Cars (movie)

Cars is a 2006 American animated sports film produced by Pixar theatrically released on June 9, 2006 in North America. 

The film focuses about Lightning McQueen who also best friends with Mater the tow truck. He is on his way to California where he is scheduled to race for the Piston Cup. He gets lost on his way and finds himself in Radiator Springs, an Arizonian fictional town on Route 66. There, he makes new friends who help him prepare for his Piston Cup race, which he ends up selflessly losing to help a car that crashed. Cars was Pixar's final film released before Disney's acquisition of the studio.

 Plot  
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot race car, on the way to one of his biggest races, who gets stranded on Route 66. He being said he finds his way to a town near by looking for a way out. He repaves shoddily in a rush to leave, he must fix the town's road, but along the way, he discovers the value of friendship and community. Within this, he goes on learning a lot of lessons but making lifelong friends that in the end, he doesn't want to leave. The film explores themes of humility, slowing down, and finding joy in the journey rather than just the destination.

 Cast 

Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen
Larry the Cable Guy as Tow Mater
Bonnie Hunt as Sally Carrera
Paul Newman as Doc Hudson
Cheech Marin as Ramone
Tony Shalhoub as Luigi
Guido Quaroni as Guido
Jenifer Lewis as Flo
Paul Dooley as Sarge
Michael Wallis as Sheriff
George Carlin as Fillmore
Katherine Helmond as Lizzie
John Ratzenberger as Mack
Joe Ranft as Red, Jerry Recycled Batteries and Peterbilt
Michael Keaton as Chick Hicks
Richard Petty as The King
Jeremy Piven as Harv
Bob Costas as Bob Cutlass
Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip
Richard Kind as Van
Edie McClurg as Minny
H.A. Wheeler as Tex Dinoco
Tom Magliozzi as Rusty Rust-eze
Ray Magliozzi as Dusty Rust-eze
Lynda Petty as Lynda Weathers
Andrew Stanton as Fred
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. as Junior
Michael Schumacher as Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Jay Leno as Jay Limo
Mario Andretti as himself
Sarah Clark as Kori Turbowitz
Mike Nelson as Not Chuck
Jonas Rivera as Boost
Lou Romano as Snot Rod
Adrian Ochoa as Wingo
E.J. Holowicki as DJ
Lindsey Collins as Mia
Elissa Knight as Tia
Larry Benton as a motorhome race fan
Douglas Keever as another motorhome race fan
In the additional voices part, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, John Ratzenberger, Billy Crystal, John Goodman and Dave Foley reprise their roles from previous Pixar movies. In fact, there's a scene during the credits where Mack watches car-versions of earlier Pixar hits, commenting on the fine actor in each scene before realizing it's the same actor playing different characters in each movie.

Additional voices were also provided by:
Andrea Boerries as Andrea
Marco Boerries as Marco Axelbender
Richard Cawood as Richard Clayton Kensington
Scott Clark as Sven
Kathy Coates as Kathy Copter
Brian Fee as Al Oft
Artie Kempner as Artie
Hooman Khalili as Hooman
Sonoko Konishi as Chuki
Bob Peterson as Wide Chick Pitty
Steve Purcell as Tractors and Frank
A.J. Riebli III as Albert Hinkey
Dan Scanlon as Dan Sclarkenberg
Matt Staudt as Matti
Colette Whitaker as Coriander Widetrack
Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Bob Bergen, Susan Blu, Rodger Bumpass, Torbin Xan Bullock, John Cygan, Jennifer Darling, Paul Eiding, Bill Farmer, Teresa Ganzel, Craig Good, Jess Harnell, Erik Langley, Sherry Lynn, Danny Mann, Mickie T. McGowan, Laraine Newman, Teddy Newton, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Jan Rabson, Stephen Schaffer, Ken Schretzmann, Bob Scott, Jay Ward and Jim Ward also provided additional voices.

Mass media adaptations
Short films
Mater and the Ghostlight was released on November 7, 2006 on DVD. After the credits closing, the screamin' banshee is missing, but Mater couldn't find him and he went back to bed.

 Ripoffs 
This is a two ripoff films featured by A Car's Life: Sparky's Big Adventure on November 21, 2006 and CarGo: The Autobots on July 4, 2015.

 Sequels and spinoffs 
The first sequel, Cars 2, was released on June 17, 2011. The second sequel, Cars 3, was released on June 16, 2017. Both sequels were also made by Pixar. A fourth film was planned in June 14, 2024.

A spin-off film, Planes, was released on August 9, 2013. Its sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue was released on July 18, 2014. The Planes films were made by Pixar. A third film was planned in June 29, 2018.

There has also been a spinoff television series on the Disney Channel called Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales and Cars on the Road.

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