This holiday season, prepare to be scared — in 3D! On December 19, return to Monstropolis with Sulley and Mike on their mission to save Boo and get her back through her closet door. Escape to theaters this December to see Monsters, Inc. in 3D for the first time. Eye can hardly wait!
Frightful film facts:
- “Monsters, Inc.,” originally released on November 2, 2001, was the highest grossing animated film at the global box office in 2001.
- After 15 previous Academy Award® nominations, Randy Newman finally won his first Oscar® for the “Monsters, Inc.” original song “If I Didn’t Have You.”
- “Monsters, Inc.” and director Pete Docter were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in the first year that category was established. The film was also Oscar nominated for Best Original Score and Best Sound Editing.
- Director Pete Docter went on to win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature for “Up” in 2009 and has also been nominated for Best Original Screenplay three times: “Up” (2009), “WALL•E” (2008) and “Toy Story” (1995).
- Co-Director Lee Unkrich made his solo directorial debut with “Toy Story 3,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2011.
- Producer Darla K. Anderson also produced “A Bug’s Life,” “Cars” and “Toy Story 3,” for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture in 2010.
Can’t get enough monsters? On June 21, 2013, Disney•Pixar will unlock the door to a prequel, Monsters University that tells the story of how Mike and Sulley met in college, overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
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