Ratatouille ( film ) - Wikipedia Ratatouille ( film ) Jump to : navigation , search This article is about the film . For the video game , see Ratatouille ( video game ) . Ratatouille Theatrical release poster Directed by Brad Bird Produced by Brad Lewis Screenplay by Brad Bird Story by Jan Pinkava Jim Capobianco Brad Bird Starring Patton Oswalt Ian Holm Lou Romano Janeane Garofalo Peter O'Toole Brad Garrett Brian Dennehy Peter Sohn Music by Michael Giacchino Cinematography Sharon Calahan Robert Anderson Edited by Darren T. Holmes Stan Webb Production company Pixar Animation Studios Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Release date June 22 , 2007 ( 2007 - 06 - 22 ) ( Kodak Theatre ) June 29 , 2007 ( 2007 - 06 - 29 ) ( United States ) Running time 111 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $150 million Box office $620.7 million Ratatouille ( / rætəˈtuːiː / ; French pronunciation :  ( ʁatatuj ) ) , is a 2007 American computer - animated comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution . It is the eighth film produced by Pixar and was co-written and directed by Brad Bird , who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005 . The title refers to a French dish , `` ratatouille '' , which is served at the end of the film and is also a play on words about the species of the main character . The film stars the voices of Patton Oswalt as Remy , an anthropomorphic rat who is interested in cooking ; Lou Romano as Linguini , a young garbage boy who befriends Remy ; Ian Holm as Skinner , the head chef of Auguste Gusteau 's restaurant ; Janeane Garofalo as Colette , a rôtisseur at Gusteau 's restaurant ; Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego , a restaurant critic ; Brian Dennehy as Django , Remy 's father and leader of his clan ; Peter Sohn as Emile , Remy 's older brother ; and Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau , a recently deceased chef . The plot follows a rat named Remy , who dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve his goal by forming an alliance with a Parisian restaurant 's garbage boy . Development of Ratatouille began in 2000 when Pinkava wrote the original concepts of the film . In 2005 , Bird was approached to direct the film and revise the story . Bird and some of the film 's crew members also visited Paris for inspiration . To create the food animation used in the film , the crew consulted chefs from both France and the United States . Bird also interned at Thomas Keller 's The French Laundry restaurant , where Keller developed the confit byaldi , a dish used in the film . Ratatouille premiered on June 22 , 2007 , at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles , California , with its general release June 29 , 2007 , in the United States . The film grossed $620.7 million at the box office and received critical acclaim . The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature , and was later voted one of the 100 greatest motion pictures of the 21st century by a 2016 poll of international critics conducted by BBC . Contents ( hide ) 1 Plot 2 Voice cast 3 Production 4 Music 5 Release 5.1 Marketing 5.2 Home media 6 Reception 6.1 Critical response 6.2 Box office 6.3 Accolades 7 Plagiarized film 8 Video game 9 Theme park attraction 10 References 11 External links Plot ( Edit ) Remy is an idealistic and ambitious young rat , gifted with highly developed senses of taste and smell . Inspired by his idol , the recently deceased chef Auguste Gusteau , Remy dreams of becoming a cook himself . When an old French woman discovers Remy 's colony in her house and attempts to exterminate them , they are forced to flee , and Remy becomes separated from his family in the panic . He ends up in the sewers of Paris and eventually finds himself at a skylight overlooking the kitchen of Gusteau 's restaurant . As Remy watches through the window , a young man named Alfredo Linguini is hired as a garbage boy by Skinner , the restaurant 's current owner and Gusteau 's former sous - chef . When Linguini spills a pot of soup and attempts to recreate it , Remy recognizes that he is ruining it instead , and repairs Linguini 's mistakes . Linguini catches Remy but hides him when he is then confronted by Skinner for tampering with the soup . As the two argue , the soup is accidentally served and proves to be a success . The staff convinces Skinner to retain Linguini , who is assumed to be the soup 's creator . When Skinner catches Remy trying to escape , he orders Linguini to kill the rat , but Linguini discovers Remy 's intelligence and decides to keep him instead . Remy discovers that he can control Linguini 's movements by pulling his hair . On Linguini 's first day as a chef , he and Remy find a way to communicate : Remy guides Linguini like a marionette by pulling on his hair while hidden under Linguini 's toque , while Skinner assigns Colette Tatou , the staff 's only female chef , to train his new cook . Suspicious , Skinner learns that Linguini is Gusteau 's illegitimate son and the rightful heir to the restaurant . Remy discovers the evidence of Linguini 's inheritance and , after eluding Skinner , gives it to Linguini , who deposes Skinner as owner . The restaurant continues to thrive as all of Remy 's recipes become immediate hits . Linguini and Colette develop a budding romance , and Remy begins to feel left out . Remy finds that his clan has come to Paris as well , and is taken to their new lair , but despite his father Django 's attempts to rid his son of his admiration of humans , Remy leaves . France 's top restaurant critic , Anton Ego , whose previous negative review cost Gusteau 's one of its stars and caused Gusteau 's death , announces he will re-review the restaurant the following evening . That night , Remy and Linguini have a heated argument . Remy leads his clan to raid the restaurant 's pantries in retaliation , but Linguini catches them and sends them out . Having now discovered Remy 's skills , Skinner captures him in an attempt to use him to create a new line of frozen foods . However , Remy is freed by Django and Emile . He returns to the restaurant , only to find Linguini is unable to cook without him . Linguini apologizes and reveals the truth to the staff , but they leave in disbelief . Colette later returns after recalling Gusteau 's motto , `` Anyone can cook . '' Django arrives with the rest of the clan , offering to help after seeing his son 's determination . Remy has the rats cook , while Linguini waits tables . For Ego and Skinner , Remy and Colette create a variation of ratatouille , which reminds an astonished Ego of his own mother 's cooking . During the meal , the rats