin
    Matthew Martin
    camera software and engineering
  • Julie M. McDonald
    Julie M. McDonald
    camera department manager (as Julie McDonald)
  • Louis Rivera
    Louis Rivera
    camera supervisor
  • Jon Shlens
    Jon Shlens
    camera software and engineering
  • Beth Sullivan
    Beth Sullivan
    camera department administrator

Animation Department

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  • Robert Anderson
    Robert Anderson
    layout artist
  • Cortney Armitage
    Cortney Armitage
    layout artist
  • Kyle Balda
    Kyle Balda
    animator
  • Alan Barillaro
    Alan Barillaro
    animator / character developer
  • Stephen Barnes
    Stephen Barnes
    animator
  • Bobby Beck
    Bobby Beck
    animator
  • Michael Berenstein
    Michael Berenstein
    animator (as Misha Berenstein)
  • Geefwee Boedoe
    Geefwee Boedoe
    main title design/animation direction
  • Maxwell Brace IV
    Maxwell Brace IV
    story artist (as Max Brace)
  • Dylan Brown
    Dylan Brown
    animator

Casting Department

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  • Mickie McGowan
    Mickie McGowan
    adr voice casting (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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  • Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
    Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
    additional editorial assistant
  • Jessica Ambinder-Rojas
    Jessica Ambinder-Rojas
    assistant editor / associate editor
  • Courtney Bergin
    Courtney Bergin
    post-production coordinator
  • Torbin Xan Bullock
    Torbin Xan Bullock
    additional editor / first assistant editor
  • Terry Claborn
    Terry Claborn
    color timer
  • Chris DeLaGuardia
    Chris DeLaGuardia
    color timer (as Chris de la Guardia) / color timer
  • Jack Curtis Dubowsky
    Jack Curtis Dubowsky
    additional editorial assistant
  • Dan Engstrom
    Dan Engstrom
    second assistant editor
  • Axel Geddes
    Axel Geddes
    second assistant editor
  • Robert Grahamjones
    Robert Grahamjones
    second film editor

Music Department

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  • Bruno Coon
    Bruno Coon
    music editor / composer: additional music (uncredited)
  • Sandy De Crescent
    Sandy De Crescent
    orchestra contractor (as Sandy DeCrescent)
  • Ira Hearshen
    Ira Hearshen
    orchestrator
  • Brenda Heins
    Brenda Heins
    assistant music editor
  • Deniece LaRocca
    Deniece LaRocca
    music production coordinator (as Deniece LaRocca-Hall)
  • Tom MacDougall
    Tom MacDougall
    music supervisor
  • Jenifer Newman
    Jenifer Newman
    assistant: Randy Newman (as Jenny Kane)
  • Joey Newman
    Joey Newman
    conductor: theme park ride music
  • Andrew Page
    Andrew Page
    music production manager
  • Jonathan Sacks
    Jonathan Sacks
    orchestrator

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Jessica Donohoe
    Jessica Donohoe
    script coordinator
  • Esther Pearl
    Esther Pearl
    script coordinator
  • Shannon Wood
    Shannon Wood
    script coordinator

Additional Crew

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  • Tonino Accolla
    Tonino Accolla
    Italian dubbing: Mike
  • Jenny Aleman
    Jenny Aleman
    production representative: Disney
  • John Alex
    John Alex
    software engineer
  • Kirsten Ames Staubli
    Kirsten Ames Staubli
    assistant production accountant
  • Brad Andalman
    Brad Andalman
    software team lead
  • Tricia Andres
    Tricia Andres
    production office coordinator
  • Nathan Ardaiz
    Nathan Ardaiz
    Systems Assistant
  • Robert L. Baird
    Robert L. Baird
    additional screenplay material (as Robert Baird)
  • David Baraff
    David Baraff
    software engineer
  • Ronen Barzel
    Ronen Barzel
    software engineer

Thanks

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  • Rachel Adams
    Rachel Adams
    thanks: human kid and scream reference
  • Leeann Alameda
    Leeann Alameda
    thanks: creative resources and marketing
  • Steven Argula
    Steven Argula
    thanks: creative resources and marketing
  • Chris Balog
    Chris Balog
    thanks: safety and security
  • Tony Basso
    Tony Basso
    thanks: safety and security
  • Marcos Bavuso
    Marcos Bavuso
    thanks: facilities (as Patricia Bavuso)
  • Aaron Burt
    Aaron Burt
    thanks: facilities
  • Kim Cannon
    Kim Cannon
    thanks: creative resources and marketing
  • Tom Carlisle
    Tom Carlisle
    thanks: facilities
  • Shelby Madeleine Cass
    Shelby Madeleine Cass
    thanks: human resources (as Shelby Cass)

