Bolt is a 2008 computer-animated film Directed by Chris Williams Byron Howard P...

Bolt is a 2008 computer-animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, & will be Disney's 47th animated feature. It stars the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Malcolm McDowell, Claire Holt, Diedrich Bader, Nick Swardson, Greg Germann, Susie Essman & Mark Walton. The film is rated PG by the MPAA for some mild action & peril.Synopsis The story is about Bolt (John Travolta), a dog who has lived all his life on the set of a TV show in which he portrays a superhero dog. As a result, he thinks that his superpowers, & events on film, are real. When he is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he embarks on a cross-country journey to reunite with his owner & co-star, Penny (Miley Cyrus). Along the way, Bolt teams up with a jaded houscat named Mittens (Susie Essman) & a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (Mark Walton), & eventually he discovers that he doesn't need superpowers to be a hero. Production At first, the film was going to be titled "American Dog", & was written & directed by Chris Sanders (director of Lilo & Stitch). Sanders has since been removed from the project & was replaced by Chris Williams & Byron Howard. The film's previous plot told the story of a dog named Henry, a famous TV star, who one day finds himself stranded in the Nevada desert with a testy, one-eyed cat & an oversized, radioactive rabbit who are themselves searching for new homes, all the while believing he is still on television. In 2006, after becoming Chief Creative Officer at Disney, John Lasseter along with other directors from Pixar & Disney viewed a couple of early cuts of the film & gave Chris Sanders notes on how to improve the story. According to Lasseter, Chris Sanders was replaced because Sanders resisted the changes that Lasseter & the other directors had suggested. Lasseter was quoted as saying "Chris Sanders is extremely talented, but he couldn’t take it to the place it had to be." After Sanders left & the original title removed, the animation team was told to complete the movie in just 18 months instead of the usually four years that is normally required to produce a computer-animated feature. On June 8, 2007, Disney announced that the film, now under its current name, is planned to be released on November 21, 2008 in Disney Digital 3-D. The look of the movie was inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper & the cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. As in Rapunzel, new technology in non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) will to be used to give it a special visual appearance. To give the movie's 3D backgrounds a hand-painted look, the company artists used new patented technology designed specifically for the movie. This is also Disney's first film that is made as a 3D feature already during the production. The two previously CGI features from the studio was first produced as 2D movies & made stereoscopic after its completion. Voice cast Cast Role John Travolta Bolt Miley Cyrus Penny Chloë Moretz Young Penny Susie Essman Mittens Malcolm McDowell Dr. Calico Claire Holt Diedrich Bader Nick Swardson Mark Walton Rhino Greg Germann James Lipton Kari Wahlgren Mindy The score will be composed by John Powell. Video Game A video game based on the film is scheduled to be released on November 18, 2008 for Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 & PC. See also * List of Disney theatrical animated features This page uses content from the movies page on the English version of Wikipedia & is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. This list of authors can be seen in the page history. Wildscreen.tv disclaims any & all warranties as to the accuracy o. reliability of the content. Permission is granted to copy, distribute &/or modify the biographical information on this page under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 o. any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.