are forced to tie up Skinner and a health inspector to prevent them from revealing the rats ' involvement in the cooking . When Ego requests to see the chef , Linguini and Colette make him wait until the rest of the diners have left before introducing Remy . Ego is stunned and leaves the restaurant , deep in thought . He writes a positive and thoughtful review for the newspaper the next day , stating that Gusteau 's chef ( Remy ) is `` nothing less than the finest chef in France . '' Despite the positive review , Gusteau 's is shut down , since Linguini and Remy had to release Skinner and the health inspector . Ego loses his job and his credibility as a critic , but funds a popular new bistro , `` La Ratatouille '' , created and run by Remy , Linguini , and Colette . Ego frequents the bistro for Remy 's cooking , and the rats settle into their new home in the bistro 's roof . Voice cast ( Edit ) Patton Oswalt as Remy , a rat with a heightened sense of smell , enabling a talent and desire for cooking . Director Brad Bird chose Oswalt after hearing his food - related comedy routine . Ian Holm as Skinner , a diminutive chef and owner of Auguste Gusteau 's restaurant . Since Gusteau 's death , Skinner has used the Gusteau name to market a line of cheap microwaveable meals . Skinner 's behavior , diminutive size , and body language are loosely based on Louis de Funès . Lou Romano as Alfredo Linguini , the son of Auguste Gusteau and Renata Linguini . Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau ( whose first and last names are anagrams of each other ) . Many reviewers believe that Gusteau is inspired by real - life chef Bernard Loiseau , who committed suicide after media speculation that his flagship restaurant , La Côte d'Or , was going to be downgraded from three Michelin stars to two . La Côte d'Or was one of the restaurants visited by Brad Bird and others in France . Janeane Garofalo as Colette Tatou , Gusteau 's rôtisseur , inspired by French chef Hélène Darroze . Brian Dennehy as Django , Remy and Emile 's father , and the leader of the rats . Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego , a restaurant critic . His appearance was modeled after Louis Jouvet . Peter Sohn as Emile , Remy 's gluttonous older brother . Will Arnett as Horst , Skinner 's German sous chef . Julius Callahan as Lalo , Gusteau 's saucier and poissonnier . Callahan also voices François , the advertising executive handling the marketing of Gusteau 's microwaveable products . James Remar as Larousse , Gusteau 's garde manger . John Ratzenberger as Mustafa , Gusteau 's head waiter . Teddy Newton as Talon Labarthe , Skinner 's lawyer . Tony Fucile as Pompidou , Gusteau 's patissier . Fucile also voices Nadar Lessard , a health inspector employed by Skinner . Jake Steinfeld as Git , a former lab rat and member of Django 's colony . Brad Bird as Ambrister Minion , Anton Ego 's butler . Stéphane Roux as the narrator of the cooking channel . Thomas Keller as a dining patron who asks `` what 's new '' . Production ( Edit ) Jan Pinkava came up with the concept in 2000 , creating the original design , sets and characters and core storyline , but he was never formally named the director of the film . Lacking confidence in Pinkava 's story development , Pixar management replaced him with Bird in 2005 . Bird was attracted to the film because of the outlandishness of the concept and the conflict that drove it : that rats feared kitchens , yet a rat wanted to work in one . Bird was also delighted that the film could be made a highly physical comedy , with the character of Linguini providing endless fun for the animators . Bird rewrote the story , with a change in emphasis . He killed off Gusteau , gave larger roles to Skinner and Colette , and also changed the appearance of the rats to be less anthropomorphic . Because Ratatouille is intended to be a romantic , lush vision of Paris , giving it an identity distinct from previous Pixar films , director Brad Bird , producer Brad Lewis and some of the crew spent a week in the city to properly understand its environment , taking a motorcycle tour and eating at five top restaurants . There are also many water - based sequences in the film , one of which is set in the sewers and is more complex than the blue whale scene in Finding Nemo . One scene has Linguini wet after jumping into the Seine to fetch Remy . A Pixar employee ( Shade / Paint department coordinator Kesten Migdal ) jumped into Pixar 's swimming pool wearing a chef 's uniform and apron to see which parts of the suit stuck to his body and which became translucent from water absorption . Ratatouille was originally going to be released in 2006 ; however , in December 2004 , the date was changed to 2007 . This happened because Disney / Pixar changed the release date of Cars , from November 2005 to June 2006 , thus pushing Ratatouille to 2007 . The film 's take on the traditional ratatouille dish was designed by gourmet chef Thomas Keller and later came to be known as confit byaldi . A challenge for the filmmakers was creating computer - generated images of food that would appear delicious . Gourmet chefs in both the U.S. and France were consulted and animators attended cooking classes at San Francisco - area culinary schools to understand the workings of a commercial kitchen . Sets / Layout department manager Michael Warch , a culinary - academy - trained professional chef before working at Pixar , helped teach and consult animators as they worked . He also prepared dishes used by the Art , Shade / Paint , Effects and Sets Modeling departments . Renowned chef Thomas Keller allowed producer Brad Lewis to intern in his French Laundry kitchen . For the film 's climax , Keller designed a fancy , layered version of the title dish for the rat characters to cook , which he called `` confit byaldi '' in honor of the original Turkish name . The same sub-surface light scattering technique that was used on skin in The Incredibles was used on fruits and vegetables , while new programs gave an organic texture and movement to the food . Completing the illusion were music , dialogue , and abstract imagery representing the characters ' mental sensations while appreciating food . The visual flavor metaphors were created by animator Michel Gagné inspired by the work of Oscar Fischinger and Norman McLaren . To create a realistic compost pile , the Art Department photographed fifteen different kinds of produce , such as apples , berries , bananas , mushrooms , oranges , broccoli , and lettuce , in the process of rotting . According to Pixar designer Jason Deamer , `` Most of the characters were designed while Jan ( Pinkava ) was still