Production Companies

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  • Walt Disney Pictures
    • (presents)
  • Pixar Animation Studios
    • (A Pixar Animation Studios Film)

Distributors

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  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
    • (United States, 2001)(distributed by, theatrical)
  • Bandur Film
    • (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 2001)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International Mexico
    • (Mexico, 2001)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International
    • (Argentina, 2001)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International
    • (United Kingdom, 2001)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International (Norway)
    • (Norway, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International Finland
    • (Finland, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International
    • (Belgium, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International
    • (Germany, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International
    • (Spain, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International
    • (Japan, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International
    • (Netherlands, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista International
    • (Sweden, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Cascade Film
    • (Russia, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Columbia Tristar Films of India
    • (India, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Falcon
    • (Czech Republic, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI)
    • (France, 2002)(theatrical)
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment
    • (Finland, 2002)(DVD, VHS)
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment
    • (Japan, 2002)(DVD)
  • Buena Vista International
    • (Sweden, 2002)(TV)
  • Gativideo
    • (Argentina, 2002)(DVD)
  • Gativideo
    • (Argentina, 2002)(VHS)
  • Walt Disney Home Entertainment
    • (Mexico, 2002)(DVD)
  • Walt Disney Home Entertainment
    • (Mexico, 2002)(VHS)
  • Walt Disney Home Entertainment
    • (Netherlands, 2002)(DVD)
  • Walt Disney Home Entertainment
    • (Netherlands, 2002)(VHS)
  • Walt Disney Home Entertainment
    • (Norway, 2002)(DVD, VHS)
  • Walt Disney Home Entertainment
    • (United States, 2002)(collector's edition, DVD)
  • Walt Disney Home Entertainment
    • (United States, 2002)(VHS)
  • Walt Disney Home Video
    • (Brazil, 2002)(DVD)
  • Walt Disney Home Video
    • (Brazil, 2002)(VHS)
  • American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
    • (United States, 2004)(TV)
  • Disney Channel
    • (United States, 2005)(TV)
  • Yleisradio (YLE)
    • (Finland, 2005)(TV)
  • Disney Cinemagic
    • (United Kingdom, 2007)(limited, TV)
  • SBS6
    • (Netherlands, 2009)(TV)
  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
    • (Finland, 2009)(Blu-ray)
  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
    • (Mexico, 2009)(Blu-ray)
  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
    • (Norway, 2009)(Blu-ray, video)
  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
    • (Norway, 2010)(DVD)
  • ABC Family
    • (United States, 2011)(TV)
  • Disney XD
    • (United States, 2011)(TV)
  • Mainostelevisio (MTV3)
    • (Finland, 2011)(TV)
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Mexico
    • (Mexico, 2012)(3-D version, theatrical)
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Argentina
    • (Argentina, 2013)(3-D version, theatrical)
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Japan
    • (Japan, 2013)(3D version, theatrical)
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
    • (Singapore, 2013)(theatrical)
  • Disney Junior
    • (United States, 2013)(TV)
  • Feelgood Entertainment
    • (Greece, 2013)(3D blu-ray, DVD)
  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
    • (Argentina, 2013)(collection edition, Blu-ray, DVD)
  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
    • (Argentina, 2013)(collection edition, DVD)
  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
    • (Norway, 2013)(Blu-ray, DVD)
  • Freeform
    • (United States, 2016)(TV)
  • Hero
    • (Finland, 2017)(TV)
  • Nelonen
    • (Finland, 2017)(TV)
  • Disney+
    • (United States, 2019)(VOD, video)
  • TV3
    • (Estonia, 2020)(TV)
  • Nickelodeon Network
    • (United States, 2023)(TV)
  • Playhouse Disney
    • (United States, 2008)(TV)
  • Producciones Esponja Home Video
    • (Mexico, 2009)(DVD)
  • Univideo
    • (Italy)(VHS)

