Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, and Jennifer Tilly, the film was directed by Pete Docter in his directorial debut, and executive produced by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. The film centers on two monsters – James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and his one-eyed partner and best friend Mike Wazowski – employed at the titular energy-producing factory Monsters, Inc, which generates power by scaring human children. The monster world believes that children are toxic, and when a small child enters the factory, Sulley and Mike must return her home before it is too late.
Docter began developing the film in 1996, and wrote the story with Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston. Stanton wrote the screenplay with screenwriter Dan Gerson. The characters went through many incarnations over the film's five-year production process. The technical team and animators found new ways to render fur and cloth realistically for the film. Randy Newman, who composed the music for Pixar's three prior films, returned to compose its fourth.
Monsters, Inc. was praised by critics and proved to be a major box office success from its release on November 2, 2001, generating over $577 million worldwide and becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2001. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for (“If I Didn’t Have You”) and was nominated for the first Best Animated Feature, but lost to DreamWorks’ Shrek and was also nominated for Best Original Score and Best Sound Editing. Monsters, Inc. saw a 3D re-release in theaters on December 19, 2012. A prequel titled Monsters University, which was directed by Dan Scanlon, was released on June 21, 2013. A web-series titled Monsters at Work was released on Disney+ in 2021.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | USA | Mex | Jap | Bra | Can(French) | Ger | Fra | Ita | Pol | Neth | Hun | Swe | Fin | Nor | Den | Gree | Ukr | Cze | Bul | Ice | Slo | Alb | Rom | Ser | Bela | Russ | Spa | Por | Kor | Hong | Taiw | Isr | Turk |
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James P. Sullivan | John Goodman | Víctor Trujillo | Hidehiko Ishizuka | Mauro Ramos | Denis Mercier | Reinhard Brock | Jacques Frantz | Adalberto Maria Merli | Paweł Sanakiewicz | Jack Wouterse | Gesztesi Károly | Allan Svensson | Jussi Lampi | Even Stormoen | Peter Aude | Georgi Todorov | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Claudiu Stănescu | Santiago Segura | Fernando Luis | Kim Jin-Tae | Nathan Dantner | Kerem Atabeyoğlu | ||||||||||
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Mike Wazowski | Billy Crystal | Andrés Bustamante | Yûji Tanaka | Sérgio Stern | Alain Zouvi | Ilja Richter | Éric Métayer | Tonino Accolla | Wojciech Paszkowski | Kasper van Kooten | László Lippai | Robert Gustafsson | Antti Pääkkönen | Åsleik Engmark | Donald Andersen | Teodor Elmazov | Felix Bergsson | Florian Ghimpu | José Mota | João Baião | Lee In-seong | Tomer Sharon | Ziya Kürküt | ||||||||||
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Mary "Boo" Gibbs | Mary Gibbs | Alicia Vélez | Airi Inoue | Ana Elena Bittencourt | Catherine Léveillé | MayaMcMahon | Lola Krellenstein | Lucovica Grisafi | Weronika Zalrzewska | Linsey Omanette | Szilasi Blanka | Julia Moreau | Adeliina Sankari | Oline Hopen | Augusta Christiansen | AdaMarina Odajeva | Bríet Ólíva Kristinsdóttir | Mădălina Grigore | Kaori Mutsuda | Carolina Vieira | Shira Zamak | Melis Severcan | |||||||||||
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Randall Boggs | Steve Buscemi | Moisés Palacios | Yutaka Aoyama | Márcio Simões | Pierre Auger | Martin Semmelrogge | Dominique CollignonMaurin | Daniele Formica | Sławomir Pacek | Laus Steenbeeke | Kaszás Attila | Jan Mybrand | Taisto Oksanen | Dennis Storhøi | Mads Mikkelsen | Lyubomir Mladenov | Magnús Ragnarsson | Pavel Bartoș | Pedro Molina | Paulo Oom | Kim Yik-Tae | Ohad Shachar | AliEkber Diribaş | ||||||||||
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Henry J. WaternooseIII | James Coburn | Maynardo Zavala | Tôru Ôhira | Ednaldo Lucena | Vincent Davy | Helmut Krauss | Richard Darbois | Vittorio Di Prima | Aleksander Bednarz | Huib Broos | Tibor Kristóf | Olof Thunberg | Esa Saario | Kjell Stormoen | Henning Moritzen | Marin Yanev | Pétur Einarsson | Ștefan Sileanu | MiguelÁngel Jenner | António Montez | Kim HyeonJik | Chén MíngYáng | Dov Reiser | Kaya Akarsu | |||||||||
