Monsters University

Monsters University is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation 
 	
Directed by 	Dan Scanlon
Produced by 	Kori Rae
Starring 	
John Goodman
Billy Crystal
Steve Buscemi
Dave Foley
Juila Sweeney
Peter Sohn
Joel Murray
John Ratzenberger
Music by 	Randy Newman
Studio 	Pixar
Distributed by 	Walt Disney Pictures
Theatrical Release Date	June 21st 2013
Run Time: 	104 Minutes
Country 	United States
Language 	English
'Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Dan Scanlon is the director and Kori Rae is the producer. It will be the fourteenth film produced by Pixar and the prequel to the 2001 film Monsters, Inc. 'John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi,  and John Ratzenberger reprisie their roles as James P. Sullivan (A.K.A Sulley), Mike Wazowski, Randall Boggs and the Abominable Snowman, respectively. The movie was released today.
==Story==
Set about ten years before the events of Monsters, Inc., 18-year-old James P."Sulley" Sullivan, and 17-year-old Michael "Mike" Wazowski meet in college and are in the same fraternity, while planning to become scarers at Monsters, Inc. The film also explains that Sulley and Mike were once rivals (similar to Woody and Buzz in the original Toy Story). but soon became best friends.
==Plot==
Ever since a childhood school field trip, Michael "Mike" Wazowski (voiced by Noah Johnston) has ever sinced dreamed of attending the prestigious Monsters University. Now 17-years-old, Mike (now voiced by Billy Crystal) is excited to finally enter, and begins majoring in scaring. On his first day, Mike befriends the nerdy and shy Randall "Randy" Boggs (voiced by Steve Buscemi), who has difficulty controlling his invisibility power. While studying scaring one night, Mike encounters an 18-year-old, playful, all-brawn, large blue monster named James P. James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (voiced by John Goodman), who is in the same dorm as he and breaks into Mike's room to hide a Scare Pig named Archie, who is the mascot of rival college, Fear Tech. After greeting each other, Archie steals Mike's hat and he and Sulley follow Archie outside where they have a struggle with Archie that gets Sulley to be in the top fraternity Roar Omega Roar. Mike tries to join, but an argument with Sulley leads a rivalry between the two. While the duo compete to see who's the better scarer for part of the semester, Dean Hardscrabble (voiced by Helen Mirren), the stern headmistress of the MU scaring program, says to the students in Professor Knight's (voiced by Alfred Molina) class that an exam will be given at the end of the semester, with the ones who failed being forced out of the scaring program. Eventually, Mike and Sulley's petty competition gets out of hand and causes a mistake that Dean Hardscrabble expels them from the program and also results in Sulley getting kicked off his fraternity. Sulley and others have a hard time believing that Mike could be a good scarer. Mike finds out that Dean Hardscrabble will probably let him rejoin the program if he joins a fraternity competing in the upcoming Scare Games, a series of physical challenges that tests a monster's scaring ability. However, he is ostracized by all the fraternities. But hope arises when he joins Oozma Kappa, a group of misfit monsters; consisting of founder and mature student Don Carlton (voiced by Joel Murray), nervous and shy Scott "Squishy" Squibbles (voiced by Peter Sohn), free-spirited and eccentric Art (voiced by Charlie Day), and bickering siblings Terri Perry (voiced by Sean Hayes) and Terry Perry (voiced by Dave Foley), who share the same body. Mike tries to enter Oozma Kappa into the scare games, but needs one more player. When the other students have reservations (including Randy, who abandons Mike after joining Roar Omega Roar), Mike reluctantly lets Sulley join the team and makes a deal with Dean Hardscrabble to leave Monsters University if he loses the games. Sulley is concerned since Oozma Kappa has a high level of ineptitude when it comes to scaring, but Mike decides to train them to be more scary. As the movie proceeds, we see Oozma Kappa proceeding to the next rounds, surprising everyone. Mike trains Oozma Kappa for the scare games. During a party at ROR house, the ROR pranks Oozma Kappa and humiliates them in front of the whole university. Mike brings them to Monsters Inc. to lift their spirits, in result the Oozma Kappa made it to the final round against ROR. Even as the final round arrives, Sulley has a hard time believing Mike to be a good scarer. So, in the final round, he rigs the equipment so that Mike can register a good score and make Oozma Kappa win the tournament. When Mike realizes this, he is heartbroken and decides to prove to everyone that he is capable of being a good scarer. So, he ventures out into the human world while Sulley, in the meantime feeling guilty, confesses to Dean Hardscrabble about the cheating. Mike arrives at a closet in a camp and fails to scare the whole camp. Back in the university, the Dean has been warned that someone broke into the door lab. Sulley enters the door (Depsite Dean Hardscrabbles's warnings) and arrives at the camp looking for Mike. At the camp, the police has arrived looking for intruders. Sulley finds Mike by the lake and they both run back to the camp to go back to the university. However, Dean Hardscrabble deactivates the door until the CDA arrives. This traps Mike and Sulley in the human world. But when Mike devises a genius plan to power the door from the outside (from the human world itself). They both manage to scare adult humans so much that not only they are able to power the door, the door blasts off from the surplus energy. This causes Mike and Sulley to be detained by the CDA, thus expelling them from Monsters University. While they are leaving Monsters University, the Dean encourages them to keep "surprising". The movie ends showing that Mike and Sulley are employed at the Monsters, Inc. as mailmen. During the credits, it is shown that both of them rise from being mailmen to an efficient scare team, thus establishing the story for Monsters, Inc.. In a post-credit scene, a snail monster arrives at his classroom, only to find out that he is too late and missed one whole year.