directing ... He has a real eye for sculpture . '' For example , according to Pinkava , the critic Anton Ego was designed to resemble a vulture . Rat expert Debbie Ducommun ( a.k.a. the `` Rat Lady '' ) was consulted on rat habits and characteristics . A vivarium containing pet rats sat in a hallway for more than a year so animators could study the movement of the animals ' fur , noses , ears , paws , and tails as they ran . The cast members strove to make their French accents authentic yet understandable . John Ratzenberger notes that he often segued into an Italian accent . To save time , human characters were designed and animated without toes . Promotional material for Intel credits their platform for a 30 percent performance improvement in rendering software . They used Remy in some of their marketing materials . Music ( Edit ) Ratatouille Film score by Michael Giacchino Released June 26 , 2007 Recorded 2006 -- 2007 Genre Classical Length 62 : 23 Label Walt Disney Producer Michael Giacchino Pixar soundtrack chronology Cars ( 2006 ) Cars 2006 Ratatouille ( 2007 ) WALL - E ( 2008 ) WALL - E 2008 Michael Giacchino chronology Mission : Impossible III ( 2006 ) Mission : Impossible III 2006 Ratatouille ( 2007 ) Ratatouille2007 Cloverfield ( 2007 ) Cloverfield 2007 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic Empire SoundtrackNet Brad Bird reteamed with Michael Giacchino on the score for Ratatouille since they got along well during the scoring of The Incredibles . Giacchino had written two themes for Remy , one about his thief self and the other about his hopes and dreams . He also wrote a buddy theme for both Remy and Linguini that plays when they 're together . In addition to the score , Giacchino wrote the main theme song , `` Le Festin '' , about Remy and his wishes to be a chef . Camille was hired to perform `` Le Festin '' after Giacchino listened to her music and realized she was perfect for the song ; as a result , the song is sung in French in all versions of the film . The music for Ratatouille gave Giacchino his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score as well as his first Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album . Giacchino returned to Pixar to score their 2009 blockbuster Up . No . Title Length 1 . `` Le Festin '' ( performed by Camille ) 2 : 50 2 . `` Welcome to Gusteau 's '' 0 : 38 3 . `` This Is Me '' 1 : 41 4 . `` Granny Get Your Gun '' 2 : 01 5 . `` 100 Rat Dash '' 1 : 47 6 . `` Wall Rat '' 2 : 41 7 . `` Cast of Cooks '' 1 : 41 8 . `` A Real Gourmet Kitchen '' 4 : 18 9 . `` Souped Up '' 0 : 50 10 . `` Is It Soup Yet ? '' 1 : 16 11 . `` A New Deal '' 1 : 56 12 . `` Remy Drives a Linguini '' 2 : 26 13 . `` Colette Shows Him le Ropes '' 2 : 56 14 . `` Special Order '' 1 : 58 15 . `` Kiss & Vinegar '' 1 : 54 16 . `` Losing Control '' 2 : 04 17 . `` Heist to See You '' 1 : 45 18 . `` The Paper Chase '' 1 : 44 19 . `` Remy 's Revenge '' 3 : 24 20 . `` Abandoning Ship '' 2 : 55 21 . `` Dinner Rush '' 5 : 00 22 . `` Anyone Can Cook '' 3 : 13 23 . `` End Creditouilles '' 9 : 16 24 . `` Ratatouille Main Theme '' 2 : 09 Release ( Edit ) Ratatouille 's world premiere was on June 22 , 2007 , at Los Angeles ' Kodak Theater . The commercial release was one week later , with the short film Lifted preceding Ratatouille in theaters . Earlier in the year , it had received an Academy Award nomination . A test screening of the film was shown at the Harkins Cine Capri Theater in Scottsdale , Arizona on June 16 , 2007 , at which a Pixar representative was present to collect viewer feedback . Disney CEO Bob Iger announced an upcoming theatrical re-release of the film in 3D at the Disney shareholders meeting in March 2014 . Marketing ( Edit ) The trailer for Ratatouille debuted with the release of its immediate predecessor , Cars . It depicts an original scene where Remy is caught on the cheese trolley in the restaurant 's dining area sampling the cheese and barely escaping the establishment , intercut with separate scenes of the rat explaining directly to the audience why he is taking such risks . Similar to most of Pixar 's teaser trailers , the scene was not present in the final film release . A second trailer was released on March 23 , 2007 . The Ratatouille Big Cheese Tour began on May 11 , 2007 , with cooking demonstrations and a film preview . Voice actor Lou Romano attended the San Francisco leg of the tour for autograph signings . The front label of the planned Ratatouille wine to have been promoted by Disney , Pixar , and Costco , and subsequently pulled for its use of a cartoon character Disney and Pixar were working to bring a French - produced Ratatouille - branded wine to Costco stores in August 2007 , but abandoned plans because of complaints from the California Wine Institute , citing standards in labeling that restrict the use of cartoon characters to avoid attracting under - age drinkers . In the United Kingdom , in place of releasing a theatrical trailer , a theatrical commercial featuring Remy and Emile was released in cinemas before its release to discourage obtaining unlicensed copies of films . Also in the United Kingdom , the main characters were used for a theatrical commercial for the Nissan Note , with Remy and Emile watching an original commercial for it made for the `` Surprisingly Spacious '' ad campaign and also parodying it , respectively . Disney / Pixar were concerned that audiences , particularly children , would not be familiar with the word `` ratatouille '' and its pronunciation . The title was therefore also spelled phonetically within trailers and on posters . For similar reasons , in the American release of the film , on - screen text in French was printed in English , such as the title of Gusteau 's cookbook and the sign telling kitchen staff to wash their hands , though in the British English release , these are rendered in French . In Canada , the film was released theatrically with text in English , but on DVD , the majority of the text ( including Gusteau 's will ) was in French . Home media ( Edit ) Disney released Ratatouille on high - definition Blu - ray Disc and DVD in North America on November 6 , 2007 . A new animated short film featuring Remy and Emile entitled Your Friend the Rat was included as a special feature , in which the two rats attempt to entreat the viewer , a human , to welcome rats as their friends , demonstrating the benefits and misconceptions of rats towards humanity through several historical examples . The eleven - minute short uses 3D animation , 2D animation , live action and even stop - motion animation , a first for Pixar . The disc also includes a CG short entitled Lifted , which