Cars

Cars is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy-adventure sports film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed and co-written by John Lasseter, it is Pixar's final independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features the voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman (in his final non-documentary feature), Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, and John Ratzenberger. Real life race car drivers Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Mario Andretti and Michael Schumacher, and car enthusiast Jay Leno (as "Jay Limo") voice themselves. It is also the second Pixar film—after A Bug's Life—to have an entirely non-human cast. The film was accompanied by the short One Man Band for its theatrical and home media releases.
Cars premiered on May 26, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina and was theatrically released on June 9, 2006, to positive reviews. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The film was released on DVD on November 7, 2006 and to Blu-ray Disc in late 2007. Related merchandise, including scale models of several of the cars, broke records for retail sales of merchandise based on a Disney·Pixar film, bringing an estimated $10 billion in 5 years since the film's release. The film was dedicated to Joe Ranft, who was killed in a car accident during the film's production.
A sequel, Cars 2 and Cars 3, was released on June 24, 2011 and June 16, 2017, and a spin-off, Planes, produced by DisneyToon Studios, was released on August 9, 2013. A series of short animated films entitled Cars Toons has been airing since 2008.
==Plot==
In a world populated by anthropomorphic vehicles, the Dinoco 400, the final race of the 2006 Piston Cup season ends in a three-way tie for first place between retiring veteran Strip "The King" Weathers, frequent and cunning runner-up Chick Hicks, and skilled but arrogant rookie Lightning McQueen; the tiebreaker race is scheduled for one week later at the Los Angeles International Speedway. Lightning is desperate to win the race, not only to be the first rookie to win the Piston Cup, but also because it would allow him to leave the unglamorous sponsorship of Rust-eze, a bumper ointment company, and take The King's place on the prestigious and lucrative Dinoco team. However, he struggles to work well with others due to his self-centered nature, which has resulted in him firing three crew chiefs and having his pit crew quit following the race. Eager to get to California as soon as possible, he pushes his big rig, Mack, to travel all night long. While Lightning is sleeping, Mack nods off and is startled awake, causing McQueen to fall out the back of the trailer and onto the road. Lightning wakes up in the middle of traffic and speeds off the highway in search of Mack, but instead ends up in the rundown town of Radiator Springs, where he inadvertently damages the pavement of the main road. Lightning is detained and watched over by Mater, the dim-witted and optimistic tow truck.
The next morning, the town's judge, Doc Hudson, who is disgusted to see a race car, impulsively orders Lightning to leave town immediately, but the local attorney, Sally Carrera, provides that he should instead be assigned community service to repave the road, to which Doc reluctantly agrees. Still in a rush to leave town, Lightning runs after Mater takes the boot off his wheel, though his gas tank was siphoned and is brought back to repave the road. He also speeds up to finish paving the road only to make it look terrible. To teach him a lesson, Doc challenges Lightning to a race on the condition that the latter will get to leave if he wins. In the end, Doc wins because of a sharp turn on a dirt road that Lightning isn't familiar with. After a night's worth of paving, Lightning fixes half the road which everyone is impressed with. During this time, he begins to warm to the town, and befriends several of its residents, especially Mater, who becomes his best friend. He discovers that Doc was the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, a three-time Piston Cup champion. One day, Lightning takes a drive with Sally. He bonds with her, who found happiness when she gave up a fast life in LA to live in Radiator Springs, and now dreams of putting the town back on the map. McQueen learns that Radiator Springs was once a prosperous and thriving town that served as a popular stop along U.S. Route 66 until the highway got bypassed with the construction of the Interstate 40 and forgotten. While catching a lost tractor, Lightning watches Doc race alone but he heads back to his shed. He also discovered that Doc's career was cut short following a terrible crash in 1954 and was replaced by a rookie upon his return, leading him to leave the racing world for good. Eventually he and Lightning have a heated argument about Lightning being selfish and him telling Doc he is no better as he hides who he is. Doc tells McQueen to finish the road and leave the town. In the night, he finishes repaving the road, reinvigorating the town's residents and decides to spend an extra day in Radiator Springs with his new friends, receiving a makeover and spending a night in the fixed Neon signs, but he is suddenly found and whisked away when Mack and the media descend on the town. McQueen half-heartedly leaves to reach California in time for the race while Sally chastises Doc upon discovering that he was responsible for informing the media of Lightning’s whereabouts. Sally tells Doc he was acting on his own behalf not the town. When the town goes dark, Doc realizes that McQueen did have a big impact on this town.
At the race, as he was unable to say goodbye to his new friends, Lightning cannot stay focused and soon falls into last place. He is then surprised to see Doc, having a change of heart, has taken over as his crew chief and several of his other friends from Radiator Springs are helping in the pit. Inspired and exhibiting tricks he learned from Doc and Mater, Lightning quickly emerges to lead the race in the final lap, but at the last minute, Hicks, refusing to lose to The King again, sideswipes, and sends him into a dangerous crash. Seeing this on the jumbotron and recalling Doc's fate, Lightning stops just short of the finish line, allowing Chick to win, and drives back to push The King over the finish line and help him finish his last race. As a result, the angered crowd and media condemn Chick's victory while also praising Lightning’s sportsmanship. Lightning is offered the Dinoco sponsorship, but declines and insists on staying with Rust-eze out of loyalty for their past support. Back at Radiator Springs, Mater's dream of helicopter flying is fulfilled, Lightning reunites with Sally and announces that he will be setting up his racing headquarters there, putting Radiator Springs back on the map.
