Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)

Directed by

Bobs Gannaway

Genre

comedy film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 937 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A crop-dusting plane named Dusty learns his engine is damaged and can no longer race. He joins a team of firefighting aircraft in a national park to help fight wildfires.

lightheartedadventurousupbeatinspiringfast-pacedwarmaction-filledwholesome

What happens

Planes 2: Fire & Rescue is a 2014 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Disneytoon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Bobs Gannaway, written by Gannaway and Jeffrey M. Howard, and produced by Ferrell Barron, it is a sequel to Planes (2013), itself a spin-off of Pixar's Cars franchise. Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, Danny Mann, and Cedric the Entertainer reprised their roles with new additions to the cast including Hal Holbrook, Julie Bowen, Ed Harris, Regina King, Wes Studi, Patrick Warburton, and Dale Dye. In the film, Dusty Crophopper (Cook) is assigned to become a wildland firefighting plane in Piston Peak National Park after he learns that his engine's gearbox is damaged. Production began for six months after the start of the previous film. Gannaway intended to give each film its own different genre, Planes: Fire & Rescue being an "action-disaster film". The filmmakers researched the world of air-attack teams and smokejumpers by working with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFire), and sent a crew to the US Forest Service's annual training exercises for smokejumpers. Mark Mancina composed the musical score again, while Prana Studios returned to provided work on visual effects, animation and compositing. Planes: Fire & Rescue premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on July 15, 2014, and was theatrically released on July 18, 2014, in Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D and D-BOX formats. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with many calling it an improvement over its predecessor, and grossed $147 million worldwide on a $50 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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