screened before the film during its theatrical run . It depicts an adolescent extraterrestrial attempting to abduct a sleeping human . Throughout the sequence , he is graded by an adult extraterrestrial in a manner reminiscent of a driver 's licensing exam road test . The entire short contains no dialogue , which is typical of Pixar Shorts not based on existing properties . Also included among the special features are deleted scenes , a featurette featuring Brad Bird discussing filmmaking and chef Thomas Keller discussing culinary creativity entitled `` Fine Food and Film '' , and four easter eggs . Although the Region 1 Blu - ray edition has a French audio track , the Region 1 DVD does not , except for some copies marked as for sale only in Canada . It was released on DVD on November 6 , 2007 , and earned 4,919,574 units ( equivalent to US $73,744,414 ) on its first week ( November 6 -- 11 , 2007 ) during which it topped the DVD charts . In total it sold 12,531,266 units ( US $189,212,532 ) becoming the second - best - selling animated DVD of 2007 , both in units sold and sales revenue , behind Happy Feet . Reception ( Edit ) Critical response ( Edit ) The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 96 % approval rating with an average rating of 8.5 / 10 based on 245 reviews . The site 's consensus reads : `` Fast - paced and stunningly animated , Ratatouille adds another delightfully entertaining entry -- and a rather unlikely hero -- to the Pixar canon . '' Metacritic , another review aggregator website which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics , calculated a score of 96 out of 100 based on 37 reviews , the highest of any Pixar film and the twenty - first highest rated film on the site . A.O. Scott of The New York Times called Ratatouille `` a nearly flawless piece of popular art , as well as one of the most persuasive portraits of an artist ever committed to film '' ; echoing the character Anton Ego in the film , he ended his review with a simple `` thank you '' to the creators of the film . Wally Hammond of Time Out gave the film five out of five stars , saying `` A test for tiny tots , a mite nostalgic and as male - dominated as a modern kitchen it may be , but these are mere quibbles about this delightful addition to the Pixar pantheon . '' Andrea Gronvall of the Chicago Reader gave the film a positive review , saying `` Brad Bird 's second collaboration with Pixar is more ambitious and meditative than his Oscar - winning The Incredibles . '' Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B , saying `` Ratatouille has the Pixar technical magic without , somehow , the full Pixar flavor . It 's Brad Bird 's genial dessert , not so much incredible as merely sweetly edible . '' Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three - and - a-half stars out of four , saying `` What makes Ratatouille such a hilarious and heartfelt wonder is the way Bird contrives to let it sneak up on you . And get a load of that score from Michael Giacchino , a perfect compliment to a delicious meal . '' James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film three out of four stars , saying `` For parents looking to spend time in a theater with their kids or adults who want something lighter and less testosterone - oriented than the usual summer fare , Ratatouille offers a savory main course . '' Christy Lemire of the Associated Press gave the film a positive review , saying `` Ratatouille is free of the kind of gratuitous pop - culture references that plague so many movies of the genre ; it tells a story , it 's very much of our world but it never goes for the cheap , easy gag . '' Justin Chang of Variety gave the film a positive review , saying `` The master chefs at Pixar have blended all the right ingredients -- abundant verbal and visual wit , genius slapstick timing , a soupcon of Gallic sophistication -- to produce a warm and irresistible concoction . '' Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film four out of four stars , saying `` The film may be animated , and largely taken up with rats , but its pulse is gratifyingly human . And you have never seen a computer - animated feature with this sort of visual panache and detail . '' Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars , saying `` So many computer - animated movies are brash , loud and popping with pop - culture comedy , but Ratatouille has the warm glow of a favorite book . The characters are more than the sum of their gigabyte - consuming parts -- they feel handcrafted . '' Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel gave the film three out of five stars , saying `` Has Pixar lost its magic recipe ? Ratatouille is filled with fairly generic animated imagery , a few modest chases , a couple of good gags , not a lot of laughs . '' Scott Foundas of LA Weekly gave the film a positive review , saying `` Bird has taken the raw ingredients of an anthropomorphic - animal kiddie matinee and whipped them into a heady brew about nothing less than the principles of artistic creation . '' Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film four out of four stars , saying `` It 's not just the computer animation that is vibrantly three - dimensional . It 's also the well - rounded characters ... I defy you to name another animated film so overflowing with superfluous beauty . '' Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three - and - a-half stars out of four , saying `` With Ratatouille , Bird once again delivers not just a great , witty story , but dazzling visuals as well . '' Bill Muller of The Arizona Republic gave the film four - and - a-half stars out of five , saying `` Like the burbling soup that plays a key part in Ratatouille , the movie is a delectable blend of ingredients that tickles the palette and leaves you hungry for more . '' Brad Bird with his second Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald gave the film three out of four stars , saying `` Ratatouille is the most straightforward and formulaic picture to date from Pixar Animation Studios , but it is also among the most enchanting and touching . '' Jack Mathews of the New York Daily News gave the film four out of four stars , saying `` The Pixar magic continues with Brad Bird 's Ratatouille , a gorgeous , wonderfully inventive computer - animated comedy . '' Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star - Ledger gave the film three out of four stars , saying `` Fresh family fun . Although there are those slightly noxious images of rodents scampering around a kitchen , the movie does n't stoop to kid - pandering jokes based on back talk and bodily gases . '' David Ansen of Newsweek