==Cast==
*Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen, described by John Lasseter in the LA Times as "A hybrid between a stock car and a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racer."
*Paul Newman as Doc Hudson, a 1951 Hudson Hornet who is later revealed to be the Fabulous Hudson Hornet.
*Bonnie Hunt as Sally Carrera, a 2002 996-series Porsche 911 Carrera.
*Larry the Cable Guy as Mater, a 1951 International Harvester L-170 "boom" truck with elements of a mid-1950s Chevrolet. One-Ton Wrecker Tow Truck.
*Cheech Marin as Ramone, a 1959 Chevrolet Impala Lowrider.
*Tony Shalhoub as Luigi, a 1959 Fiat 500.
*Guido Quaroni as Guido, a custom forklift, resembling an Isetta at the front.
*Jenifer Lewis as Flo, a 1957 Motorama show car.
*Paul Dooley as Sarge, a 1941 Willys model jeep, in the style used by the US Military.
*George Carlin as Fillmore, a 1960 VW Bus.
*Michael Wallis as Sheriff, a 1949 Mercury Club Coupe (police package).
*Katherine Helmond as Lizzie, a 1923 Ford Model T.
*John Ratzenberger as Mack, a 1985 Mack Super-Liner.
*Joe Ranft as Red, a 1960s style fire truck (most closely resembles a mid-1960s) and Peterbilt, this was Ranft's last voice role before his death in August 2005.
*Michael Keaton as Chick Hicks, described by Pixar as a generic 1980s stock car. Strongly resembles a 1978–88 General Motors G-Body such as a Buick Regal or Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
*Richard Petty as Strip "The King" Weathers. The car's design was based on Richard Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird
* Jeremy Piven Jeremy Clarkson Clarkson (UK) as Harv, Lightning McQueen's agent, never seen on-screen.
* Bob Costas as Bob Cutlass, is a 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora an announcer for the Piston Cup races and friend of Darrell Cartrip.
* Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip, a 1977 Chevy Monte Carlo, is a Piston Cup announcer and the friend of Bob Cutlass.
* Richard Kind and Edie McClurg as Van and Minny, is a 2003 Ford Windstar and a 1996 Dodge Caravan.
* Humpy Wheeler as Tex Dinoco, is an 1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville the owner of Dinoco.
* Tom and Ray Magliozzi as Rusty and Dusty Rust-eze, is a 1963 Dodge and a 1967 Dodge A100 and the owners of Rust-eze.
* Lynda Petty as Mrs. The King, a 1964–1967 station wagon is Strip Weathers's wife.
* Andrew Stanton as Fred
* Dale Earnhardt Jr. as "Junior" #8,
* Michael Schumacher as Ferrari,
* Jay Leno as Jay Limo
* Mario Andretti as Mario Andretti #11,
* Sarah Clark as Kori Turbowitz, is a 1997 Ford Puma a news reporter.
* Mike Nelson as Not Chuck
* Jonas Rivera as Boost
* Lou Romano as SnotRod
* Adrian Ochoa as Wingo
* E.J. Holowicki as DJ
* Elissa Knight and Lindsey Collins as Tia and Mia, is a identical twin 1992 Mazda MX-5 ("Miata") sisters.
* Larry Benton and Douglas Keever as Larry Camper and Doug R.M.
==Additional Voices==
*Jack Angel
*Michael Bell
*Bob Bergen
*Susan Blu
*Andrea Boerries - Andrea
*Marco Boerries - Marco Axelbender
*Rodger Bumpass
*Torbin Xan Bullock
*Richard Cawood - Richard Clayton Kensington
*Scott Clark - Svenhttps://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxfKZhe-McEaRbNb_lD3X3sj81uGgJXKwd
*Kathy Coates - Kathy Copter
*John Cygan
*Jennifer Darling
*Paul Eiding
*Bill Farmer 
*Brian Fee - Al Oft‘Cars 3’ Interview: Director Brian Fee on the Story's Evolution, Improvisation in Animation & More
*Teresa Ganzel
*Craig Good
*Jess Harnell
*Arite Kempner - Arite
*Hooman Khalili - Hooman
*Sonoko Konishi - ChukiPixar Employee Sonoko Konishi Provides Cars 2 Voice
*Erik Langley
*Sherry Lynn 
*Danny Mann
*Mickie McGowan
*Laraine Newman
*Teddy Newton
*Colleen O'Shaughnessey
*Bob Peterson - Wide Chick Pitty
*Steve Purcell - Tractors, Frank'Sam & Max' Creator Steve Purcell Credited As Co-Director of 'Brave'
*Jan Rabson
*A.J. Riebli, III - Albert HinkeyNancy Cartwright Chats with Pixar Editorial Manager AJ Riebli
*Dan Scanlon - Dan Sclarkenberg
*Stephen Schaffer
*Ken Schretzmann
*Bob Scott
*Matt Staudt - Matti
*Jay Ward - Radio Announcerhttps://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx4Ywu16gX5XRI0dk9p2YTeih10yFmCmvz
*Jim Ward
*Colette Whitaker
==Critical Reception==
Cars received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, The film has a score of 75% based on 201 reviews with an average score of 6.91/10.
==Sequel==
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