Planes (film)

Not to be confused with Plane (film).

Planes
Ripslinger, Dusty and El Chupacabra flying along in the cloudy sky.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKlay Hall
Screenplay byJeffrey M. Howard
Story by
Produced byTraci Balthazor-Flynn
Starring
Edited byJeremy Milton
Music byMark Mancina
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates
Running time
92 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50 million[2]
Box office$240.2 million[2]

Planes is a 2013 American animated sports comedy film produced by Disneytoon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.[3] Directed and co-written by Klay Hall and produced by Traci Balthazor-Flynn, it is a spin-off of Pixar's Cars franchise. Despite not being produced by Pixar, the film was co-written and executive produced by Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios' then-chief creative officer John Lasseter, who directed the first two Cars films, while the remaining writers of the film included Jeffrey M. Howard. The film stars the voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Priyanka Chopra in her Hollywood debut, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, Danny Mann, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Roger Craig Smith, John Cleese, Carlos Alazraqui, Sinbad, Val Kilmer, and Anthony Edwards. In the film, Dusty Crophopper (Cook), a crop duster plane in the town of Propwash Junction, wants to complete Wings Around the Globe with racing planes, especially Ripslinger (Smith), despite his fear of heights, with the help of naval aviator Skipper Riley (Keach), who trains him.

In developing a concept created by Lasseter, the writers made a conscious effort to avoid remaking Cars in a new setting, while reusing Keach and Mann's characters from the Cars Toons short "Air Mater". The production team conducted research by interviewing several pilots of plane types that were included in the movie. Jon Cryer was initially announced as the voice of Dusty, before being replaced by Cook. Despite dropping out, Cryer received credit on the film for "additional story material". The musical score was composed by Mark Mancina, while Prana Studios provided work on visual effects, animation and compositing.

Planes premiered on August 2, 2013, at a special screening at The Fly-In Theater at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, an annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Like many of Disneytoon's films, it was initially set to be released as a direct-to-video film,[4] but was instead theatrically released on August 9, 2013 in the Disney Digital 3D and RealD 3D formats.[5][6] The film grossed $240.2 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.[2] It received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the plot and humor but praised its voice acting and animation. A sequel, titled Planes: Fire & Rescue, was theatrically released on July 18, 2014.[7]

  1. ^ "PLANES (U)". British Board of Film Classification. July 16, 2013. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
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  3. ^ Goldberg, Matt (February 17, 2011). "Disney Officially Announces PLANES, a Direct-to-DVD Spin-Off of Pixar's CARS". Collider.com. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Bastoli, Mike (June 11, 2012). "Disney Changes 'Planes' Release Date". Big Screen Animation. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
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  6. ^ Kit, Borys (December 21, 2012). "Disney Sets Theatrical Release Date for 'Planes'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
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