Having earned more than $300 million at the world-wide box office, Disney/Pixar’s latest CG-animated family pic is set to take hoem even more prize money when it debuts on home video on Nov. 7. The movie will be accompanied by a host of extra features, including an all-new animated short starring the popular character, Mater.
Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker John Lasseter (Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life), Cars is set in a world populated by talking autos and revolves around Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie racecar who takes a detour to the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs and discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line. Voiced by Owen Wilson (The Wedding Crashers), Lightning slows down long enough to get to know the townspeople, including a 1951 Hudson Hornet voiced by film legend Paul Newman, a snazzy 2002 Porsche voiced by Bonnie Hunt and a rusty tow truck voiced by stand-up comic Larry The Cable Guy. Also lending their voices to the production are Tony Shalhoub, Michael Keaton, Cheech Marin, George Carlin, Katherine Helmond and John Ratzenberger, as well as racing superstars Richard Petty, Mario Andretti, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Darrell Waltrip and Michael Shumacher.
The DVD will include the new short film Mater and The Ghostlight, as well as the Academy Award-nominated Pixar short One Man Band, which accompanied Cars in theaters. Other DVD bonus features will include four deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes featurette titled Inspiration for Cars, which will provide a look at how the story was born. The disc will carry a suggested retail price of $29.99.
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