Your Friend the Rat

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Your Friend the Rat
Directed by Jim Capobianco
Produced by Ann Brilz
Brad Bird
John Lasseter
Brad Lewis (executive)
Written by Jeff Pidgeon
Alexander Woo
Starring Patton Oswalt
Peter Sohn
Lou Romano
Music by Alex Mandel
Editing by Steve Bloom
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios (2007 release with Ratatouille DVD)
Release date(s) November 6, 2007
Running time 11 min.
Country Flag of the United States
Language English
Preceded by Ratatouille (2007)
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Your Friend the Rat is Pixar's first short film to feature traditional animation. At 11 minutes, it is also the longest Pixar short to date. Along with hand drawn animation, the short also includes stop-motion animation, computer generated imagery and live action; much like A Little Curious.[1][2] Unlike the feature length film on which it is based, "Your Friend the Rat" also features a musical sequence.

The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray with Pixar's Ratatouille (November 6, 2007).[3][4]

Your Friend the Rat was nominated in the Best Animated Short Subject category at the 35th annual Annie Awards.[5]

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[edit] Plot

The short takes on the form of an educational film, and stars Remy and Emile, who argue for the reconciliation of humans and rats. It uses historical mentions presented to various styles of animation, as well as nonsense comedy. At the film's end, a long and drawn-out (and partly satirical) warning is shown asking children to stay away from rats, while Remy and Emile stand in front of it and try to remove it, urging the audience to ignore the warning and complaining about freedom of speech and lack of food respectively.

[edit] Cast

  • Patton Oswalt as Remy
  • Peter Sohn as Emile
  • Lou Romano as Linguini
  • Tony Russell as The Disclaimer Guy
  • Sigmund Vik as The Norwegian Rat
  • Jim Capobianco as the voice of the director

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pixar Does 2D Animation | /Film
  2. ^ Animated News » Your Friend The Rat stills
  3. ^ Disney Serves Up 'Ratatouille' on Blu-ray this November | High-Def Digest
  4. ^ SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel | SCIFI.COM
  5. ^ The Pixar Blog: Your Friend the Rat nominated for Annie

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