Jump to content

Robots (2005 film): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Reverted 1 edit by 2602:304:AF53:3E99:5D4F:E8E9:8B71:9C5E (talk): Unexplained. (TW)
Undid revision 628514098 by Carniolus (talk Shipbird !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Line 2: Line 2:
| name = Robots
| name = Robots
| image = Robots2005Poster.jpg
| image = Robots2005Poster.jpg
| border = yes
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Chris Wedge]]
| director = [[Chris Wedge]]<br />[[Carlos Saldanha]]
| producer = Jerry Davis<br />[[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]]<br />John C. Donkin
| producer = [[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]]<br />John C Donkin<br />Jerry Davis
| screenplay = [[David Lindsay-Abaire]]<br />[[Lowell Ganz]]<br />[[Babaloo Mandel]]
| writer = Ron Mita<br />Jim McClain<br />[[David Lindsay-Abaire]]<br />[[Lowell Ganz]]<br />[[Babaloo Mandel]]
| starring = [[Ewan McGregor]]<br />[[Robin Williams]]<br />[[Greg Kinnear]]<br />[[Halle Berry]]<br />[[Harland Williams]]<br />[[Mel Brooks]]<br />[[Amanda Bynes]]<br />[[Drew Carey]]
| story = Ron Mita<br />Jim McClain<br />David Lindsay-Abaire
| music = [[John Powell]]
| starring = [[Ewan McGregor]]<br />[[Halle Berry]]<br />[[Greg Kinnear]]<br />[[Mel Brooks]]<br />[[Amanda Bynes]]<br />[[Drew Carey]]<br />[[Robin Williams]]
| music = [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]]
| editing = [[John Carnochan]]
| editing = [[John Carnochan]]
| studio = [[Blue Sky Studios]]<br />[[20th Century Fox Animation]]
| studio = [[Blue Sky Studios]]
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released = {{Film date|2005|3|11}}
| released = {{Film date|2005|3|10|Singapore|2005|3|11|United States}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
Line 20: Line 18:
| gross = $260,718,330
| gross = $260,718,330
}}
}}
'''''Robots''''' is a 2005 American [[computer animated]] [[comic science fiction]] film produced by [[Blue Sky Studios]] for [[20th Century Fox|Twentieth Century Fox]], and was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The story was created by [[Chris Wedge]] and [[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]], a children's book author/illustrator. Originally developing a film version of Joyce's book ''Santa Calls'', Joyce and Wedge then decided to develop an original story about a world of robots. Joyce served as producer and production designer for the film. It features the voices of [[Ewan McGregor]], [[Halle Berry]], [[Greg Kinnear]], [[Mel Brooks]], [[Amanda Bynes]], [[Drew Carey]] and [[Robin Williams]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Malcolm|title=Heavenly Metal|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2005/03/13/heavenly-metal.html|accessdate=September 1, 2011|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=March 13, 2005}}</ref>


== Plot ==
'''''Robots''''' is a 2005 American [[computer animated]] [[comic science fiction]] film produced by [[Blue Sky Studios]] for [[20th Century Fox|Twentieth Century Fox]], and was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The story was created by [[Chris Wedge]] and [[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]], a children's book author/illustrator. Originally developing a film version of Joyce's book ''Santa Calls'', Joyce and Wedge then decided to develop an original story about a world of robots. Joyce served as producer and production designer for the film. It features the voices of [[Ewan McGregor]], [[Halle Berry]], [[Greg Kinnear]], [[Mel Brooks]], [[Amanda Bynes]], [[Drew Carey]] and [[Robin Williams]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Malcolm|title=Heavenly Metal|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2005/03/13/heavenly-metal.html|accessdate=September 1, 2011|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=March 13, 2005}}</ref>
The film opens with Herb Copperbottom ([[Stanley Tucci]]), a dishwasher at Gunk's Greasy Spoon diner, racing through the streets of Rivet Town, elated that he is going to be a father. He and his wife, Lydia ([[Dianne Wiest]]), after 12 hours of "labor," finally manage to construct the baby. He is named Rodney ([[Ewan McGregor]]), and he becomes a young inventor who dreams of making the world a better place for everyone. Rodney idolizes Bigweld ([[Mel Brooks]]), a master inventor and owner of Bigweld Industries. During Rodney's adolescence, he invents a gadget, "Wonderbot", intended to help his father clean the dishes at the restaurant. When Herb's boss, Mr. Gunk ([[Dan Hedaya]]), unexpectedly confronts them, Wonderbot breaks dishes, causing Herb to go into debt and Rodney to be fired. Rodney decides to take his invention to Robot City to see Bigweld and get a job as an inventor so that he can help his family. He is encouraged by his father, who confides that he has always regretted not becoming a musician. Rodney arrives in Robot City and meets Fender ([[Robin Williams]]), a ramshackle robot scraping by through taking souvenir photos and selling maps to the stars' homes. After a harrowing ride on the crosstown express, Rodney arrives at the gate of Bigweld Industries.