gave the film a positive review , saying `` A film as rich as a sauce béarnaise , as refreshing as a raspberry sorbet , and a lot less predictable than the damn food metaphors and adjectives all us critics will churn out to describe it . OK , one more and then I 'll be done : it 's yummy . '' Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film four out of four stars , saying `` Ratatouille never overwhelms , even though it 's stocked with action , romance , historical content , family drama and serious statements about the creation of art . '' Richard Corliss of Time gave the film a positive review , saying `` From the moment Remy enters , crashing , to the final happy fadeout , Ratatouille parades the brio and depth that set Pixar apart from and above other animation studios . '' Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun - Times gave the film four out of four stars , saying `` A lot of animated movies have inspired sequels , notably Shrek , but Brad Bird 's Ratatouille is the first one that made me positively desire one . '' Peter Howell of the Toronto Star gave the film four out of four stars , saying `` Had Bird gone the safe route , he would have robbed us of a great new cartoon figure in Remy , who like the rest of the film is rendered with animation that is at once fanciful and life - like . It 's also my pick for Pixar 's best . '' Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal gave the film a positive review , saying `` The characters are irresistible , the animation is astonishing and the film , a fantasy version of a foodie rhapsody , sustains a level of joyous invention that has n't been seen in family entertainment since The Incredibles . '' Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times gave the film four - and - a-half stars out of five , saying `` Brad Bird 's Ratatouille is so audacious you have to fall in love with its unlikely hero . '' Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three - and - a-half stars out of four , saying `` Ratatouille is delicious fun sure to be savored by audiences of all ages for its sumptuous visuals , clever wit and irresistibly inspiring tale . '' Miriam Di Nunzio of the Chicago Sun - Times gave the film three - and - a-half stars out of four , saying `` Ratatouille will make you wonder why animation needs to hide behind the mantle of ' it 's for children , but grownups will like it , too . ' This one 's for Mom and Dad , and yep , the kids will like it , too . '' Michael Booth of The Denver Post gave the film three - and - a-half stars out of four , saying `` Writer and director Brad Bird keeps Ratatouille moving without resorting to the cute animal jokes or pop - culture wisecracking that ruined so many other recent animated films . '' Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film an A , saying `` Ratatouille has the technical genius , emotional core and storytelling audacity to lift it into the ranks of ( the best ) Pixar films , the crème de la crème of modern animation . '' Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail gave the film three - and - a-half stars out of four , saying `` No sketchy backgrounds here -- Ratatouille 's scenes feels like deep - focus camera shots . The textures , from the gleam of copper pans to the cobblestone streets , are almost palpable . '' Desson Thomson of The Washington Post gave the film a positive review , saying `` Ratatouille does n't center on the over-familiar surfaces of contemporary life . It harks back to Disney 's older era , when cartoons seemed part of a more elegant world with less edgy characters . '' Box Office ( Edit ) In its opening weekend in North America , Ratatouille opened in 3,940 theaters and debuted at number one with $47 million , the lowest Pixar opening since A Bug 's Life . However , in France , where the film is set , the film broke the record for the biggest debut for an animated film . In the UK , the film debuted at number one with sales over £ 4 million . The film has grossed $206.4 million in the United States and Canada and a total of $620.7 million worldwide , making it the seventh - highest - grossing Pixar film . Accolades ( Edit ) Main article : List of accolades received by Ratatouille Ratatouille was nominated for five Oscars including Best Original Score , Best Sound Editing , Best Sound Mixing , Best Original Screenplay and Best Animated Film , which it lost to Atonement , The Bourne Ultimatum ( for both Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing ) , and Juno , respectively , winning only the last one . At the time , the film held the record for the greatest number of Oscar nominations for a computer animated feature film , breaking the previous record held by Monsters , Inc. , Finding Nemo , and The Incredibles at four nominations , but tied with Aladdin for any animated film . In 2008 , WALL - E surpassed that record with 6 nominations . As of 2013 , Ratatouille is tied with Up and Toy Story 3 for animated film with the second - greatest number of Oscar nominations . Beauty and the Beast still holds the record for most Oscar nominations ( also 6 ) for an animated feature film . Furthermore , Ratatouille was nominated for 13 Annie Awards including twice in the Best Animated Effects , where it lost to Surf 's Up , and three times in the Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Janeane Garofalo , Ian Holm , and Patton Oswalt , where Ian Holm won the award . It won the Best Animated Feature Award from multiple associations including the Chicago Film Critics , the National Board of Review , the Annie Awards , the Broadcast Film Critics , the British Academy of Film and Television ( BAFTA ) , and the Golden Globes . Plagiarized film ( Edit ) See also : Mockbuster If magazine described Ratatoing , a 2007 Brazilian computer graphics cartoon by Vídeo Brinquedo , as a `` ripoff '' of Ratatouille . Marco Aurélio Canônico of Folha de S. Paulo described Ratatoing as a derivative of Ratatouille . Canônico discussed whether lawsuits from Pixar would appear . The Brazilian Ministry of Culture posted Marco Aurélio Canônico 's article on its website . In the end , Pixar reportedly did not seek legal action . Video game ( Edit ) Main article : Ratatouille ( video game ) The primary video game adaptation of the film , titled Ratatouille , was released for all major consoles and handhelds in 2007 . A Nintendo DS exclusive game , titled Ratatouille : Food Frenzy , was released in October 2007 . Ratatouille is also among the films represented in Kinect Rush : A Disney - Pixar Adventure , released in March 2012 for Xbox 360 . The video game based on the movie was released in 2007 for the Xbox 360 , Wii , PlayStation 2 , Nintendo GameCube , Xbox , GameBoy Advanced , Nintendo DS , PlayStation Portable , Microsoft Windows , and Mac OS X . A PlayStation 3 version was released on October 23 , 2007 . An Xbox version was released on June 26 , 2007 . Theme park attraction ( Edit ) Main article : Ratatouille : L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy A Disney theme park attraction based on the film has been constructed in Walt Disney Studios Park , Disneyland Paris . Ratatouille : L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy is based upon scenes from the film and uses trackless ride technology . In the attraction , riders `` shrink down to the size of a rat '' . At the 2017 D23 Expo , Disney announced a similar , Ratatouille - based attraction would be built at the France Pavilion in Epcot 's World Showcase by 2021 . References ( Edit ) Jump up ^ Michael Cieply ( April 24 , 2007 ) . `` It 's Not a Sequel , but It Might Seem Like One After the Ads '' . The New York Times . Jump up ^ `` Ratatouille ( 2007 ) '' . Box Office Mojo . Amazon.com . Retrieved August 4 , 2010 . Jump up ^ `` The 21st Century 's 100 greatest films '' . BBC . 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Jump up ^ `` Clip of the Week : RATATOING -- BRAZIL RIPOFF OF RATATOUILLE '' , If Archived January 23 , 2008 , at the Wayback Machine . Jump up ^ `` Vídeo Brinquedo faz sucesso com desenhos como `` Os Carrinhos '' e `` Ratatoing '' `` . Folha de S. Paulo ( in Portuguese ) . Ministry of Culture ( Brazil ) . Archived from the original on April 29 , 2008 . These descriptions bring to mind Cars and Ratatouille , the latest two feature films by North American giant Pixar , a part of Disney Jump up ^ Narcisse , Evan ( December 8 , 2011 ) . `` Pixar Teams Up With Microsoft For Kinect Rush '' . Kotaku . Retrieved December 9 , 2011 . Jump up ^ `` Ratatouille : The Adventure -- L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Remy '' . DLP Today . Retrieved October 9 , 2014 . Jump up ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/business/media/disney-epcot-theme-parks.html External links ( Edit ) Wikiquote has quotations related to : Ratatouille Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ratatouille ( film ) . 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Joseph N. Welch - wikipedia Joseph N. Welch Jump to : navigation , search Joseph N. Welch Welch in 1960 Joseph Nye Welch ( 1890 - 10 - 22 ) October 22 , 1890 Primghar , Iowa , US October 6 , 1960 ( 1960 - 10 - 06 ) ( aged 69 ) Cape Cod Hospital , Hyannis , Massachusetts , US Education Grinnell College ( 1914 ) Harvard Law School ( 1917 ) Occupation Lawyer Known for Army -- McCarthy hearings Spouse ( s ) Judith Lyndon ( c. 1890 -- 1956 ) Agnes Rodgers Brown Joseph Nye Welch ( October 22 , 1890 -- October 6 , 1960 ) was an American lawyer who served as the chief counsel for the United States Army while it was under investigation for Communist activities by Senator Joseph McCarthy 's Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations , an investigation known as the Army -- McCarthy hearings . His confrontation with McCarthy during the hearings , in which he famously asked McCarthy `` At long last , have you left no sense of decency ? '' is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism . Contents ( hide ) 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Army -- McCarthy hearings 2.2 Acting 3 Personal life 4 Later references 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External links Early life ( edit ) Welch was born in Primghar , Iowa , on October 22 , 1890 , the seventh and youngest child of English immigrants Martha ( Thyer ) and William Welch . He attended Grinnell College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1914 , then attended Harvard Law School and graduated in 1917 , magna cum laude , with the second highest grade point average in his graduating class . Welch married Judith Lyndon on September 20 , 1917 . They had two sons , Joe and Lyndon . He enlisted in the United States Army for World War I. After joining as a private in August 1918 , he applied for a commission . Welch was attending officer training school at Camp Zachary Taylor , Kentucky when the Armistice took place . His services no longer required , Welch was discharged from the Army on November 27 , 1918 . Career ( edit ) Beginning in 1923 , Welch was a partner at Hale and Dorr , a Boston law firm , and lived in nearby Walpole , Massachusetts . Army -- McCarthy hearings ( edit ) On June 9 , 1954 , the 30th day of the Army -- McCarthy hearings , Welch challenged Roy Cohn to provide U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. with McCarthy 's list of 130 Communists or subversives in defense plants `` before sundown '' . McCarthy stepped in and said that if Welch was so concerned about persons aiding the Communist Party , he should check on a man in his Boston law office named Fred Fisher , who had once belonged to the National Lawyers Guild , which Brownell had called `` the legal mouthpiece of the Communist Party '' . Welch had privately discussed the matter with Fisher beforehand and the two agreed Fisher should not participate in the hearings . Welch dismissed Fisher 's association with the NLG as a youthful indiscretion and attacked McCarthy for naming the young man before a nationwide television audience without prior warning or previous agreement to do so : Welch ( left ) being questioned by Senator Joe McCarthy ( right ) at the Army -- McCarthy hearings , June 9 , 1954 . Until this moment , Senator , I think I have never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness . Fred Fisher is a young man who went to the Harvard Law School and came into my firm and is starting what looks to be a brilliant career with us ... Little did I dream you could be so reckless and so cruel as to do an injury to that lad . It is true he is still with Hale and Dorr . It is true that he will continue to be with Hale and Dorr . It is , I regret to say , equally true that I fear he shall always bear a scar needlessly inflicted by you . If it were in my power to forgive you for your reckless cruelty I would do so . I like to think I am a gentleman , but your forgiveness will have to come from someone other than me . When McCarthy tried to renew his attack , Welch interrupted him : Senator , may we not drop this ? We know he belonged to the Lawyers Guild ... Let us not assassinate this lad further , Senator . You 've done enough . Have you no sense of decency , sir ? At long last , have you left no sense of decency ? McCarthy tried to ask Welch another question about Fisher , and Welch interrupted : Mr. McCarthy , I