Thank you! Sulley Hey, Mike, this might sound crazy but I don't think that kid's dangerous. : [59] It was one of the first animated films to be nominated for Best Animated Feature (lost to Shrek). It's now five after the hour of 6:00 A.M. in the big monster city. : Mike He must've read the schedule wrong with his one eye. A prequel, titled Monsters University, was released on June 21, 2013. 23-19! His scare assistant, best friend and roommate is Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), a green, opinionated, feisty little one-eyed monster. It's a musical. : [Boo is holding onto Mike's Teddy Bear, after Sulley tossed it at her]  Billy Crystal is a voice actor known for voicing Mike, and Calcifer. Great. Babysitter All you hadda do, was listen to me, just once! Wanna know why I bought the car? Mike, you don't understand. : : Get out of here. The famed actor took on the gig as one of his first … An animated short, Mike's New Car, was made by Pixar in 2002 in which the two main characters have assorted misadventures with a car Mike has just bought. There's no we this time, pal. The company moved from Point Richmond to a much bigger campus in Emeryville, co-designed by Lasseter and Steve Jobs. Hey, less talk, more pain, marshmellow boy! Well, in that case, let's keep it. : Fungus I'll be their problem, not ours. Randall : : You know, I am so romantic, sometimes I think I should just marry myself. It's... Oh. [Hugging Boo, who wandered off with a Group of Little Monsters]  Oh, that's great, blame it on the little guy. Baby Smitty Oh, we were about to break the record, Sulley. Through! That is the weirdest thing you have ever said. [22][23] The voice role of Sulley went to John Goodman, the longtime co-star of the comedy series Roseanne and a regular in the films of the Coen brothers. : Does that matter? : I was just thinking about the first time I laid eye on you, how pretty you looked. Sulley : You had something? : The kid's awake! [30], The film premiered on October 28, 2001, at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. : Here we are, here's the kid. As Waternoose is arrested by the CDA, he reprimands Sulley for destroying the company and worsening the energy crisis. : : Mike Wazowski But it's impossible to get a reservation there. [chanting]  [Mike and Sulley watch a commercial featuring them, but Mike is covered over by the Monsters Inc. logo]. Fight that plaque! Sulley grows attached to her and calls her "Boo", while Mike is anxious to be rid of her. Yeti [17], The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. : Sulley : I like everything about you. Yeti A STUPID KID! Randall Okay, rule number one out here: Always... no, Never go out in a blizzard. Well Gentleman, I hope you've all learnt a valuable lesson... [Sulley notices Boo run off crying, terrified from his roar]. Sulley Lovable Sulley (John Goodman) and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) are the top scare team at MONSTERS, INC., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. Ha. Images of the Michael Wazowski voice actors from the Monsters, Inc. franchise. Sulley? How can I do this? : : There you are, Mike. Mike and Sulley locate Boo's door, but Waternoose, accompanied by the CDA, brings the door down to the scare floor. Sulley He is Sulley's station runner and coach on the scare floor, and the two are close friends and roommates. : She's home now. After seeing the trailer for Monsters, Inc., Madrid concluded that Chronicle Books had passed her work to Pixar and that the film was based on her work. Needleman I didn't mean all this to happen. "[58], Monsters, Inc. won the Academy Award for Best Original Song (Randy Newman, after fifteen previous nominations, for "If I Didn't Have You"). You see that clock? [40] Monsters, Inc. was released on 4K Blu-ray on March 3, 2020. : See that, Mikey? Yeah, I got, uh, Smelly Garbage or Old Dumpster. Randall : [55], ReelViews film critic James Berardinelli gave the film 3​1⁄2 stars out of 4 and wrote that the film was "one of those rare family films that parents can enjoy (rather than endure) along with their kids". Simulation terminated... Henry J. Waternoose If you start crying, I'm gonna cry, and I'll never get through this. You're ruining everything. [is fighting the invisible Randall when he is hit with a snowball]  Yeah, like on "Monstropolis' Most Wanted"? Mike Wazowski! In its fourth weekend, however, there was an increase of 5.9%, making $24,055,001 that weekend for a combined $528 million. : Mike The show is improvisational in nature, and features the opportunity for Guests to interact with the monster comedians and submit jokes of their own via text message. Ah, actually that's my uh, cousin's sister's daughter, sir. Ted's walking to work. : Mike [75] Monsters, Inc. has inspired three attractions at Disney theme parks around the world. : You didn't file your paperwork last night. No, no! Mike Sulley "Monsters, Inc. (2001) – Box Office Mojo", "Review: 'Monsters, Inc.' In 3D Is Just As Much Fun As It Was The First Time Around", "Pixar's Monsters University: When Hairy Met Scary", "Monsters, Inc.: The Secret Behind Why Pixar Is So Good", "Boo From 'Monsters, Inc.' 