There he learns that Phineas T. Ratchet ([[Greg Kinnear]]) has taken over Bigweld Industries and is about to discontinue the manufacture of spare parts. Ratchet believes the company can make more profit if it stops making spare parts for older robots and focuses on selling expensive upgrades. If any older robots protest they arre sent to the underground Chop Shop, where they are shredded and melted down by Ratchet's mother, Madame Gasket ([[Jim Broadbent]]). Rodney is thrown out and finds a place to stay, with Fender, at Aunt Fanny's ([[Jennifer Coolidge]]) boarding house, along with an assortment of other "Rusties", older robots threatened with the Chop Shop. When the news gets out that spare parts have been discontinued by Bigweld industries, Rodney remembers Bigweld's slogan, "See a need, fill a need", and begins fixing old robots on his own. Gasket orders Ratchet to stop Rodney's work and kill Bigweld.
==Plot==
In a world of [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] [[robots]], Herb Copperbottom ([[Stanley Tucci]]), a dishwasher robot at Gunk's Greasy Spoon diner, races through the streets of Rivet Town, elated that he is going to be a father. He and his wife, Lydia ([[Dianne Wiest]]), after 12 hours of "labor", finally manage to construct the baby. He is named Rodney ([[Ewan McGregor]]) and he becomes a young inventor who dreams of making the world a better place for everyone. Rodney idolizes Bigweld ([[Mel Brooks]]), a master inventor and owner of Bigweld Industries. During Rodney's adolescence, he invents a gadget, "Wonderbot", intended to help his father clean the dishes at the restaurant. When Herb's grumpy supervisor, Mr. Gunk ([[Dan Hedaya]]), unexpectedly confronts them, Wonderbot panics and begins breaking dishes, resulting in Rodney being dismissed. Later, he decides to take his invention to Robot City to see Bigweld and get a job as an inventor so that he can help his family. He is encouraged by his father, who confides that he has always regretted not becoming a musician. Rodney arrives in Robot City and meets Fender ([[Robin Williams]]), a ramshackle robot scraping by through taking souvenir photos (with a camera that has no film) and selling maps to the stars' homes. After a harrowing ride on the crosstown express with him, Rodney arrives at the gate of Bigweld Industries.


Rodney finds that Herb has fallen ill, and can not find replacement parts. Rodney decides to try to contact Bigweld directly, so he can beg him to make spare parts again. Wonderbot reminds him that the annual Bigweld Ball takes place that night. Rodney and Fender go to the ball in disguise, only to hear Ratchet announce that Bigweld was unable to attend. Rodney tries to confront Ratchet, but is stopped by security robots. He is saved by Cappy ([[Halle Berry]]), a beautiful robot-executive of the company who does not like Ratchet's scheme, and together with Fender and his new girlfriend, Loretta Geargrinder ([[Natasha Lyonne]]), they escape from the ball.
There he learns that Phineas T. Ratchet ([[Greg Kinnear]]) has taken over Bigweld Industries and is about to discontinue the manufacture of spare parts. Ratchet believes the company can make more profit if it stops making spare parts for older robots and focuses on selling more expensive upgrades. If any older robots protest, they are sent to the underground Chop Shop, where they are shredded and melted down by Ratchet's imposing mother, Madame Gasket ([[Jim Broadbent]]). Rodney is forced out and finds a place to stay with Fender, at Aunt Fanny's ([[Jennifer Coolidge]]) boarding house, along with an assortment of other "Rusties", older robots threatened with the Chop Shop. When the news gets out that spare parts have been discontinued by Bigweld industries, Rodney remembers Bigweld's slogan, "See a need, fill a need", and begins fixing old robots on his own. Upon learning of this financial threat, Gasket orders Ratchet to stop Rodney's work and kill Bigweld.


Fender walks Loretta home, but he is kidnapped and taken to the Chop Shop. He struggles to escape, losing his lower half in the process. Fender eventually escapes by reluctanly attaching a new pair of female legs. Meanwhile, Rodney and Cappy fly to Bigweld's home. When Rodney inadvertently knocks over a [[domino]], Bigweld appears. Rodney tries to convince Bigweld to return to the helm of his company and once again make spare parts available, but Bigweld refuses. Rodney calls his parents, intending to give up his ambition of becoming an inventor and return to Rivet Town, but his father once again encourages Rodney to pursue his dreams. Rodney rallies the Rusties into fighting back against Ratchet. Fender reveals that Ratchet has built a fleet of super-sweepers with the intention of rounding up and destroying all older robots. Bigweld eventually decides to come with the group, having realized what he meant to Rodney.
Rodney finds that Herb has fallen ill and cannot find replacement parts. Rodney decides to try to contact Bigweld directly, so he can beg him to make spare parts again. Wonderbot reminds him that the annual Bigweld Ball takes place that night. Rodney and Fender go to the ball in disguise, only to hear Ratchet announce that Bigweld was unable to attend. Rodney tries to confront Ratchet, but is stopped by security robots. He is saved by Cappy ([[Halle Berry]]), a beautiful robot-executive of the company who dislikes Ratchet's scheme and together with Fender and his new girlfriend, Loretta Geargrinder ([[Natasha Lyonne]]), they escape from the ball.


