US (2001): Animation/Family/Comedy/Fantasy
The folks at Pixar can do no wrong with Monsters Inc., the studio's fourth feature film, which stretches the computer animation format in terms of both technical complexity and emotional impact. The giant, blue-furred James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (wonderfully voiced by John Goodman) is a scare monster extraordinaire in the hidden world of Monstropolis, where scaring kids is an imperative in order to keep the entire city running. Beyond the competition to be the best at the business, Sullivan and his assistant, the one-eyed Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. Director Pete Doctor and co-directors David Silverman and Lee Unkrich follow the Pixar blueprint with an imaginative scenario, fun characters, and ace comic timing. By the last heart-tugging shot, kids may never look at monsters the same, nor artists at what computer animation can do in the hands of magicians. (Amazon.com)
View the theatrical trailer for this film from YouTube.com.
· Best Achievement in Music in Connection with Motion Pictures (Original Song) 2001: "If I Didn't Have You" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
· Best Animated Feature Film of the Year 2001: Peter Docter & John Lasseter, producers. This is a new category
· Achievement in Music in Connection with Motion Pictures (Original Score) 2001: Randy Newman
· Achievement in Sound Editing 2001: Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers
4 nominations, 1 Award