The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy superhero film written and directed by Brad Bird and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was the sixth film produced by Pixar. The film's title is the name of a family of superheroes who are forced to hide their powers and live a quiet suburban life. Mr. Incredible's desire to help people draws the entire family into a battle with a villain and his killer robot.
Bird, who was Pixar's first outside director, developed the film as an extension of 1960s comic books and spy films from his boyhood and personal family life. He pitched the film to Pixar after the box office disappointment of his first feature, The Iron Giant (1999), and carried over much of its staff to develop The Incredibles. The animation team was tasked with animating an all-human cast, which required creating new technology to animate detailed human anatomy, clothing and realistic skin and hair. Michael Giacchino composed the film's orchestral score.
The film premiered on October 27, 2004, at the BFI London Film Festival and had its general release in the United States on November 5, 2004. The film performed well at the box office, grossing $631 million worldwide during its original theatrical run. The Incredibles was met with high critical acclaim, garnering high marks from professional critics, and provoking commentary on its themes. The film received the 2004 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, along with two Academy Awards. It became the first entirely animated film to win the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
A sequel, Incredibles 2, is scheduled for release on June 15, 2018.
Plot
"Supers" – humans with superpowers – are forced into civilian relocation programs after facing several lawsuits from peripheral damage caused by their crime fighting activities. Fifteen years after relocation, Bob and Helen Parr, formerly Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl respectively, and their children Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack live as a suburban family. Bob is dissatisfied with suburban life and his white-collar job and longs for the glory days. On some nights, Bob and his old friend Lucius Best, formerly Frozone, perform vigilante work. One day, Bob loses his temper when his supervisor refuses to let him stop a mugging, leading to Bob's dismissal from his job. Returning home, Bob finds a message from a mysterious woman named Mirage, who convinces him to become Mr. Incredible again and gives him a mission to destroy a savage robot called the Omnidroid on the remote island of Nomanisan, promising a substantial reward. Arriving on Nomanisan Island, Bob is able to find and defeat the Omnidroid by tricking it into ripping out its own power source.
Bob is rejuvenated by being able to use his powers freely, improving his attitude and relationship with his family, and he begins rigorous training while waiting for more work from Mirage. Discovering a tear in his suit, Bob visits superhero costume designer Edna Mode who decides to make him and his whole family suits, unbeknownst to Helen and their kids. Leaving for Nomanisan once again, Bob discovers that Mirage is working for Buddy Pine, a former fan rejected by Mr. Incredible and now identifying as super-villain Syndrome. Syndrome intends to perfect the Omnidroid and defeat it in public while manipulating its controls to become a hero himself, and then sell his inventions so everyone will become equally "super", making the term meaningless. Bob sneaks in and finds Syndrome's computer. From it, Bob discovers Syndrome killed countless retired superheroes with previous Omnidroid prototypes to improve its design. Meanwhile, Helen visits Edna, finds out what Bob has been up to, and activates a homing beacon to find him, inadvertently causing Bob to be discovered and captured.
Helen borrows a private plane to head for Nomanisan, but finds Violet and Dash have stowed away wearing their own suits, leaving Jack-Jack in the care of a babysitter. Syndrome picks up Helen's radio transmissions and shoots down the plane, but Helen and the kids survive and make it to the island, though Bob thinks they are dead. Helen proceeds to the base to find Bob, discovering Syndrome's intentions to send the Omnidroid to Metroville in a rocket. Distraught by Syndrome's true plans, Mirage releases Bob and informs him that his family is alive. Helen appears and races off with Bob to find their children. Dash and Violet use their powers to counter a number of Syndrome's guards in Nomanisan's tropical jungle before meeting up with their parents. The family is captured by Syndrome, who heads off to initiate his plan.