The group heads for Bigweld Industries, where Bigweld tries to fire Ratchet. Unfortunately, Ratchet manages to hit bigweld with a telephone and drives him berserk, causing him to go over the edge and eventually lead into a chase. Bigweld is repaired just as they enter the Chop Shop, but is captured. A desperate battle ensues between Ratchet's employees and Rodney's repaired robots. During the chaos, Bigweld is rescued by Rodney, the choppers and sweepers are destroyed, and Wonderbot kills Gasket by tossing her into the melter, while Ratchet loses his upgrades. Bigweld goes to Rivet Town to tell Rodney's parents that their son is now his right-hand inventor and eventual successor. Rodney makes his father's dream come true by giving him a three-bell [[trumpet]], and the audience dances to [[James Brown]]'s "[[Get Up Offa That Thing]]" as a victory celebration.
Fender walks Loretta home, but is captured by one of the Sweepers and taken to the Chop Shop. He struggles to escape, losing his lower half in the process and eventually escapes by reluctantly attaching a new pair of female legs. Meanwhile, Rodney and Cappy fly to Bigweld's home. When Rodney inadvertently knocks over a [[domino]], setting off a chain reaction of dominoes, Bigweld appears. Rodney tries to convince Bigweld to return to the helm of his company and once again make spare parts available, but he refuses, stating that Ratchet's money-making ideals have made him old-fashioned. Rodney calls his parents, intending to give up his ambition of becoming an inventor and return to Rivet Town, but his father again encourages Rodney to pursue his dream. Fender arrives and reveals that Gasket has built a fleet of super-sweepers with the intention of rounding up and destroying all older robots, so Rodney rallies the Rusties to fight Ratchet. Bigweld eventually decides to come with the group, having realized what he meant to Rodney.


== Characters ==
The group heads for Bigweld Industries, where Bigweld attempts to dismiss Ratchet. Ratchet damages Bigweld by beating him senseless, but Rodney and Bigweld escape. Bigweld is repaired just as they enter the Chop Shop, but is captured. A desperate battle ensues between Gasket's employees and Rodney's repaired robots. During the chaos, Bigweld is rescued by Rodney, the choppers and sweepers are destroyed, and Wonderbot kills Gasket by tossing her into the melter, while Ratchet loses his upgrades and gets stuck on the ceiling with his father. Bigweld goes to Rivet Town to tell Rodney's parents that their son is now his right-hand inventor and eventual successor. Rodney makes his father's dream come true by giving him a three-bell [[trumpet]], playing by sheer improvisation that prompts the others to help add other musical tunes; Fender finds the new music to be a mix of Jazz and Funk — "Junk". Diesel finally gets a voice box and sings [[James Brown]]'s "[[Get Up Offa That Thing]]" as a victory celebration.
{{main|List of Robots characters}}


== Cast ==
=== Main ===
* [[Ewan McGregor]] as Rodney Copperbottom, a young blue robot and aspiring inventor.
{{See also|List of Robots characters}}
* [[Ewan McGregor]] as Rodney Copperbottom, a young blue robot and aspiring inventor
* [[Robin Williams]] as Fender, an old red robot that is always falling apart.
* [[Halle Berry]] as Cappy, a worker at Bigweld Industries and Rodney's love interest
* [[Mel Brooks]] as Bigweld
* [[Greg Kinnear]] as Phineas T. Ratchet, Rodney's nemesis and Madame Gasket's son and right-hand man
* [[Halle Berry]] as Cappy, Rodney's love interest.
* [[Greg Kinnear]] as Phineas T. Ratchet.
* [[Mel Brooks]] as Bigweld, the jolly inventor and owner of Bigweld Industries; until Rodney met him, Bigweld had slipped into depression at Ratchet's actions
* [[Robin Williams]] as Fender Pinwheeler, an old red robot who befriends Rodney and is constantly falling apart
* [[Amanda Bynes]] as Piper Pinwheeler, Fender's little sister.
* [[Drew Carey]] as Crank Casey
* [[Amanda Bynes]] as Piper Pinwheeler, a yellow robot who is Fender's younger sister who has a crush on Rodney
* [[Jim Broadbent]] as Madame Gasket, Ratchet's mother.
* [[Drew Carey]] as Crank Casey, an orange robot who befriends Rodney
* [[Jennifer Coolidge]] as Aunt Fanny, a kind motherly robot, who takes in "broke" robots; she has the unintentional effect of bumping people with her large rear
* [[Jennifer Coolidge]] as Aunt Fanny
* [[Harland Williams]] as Lug, a large green robot who befriends Rodney along with his mute companion Diesel
* [[Harland Williams]] as Lug
* [[Jim Broadbent]] as Madame Gasket, an evil and hideous robot and Ratchet's mother
* [[Dianne Wiest]] as Lydia Copperbottom, Rodney's mother.
* [[Dianne Wiest]] as Lydia Copperbottom, Rodney's mother
* [[Stanley Tucci]] as Herb Copperbottom, Rodney's father.
* [[Stanley Tucci]] as Herb Copperbottom, Rodney's father and a dishwasher at Gunk's
* [[Natasha Lyonne]] as Loretta Geargrinder, Fender's love interest.