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Hey, genius. : : He inadvertently interrupts Mike's date with his receptionist girlfriend, Celia Mae, at a Japanese sushi restaurant, and chaos erupts when the girl gets loose. [52], Charles Taylor from Salon magazine stated, "[i]t's agreeable and often funny, and adults who take their kids to see it might be surprised to find themselves having a pretty good time. Randall was working late last night out on the scare floor. You have your own climate. : Hey, Waxford! : Oh, I don't believe it! No, no way. What are you looking at? I wouldn't... Henry J. Waternoose : Randall : : The render farm in place for Monsters, Inc. was made up of 3500 Sun Microsystems processors, compared with 1400 for Toy Story 2 and only 200 for Toy Story, both built on Sun's own RISC-based SPARC processor architecture. Tonight it's about me and Celia. "[24] Billy Crystal, having regretted turning down the part of Buzz Lightyear years prior, accepted that of Mike Wazowski, Sulley's one-eyed best friend and scare assistant. On June 26, 2002, he ruled that the film had nothing in common with the poem. Mike Sulley He's the star quarterback" with Docter noting that before that moment "design after design, we really didn't know what he was about. Mike I think there might be a way to save her if we can just get down to that... Mike Sulley opened at Disneyland Resort's Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California. Mike : [16], The storyline took on many forms during production. Wah, wah, wah. [Takes Boo's sock out of his mouth and throws it at the CDA agents]. Right. [29] Also, this meant they had to solve the complex problem of how to keep cloth untangled – in other words, to keep it from passing through itself when parts of it intersect. Ok, all we have to do is get rid of that thing, so wait here while I get its cardkey. [Feeling sad after accidentally Scaring Boo at the Scare Simulator]  I'm trying to be honest, just hear me out. Temperature's a balmy 65 degrees, which is good news for you reptiles, and it looks like it's gonna be a perfect day to maybe, hey, just lie in bed, sleep in, or simply... Work out that flab that's hanging over the bed! : [whilst he, Sulley and Boo are hanging from a door leading into the station of where they come from], [Hugging Boo, who wandered off with a Group of Little Monsters]. Come on, tell me it's a new haircut, isn't it? Oh, and wait until you see the local village, cutest thing in the world. I was just mad, that's all. What was that? Do I see 120? Needleman Sulley I'm not even breaking a sweat. [20], The idea of a monster buddy for the lead monster emerged at an April 6, 1998 "story summit" in Burbank with employees from Disney and Pixar. You know we still need her to laugh. How about Wet Dog? He leads the pursuing Waternoose into the company's simulation room, where Mike records Waternoose angrily declaring his plan to salvage the company by kidnapping children. Sulley, inspired by his experiences with Boo, concocts a plan to retool the company's power generation method to harvest children's laughter instead of screams, as laughter is ten times more potent. : : Mike : Celia : Snow cone? [Finding out that he caught Mike instead of Boo]  : Huh? : Hey, Mr. Sullivan! : You got us. : Mike : Sulley 118. None of it matters? Celia James! I was on TV. Sulley The two are taken in by the Abominable Snowman, who tells them about a nearby village, which Sulley realizes he can use to return to the factory. It scares little kids and little monsters. Billy Crystal Billy Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and television host who performed the voice of Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc., Mike's New Car, and Monsters University. You know, only someone with great comedic timing could produce this much energy in one shot. : In a world inhabited by monsters, the city of Monstropolis is powered by energy from the screams of human children. Look, it loves it here, its dancing with joy! Michael \"Mike\" Wazowski first appeared in the 2001 film Monsters, Inc., voiced by Billy Crystal. Sulley Dodgeball was the best. So when Disney asked us to do some more films, I wanted to tap into a childlike notion that was similar to that. However, Waternoose reveals that he and Randall are working together and exiles Mike and Sulley to the Himalayas while keeping Boo with him. Billy Crystal starred opposite John Goodman, voicing the green managerial monster Mike Wazowski. : Mike invokes Boo's laughter, which causes all the doors to activate at once, allowing the monsters to freely pass in and out of the human world. : I'm cooperating. You know what I said? [a Handle Bar is placed down preventing Mike from leaving, and his hands get cuffed on]. Hey, good morning, Monstropolis. Scream Team and Monsters, Inc. Hello. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Can I borrow your odorant? I used to love kindergarden. Mike : Hey, guess which planet I am. [Opens and closes door, pushes frame, nothing happens]  [laughs]  : Pixar then set up a Simulation department and created a new fur simulation program called Fizt (short for "physics tool"). Which means: the scare floor will be...? Mike : Here's where the collaborative process really kicked in. Mr. Waternoose. : [Excited to watch Sulley]  Mike : : Mike returns to reconcile with Sulley and accidentally helps him overpower Randall. : I'm a natural. Mike Because of you, I am stuck in this frozen wasteland! Bottom of the Mountain. Psst, Fungus. Sulley Mike : We have to get Boo's door and find a station. Billy Crystal behind the scenes of Monsters University. Hey, Ted! [36], Monsters, Inc. was released on VHS and DVD on September 17, 2002. Mike Know anything about that? You still think this is about that stupid scare record? Mike To drive it! Stop making Boo laugh! Yeti Up! : : Stop it. : What is that thing? I always wanted a pet that could kill me. The idea for Monsters, Inc. was conceived in a lunch in 1994 attended by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft during the production of Toy Story. With Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi. I can still hear her little voice. Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! Come on, hop on in. : The power's out. This film was not screened in theaters, but is included with all home video releases of Monsters, Inc., and on Pixar's Dedicated Shorts DVD. : | [28] The deceptively simple-sounding task of animating cloth was also a challenge to animate thanks to those hundreds of creases and wrinkles that automatically occurred in the clothing when the wearer moved. 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