will not discuss this further with you . You have sat within six feet of me and could have asked me about Fred Fisher . You have seen fit to bring it out . And if there is a God in Heaven it will do neither you nor your cause any good . I will not discuss it further . I will not ask Mr. Cohn any more witnesses . You , Mr. Chairman , may , if you will , call the next witness . At this , those watching the proceedings broke into applause . Acting ( edit ) Welch played a Michigan judge in Otto Preminger 's Anatomy of a Murder ( 1959 ) . He said he took the role because `` it looked like that was the only way I 'd ever get to be a judge . '' Welch actually took the part on the condition that his wife , Agnes , would be in the film . She was cast as a juror . He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Motion Picture and a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer for the role . He also narrated the television shows Omnibus and Dow Hour of Great Mysteries . Personal life ( edit ) His first wife , Judith Lyndon , died on December 21 , 1956 , and he married Agnes Rodgers Brown in 1957 . After remarrying , he moved to Harwichport , Massachusetts , on Cape Cod , where he lived until his death . He suffered a heart attack and died on October 6 , 1960 , at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis , Massachusetts , fifteen months after the release of Anatomy of a Murder . Later references ( edit ) The documentary film Point of Order ! ( 1964 ) includes excerpts from the Army -- McCarthy hearings . In the 1977 NBC biopic Tail Gunner Joe , Welch was played by Burgess Meredith . The rock band R.E.M. sampled some of the audio from the Army - McCarthy hearings for their song `` Exhuming McCarthy '' , on their album Document ( 1987 ) . In the 1992 HBO film Citizen Cohn , Welch was played by Ed Flanders . The 2005 film Good Night , and Good Luck , which dramatized the work of television journalists Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly at CBS , uses footage of the Army -- McCarthy hearings , including Welch 's challenge to McCarthy . In a 2017 Op - Ed for the Washington Post , in which he announced his intention not to seek re-election , Senator Jeff Flake ( R - Arizona ) quoted Welch 's remarks when criticizing the actions of President Trump and the state of the Republican Party . 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The Skye Boat song - wikipedia The Skye Boat song Jump to : navigation , search The Skye Boat Song An adaptation for bagpipes played by the Clan Stewart Pipe Band Problems playing this file ? See media help . `` The Skye Boat Song '' is a modern Scottish song which has entered into the folk canon in recent times . It can be played as a waltz , recalling the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ( Bonnie Prince Charlie ) from Uist to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 . Contents ( hide ) 1 Content 2 Origin 3 Recording history and covers 4 Lyrics 4.1 Original lyrics 4.2 Stevenson 's poem 4.3 Other versions 5 References 6 External links Content ( edit ) The text of the song gives an account of how Bonnie Prince Charlie , disguised as a serving maid , escaped in a small boat after the defeat of his Jacobite rising of 1745 , with the aid of Flora MacDonald . The song draws on the motifs of Jacobitism although it was composed nearly a century and a half over the episode it describes . Origin ( edit ) The lyrics were written by Sir Harold Boulton , 2nd Baronet , to an air collected in the 1870s by Anne Campbelle MacLeod ( 1855 -- 1921 ) , who became Lady Wilson by marriage to Sir James Wilson , KSCI ( 1853 -- 1926 ) , in 1888 . The song was first published in Songs of the North by Boulton and MacLeod , London , 1884 , a book that went into at least fourteen editions . In later editions MacLeod 's name was dropped and the ascription `` Old Highland rowing measure arranged by Malcolm Lawson '' was substituted . It was quickly taken up by other compilers , such as Laura Alexandrine Smith 's Music of the Waters ( published 1888 ) . Lawson was the elder brother of artist Cecil Gordon Lawson . According to Andrew Kuntz , a collector of folk music lore , MacLeod was on a trip to the isle of Skye and was being rowed over Loch Coruisk ( Coire Uisg , the `` Cauldron of Waters '' ) when the rowers broke into a Gaelic rowing song Cuachag nan Craobh ( `` The Cuckoo in the Grove '' ) . MacLeod set down what she remembered of the air , with the intention of using it later in a book she was to co-author with Boulton , who later added the section with the Jacobite associations . `` As a piece of modern romantic literature with traditional links it succeeded perhaps too well , for soon people began `` remembering '' they had learned the song in their childhood , and that the words were ' old Gaelic lines ' , '' Andrew Kuntz has observed . The song was not in any older books of Scottish songs , though it is in most miscellanies like The Fireside Book of Folk Songs . It is often sung as a lullaby , in a slow rocking 6 / 8 time . Recording history and covers ( edit ) It was extremely popular in its day , and from its first recording by Tom Bryce on April 29 , 1899 , became a standard among Scottish folk and dance musicians . It was even more widely known from the 1960s onwards and has remained popular in mainstream music genres . It was performed to great acclaim and recorded by artist and social activist Paul Robeson in 1959 and 1960 . Tom Jones recorded a version , which was arranged by Lee Lawson and Harold Boulton , on his debut album Along Came Jones in 1965 . The same album , released in the U.S. as `` It 's Not Unusual '' ( and carrying only 12 of the original 16 tracks ) , did not give attribution for the arrangement but did characterize the song as `` Trad. -- 2 : 57 . '' Fans of Rangers FC in Glasgow used to sing a version of the song in praise of Danish player Kai Johansen ( played 1965 -- 70 ) . Among later renditions which became well known were Peter Nelson and The Castaways from New Zealand , who released a version in 1966 , as did West Australian artist Glen Ingram . Both versions were in the Australian hit parade in 1966 . Esther & Abi Ofarim recorded the song in 1966 under the title `` Bonnie Boat '' . Calum Kennedy included a version on Songs of Scotland and Ireland ( Beltona 1971 ) . Rod Stewart recorded two versions of the song with The Atlantic Crossing Drum & Pipe Band during the sessions for Atlantic Crossing , between 1974 and 1975 . They were given an official release on the deluxe re-release of the album in 2009 . This song can be heard at the beginning of `` Who Stole the Bagpipes , '' the second