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Monsters University
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| Directed by | Dan Scanlon |
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| Produced by | Kori Rae |
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| Edited by | Greg Snyder |
| Music by | Randy Newman |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[a] |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200 million[1][2][3] |
| Box office | $743.6 million[4] |
Monsters University is a 2013 American animated coming-of-age comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.[5] A prequel to Monsters, Inc. (2001), it was directed by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Kori Rae, and written by Scanlon and the writing team of Dan Gerson and Robert L. Baird.[b] John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich served as the film's executive producers. The music for the film was composed and conducted by Randy Newman, making it his seventh collaboration with Pixar. Monsters University tells the story of the main characters of Monsters, Inc., James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and Mike Wazowski, and their experience in college leading to them becoming best friends. John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Bob Peterson and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles as James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, Randall Boggs, Roz and the Abominable Snowman, respectively, while the new cast were joined by Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Peter Sohn, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Charlie Day, Nathan Fillion and Aubrey Plaza, while Bonnie Hunt, who voiced Ms. Flint in the original film, voices Mike's childhood teacher Mrs. Graves.
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.[6] 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.[7] A Pixar-made sequel was confirmed in 2010[5] and in 2011, it was confirmed that the film would instead be a prequel titled Monsters University.[8]
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.[9] 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.[2][4] 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.[10][11]
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- ^ "2013 Feature Film Production Report" (PDF). FilmL.A. 2014. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2014.
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- ^ a b Graser, Marc (April 22, 2010). "Disney drawing 'Monsters Inc.' sequel". Variety. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
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- ^ Breznican, Anthony (March 29, 2011). "Pixar announces 'Monsters Inc.' sequel is actually prequel". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ^ Chai, Barbera (January 7, 2013). "Watch an Exclusive Clip of Pixar's New Short, 'The Blue Umbrella'". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ "The Walt Disney Studios Shares Never-Before-Revealed Details About Upcoming Animation Titles with Fans at D23 Expo". D23.com. August 15, 2013. Archived from the original on November 22, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ "The Story Behind the Story of Pixar's Party Central Short". Disney Insider. January 23, 2014. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
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