With Mirage's help, the Parrs escape, and use a security RV and a rocket booster to pursue Syndrome. In Metroville, the Omnidroid proves to be too intelligent, and knocks the remote that controls it out of Syndrome's grasp, knocking him unconscious and rampaging through the city. The Parrs and Lucius team up to fight the robot, until Bob uses Syndrome's remote control and one of the Omnidroid's detached pincers to make it tear its power source out, destroying it. Returning home, the Parrs find Syndrome has Jack-Jack and intends on raising him as his own sidekick to seek revenge on the family. As Syndrome tries to escape to his jet, Jack-Jack's own shapeshifting superpowers start to manifest and distract Syndrome. Helen rescues Jack-Jack, and Bob kills Syndrome by throwing his own car at the jet, causing him to be sucked into the jet's turbine.
Three months later, the Parrs have readjusted to normal life, but the city is attacked by a villain called the Underminer. The family dons their superhero outfits, preparing to face the new threat.
Voice cast
- Craig T. Nelson as Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible
- Holly Hunter as Helen Parr / Elastigirl
- Samuel L. Jackson as Lucius Best / Frozone
- Jason Lee as Buddy Pine / Syndrome
- Dominique Louis as Bomb Voyage
- Teddy Newton as Newsreel Narrator
- Eli Fucile and Maeve Andrews as Jack-Jack Parr
- Wallace Shawn as Gilbert Huph
- Spencer Fox as Dashiell Parr (Dash)
- Lou Romano as Bernie Kropp
- Wayne Canney as Principal
- Sarah Vowell as Violet Parr
- Michael Bird as Tony Rydinger
- Elizabeth Peña as Mirage
- Bud Luckey as Rick Dicker
- Brad Bird as Edna Mode (E)
- Bret 'Brook' Parker as Kari
- Kimberly Adair Clark as Honey
- John Ratzenberger as Underminer
Additional Voices
- Mark Andrews
- Nicholas Bird
- Louis Martin Braga III
- Mary Elizabeth Clark
- Pete Docter
- Louis Gonzales
- Elizabeth Greenberg
- Juliet Greenberg
- Billy Guardino
- Dennis 'D.J.'Jennings
- Olie Johnston
- Brad Lewis
- Ted Mathot
- Jannie Mahannah
- Randy Nelson
- Bob Peterson
- Jeff Pidgeon
- Juliet Pokorny
- Joe Ranft
- Lori Richardson
- A.J. Riebli III
- Katherine Ringgold
- Stephen Schaffer
- Bob Scott
- Peter Sohn
- Andrew Stanton
- Frank Thomas (animator)
- Pamela Gaye Walker
- Patrick Walker
- Deidre Warin
- Mona Marshall
- Phil Proctor
- Rodger Bumpass
- Bill Farmer
- Mickie McGowan
- Sherry Lynn
- Danny Mann
- Pat Fraley
- Laraine Newman
- Teresa Ganzel
- Jess Harnell
- Susan Blu
- Bob Bergen
- Kevin Michael Richardson
- Jack Angel
- Steve Alterman
- Jeannie Elias
- Brianne Siddall
- Hope Levy
- Tony Pope
- Ken Perkins
- Michael Gough
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Pat Lentz
- Kate Harbour
- Alan Marriott
- Rupert Degas
- John Lasseter
- Drew Massey
- Alice Dinnean
- Tyler Bunch
- Milind D. Shinde
- Virendra Chauhan
Gallery
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The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984) · Luxo Jr. (1986) · Red's Dream (1987 · Tin Toy (1988) · Knick Knack (1989) · Geri's Game (1997) · For the Birds (2001) · Mike's New Car (2002) · Boundin' (2003) · Jack-Jack Attack (2005) · Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005) · One Man Band (2005) · Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) · Lifted (2006) · Your Friend the Rat (2007) · Presto (2008) · BURN-E (2008) · Partly Cloudy (2009) · Dug's Special Mission (2009) · George and A.J. (2009) · Day & Night (2011) · La Luna (2011) · Hawaiian Vacation (2011) · Small Fry (2011) · Partysaurus Rex (2012) · The Legend of Mor'du (2012) · The Blue Umbrella (2013) · Party Central (2013) · Lava (2014) · Sanjay's Super Team (2015) · Riley's First Date? (2015) · Piper (2016) · Lou (2017) · Bao (2018)
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