==Cast==
*Billy Crystal as Michael "Mike" Wazowski 
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John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
*Steve Buscemi as Randall "Randy" Boggs
*John Ratzenberger as Yeti the Abominable Snowman, a Monsters, Inc. mailroom employee.
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Noah Johnston as Young Mike 
*Joel Murray as Don Carlton, a middle age student and the founding member of Oozma Kappa fraternity
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Sean Hayes as Terri Perry, one half of a two-headed monster that is an Oozma Kappa fraternity member.
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Dave Foley as Terry Perry, one half of a two-headed monster that is an Oozma Kappa fraternity member
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Peter Sohn as Scott "Squishy" Squibbles, an Oozma Kappa fraternity member
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Charlie Day as Art, an Oozma Kappa fraternity member
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Frank Oz as Jeff Fungus
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Helen Mirren as Dean Hardscrabble, the headmistress at Monsters University 
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Alfred Molina as Professor Knight
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Nathan Fillion as Johnny Worthington, president of Roar Omega Roar
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Aubrey Plaza as Claire Wheeler, Greek Council president
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Tyler Labine as Brock Pearson, Greek Council vice-president
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John Krasinski as "Frightening" Frank McCay
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Bonnie Hunt as Karen Graves, Mike's grade school teacher
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Bobby Moynihan as Chet Alexander, a Roar Omega Roar fraternity member
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Julia Sweeney as Ms. Squibbles, Scott's mother
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Beth Behrs as Carrie Williams, leader of Python Nu Kappa sorority
==References to Monsters Inc.==
==Production==
Plans for a second Monsters, Inc. film have existed since 2005. Following disagreements between then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs, Disney (who at the time owned the rights to make sequels to all of Pixar's films up to Cars) announced that a sequel to Monsters, Inc. would be made by Circle 7 Animation.[23] However, Disney's change of management in late 2005 (which saw Eisner replaced by his lieutenant Robert Iger) led to renewed negotiations with Pixar, and in early 2006 Disney announced that they had purchased the studio. The Disney-owned sequel rights were then transferred to Pixar, leading to the cancellation of Rob Muir and Bob Hilgenberg's version of the film and the subsequent closure of Circle 7. A Pixar-made sequel was confirmed in 2010.[5] The film was originally going to be released on November 16, 2012, but was pushed back to November 2, 2012 to avoid competition with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. On April 5, 2011, it was announced that the film's release date would be June 21, 2013. It will be the studio's fourteenth feature film.[24] On May 29, 2011, it was confirmed that the film will be a prequel and the title Monsters University was revealed. The feature will be directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae.[25][26] John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Frank Oz, and John Ratzenberger will reprise their roles, with Bonnie Hunt voicing a new character. New voice cast includes Dave Foley, Sean Hayes, Julia Sweeney, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Peter Sohn, Charlie Day, Joel Murray, Nathan Fillion, Aubrey Plaza, Tyler Labine, John Kransinski, Bobby Moynihan, and Beth Behrs.[27] On August 12, 2011, Billy Crystal was asked about his return to the role of Mike Wazowski and said, "I'm a little hoarse. I spent five-and-a-half hours today for our fourth session on Monsters, Inc. 2."