* [[Natasha Lyonne]] as Loretta Geargrinder, a receptionist at Bigweld Industries and Fender's love interest (voiced by [[Cat Deeley]] in the UK release)
=== Supporting ===
* [[Paul Giamatti]] as Tim the Gate Guard
* [[Paul Giamatti]] as Tim
* [[Dan Hedaya]] as Mr. Gunk, Herb Copperbottom's grumpy boss
* [[Dan Hedaya]] as Mr. Gunk
===Cameos===
* [[Jay Leno]] as Fire Hydrant
* Brian Scott McFadden as Trashcan Bot (voiced by [[Vernon Kay]] in the UK release)
* [[Jay Leno]] as a Fire Hydrant
* [[Lucille Bliss]] as Pigeon Lady

* [[Lucille Bliss]] as a Pigeon Lady
=== Cameos ===
* [[Chingy]] as Buddy, a body popping robot who plays "[[Right Thurr]]".
* [[Paula Abdul]] as Wristwatch #1
* [[Paula Abdul]] as Wristwatch #1
* [[Randy Jackson]] as Wristwatch #2
* [[Randy Jackson]] as Wristwatch #2
* [[Ryan Seacrest]] as Wristwatch #3
* [[Ryan Seacrest]] as Wristwatch #3
* [[Al Roker]] as Mailbox
* [[Al Roker]] as Mailbox
* [[Stephen Tobolowsky]] as Bigmouth Executive and Forge
* [[John Mahoney]] as Ratchet's robots.
* [[James Earl Jones]] as [[Darth Vader]], voice chip.
* Randall Montgomery as Zinc
* Randall Montgomery as Zinc
* Tim Nordquist as Tin Man
* [[Lowell Ganz]] as Monsieur Gasket, Madame Gasket's husband and Ratchet's father (voiced by [[Terry Wogan|Sir Terry Wogan]] in the UK release)
* [[James Earl Jones]] as [[Darth Vader]] (archive recording)
* [[James Brown]] as Diesel (singing voice, archive recording)


== Locations ==
== Locations ==
{{more footnotes|section|date=September 2008}}
{{morefootnotes|section|date=October 2014}}
Movie director [[Chris Wedge]] says [[New York City]], [[Toronto]], [[London]], and a little future-like city inspired him to make the city.
Movie director [[Chris Wedge]] says [[New York City]], [[Toronto]], [[London]], and a little future-like city inspired him to make the city.


Line 73: Line 72:
* ''High End District'': The part of the city where the rich and famous robots live. Buildings and robots are all shiny and nearly everything is futuristic. Everyone here has a metal covering that hides all their inner workings. Bigweld Industries is here.
* ''High End District'': The part of the city where the rich and famous robots live. Buildings and robots are all shiny and nearly everything is futuristic. Everyone here has a metal covering that hides all their inner workings. Bigweld Industries is here.


* ''Combustion District'': Low-class place. It has numerous rust spots, and robots have the internal workings similar to a 1950s car at best. Aunt Fanny's house is here, and the majority of the movie takes place here.
* ''Combustion District'': Middle-class place. It has a few rust spots, and robots have the internal workings similar to a 1950s car. Aunt Fanny's house is here, and the majority of the movie takes place here.


* ''Steam District'': The lowest part of the city, and therefore the rustiest. Parts of the district resemble the inventions of the [[Industrial Revolution]], and everywhere is filled with broken machines. Sweepers grab old robots and bring them to Madame Gasket's Chop Shop, where mutant robots then break and melt robots, turning them into upgrades.
* ''Steam District'': The lowest part of the city, and therefore the rustiest. Parts of the district resemble the inventions of the [[Industrial Revolution]], and everywhere is filled with broken machines. Sweepers grab old robots and bring them to Madame Gasket's Chop Shop, where mutant robots then break and melt robots, turning them into upgrades.
Line 80: Line 79:


== Release ==
== Release ==
''Robots'' was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The film was the first to feature the new trailer for ''[[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]''. The film also featured the exclusive trailer for ''[[Ice Age: The Meltdown]]'', then called ''Ice Age 2''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Rebecca|title=''Star Wars Episode III'' Full Length Trailer Premieres with ''Robots''|url=http://movies.about.com/od/starwars3/a/starwars3030505.htm|accessdate=October 19, 2012|newspaper=About.com|date=March 4, 2005}}</ref>
'Robots'' was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The film was the first to feature the new trailer for ''[[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]''. The film also featured the exclusive trailer for ''[[Ice Age: The Meltdown]]'', then called ''Ice Age 2''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Rebecca|title=''Star Wars Episode III'' Full Length Trailer Premieres with ''Robots''|url=http://movies.about.com/od/starwars3/a/starwars3030505.htm|accessdate=October 19, 2012|newspaper=About.com|date=March 4, 2005}}</ref>


