Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3931 in DVD
• Brand: MadHarry
• Released on: 2002-09-07
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Box set, Collector's Edition, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 88 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The monsters in Monsters, Inc. are just so incredibly cute--and they know it. Whereas Woody, Buzz and pals in the Toy Story saga were filled with self-doubt about just how much the children in their lives would continue to love them, here our heroic monsters and their impossibly lovable human ward Boo have no such worries, at least when it comes to the cinema audience. And that's why Monsters, Inc., for all its wondrous computer-animated artistry, its smart humour and its family-friendly appeal, doesn't quite capture the naïve charm of its predecessors.

Nevertheless, John Goodman and Billy Crystal, as scare-champions Sulley and Mike, are a great double-act whose comedy never goes over kids' heads but still reaches up to make their parents laugh. The film's central conceit--that monsters in the bedroom closet are just doing a night's work in order to generate power from screams for the city of Monstropolis--is funny and cleverly worked out; and kids will of course love the fact that the monsters are mortally afraid of the very children they are trying to frighten.

The animation is extraordinarily detailed (Sulley's fur is a marvel in itself) and the set-piece action sequences top anything that has gone before for sheer audaciousness. But overall Pixar play things very safe, from the hissable villain to the end credit "outtakes". A bolder film might have taken inspiration from The Nightmare Before Christmas; instead, a little of that Disney disease of knowing cuteness seems to have crept into the formula. --Mark Walker

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Disc One:
Animated menus
Finding Nemo - an exclusive sneak peek of Disney/Pixar's next feature film release
Filmmaker's audio commentary
Sound effects only mix

Disc 2:
For The Birds - 2001 Academy Award-Winner for Best Animated Short Film
All-new animated short film, Mike's New Car (created exclusively for the video)
Outtakes
7 Easter Eggs
US Premiere
Trailers and TV Spots
Poster Gallery
Multi-language clip reel

MONSTER WORLD MENUS:
Monster TV Treats
Ponkickies 21 - all new animation created for Japanese television
Disney Storytime
"If I Didn't Have You" music video
Company Play Program - cast bios, photos and advertisement
On the Job with Mike and Sulley
Welcome to Monsters Inc. - introduction
Your first day - orientation for new employees at Monsters Inc.
History of the Monster World
Employee Handbook
Monster of the month
Scare Cards

HUMAN WORLD MENUS:
Pixar's fun factory - John Lasseter takes you on a tour of Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Air Show - Paper airplane contest with Pixar staff (easter egg)
Story is King featurette
Monsters are Real featurette
Original treatment
Deleted scenes
Original opening
Storyboard to film comparison
Cast of Characters
What makes a Great Monster?
Character Design
Monstropolis making of Featurette
Setting the scene
Colour Script
Master lighting
Location flyarounds
Monstropolis art gallery
Guide to "In" jokes
Animation process
Early tests
Opening title animation
Hard parts featurette
Shots department
Production demonstration
Monster Song - behind the scenes look at "If I Didn't Have You"
Sound design featurette
Biaural Recording

Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1)

Synopsis
Intelligent, funny, adorable, and beautifully animated, MONSTERS, INC. will delight fans of SHREK and TOY STORY, while drawing a new audience of curious, kid-friendly viewers. Billy Crystal and John Goodman make a fiercely funny comedic team as job partners and best friends, Mike (Crystal)--a little green guy with one huge eyeball, and Sulley (Goodman)--a big purple and blue fuzzy guy with dinosaur spikes down his back. Mike and Sully work at MONSTERS, INC., a gigantic corporation that captures the screams of little children and turns them into energy. To make the children scream, the monsters must enter each child's bedroom through the closet door, then deliver a frightening affront. The only problem is, kids aren't scared anymore. And because of this problem, Monsters, Inc. is in a jam. But when one little girl, Boo (Mary Gibbs), follows Sully through her closet door and into the factory, she brings an even more dire issue to the fore: the monsters are actually terrified of children. From Pixar Animation Studios, MONSTERS, INC. is an exciting adventure with a sweet, happy ending.
Both the DVD and VHS releases include the animated short FOR THE BIRDS and a home video exclusive performance of "Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me" created by Mike Wazowski.

Customer Reviews

NOT WIDESCREEN VERSION!
Be aware, this is the 4:3, not the Widescreen version!

Easy to buy it by mistake as 99.9% of DVDs are widescreen!

One of the best!!
This has got to be one of the best Disney movies by far. This is a great family movie for young & old. My kids never tire of the adventures of Mike & Sully!!

monster inc.
hi !
well to start of my daught had watched monster inc.
and begged me to get it and because it had only just
came out it was £10+ and couldnt beleive it when its
only now £7 in shops and only £4.50 on here !!!! its
a great buy and really funny ! espeicially for a family
night ! ACE