Other Companies

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  • Alias/Wavefront Technologies
    • (Alias/Wavefront, 3d modeling software)
  • Buena Vista Negative Cutting
    • (negative cutting)
  • Cisco Systems
    • (network equipment)
  • Digital DTS Sound
    • (in selected theaters)
  • Disney Interactive
    • (cd rom and video games available from)
  • Disney Publishing Worldwide
    • (books available at stores everywhere)
  • Dolby Digital
    • (in selected theatres)
  • Eastman Film
    • (produced and distributed on, DVD / Blu-ray)
  • Hollywood Studio Symphony
    • (score performed by, uncredited)
  • Image Production House
    • (dubbing: Classical Arabic)
  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
    • (I.A.T.S.E., this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
  • JoAnn Kane Music Service
    • (music preparation)
  • Live Wire
    • (Live Wire Audio, score recording and mixing at)
  • Lucasfilm THX / TAP Theater Alignment Program
    • (Quality assurance services were provided by, uncredited)
  • Marionette
    • (animated on)
  • Monaco Film Labs
    • (processed by, uncredited)
  • Pixarvision
    • (filmed in, DVD / Blu-ray)
  • Renderman
    • (rendered on)
  • SDDS Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
    • (in selected theatres)
  • Sabron Payroll Services
    • (payroll: orchestra)
  • Signet Sound Studio
    • (score recording and mixing at)
  • Silicon Graphics
    • (Silicon Graphics Inc., 3d workstations by)
  • Skywalker Sound
    • (A DIVISION OF LUCAS DIGITAL LTD., LLC, MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, POST PRDOUCTION SOUND SERVICES PROVIDED BY)
  • Skywalker Sound
    • (trailer post-production sound services)
  • Sony Pictures Studios
    • (score recording and mixing at)
  • Stereo D
    • (3D stereoscopic conversion, uncredited, 3D re-release)
  • Studios
    • (media production, Yugoslavia)
  • Sun Microsystems Inc.
    • (computer systems for final rendering)
  • THQ
    • (game boy advance avabilable from)
  • THX Ltd.
    • (digital mastering: VHS & 2002 DVD)
  • Taller Acústico
    • (casting, latin american spanish dub)
  • Technicolor
    • (prints by, DVD / Blu-ray)
  • Walt Disney Records
    • (soundtrack published by)

Storyline

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A city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around the city's power company, Monsters, Inc. The lovable, confident, tough, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan (better known as Sulley) and his wisecracking best friend, short, green cyclops monster Mike Wazowski, discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 3-year-old girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out, especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer, chameleon-like Randall (a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin, and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr. Waternoose, the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc. —Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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  • Plot summary
  • Plot synopsis
  • Taglines
    • Monsters, Inc. : We Scare Because We Care
  • Genres
    • Animation
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    • Argentina:Atp
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Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Mary Gibbs was so young that it proved difficult to get her to stand in the recording studio and act her lines. Instead, they simply followed her around with a microphone and cut Boo's lines together from the things she said while she played.
  • Goofs
    When Sulley runs into the locker room to shove the toys from Boo's room into a locker, he is seen putting them into locker #193 then slamming the door with both hands. When the camera angle changes, he removes his hands from locker #190 even though his hands never moved from the locker between shots.
  • Quotes

    [last lines]

    Sulley: Boo?

    Boo: Kitty!

  • Crazy credits
    No monsters were harmed in the making of this motion picture.
  • Alternate versions
    In the International version, the slogan 'We Scare Because We Care' doesn't appear on the TV set. However, Waternoose still says the slogan. Also, many other picture inscriptions (like the title of Waternoose as chairman of Monsters, Inc.) are omitted from the TV advertising and from other ad posters seen later during the film.
  • Connections
    Featured in Siskel & Ebert: K-PAX/On the Line/Bones/Life as a House/Donnie Darko (2001)
  • Soundtracks
    If I Didn't Have You
    Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman

    Performed by Billy Crystal and John Goodman

    Produced by Randy Newman, Chris Montan, and Frank Wolf

Details

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  • Release date
    • November 2, 2001 (United States)
  • Country of origin
    • United States
  • Official sites
    • Official Facebook
    • Pixar
  • Language
    • English
  • Also known as
    • Monsters, Inc. 3D
  • Filming locations
    • Pixar Animation Studios - 1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California, USA
  • Production companies
    • Walt Disney Pictures
    • Pixar Animation Studios
  • See more company credits at IMDbPro

Technical specifications

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  • Runtime
    • 1h 32m(92 min)
  • Sound mix
    • SDDS
    • Dolby Digital
    • DTS(Digital DTS Sound)
    • Dolby Atmos(3D re-release)
  • Color
    • Color
  • Aspect ratio
    • 1.33 : 1(Reframed version)
    • 1.66 : 1(negative ratio)
    • 1.85 : 1(intended ratio)
    • 576i (SDTV)(Great Quality)
    • 1.85 : 1
  • Film Length
    • 2,522 m(Sweden)
    • 2,554 m
  • Negative Format
    • Digital
  • Cinematographic Process
    • Digital(source format)
    • Digital Intermediate(2K, master format)
  • Printed Film Format
    • 35 mm(spherical, Eastman EXR 2386)
    • Digital(Texas Instruments DLP 1280 x 1024, 1.5 : 1 anamorphic)

Box office

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  • Budget
    • $115,000,000 (estimated)
  • Gross US & Canada
    • $290,642,256
  • Opening weekend US & Canada
    • $62,577,067
    • Nov 4, 2001
  • Gross worldwide
    • $579,771,043
See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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