===Home media===
===Home media===
Line 88: Line 87:


=== Critical reaction ===
=== Critical reaction ===
The film received positive reviews from the critics. The review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] has received 64% of critics gave the film positive reviews. The site's consensus reads: "''Robots'' delights on a visual level, but the story feels like it came off an assembly line."<ref name=RT>{{cite web|title=Robots (2005)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/robots/|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=October 19, 2012}}</ref> Another review aggregator, [[Metacritic]], gave a score of 64 based on 33 reviews.<ref name=MC>{{cite web|title=Robots|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/robots|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=October 19, 2012}}</ref>
The film received mixed to positive reviews from the critics. The review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] has received 64% of critics gave the film positive reviews. The site's consensus reads: "''Robots'' delights on a visual level, but the story feels like it came off an assembly line."<ref name=RT>{{cite web|title=Robots (2005)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/robots/|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=October 19, 2012}}</ref> Another review aggregator, [[Metacritic]], gave a score of 64 based on 33 reviews.<ref name=MC>{{cite web|title=Robots|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/robots|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=October 19, 2012}}</ref>


=== Box office ===
=== Box office ===
The film was released March 11, 2005 in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] and grossed $36 million in 3,776 theaters its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the box office.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=robots.htm "Robots (2005) - Weekend Box Office Results"]. ''[[Box Office Mojo]]''. Retrieved 2008-02-21.</ref> It grossed a total of $260.7 million worldwide &ndash; $128.2 million in the United States and Canada and $132.5 million in other territories.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=robots.htm "Robots (2005)"]. ''[[Box Office Mojo]]''. Retrieved 2008-02-21.</ref>
The film was released March 11, 2005 in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] and grossed $36 million in 3,776 theaters its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the box office.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=robots.htm "Robots (2005) - Weekend Box Office Results"]. ''[[Box Office Mojo]]''. Retrieved 2008-02-21.</ref> It grossed a total of $260.7 million worldwide &ndash; $128.2 million in the United States and Canada and $132.5 million in other territories. Making it box office success.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=robots.htm "Robots (2005)"]. ''[[Box Office Mojo]]''. Retrieved 2008-02-21.</ref>


===Accolades===
== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
The film was nominated for many awards in the category of best animated film, as well as awards for character design, best animated character, voice casting, and sound editing. However, it only won one, the MTV (Mexico) Movie Award for best song, "Un Héroe Real".<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358082/awards "Awards for 'Robots' (2005)"]. ''[[IMDb]]''. Retrieved 2010-10-21.</ref>
| Name = Robots: Music from the Original Motion Picture

The [[American Film Institute]] nominated ''Robots'' for its [[AFI's 10 Top 10#Animation|Top 10 Animated Films]] list.<ref>[http://www.afi.com/drop/ballot.pdf "AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot"]. ''AFI.com''. Retrieved 2011-12-29.</ref>

== Music ==

===Soundtrack===
{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Robots: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| Type = Soundtrack
| Type = Soundtrack
| Artist = Various Artists
| Artist = Various Artists
| Cover =
| Cover =
| Released = {{Start date|2005|03|1}}
| Released = 2005
| Recorded =
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]] <br />[[Pop rock|Pop]]
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]] <br />[[Pop rock|Pop]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=41|s=9}}
| Length = 51:46
| Label = [[Virgin Records]]
| Label = [[Virgin Records]]
| Producer =
| Producer =
Line 115: Line 107:
}}
}}


'''''Robots: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''''' was released on March 1, 2005 by [[Virgin Records]].<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r729055|label=Robots: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|accessdate=September 17, 2011}}</ref>
'''''Robots: Music from the Original Motion Picture''''' was released in 2005 by [[Virgin Records]].


