Underplayed Gems

Monsters University (2013)

Monsters University poster
Directed by
Dan Scanlon
Genre
comedy film, fantasy film, monster film, children's film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
G
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 11,405 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A big furry monster and a one-eyed green monster meet in college. They start as rivals but eventually become best friends.

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What happens

Monsters University is a 2013 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. A prequel to Monsters, Inc. (2001), it was directed by Dan Scanlon and written by Scanlon and the writing team of Dan Gerson and Robert L. Baird. Randy Newman composed the original score, returning from the first film. The film follows the main characters of Monsters, Inc., James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and Mike Wazowski, and their experience in college leading to them becoming best friends. Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Bob Peterson and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles from the first film, while Bonnie Hunt voices a different character. Helen Mirren, Peter Sohn, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Charlie Day and Nathan Fillion join the voice cast. Disney, as the rights holder, had plans for a sequel to Monsters, Inc. since 2005. Following disagreements with Pixar, Disney tasked its Circle 7 Animation unit to make the film. An early draft of the film was developed; Disney's purchase of Pixar in January 2006 led to the cancellation of Circle 7's version of the film. A Pixar-made sequel was confirmed in 2010 and in 2011, it was announced that the film would instead be a prequel titled Monsters University. Monsters University premiered on June 5, 2013, at the BFI Southbank in London, England, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 21. It was accompanied in theaters by a short film, The Blue Umbrella, directed by Saschka Unseld. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $743 million worldwide against its $200 million production budget, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 2013. An animated short film titled Party Central, which takes place shortly after the events of Monsters University, premiered in fall 2013 before being released theatrically with Muppets Most Wanted in 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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