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Celia Mae | Jennifer Tilly | Alma Wilheleme | Urara Takano | Miriam Ficher | Linda Roy | Sissi Perlinger | Claire Keim | Marina Massironi | Małgorzata Kożuchowska | Anneke Beukman | Zsigmond Tamara | Vanna Rosenberg | Hanna Kaila | Suzanne Paalgard | Iben Hjejle | Nina Gavavova | Edda Eyjólfsdóttir | Antoaneta Cojocaru | Cristina Yuste | Carla de Sá | Kim Ohk-Gyeong | Rama Messinger | Gamze Gözalan | ||||||||||
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Roz | Bob Peterson | Humberto Vélez | Masako Isobe | Gottsha | Johanne Garneau | Barbara Ratthey | Isabelle Leprince | Loretta Goggi | Krystyna RutkowskaUlewicz | Nelly Frijda | Pásztor Erzsi | Inga Ålenius | Inkeri Wallenius | Kjersti Fjeldstad | Ulla Jensen | Pepa Nikolova | Guðrún Gísladóttir | Florina Luican | Carmen Contreras | Linda Silva | Na Su-Ran | Adi Lev | Göksel Kortay | ||||||||||
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Yeti | John Ratzenberger | Ricardo Brust | Fumihiko Tachiki | Cláudio Galvan | Daniel Picard | Walter von Hauff | Henri Guybet | Renato Cecchetto | Krzysztof Stelmaszyk | Frans van Deursen | József Kerekes | Fredde Granberg | Mikko Kivinen | Nicolay LangeNielsen | Niels Olsen | Nikolai Nikolov | Hjálmar Hjálmarsson | Șerban Pavlu | Juan Carlos Gustems | Rui Paulo | Park Sang-il | Micha UzinSalian | Ali Gül | ||||||||||
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Jeff Fungus | Frank Oz | Esteban Silva | Shigeru Ushiyama | Marco Ribeiro | Daniel Lesourd | Ulrich Frank | Jean-Loup Horwitz | Danilo De Girolamo | Jarosław Boberek | Bram Biesterveld | Botár Endre | Göran Forsmark | Petri Hanttu | Kim Fangen | Anders Bircow | Magnús Ólafsson | Viorel Cojanu | José Javier Serrano | Carlos Freixo | Momi Levy | Boğaçhan Sözmen | ||||||||||||
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Needleman | Daniel Gerson | Ricardo Tejedo | Sukekiyo Kameyama | Garcia Júnior | Martin Watier | Benedikt Weber | Luq Hamet | Nanni Baldini | Artur Kaczmarski | Reinder van der Naalt | Roger Storm | Bodrogi Attila | Jukka Rasila | Kåre Conradi | Søren Ulrichs | Harald G. Haraldsson | Valeriy Kukhareshin | Aleix Estadella | Carlos Macedo | Chen Hagai | |||||||||||||
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Smitty | Daniel Gerson | Raúl Aldana | Chō | Anderson Coutinho | Joël Legendre | Johannes Raspe | Emmanuel Curtil | Alessandro Quarta | Adam Bauman | John de Winter | Fesztbaum Béla | Roger Storm | Janne Reinikainen | Håvard Bakke | Søren Ulrichs | Hjálmar Hjálmarsson | Javier Amilibia | Carlos Freixo | Avi Hadash | ||||||||||||||
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Jerry | Steve Susskind | Raúl Anaya | Shunsuke Takamiya | Francisco José | Jacques Lavallée | Michael Rüth | Pascal Casanova | Paolo Buglioni | Wojciech Machnicki | Arnold Gelderman | Magyar Attila | Hans-Peter Edh | Juha Varis | Trond Teigen | Thomas Mørk | Valdimar Örn Flygenring | Juan Miguel Valdivieso | Carlos Freixo | Nir Ron | Sercan Gidişoğlu | |||||||||||||
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Flint | Bonnie Hunt | Rebeca Patiño | Misa Watanabe | Izabel Lira | Anne Bédard | Marina Köhler | Évelyne Grandjean | Loretta Goggi | Agnieszka Kunikowska | Marloes vandenHeuvel | Varga Klára | Isabelle Moreau | Rinna Paatso | Katrine Blomstrand | Vibeke Hastrup | Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir | Geni Rey | Isabel Ribas | Gülen Karaman | ||||||||||||||
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Bile | Jeff Pidgeon | Héctor Alcaraz | Yasuhiro Takato | Garcia Júnior | Oliver Visentin | Dominik Auer | Pascal Novak | Oreste Baldini | Tomasz Grochoczyński | Stan Limberg | Besenczi Árpád | Anders Fagerberg | Christoffer Staib | Hans Henrik Bærentsen | Árni Thoroddsen | Eugen Cristea | Bruno Jordá | Carlos Macedo | Talat Bulut | ||||||||||||||
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George Sanderson | Samuel Lord Black | Mario Filio | Chafurin | Hélio Ribeiro | Hubert Gagnon | Thomas "Tommy"Amper | Boris Rehlinger | Franco Zucca | Marcin Troński | Bram Bart | Várday Zoltán | Bo Maniette | Rainer Kaunisto | Anders Hatlo | Lasse Lunderskov | Harald G. Haraldsson | Ioan Ionescu | Ramón Rocabayera | Rui Paulo | Yu Hae-Moo | Micha UzinSalian | Mazlum Kiper | |||||||||||