# "[[From Zero to Hero]]" – [[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]]
{{Track listing
# "[[Shine]]" – [[Ricky Fanté]]
| total_length = {{Duration|m=41|s=9}}
# "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]" - [[Britney Spears]]
| extra_column = Performer
# "[[Right Thurr]]" – [[Chingy]]
| title1 = Shine
| extra1 = [[Ricky Fanté]]
# "Tell Me What You Already Did" – [[Fountains of Wayne]]
# "[[Wonderful Night]]" – [[Fatboy Slim]]
| length1 = 4:08
| title2 = [[Right Thurr]]
# "[[Get Up Offa That Thing]]" (All Dee Remix) – [[James Brown]]
# "[[(There's Gotta Be) More to Life]]" – [[Stacie Orrico]]
| extra2 = [[Chingy]]
# "Love's Dance" – [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]
| length2 = 4:12
# "[[Low Rider]]" – [[War (band)|War]]
| title3 = Tell Me What You Already Did
# "[[Can't Get Enough of Your Love]]" - [[Barry White]]
| extra3 = [[Fountains of Wayne]]
# "[[Yeah!]] - [[Usher]]
| length3 = 1:59
# "[[I Like That]]" – [[Houston (singer)|Houston]], Featuring Chingy, [[Nate Dogg]] and [[I-20]]
| title4 = [[Wonderful Night]]
# "[[Silence]]" – [[Gomez (band)|Gomez]]
| extra4 = [[Fatboy Slim]]
# "[[Walkie Talkie Man]]" – [[Steriogram]]
| length4 = 2:46
# "Un Héroe Real" – [[Aleks Syntek]]
| title5 = [[Get Up Offa That Thing]]" (Ali Dee Remix)
# "[[Robot City]]" – [[John Powell]], Featuring [[Blue Man Group]]
| extra5 = [[James Brown]]
| length5 = 3:40
| title6 = [[(There's Gotta Be) More to Life]]
| extra6 = [[Stacie Orrico]]
| length6 = 3:23
| title7 = Love's Dance
| extra7 = [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]
| length7 = 4:29
| title8 = [[Low Rider]]
| extra8 = [[War (band)|War]]
| length8 = 3:15
| title9 = [[I Like That (Houston song)|I Like That]]
| extra9 = [[Houston (singer)|Houston]], Featuring Chingy, [[Nate Dogg]] and [[I-20]]
| length9 = 3:58
| title10 = Silence
| extra10 = [[Gomez (band)|Gomez]]
| length10 = 2:55
| title11 = [[Walkie Talkie Man]]
| extra11 = [[Steriogram]]
| length11 = 2:15
| title12 = Robot City
| extra12 = [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]], Featuring [[Blue Man Group]]
| length12 = 4:09
}}


;Other songs in the film include
;Other songs in the film include
* "[[Swordfishtrombones|Underground]]" - [[Tom Waits]]
* "Underground" - [[Tom Waits]]
* "[[Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe]]" - [[Barry White]]
* "See Me" - [[Melanie Blatt]]
* "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]" - [[Britney Spears]]
* "[[See Me (song)|See Me]]" - [[Melanie Blatt]]
* "[[Eye of the Tiger]]" - [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]

===Score===
{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Robots: Original Motion Picture Score
| Type = Film
| Artist = [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]]
| Cover =
| Alt =
| Released = {{Start date|2005|03|15}}
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Film score|Score]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=43|s=41}}
| Label = [[Varèse Sarabande Records|Varèse Sarabande]]
| Producer =
| Reviews =
| Chronology = [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]] film scores
| Last album =
| This album =
| Next album =
}}
'''''Robots: Original Motion Picture Score''''' was composed by [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]] and was released on March 15, 2005 by [[Varèse Sarabande Records]].<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r731709|label=Robots: Original Motion Picture Score|accessdate=September 17, 2011}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| total_length = {{Duration|m=43|s=41}}
| title1 = Overture
| length1 = 4:02
| title2 = Rivet Town Parade
| length2 = 0:54
| title3 = Bigweld TV / Creating Wonderbot
| length3 = 2:45
| title4 = Wonderbot Wash
| length4 = 2:08
| title5 = Train Station
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = Crosstown Express
| length6 = 1:19
| title7 = Wild Ride
| length7 = 1:36
| title8 = Madam Gasket
| length8 = 1:00
| title9 = Chop Shop
| length9 = 1:50
| title10 = Meet The Rusties
| length10 = 2:06
| title11 = Bigweld Workshop
| length11 = 3:13
| title12 = Phone Booth
| length12 = 1:29
| title13 = Gathering Forces
| length13 = 3:28
| title14 = Escape
| length14 = 4:42
| title15 = Deciding to Fight Back
| length15 = 1:13
| title16 = Attack of the Sweepers
| length16 = 1:26
| title17 = Butt Whoopin'
| length17 = 3:42
| title18 = Homecoming
| length18 = 1:33
| title19 = Dad's Dream
| length19 = 1:25
}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
*''[[Robots (video game)]]''
{{Portal|Robotics}}
*[[Robots (2005 video game)|''Robots'' (2005 video game)]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0358082|Robots}}
*{{imdb title|0358082|Robots}}
*{{bcdb title|47509|Robots}}
*{{bcdb title|47509|Robots}}
*{{Allmovie title|289664|Robots}}
*{{Allmovie title|289664|Robots}}
Line 244: Line 146:


{{Blue Sky Studios}}
{{Blue Sky Studios}}
{{Chris Wedge}}
{{Carlos Saldanha}}
{{Works of William Joyce}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Robots}}
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:2005 computer-animated films]]
[[Category:American films]]
[[Category:American animated films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:American comedy science fiction films]]
[[Category:20th Century Fox films]]
[[Category:Animated features released by 20th Century Fox]]
[[Category:Animated science fiction films]]
[[Category:Animated science fiction films]]
[[Category:Comedy science fiction films]]
[[Category:Computer-animated films]]
[[Category:Computer-animated films]]
[[Category:Comic science fiction]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring anthropomorphic characters]]
[[Category:Films featuring anthropomorphic characters]]
[[Category:Films set in the future]]
[[Category:Films set in the future]]
[[Category:Robot films]]
[[Category:Robot films]]