episode in season one of the early 1980s British cartoon Dangermouse . Roger Whittaker 's duet version with Des O'Connor , released in 1986 , combined O'Connor's vocals with Whittaker 's whistling version , a part of his repertoire since at least the mid-1970s . The track was recorded at London 's Holland Park Lansdowne Studios ( fr ) ( now a high - end residential underground property ) with session drummer Peter Boita along with all the high - profile studio session players of the day . The cellist Julian Lloyd Webber recorded an instrumental version of the song in 1986 on the album Encore ! / Travels With My Cello Volume 2 . The Shadows played an instrumental version of the song on their 1987 album Simply Shadows . Singer Tori Amos covered the song as part of a song trilogy entitled `` Etienne Trilogy '' on her debut album Y Kant Tori Read ( 1988 ) . Scottish singer , Barbara Dickson , recorded this song in 2006 . James Galway and The Chieftains recorded an instrumental version ( which was used as background music for a Johnnie Walker commercial ) in February 1990 at Studios 301 , Sydney , Australia , released on the album Over the Sea to Skye - The Celtic Connection . There is also a version on The Corries `` In Concert / Scottish Love Songs '' album ( Track 19 ) . Stellan Skarsgård 's character plays this song on the cello in the 1992 film Wind . Canadian Punk band , The Real McKenzies covered this song on their 1995 debut album The Real McKenzies . Sir Michael Tippett originally included `` Over the Sea to Skye '' in his arrangements of Four Songs from the British Isles for unaccompanied four - part chorus in 1957 , in response to a commission from North West German Radio , Bremen , for a festival of European folk song . But the amateur choir for which they were intended found the songs too difficult , and the first performance took place only in July 1958 , given by the London Bach Group , conducted by John Minchinton , at Royaumont in France . The recently published volume of Tippett 's Selected Letters , edited by Thomas Schuttenhelm , includes a progress report on the Four Songs to the composer 's German publisher , dated 28 July 1957 , in which he says that he proposes to replace `` Over the Sea to Skye '' because it is `` too strictly held by a publisher here '' . It was only rediscovered after Tippett 's death in the offices of his London publishers Schott 's ; it was published at the end of 2002 , and first performed the following July in Dublin . Marc Gunn recorded this song for the 2013 album Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion . Bear McCreary adapted the song as the opening titles of the 2014 TV series Outlander , sung by Raya Yarbrough , changing the text of Robert Louis Stevenson 's poem Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone ( 1892 ) to fit the story . Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor on the British science - fiction television series Doctor Who played the song repeatedly on his recorder in Episode 6 , Scene 10 of `` The Web of Fear '' ( broadcast 9 March 1968 ) . It can also be heard playing background instrumental in several episodes of the American serial killer television series Dexter . Lyrics ( edit ) Original lyrics ( edit ) Wikisource has original text related to this article : The Skye Boat Song lyrics ( Chorus : ) Speed , bonnie boat , like a bird on the wing , Onward ! the sailors cry ; Carry the lad that 's born to be King Over the sea to Skye . Loud the winds howl , loud the waves roar , Thunderclaps rend the air ; Baffled , our foes stand by the shore , Follow they will not dare . ( Chorus ) Though the waves leap , soft shall ye sleep , Ocean 's a royal bed . Rocked in the deep , Flora will keep Watch by your weary head . ( Chorus ) Many 's the lad fought on that day , Well the claymore could wield , When the night came , silently lay Dead on Culloden 's field . ( Chorus ) Burned are their homes , exile and death Scatter the loyal men ; Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath Charlie will come again . Stevenson 's poem ( edit ) Robert Louis Stevenson 's 1892 poem , which has been sung to the tune , has the following text : ( Chorus : ) Sing me a song of a lad that is gone , Say , could that lad be I ? Merry of soul he sailed on a day Over the sea to Skye . Mull was astern , Rùm on the port , Eigg on the starboard bow ; Glory of youth glowed in his soul ; Where is that glory now ? ( Chorus ) Give me again all that was there , Give me the sun that shone ! Give me the eyes , give me the soul , Give me the lad that 's gone ! ( Chorus ) Billow and breeze , islands and seas , Mountains of rain and sun , All that was good , all that was fair , All that was me is gone . Other versions ( edit ) There has also been a hymn adaptation of the tune , known as `` Spirit of God Unseen as the Wind '' ; some of the lyrics vary . `` The Skye Boat Song '' has been parodied in song by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders on their comedy series French and Saunders . A modified version of `` The Skye Boat Song '' is used as the theme music for the TV Series Outlander sung by Raya Yarbrough and arranged by Bear McCreary . Notably , the word `` lad '' used in the version by Robert Louis Stevenson is replaced by `` lass '' to reflect the story . References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : `` 10 facts about Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites '' . History Extra . Immediate Media Company . May 12 , 2016 . Retrieved July 17 , 2016 . Jump up ^ Andrew Kuntz . The Fiddler 's Companion : A Descriptive Index of North American and British Isles Music for the Folk Violin and Other Instruments . Jump up ^ `` The Skye Boat Song by Paul Robeson '' . Second Hand songs . Retrieved 11 February 2016 . Jump up ^ McColl , Norton . `` Discography '' . Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration . University of Chicago . Retrieved 11 February 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Tom Jones -- It 's Not Unusual '' . Discogs . Retrieved 20 June 2015 . Jump up ^ http://www.esther-ofarim.de/Disco.htm Jump up ^ Conrad , Erin ( July 2014 ) . `` Outlander : Opening Title Sequence -- Wait , Is That It ? '' . ThreeIfBySpace.net . Retrieved September 1 , 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Comic Con 2014 Highlights '' . BearMcCreary.com . July 29 , 2014 . Retrieved September 1 , 2014 . Jump up ^ Haisman , Mervyn . `` The Web of Fear '' . Doctor Who . Retrieved 2 June 2016 . Jump up ^ Smit , William . `` Second Doctor plays recorder ( Skye Boat Song ) '' . YouTube . Retrieved 2 June 2016 . 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