Bolt (2008 movie)

Bolt is a 2008 American computer-animated action-adventure comedy-drama movie, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 48th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The movie is about a small white pet dog who lives on the set of a television series and thinks that he has super powers. When he believes that his human owner, Penny has been kidnapped, he goes on a cross-country journey to "rescue" her. Bolt is aided by a cynical cat named "Mittens" (who was abandoned by her human owner) and "Rhino" a hampster. Bolt finds Penny and actually rescues her from a accidental TV Studio fire. Penny, Bolt (who have quit show business), Mittens and Rhino live with Penny's Mother in the country. As for the TV show, it continues with a different "Penny" (explained as Plastic Surgery following a life threatening accident) being rescuded by a new "Bolt" from the Evil Dr Calico; as Penny and Bolt escape outside a hospital window they are both abducted by flying saucers Aliens! This cliffhanger ending is so ridiculious that even Bolt fanatic "Rhino" refuses to believe it!

Bolt was the first Disney animated movie to use the closing variant of the Walt Disney Animation Studios logo. It was Disney's first PG-rated animated movie presented in Disney Digital 3-D.

Voice cast
 John Travolta as Bolt, a White Swiss Shepherd
 Miley Cyrus as Penny Forrester, the owner of Bolt
 Chloë Grace Moretz as young Penny Forrester
 Susie Essman as Mittens, the cynical stray tuxedo cat
 Mark Walton as Rhino, a hamster who watches the Bolt TV show
 Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Calico, a mad scientist and the main antagonist of the Bolt TV show
 Nick Swardson as Blake, a pigeon in Hollywood
 Diedrich Bader as Veteran Cat, a cat actor who portrays one of Dr. Calico's pet cats
 Greg Germann as The Agent, an unnamed Hollywood agent that represents Bolt and Penny
 James Lipton as The Director, the unnamed director of the Bolt TV series
 Randy Savage as Thug, an underling of Dr. Calico on the Bolt TV series
 Ronn Moss as Dr. Forrester, a doctor who tended to the fictional Penny's injuries
 Kari Wahlgren as Mindy Parker, the broadcaster of the network that airs Bolt
 Grey DeLisle as Penny's Mother
 Sean Donnellan as Penny's TV dad, an unnamed scientist and Penny's fictional fatherin the Bolt TV series who enhanced Bolt
 Todd Cummings as Joey, a pigeon in New York City
 Lino DiSalvo as Vinnie, a pigeon in New York City who teaches Bolt how to get his head unstuck from the fence
 Tim Mertens as Bobby, a pigeon in New York City
 Dan Fogelman as Billy, a pigeon in Hollywood
 J. P. Manoux as Tom, a pigeon in Hollywood
 Brian Stepanek as Martin, an animal control officer
 Jeff Bennett as Lloyd, an animal control officer who catches Bolt and Mittens
 John DiMaggio as Saul, a pigeon in New York City who brings food to Mittens
 Daran Norris as Louie, a pigeon in New York City who brings a crumb to Mittens
 Jenny Lewis as the Assistant Director of the Bolt TV series

Awards
Bolt was nominated for the following awards:
 2009 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature – lost to WALL-E
 2009 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – lost to Kung Fu Panda
 2009 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature – lost to WALL-E
 2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film – lost to WALL-E
 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film – lost to WALL-E
 2009 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film – lost to WALL-E
 2009 Produce Guild of America's Best Animated Motion Picture – lost to WALL-E
 2009 Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature – lost to WALL-E
 2009 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Animated Movie – lost to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

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References

Category:2008 computer-animated movies
Category:2000s 3D movies
Category:2008 adventure movies
Category:2008 comedy-drama movies
Category:2000s road movies
Category:American adventure movies
Category:American family movies
Category:American road movies
Category:Disney animated movies
Category:2000s English-language movies
Category:Movies about cats
Category:Movies about dogs
Category:Movies about children
Category:Movies set in Las Vegas
Category:Movies set in Los Angeles
Category:Movies set in New York (state)
Category:American comedy-drama movies