50 Fun Facts About Bolt
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Travolta also sings the end-credits duet with his co-star Miley Cyrus.
Who voices Penny, Bolt's owner?
Chloë Grace Moretz voices the younger Penny who first adopts the puppy.
What breed is Bolt?
Designers started from the American White Shepherd and caricatured its long ears.
Who directed the film?
Williams handled story reels and layout while Howard led character design and animation.
Who co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Williams?
Fogelman also voices Billy, one of the Hollywood pigeons.
What was the film's original title?
The dog was then named Henry and was stranded in the Nevada desert.
Which two companions did the dog have in the original version of the story?
Both were removed in the overhaul; the rabbit was replaced by Rhino the hamster.
Which director was removed from the project in December 2006?
He joined DreamWorks within months and went on to co-direct How to Train Your Dragon.
Who ordered the desert Southwest setting dropped because Cars had similar terrain?
Lasseter had become chief creative officer after Disney bought Pixar.
How long did the animation team have to finish the film after the story overhaul?
A computer-animated feature normally takes about four years.
Where does Bolt's shipping box end up after he escapes the studio?
He knocks himself out and lands in a box of packing peanuts.
What kind of animal is Mittens?
Bolt thinks she is an agent of Dr. Calico and forces her to guide him home.
Who voices Mittens?
The Curb Your Enthusiasm actress plays the grumpy stray tuxedo cat.
What kind of animal is Rhino?
His ball-rolling design was inspired by John Lasseter's pet chinchilla.
Who voices Rhino?
Walton was a Disney story artist rather than a star, and stayed on for the Super Rhino short.
Whose pet inspired Rhino's design in his plastic ball?
The chinchilla was brought along to an animators' retreat during production.
Who voices the villain Dr. Calico?
Bolt calls him 'The Green-Eyed Man'.
What nickname does Bolt give Dr. Calico?
Calico's pet cats are played by cat actors, including Diedrich Bader's Veteran Cat.
Which Inside the Actors Studio host voices the show's director?
The director rigs the effects so Bolt never learns the show is fake.
Which wrestling legend voices Thug, one of Calico's underlings?
The Super Rhino short was his final acting role before his death in 2011.
Who voices the young Penny?
She was 11 when the film came out, two years before Kick-Ass.
How do Bolt and Mittens travel from New York to Ohio?
They meet Rhino at an RV park once they arrive.
In which state do Bolt and Mittens first meet Rhino?
He joins them at an RV park and recognises Bolt from television.
What noise of Bolt's draws animal control, getting him and Mittens captured?
The same superbark later saves him and Penny in the burning studio.
Where does Mittens want the trio to settle down instead of finishing the trip?
Bolt refuses and goes on to Hollywood alone, until Rhino talks Mittens into following.
Why does Mittens believe no human truly loves a pet?
Bolt disagrees vehemently and leaves for Hollywood on his own.
What sets the studio stage on fire in the climax?
Bolt's panicked look-alike knocks them over during a fight scene.
How does Bolt alert firefighters to where he and Penny are trapped?
Penny is suffocating from smoke when the rescuers reach them.
What storyline does the TV show switch to after Bolt and Penny leave?
Penny and her mother quit after her agent wants to exploit the fire for publicity.
Which painter's work inspired the look of the film?
The cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond was the other key reference.
The film's non-photorealistic rendering technique was later used on which Disney film?
It gave the 3D backgrounds a hand-painted look.
Who composed the score?
He also scored How to Train Your Dragon for the departed Chris Sanders two years later.
Which song do the film's two lead voice actors duet on?
It was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Original Song but lost to 'The Wrestler'.
Who sings 'Barking at the Moon' on the soundtrack?
The Rilo Kiley singer also voices the TV show's assistant director.
Which Motörhead song plays as a mailroom worker unknowingly boxes up Bolt?
It comes from the band's 1995 album Sacrifice.
Where did Cyrus first perform the film's duet live?
The outdoor concert aired November 12, 2008; she sang it at the Macy's parade a couple of weeks later.
Where did the film premiere on November 17, 2008?
Wide release followed on November 21 in Disney Digital 3-D.
What was the film's production budget?
It grossed $310 million worldwide against that cost.
Which two films kept Bolt in third place on its opening weekend?
It actually climbed to second the following weekend, behind Four Christmases.
What was the film's worldwide gross?
About $114 million came from the US and Canada and $196 million from overseas.
What was Bolt's approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes?
The consensus praised strong visuals and likable characters despite a familiar story.
What home-video first did Bolt achieve in March 2009?
The Blu-ray came out on March 22, two days ahead of the DVD.
Which short film was included on the DVD and Blu-ray?
Tokyo Mater, a Pixar Cars Toon, had played before the film in theaters instead.
Who directed the Rhino-centred short included on the DVD?
He went on to co-direct Tangled with Byron Howard.
Which song does Rhino perform on stage at the end of the DVD short?
It is the Hannah Montana theme, a nod to his co-star Miley Cyrus; Mittens wakes him from the dream.
In the DVD short, what mixed ancestry does Rhino claim?
Calico replies 'We're done here', a line Rhino throws back at him later.
The 2008 tie-in video game focused on what?
A separate App Store game called RhinoBall was also released.
Which two later Disney hits is Bolt credited with paving the way for?
It is seen as the start of the studio's creative rebirth under Lasseter.
Which Pixar figure called an early draft's Girl Scout zombie idea 'metastasized'?
The plot had come to include a radioactive, cookie-selling Girl Scout zombie serial killer.
What distinctive marking runs down the dog's left side?
The redesigned dog replaced the original Henry when the project became Bolt.