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Charlie | Phil Proctor | César Filio | Tomoyuki Dan | CarlosAlberto Vasconcelos | Jeremy Prevost | Massimiliano Alto | Hajdu István | Trond Teigen | Valur Freyr Einarsson | Cosmin Șofron | Carlos Vicente | JoséJorge Duarte | Efron Etkin | Sercan Gidişpğlu | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pete "Claws" Ward | Joe Ranft | Arturo Casanova | Shiro Saito | Pierre Chagnon | Jean-Claude Donda | Vladimiro Conti | Bicskey Lukács | Anders Öjebo | Magnús Jónsson | Eli Lulai | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tony | Guido Quaroni | César Filio | Minoru Inaba | Guilherme Briggs | Manuel Tadros | Emmanuel Curtil | Rudas István | Niclas Ekholm | Anders Hatlo | Eli Lulai | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sushi Chef | Jan Rabson | José Luis Miranda | Peterson Adriano | Hegedűs Miklós | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Swamp Boy | Josh Qualtieri | HéctorEmmanuel Gómez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Swamp Mom | Bret 'Brook' Parker | Joana Brito | Melise Maia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Betty | Teresa Ganzel | Yotzmit Ramírez | Johannes Joner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lanky Schmidt | Bob Bergen | Mario Filio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CDA Agents | Pete Docter | Héctor Miranda | Kim Hwan-jin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DavidSilverman | Raúl Aldana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ted Pauley | Katherine Ringgold | Genaro Vásquez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Newsman | Rodger Bumpass | Jorge Alberto Aguilera | Júlio Chaves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Arthur | Jacques Marin | Adolfo Ceballos | Jorge Lucas | Vizy György | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Baby Smitty | Sophia Ranft | Anaís Portillo | Victoria Ficher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Witness 1 | Danny Mann | Raúl Aldana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Witness 2 | Paul Eiding | Genaro Vásquez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mrs. Nesbit | Laraine Newman | Gaby Cárdenas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Telescopic Sight Voice | Gaby Cárdenas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simulation Kid | Bobby Edner | Marco Portillo | JoséAntonio Torrabadella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Commercial Narrator | Jim Thornton | Christopher Smith | Michele Kalamera | Anders Hatlo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simulator Voice | Lisa Raggio | Yadira Aedo | Madeleine Arsenault | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leaderboard Voice | Mona Marshall | Alma Wilheleme | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alert Voice | Danny Mann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monster with an Eye | Jack Angel | Arturo Casanova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sneezing Monster | Lee Unkrich | Luis Daniel Ramírez | Jorge Vasconcellos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chuck | Danny Mann | Luis Daniel Ramírez | Jorge Vasconcellos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blobby | Pat Fraley | Luis Alfonso Mendoza | Domício Costa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monster Boy 1 | Abraham Vega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monster Boy 2 | Anaís Portillo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monster Boy 3 | Alondra Hidalgo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monster Boy 4 | Fernanda Robles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monster Boy 5 | Gabriel Filio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monster Boy 6 | Gabriel Filio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Little Monster 1 | Gino Conforti | Arturo Mercado Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Little Monster 2 | Sherry Lynn | Jessica Ortiz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rex | Wallace Shawn | Jesús Barrero | Yûji Mitsuya | MarcoAntônio Costa | Françoise Sasseville | Ernst-Wilhelm Lenik | Henri Guybet | Carlo Valli | Tomasz Steciuk | Koncz István | Stefan Frelander | Anders Bircow | Pep Sais | André Maia | Lior Zohar | ||||||||||||||||||
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Trailer[]
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James P. Sullivan | Emilio Guerrero | Mario Sauret | Pepe Mediavilla |
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Mike Wazowski | Raúl Aldana | Joan Pera | |
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Henry J. WaternooseIII | Jorge Lapuente | Francisco Colmenero | MiguelÁngel Jenner |
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Jerry | N/A | Alejandro Illescas | Juan Miguel Valdivieso |