==Release==
Monsters University was released in theaters on June 21st 2013, twleve years after the Original movie.The theatrical release of the film was accompanied by Pixar's short film titled The Blue Umbrella. The first teaser trailer for Monsters University was released on June 20th 2012. Four versions of the trailer exist, with Mike muttering different excuses not to go to class in his sleep in each one like "I can't go to class, I'm not wearing any clothes," "My homework ate my dog," "Class President?," and "My pony made the Dean's List." The one where Mike says: "My pony made the Dean's List." was screened in front of Brave and Ice Age Continental Drift. A second trailer was released on February 11th 2013. A third trailer was released on April 26th 2013, and a fourth and final trailer was released on May 30th 2013, with new scenes from the film. On October 8th 2012, Pixar revealed a fully functional website for Monsters University, complete with admissions, academic and campus life info and a campus store to purchase MU apparel. On April Fools' Day 2013 the website was stylized to look like a rival college, Fear Tech, had hacked the website and vandalized it by changing the colours to orange and black and adding photos of the Fear Tech mascot, Archie, over the top of the existing photos. It was also set so whenever the user would click on the website, the Fear Tech logo, Archie the scare pig or "Fear Tech Rulz" would pop up. In addition, the first TV commercial for the film was aired during the 2013 Rose Bowl Game, parodying ads that participating schools air during college football telecasts. On June 27th 2013 and going on until July 11, Disney's online game Club Penguin will host a Monsters University Takeover event to promote the film. Players will be able to dress up as their favorite monsters, including Mike, Sulley, and others and take part in the Scare Games.
==Soundtrack==
The music for the film is Randy Newman's seventh collaboration with Pixar as composer. The song "Island" by Mastodon is featured during the film. Walt Disney Records released the soundtrack on June 18, 2013.
==Reception==
===Critical Respone===
Monsters University received positive reviews from critics. The film holds a 77% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 108 reviews with an average rating of 6.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "It doesn't scale the heights of Pixar's finest efforts, but Monsters University is still funny and thoughtful family entertainment for viewers of any age."Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 63 based on 30 reviews, or "Generally favorable."Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A–, saying "Monsters University is exactly the rebound Pixar needed after 2011's Cars 2 left some wondering if the studio had lost its magic. The delightful story of when Mike met Sulley puts those concerns to rest." Ty Burr of The Boston Globe gave the film two-and-a-half out of four stars, saying "This is not a bad movie, and to small children it will be a very good one, but it’s closer to average than one would wish from the company that gave us UP, WALL.E, The Incredibles, and the Toy Story Series." Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger gave the film two-and-a-half out of four stars, saying "The artwork is accomplished, and intricate. The G-rating is genuine, without any gross-out gags. And there's none of the usual winks to the adults with tired, pop-culture references." Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News gave the film three out of five stars, saying "The movie is not up to the company's highest standards, but it's certainly better than most other kid flicks you'll see this year." Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two out of four stars, saying "Monsters University, the weirdly charmless sequel to the animated 2001 Pixar hit Monsters, Inc., is no better or worse than the average (and I mean average) time-filling sequel cranked out by other animation houses." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three out of four stars, saying "It's all infectious fun, despite the lack of originality. In the art of tickling funny bones, Crystal and Goodman earn straight A's." Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film two out of four stars, saying "The under-5 set may find it funny, though I suspect their parents will be checking their watches a lot, as I did."[44] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times gave the film two-and-a-half out of five stars, saying "Both the originality and stirring emotional complexity of Monsters, Inc., with its exquisitely painful and touching parallels with the human world, are missing."[45] Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Monsters University has an emotional quality that its whimsical predecessor lacked. It has a happy ending, of course, but this movie also feels – in its monstery way – very real."[46] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the the film three out of four stars, saying "Monsters University may not be as inventive as Inc., but it's an amusing and amiable addition to Pixar's roster of animated coming-of-age stories."[47] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film three out of four stars, saying "It may be children’s terror that powers the movie’s fictional universe, but it’s the energy of its stars that lights up Monsters University."[48] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review, saying "Monsters University never surprises, goes off in unexpected directions or throws you for a loop in the manner of the best Pixar stories. Nor does it come close to elating through the sheer imagination of its conceits and storytelling; Toy Story 3, three years and three Pixar films back, was the last time that happened. Mike spends his entire university career trying to prove to himself that he's “something special.” “But I'm not,” he must finally confess. And neither is the film."
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