Your Friend the Rat

Infobox Film
name = Your Friend the Rat


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director = Jim Capobianco
producer = Ann Brilz
Brad Bird
John Lasseter
Brad Lewis (executive)
writer = Jeff Pidgeon
Alexander Woo
starring = Patton Oswalt
Peter Sohn
Lou Romano
music = Alex Mandel
editing = Steve Bloom
distributor = Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios (2007 release with "Ratatouille DVD")
released = November 6, 2007
runtime = 11 min.
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 1134859

"Your Friend the Rat" is Pixar's first short film to feature traditional animation. At 11 minutes, it is also the longest Pixar short to date. Along with hand drawn animation, the short also includes stop-motion animation, computer generated imagery and live action; much like the children's television show A Little Curious. [ [http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/30/pixar-does-2d-aniamtion/ Pixar Does 2D Animation | /Film ] ] [ [http://www.animated-news.com/2007/your-friend-the-rat-stills/ Animated News » Your Friend The Rat stills ] ] Like the feature length film on which it is based, "Your Friend the Rat" also features a musical sequence.

The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray with Pixar's "Ratatouille" (November 6, 2007). [ [http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disney/Pixar/Disc_Announcements/Disney_Serves_Up_Ratatouille_on_Blu-ray_this_November/852 Disney Serves Up 'Ratatouille' on Blu-ray this November | High-Def Digest ] ] [ [http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=45050 SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel | SCIFI.COM ] ]

"Your Friend the Rat" won the Best Animated Short Subject category at the 35th annual Annie Awards. [ [http://pixarblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/your-friend-rat-nominated-for-annie.html The Pixar Blog: Your Friend the Rat nominated for Annie ] ]

Plot

The short takes on the form of an educational film, and stars Remy and Emile, who argue for the reconciliation of humans and rats. It uses historical mentions presented to various styles of animation, as well as nonsense comedy. At the film's end, a long and drawn-out (and mostly satirical) warning is shown asking children to stay away from rats, while Remy and Emile stand in front of it and try to remove it, urging the audience to ignore the warning and complaining about freedom of speech and lack of food (respectively).

Also, WALL-E can be spotted during the song. He is the driver of the bus on Mars. (He can be seen at about 1:10 into the song.) P.T Flea from "A Bugs Life" also makes a cameo.

Cast

*Patton Oswalt as Remy
*Peter Sohn as Emile
*Lou Romano as Linguini
*Tony Russell as Disclaimer Guy
*Sigmund Vik as Norwegian Rat
*Jim Capobianco as Director Voice

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