Mike’s New Car
Release Date: November 24, 2002 (Monster’s, Inc. DVD)
Running Time: 3 minutes 45 seconds
Cast
Billy Crystal & John Goodman
Credits
Music by: Randy Newman
Story By: Pete Docter, Jeff Pidgeon, Rob Gibbs & Roger Gould
Produced By: Gale Gortney
Directed by: Pete Docter
Tidbits
- Co-Director Roger Gould discusses the original idea for Mike’s New Car: “We talked about all different kinds of things, and then this idea from Pete Doctor came up, from these thumbnails he made seven years ago about this one guy who was struggling to start his brand new car. That really became the core of the idea.”
- Story Artist Jeff Pidgeon: “I really feel the short looks beautiful — the animation, the renderings, everything. Pictorially it is lovely, but I think the animation was really given a chance to shine and, because the film is so pantomime heavy. Because of that, overall, I think the animation really became the highlight.”
- Mike’s New Car was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
- Here’s a few story art panels by Jeff Pidgeon:
