Bolt (2008 movie)

Bolt
Directed by	Chris Williams Byron Howard
Produced by	Clark Spencer John Lasseter
Screenplay by	Dan Fogelman Chris Williams
Starring	John Travolta Miley Cyrus Susie Essman
Music by	John Powell
Edited by	Tim Mertens
Production companies	Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$150 million
Box office	$309,979,994

Bolt is a 2008 American computer-animated action-adventure comedy-drama movie, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 48th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The movie is about a small white pet dog who lives on the set of a television series and thinks that he has super powers. When he believes that his human owner, Penny has been kidnapped, he goes on a cross-country journey to "rescue" her. Bolt is aided by a cynical cat named "Mittens" (who was abandoned by her human owner) and "Rhino" a hampster. Bolt finds Penny and actually rescues her from a accidental TV Studio fire; Penny; Bolt {who have quit show business] , Mittens and Rhino live with Penny's Mother in the country. As for the TV show it continues with a different "Penny" {explained as Plastic Surgery following a life threatening accident) being rescuded by a new "Bolt" from the Evil Dr Calico; as Penny and Bolt escape outside a hospital window they are both abducted by flying saucers Aliens! This cliffhanger ending is so ridiculious that even Bolt fanatic "Rhino" refuses to beleive it!

Release Dates

Country	Premiere
Canada	November 21, 2008
United States	November 21, 2008
Philippines	November 26, 2008
Russia	November 26, 2008
Kazakhstan	November 27, 2008
Italy	November 28, 2008
Poland	November 28, 2008
Indonesia	December 3, 2008
Israel	December 4, 2008
Singapore	December 4, 2008
Spain	December 5, 2008
Venezuela	December 5, 2008
Portugal	December 11, 2008
Egypt	December 17, 2008
Ukraine	December 18, 2008
Bulgaria	December 19, 2008
Mexico	December 19, 2008
Taiwan	December 19, 2008
Chile	December 25, 2008
Peru	December 25, 2008
Iceland	December 26, 2008
Turkey	December 26, 2008
China	December 28, 2008
South Korea	December 31, 2008
Australia	January 1, 2009
Brazil	January 1, 2009
Argentina	January 15, 2009
Croatia	January 15, 2009
Austria	January 22, 2009
Switzerland	January 22, 2009 (German speaking region)
Germany	January 22, 2009
Hong Kong	January 22, 2009
Estonia	January 23, 2009
Hungary	January 29, 2009
Switzerland	February 4, 2009 (French speaking region)
France	February 4, 2009
Greece	February 5, 2009
Denmark	February 6, 2009
United Kingdom	February 6, 2009
Ireland	February 6, 2009
Norway	February 6, 2009
Sweden	February 6, 2009
Belgium	February 11, 2009
Netherlands	February 11, 2009
Finland	February 13, 2009
Latvia	February 13, 2009
Czech Republic	February 19, 2009
Slovakia	February 19, 2009
Lithuania	February 27, 2009
Thailand	March 5, 2009
Japan	August 1, 2009

Cast

• John Travolta as Bolt
• Miley Cyrus as Penny
  • Chloë Moretz as Young Penny
• Susie Essman as Mittens
• Mark Walton as Rhino
• Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Calico
• James Lipton as The Director
• Greg Germann as The Agent
• Diedrich Bader as Veteran Cat
• Nick Swardson as Blake
• J.P. Manoux as Tom

Awards

Bolt was nominated for the following awards:

• 2008 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature – lost to WALL-E
• 2008 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – lost to Kung Fu Panda
• 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature – lost to WALL-E
• 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film – lost to WALL-E
• 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film – lost to WALL-E
• 2008 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film – lost to WALL-E
• 2008 Produce Guild of America's Best Animated Motion Picture – lost to WALL-E
• 2008 Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature – lost to WALL-E
• 2009 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Animated Movie – lost to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa