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Day, Aubrey (March 6, 2009). "Interview: John Lasseter". Total Film. Archived from the original on June 10, 2009 . Retrieved June 12, 2009. LEGO components are dropped, heated, crushed, twisted and carefully analysed to make sure that they comply with strict global safety standardsa b "Paul Newman dies at 83". CNN. September 27, 2008. Archived from the original on May 25, 2009 . Retrieved January 7, 2014. Cars was released on DVD, in wide- and full-screen editions, on November 7, 2006, in the United States and Canada. This DVD was also released on October 25, 2006, in Australia and New Zealand and on November 27, 2006, in the United Kingdom. [22] The release includes the DVD-exclusive short film Mater and the Ghostlight and the film's theatrical short One Man Band as well as a 16-minute-long documentary about the film entitled Inspiration for Cars, which features director John Lasseter. [22] This THX certified release also features an Easter egg in the main menu, which is a 45-second clip showing a Cars version of Boundin'. [23] A VHS was released on February 19, 2007, to members of Disney's home video club. [24] William Arnold of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer praised it as "one of Pixar's most imaginative and thoroughly appealing movies ever," [47] and Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly called it "a work of American art as classic as it is modern." [48] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars, saying that it "tells a bright and cheery story, and then has a little something profound lurking around the edges. In this case, it's a sense of loss." [49] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying, "Fueled with plenty of humor, action, heartfelt drama, and amazing new technical feats, Cars is a high octane delight for moviegoers of all ages." [50] Richard Corliss of Time gave the film a positive review, saying, "Existing both in turbo-charged today and the gentler '50s, straddling the realms of Pixar styling and old Disney heart, this new-model Cars is an instant classic." [51] Brian Lowry of Variety gave the film a negative review, saying, "Despite representing another impressive technical achievement, it's the least visually interesting of the computer-animation boutique's movies, and -- in an ironic twist for a story about auto racing -- drifts slowly through its semi-arid midsection." [52] Robert Wilonsky of The Village Voice gave the film a positive review, saying, "What ultimately redeems Cars from turning out a total lemon is its soul. Lasseter loves these animated inanimate objects as though they were kin, and it shows in every beautifully rendered frame." [53] Ella Taylor of L.A. Weekly gave the film a positive review, saying, " Cars cheerfully hitches cutting-edge animation to a folksy narrative plugging friendship, community and a Luddite mistrust of high tech." [54] Gerald Green; Scott Mason (June 22, 2006). "Pixar's research visit to Clinton recalled". Clinton Daily News. Archived from the original on October 28, 2012. Weekend Box Office Results for June 30-July 2, 2006". Box Office Mojo. July 2, 2006. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021 . Retrieved January 7, 2014.

Character shading supervisor on the film Thomas Jordan explained that chrome and car paint were the main challenges on the film, saying: "Chrome and car paint were our two main challenges on this film. We started out by learning as much as we could. At the local body shop, we watched them paint a car, and we saw the way they mixed the paint and applied the various coats. We tried to dissect what goes into the real paint and recreated it in the computer. We figured out that we needed a base paint, which is where the color comes from, and the clearcoat, which provides the reflection. We were then able to add in things like metallic flake to give it a glittery sparkle, a pearlescent quality that might change color depending on the angle, and even a layer of pin-striping for characters like Ramone." [11] Supervising technical director on the film Eben Ostby explained that the biggest challenge for the technical team was creating the metallic and painted surfaces of the car characters, and the reflections that those surfaces generate, saying: "Given that the stars of our film are made of metal, John had a real desire to see realistic reflections, and more beautiful lighting than we've seen in any of our previous films. In the past, we've mostly used environment maps and other matte-based technology to cheat reflections, but for Cars we added a ray-tracing capability to our existing Renderman program to raise the bar for Pixar." [11] Fleming, Mike (June 13, 2013). "More Disney Release Dates: Two New Marvel Pics, 'Alexander', 'Hundred-Foot Journey', 'Into The Woods', 'Planes' Sequel Slotted". Deadline. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013 . Retrieved June 14, 2013. Weekend Box Office Results for June 23-25, 2006". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021 . Retrieved January 7, 2014.Cars (PC)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021 . Retrieved February 12, 2012.

I spent A LOT of time working on the favors for this one- I think the final kid headcount was around 30, for both boys and girls attending. My son’s birthday is in the summer, so an outdoor party is a must! This also means the invite list is bigger than normal as well. a b "Pixar by the Numbers – From TOY STORY to MONSTERS UNIVERSITY". Collider. June 21, 2013. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013 . Retrieved January 7, 2014.Steve Jobs's Sharp Turn with Cars". Business Week. December 9, 2004. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007 . Retrieved June 30, 2007. In 2006, the supervising animator of the film, Scott Clark, spoke about the challenges of animating car characters, saying: "Getting a full range of performance and emotion from these characters and making them still seem like cars was a tough assignment, but that's what animation does best. You use your imagination, and you make the movements and gestures fit with the design. Our car characters may not have arms and legs, but we can lean the tires in or out to suggest hands opening up or closing in. We can use steering to point a certain direction. We also designed a special eyelid and an eyebrow for the windshield that lets us communicate an expressiveness that cars don't have." [11] Doug Sweetland, who also served as supervising animator, also spoke about the challenges, saying: "It took a different kind of animator to really be able to interpret the Cars models, than it did to interpret something like The Incredibles models. With The Incredibles, the animator could get reference for the characters by shooting himself and watching the footage. But with Cars, it departs completely from any reference. Yes they're cars, but no car can do what our characters do. It's pure fantasy. It took a lot of trial and error to get them to look right." [11] Gene Seymour of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "And as pop flies go, Cars is pretty to watch, even as it loops, drifts and, at times, looks as if it's just hanging in midair." [55] Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film a positive review, saying, "It takes everything that's made Pixar shorthand for animation excellence -- strong characters, tight pacing, spot-on voice casting, a warm sense of humor and visuals that are pure, pixilated bliss -- and carries them to the next stage." [56] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times gave the film four out of five stars, saying, "What's surprising about this supremely engaging film is the source of its curb appeal: It has heart." [57] Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post gave the film a positive review, saying, "It's the latest concoction from the geniuses at Pixar, probably the most inventive of the Computer Generated Imagery shop -- and the film's great fun, if well under the level of the first Toy Story." [58] Jessica Reaves of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "While it's a technically perfect movie, its tone is too manic, its characters too jaded and, in the end, its story too empty to stand up to expectations." [59] James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "While Cars may cross the finish line ahead of any of 2006's other animated films, it's several laps behind its Pixar siblings." [60] Lisa Kennedy of The Denver Post gave the film three out of four stars, saying, " Cars idles at times. And it's not until its final laps that the movie gains the emotional traction we've come to expect from the Toy Story and Nemo crews." [61] Amy Biancolli of the Houston Chronicle gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "It thunders ahead with breezy abandon, scoring big grins on its way." [62] Cars DVD Review - DVDizzy.com". Archived from the original on May 7, 2022 . Retrieved April 1, 2022. The Amazing Double Life of Jorgen Klubien". FLIP. October 15, 2013. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021 . Retrieved July 3, 2014.