[[Category:20th Century Fox films]]
[[de:Robots]]
[[Category:Screenplays by Lowell Ganz]]
[[es:Robots (película)]]
[[Category:Screenplays by Babaloo Mandel]]
[[fr:Robots (film)]]
[[Category:Blue Sky Studios films]]
[[it:Robots]]
[[Category:Films directed by Chris Wedge]]
[[hu:Robotok]]
[[mn:Роботууд]]
[[nl:Robots]]
[[ja:ロボッツ]]
[[pl:Roboty (film)]]
[[pt:Robôs (filme)]]
[[ru:Роботы (мультфильм)]]
[[sv:Robotar]]
[[tr:Robotlar (film)]]
[[uk:Роботи (мультфільм)]]

Revision as of 18:23, 6 October 2014

Robots
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChris Wedge
Carlos Saldanha
Written byRon Mita
Jim McClain
David Lindsay-Abaire
Lowell Ganz
Babaloo Mandel
Produced byWilliam Joyce
John C Donkin
Jerry Davis
StarringEwan McGregor
Robin Williams
Greg Kinnear
Halle Berry
Harland Williams
Mel Brooks
Amanda Bynes
Drew Carey
Edited byJohn Carnochan
Music byJohn Powell
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • March 10, 2005 (2005-03-10) (Singapore)
  • March 11, 2005 (2005-03-11) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million
Box office$260,718,330

Robots is a 2005 American computer animated comic science fiction film produced by Blue Sky Studios for Twentieth Century Fox, and was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The story was created by Chris Wedge and William Joyce, a children's book author/illustrator. Originally developing a film version of Joyce's book Santa Calls, Joyce and Wedge then decided to develop an original story about a world of robots. Joyce served as producer and production designer for the film. It features the voices of Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey and Robin Williams.[1]

Plot

The film opens with Herb Copperbottom (Stanley Tucci), a dishwasher at Gunk's Greasy Spoon diner, racing through the streets of Rivet Town, elated that he is going to be a father. He and his wife, Lydia (Dianne Wiest), after 12 hours of "labor," finally manage to construct the baby. He is named Rodney (Ewan McGregor), and he becomes a young inventor who dreams of making the world a better place for everyone. Rodney idolizes Bigweld (Mel Brooks), a master inventor and owner of Bigweld Industries. During Rodney's adolescence, he invents a gadget, "Wonderbot", intended to help his father clean the dishes at the restaurant. When Herb's boss, Mr. Gunk (Dan Hedaya), unexpectedly confronts them, Wonderbot breaks dishes, causing Herb to go into debt and Rodney to be fired. Rodney decides to take his invention to Robot City to see Bigweld and get a job as an inventor so that he can help his family. He is encouraged by his father, who confides that he has always regretted not becoming a musician. Rodney arrives in Robot City and meets Fender (Robin Williams), a ramshackle robot scraping by through taking souvenir photos and selling maps to the stars' homes. After a harrowing ride on the crosstown express, Rodney arrives at the gate of Bigweld Industries.

There he learns that Phineas T. Ratchet (Greg Kinnear) has taken over Bigweld Industries and is about to discontinue the manufacture of spare parts. Ratchet believes the company can make more profit if it stops making spare parts for older robots and focuses on selling expensive upgrades. If any older robots protest they arre sent to the underground Chop Shop, where they are shredded and melted down by Ratchet's mother, Madame Gasket (Jim Broadbent). Rodney is thrown out and finds a place to stay, with Fender, at Aunt Fanny's (Jennifer Coolidge) boarding house, along with an assortment of other "Rusties", older robots threatened with the Chop Shop. When the news gets out that spare parts have been discontinued by Bigweld industries, Rodney remembers Bigweld's slogan, "See a need, fill a need", and begins fixing old robots on his own. Gasket orders Ratchet to stop Rodney's work and kill Bigweld.

Rodney finds that Herb has fallen ill, and can not find replacement parts. Rodney decides to try to contact Bigweld directly, so he can beg him to make spare parts again. Wonderbot reminds him that the annual Bigweld Ball takes place that night. Rodney and Fender go to the ball in disguise, only to hear Ratchet announce that Bigweld was unable to attend. Rodney tries to confront Ratchet, but is stopped by security robots. He is saved by Cappy (Halle Berry), a beautiful robot-executive of the company who does not like Ratchet's scheme, and together with Fender and his new girlfriend, Loretta Geargrinder (Natasha Lyonne), they escape from the ball.

Fender walks Loretta home, but he is kidnapped and taken to the Chop Shop. He struggles to escape, losing his lower half in the process. Fender eventually escapes by reluctanly attaching a new pair of female legs. Meanwhile, Rodney and Cappy fly to Bigweld's home. When Rodney inadvertently knocks over a domino, Bigweld appears. Rodney tries to convince Bigweld to return to the helm of his company and once again make spare parts available, but Bigweld refuses. Rodney calls his parents, intending to give up his ambition of becoming an inventor and return to Rivet Town, but his father once again encourages Rodney to pursue his dreams. Rodney rallies the Rusties into fighting back against Ratchet. Fender reveals that Ratchet has built a fleet of super-sweepers with the intention of rounding up and destroying all older robots. Bigweld eventually decides to come with the group, having realized what he meant to Rodney.

