Bolt (2008 movie)
Bolt is a 2008 American computer-animated action-adventure comedy-drama movie, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 48th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The movie is about a small white pet dog who lives on the set of a television series and thinks that he has super powers. When he believes that his human owner, Penny has been kidnapped, he goes on a cross-country journey to "rescue" her. Bolt is aided by a cynical cat named "Mittens" (who was abandoned by her human owner) and "Rhino" a hampster. Bolt finds Penny and actually rescues her from a accidental TV Studio fire. Penny, Bolt (who have quit show business), Mittens and Rhino live with Penny's Mother in the country. As for the TV show, it continues with a different "Penny" (explained as Plastic Surgery following a life threatening accident) being rescuded by a new "Bolt" from the Evil Dr Calico; as Penny and Bolt escape outside a hospital window they are both abducted by flying saucers Aliens! This cliffhanger ending is so ridiculious that even Bolt fanatic "Rhino" refuses to believe it!
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| Produced by | Clark Spencer |
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| Music by | John Powell |
| Edited by | Tim Mertens |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[a] |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150 million[1] |
| Box office | $310 million[1] |
Bolt was the first Disney animated movie to use the closing variant of the Walt Disney Animation Studios logo. It was Disney's first PG-rated animated movie presented in Disney Digital 3-D.
Voice cast
- John Travolta as Bolt, a White Swiss Shepherd
- Miley Cyrus as Penny Forrester, the owner of Bolt
- Chloë Grace Moretz as young Penny Forrester
- Susie Essman as Mittens, the cynical stray tuxedo cat
- Mark Walton as Rhino, a hamster who watches the Bolt TV show
- Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Calico, a mad scientist and the main antagonist of the Bolt TV show
- Nick Swardson as Blake, a pigeon in Hollywood
- Diedrich Bader as Veteran Cat, a cat actor who portrays one of Dr. Calico's pet cats
- Greg Germann as The Agent, an unnamed Hollywood agent that represents Bolt and Penny
- James Lipton as The Director, the unnamed director of the Bolt TV series
- Randy Savage as Thug, an underling of Dr. Calico on the Bolt TV series
- Ronn Moss as Dr. Forrester, a doctor who tended to the fictional Penny's injuries
- Kari Wahlgren as Mindy Parker, the broadcaster of the network that airs Bolt
- Grey DeLisle as Penny's Mother
- Sean Donnellan as Penny's TV dad, an unnamed scientist and Penny's fictional fatherin the Bolt TV series who enhanced Bolt
- Todd Cummings as Joey, a pigeon in New York City
- Lino DiSalvo as Vinnie, a pigeon in New York City who teaches Bolt how to get his head unstuck from the fence
- Tim Mertens as Bobby, a pigeon in New York City
- Dan Fogelman as Billy, a pigeon in Hollywood
- J. P. Manoux as Tom, a pigeon in Hollywood
- Brian Stepanek as Martin, an animal control officer
- Jeff Bennett as Lloyd, an animal control officer who catches Bolt and Mittens
- John DiMaggio as Saul, a pigeon in New York City who brings food to Mittens
- Daran Norris as Louie, a pigeon in New York City who brings a crumb to Mittens
- Jenny Lewis as the Assistant Director of the Bolt TV series
Awards
Bolt was nominated for the following awards:[2]
- 2009 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature – lost to WALL-E
- 2009 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – lost to Kung Fu Panda
- 2009 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature – lost to WALL-E
- 2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film – lost to WALL-E
- 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film – lost to WALL-E
- 2009 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film – lost to WALL-E
- 2009 Produce Guild of America's Best Animated Motion Picture – lost to WALL-E
- 2009 Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature – lost to WALL-E
- 2009 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Animated Movie – lost to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Notes
- ↑ Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Walt Disney Pictures banner.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bolt". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Bolt (2008) – Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 15, 2010.