The group heads for Bigweld Industries, where Bigweld tries to fire Ratchet. Unfortunately, Ratchet manages to hit bigweld with a telephone and drives him berserk, causing him to go over the edge and eventually lead into a chase. Bigweld is repaired just as they enter the Chop Shop, but is captured. A desperate battle ensues between Ratchet's employees and Rodney's repaired robots. During the chaos, Bigweld is rescued by Rodney, the choppers and sweepers are destroyed, and Wonderbot kills Gasket by tossing her into the melter, while Ratchet loses his upgrades. Bigweld goes to Rivet Town to tell Rodney's parents that their son is now his right-hand inventor and eventual successor. Rodney makes his father's dream come true by giving him a three-bell trumpet, and the audience dances to James Brown's "Get Up Offa That Thing" as a victory celebration.

Characters

Main article: List of Robots characters

Main

Supporting

Cameos

Locations

Movie director Chris Wedge says New York City, Toronto, London, and a little future-like city inspired him to make the city.

There are three parts of the city:

  • High End District: The part of the city where the rich and famous robots live. Buildings and robots are all shiny and nearly everything is futuristic. Everyone here has a metal covering that hides all their inner workings. Bigweld Industries is here.
  • Combustion District: Middle-class place. It has a few rust spots, and robots have the internal workings similar to a 1950s car. Aunt Fanny's house is here, and the majority of the movie takes place here.
  • Steam District: The lowest part of the city, and therefore the rustiest. Parts of the district resemble the inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and everywhere is filled with broken machines. Sweepers grab old robots and bring them to Madame Gasket's Chop Shop, where mutant robots then break and melt robots, turning them into upgrades.

Another major location of the film is Rivet Town, home to the Copperbottom family. Two of the buildings there are Gunk's Greasy Spoon and Flathead Floyd's. Rivet Town is based on Watertown, New York, where movie director Chris Wedge lived during his teens.

Release

'Robots was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The film was the first to feature the new trailer for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The film also featured the exclusive trailer for Ice Age: The Meltdown, then called Ice Age 2.[2]

Home media

The DVD and VHS of Robots were released on September 27, 2005.[3] The film was accompanied by an original short animated film based on Robots, titled Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty.[4][5] On March 22, 2011, it was released in high-definition on Blu-ray disc.[6]

Reception

Critical reaction

The film received mixed to positive reviews from the critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has received 64% of critics gave the film positive reviews. The site's consensus reads: "Robots delights on a visual level, but the story feels like it came off an assembly line."[7] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, gave a score of 64 based on 33 reviews.[8]

Box office

The film was released March 11, 2005 in the United States and Canada and grossed $36 million in 3,776 theaters its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the box office.[9] It grossed a total of $260.7 million worldwide – $128.2 million in the United States and Canada and $132.5 million in other territories. Making it box office success.[10]

Soundtrack

Untitled

Robots: Music from the Original Motion Picture was released in 2005 by Virgin Records.

  1. "From Zero to Hero" – Sarah Connor
  2. "Shine" – Ricky Fanté
  3. "...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
  4. "Right Thurr" – Chingy
  5. "Tell Me What You Already Did" – Fountains of Wayne
  6. "Wonderful Night" – Fatboy Slim
  7. "Get Up Offa That Thing" (All Dee Remix) – James Brown
  8. "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" – Stacie Orrico
  9. "Love's Dance" – Earth, Wind & Fire
  10. "Low Rider" – War
  11. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" - Barry White
  12. "Yeah! - Usher
  13. "I Like That" – Houston, Featuring Chingy, Nate Dogg and I-20
  14. "Silence" – Gomez
  15. "Walkie Talkie Man" – Steriogram
  16. "Un Héroe Real" – Aleks Syntek
  17. "Robot City" – John Powell, Featuring Blue Man Group
Other songs in the film include

See also

References

  1. ^ Jones, Malcolm (March 13, 2005). "Heavenly Metal". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Murray, Rebecca (March 4, 2005). "Star Wars Episode III Full Length Trailer Premieres with Robots". About.com. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "New Releases 09.27.05". IGN. September 27, 2005. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  4. ^ Gilchrist, Todd (September 28, 2005). "Robots". IGN. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  5. ^ Foster, Dave (August 24, 2005). "Robots (R2) in September - Menus added". The Digital Fix. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  6. ^ Calonge, Juan (January 21, 2011). "Family Blu-ray Wave from Fox in March". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  7. ^ "Robots (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  8. ^ "Robots". Metacritic. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  9. ^ "Robots (2005) - Weekend Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  10. ^ "Robots (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robots_(2005_film)&oldid=628514528"