Bolt is a 2008 American computer animated comedy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 48th Disney animated feature film. Directed by Chris Williams and Byron Howard, the film stars the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Malcolm McDowell, Diedrich Bader, Nick Swardson, Greg Germann, Susie Essman and Mark Walton.
The film’s plot centers on a white dog named Bolt who, having spent his entire life on the set of a television series, thinks that he has super powers. When he believes that his human, Penny, has been kidnapped, he sets out on a cross-country journey to “rescue” her.
- Starring : John Travolta / Susie Essman
- Genre : Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Director : Byron Howard / Chris Williams
- Production : Walt Disney Animation Studios / Walt Disney Pictures
- Distributor : Audio Visual Enterprises / Buena Vista International / Falcon / Forum Cinemas / Forum Hungary / Saturn Enternainment / The Walt Disney Company / Walt Disney Company Nordic / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR) / BBC Three / Disney Blu-ray / Film1 / Gativideo / Nelonen / SBS6 / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Bolt movie
Bolt release date
- November 17, 2008 : USA (Hollywood, California) (premiere)
- November 21, 2008 : Canada
- November 21, 2008 : USA
- November 26, 2008 : Philippines
- December 4, 2008 : Israel
- December 4, 2008 : Singapore
- December 5, 2008 : Spain
- January 1, 2009 : Australia
- January 21, 2009 : France (L’Alpe d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival)
- January 22, 2009 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- January 22, 2009 : Germany
- February 4, 2009 : Switzerland (French speaking region)
- February 4, 2009 : France
- February 6, 2009 : UK
- February 6, 2009 : Ireland
- February 6, 2009 : Sweden
- August 1, 2009 : Japan
Bolt cast
- John Travolta as Bolt(voice)
- Miley Cyrus as Penny(voice)
- Susie Essman as Mittens(voice)
- Mark Walton as Rhino(voice)
- Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Calico(voice)
- James Lipton as The Director(voice)
- Greg Germann as The Agent(voice)
- Diedrich Bader as Veteran Cat(voice)
- Nick Swardson as Blake(voice)
- J.P. Manoux as Tom(voice)
- Dan Fogelman as Billy(voice)
- Kari Wahlgren as Mindy(voice)
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Young Penny(voice)(as Chloë Moretz)
- Randy Savage as Thug(voice)
- Ronn Moss as Dr. Forrester(voice)
Bolt was released in the United States on November 21, 2008. Despite a relatively marginal box-office performance, the film received a strong positive critical reception and is renowned for playing an important role in instigating what is widely referred to as the Disney Revival, as well as setting the studio in a new creative direction that would lead to other critically acclaimed features such as Tangled (2010) and Frozen (2013). Bolt was also Disney Animation’s first feature film to be produced under the complete creative guidance of then-Pixar executive John Lasseter in his role as chief creative officer for the studio, as well as the first computer-animated feature film to implement non-photorealistic rendering.
The film was nominated for a series of awards, such as the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
A White Shepherd puppy named Bolt is adopted by an eight-year-old girl named Penny. Five years later, Bolt and Penny star in a hit television series called Bolt, in which Bolt uses various superpowers to protect Penny from the villain. To gain a more realistic performance, the show’s producers have deceived Bolt his entire life, arranging the filming in such a way that Bolt believes everything in the show is real and that he really has superpowers, including a devastatingly powerful sonic scream-like “superbark”. After a cliffhanger episode causes Bolt to believe Penny has been kidnapped, he escapes from his on-set trailer in Hollywood but knocks himself unconscious and is trapped inside a box of foam peanuts which is shipped to New York City.
In New York, Bolt resumes his search for Penny and quickly finds that his “superpowers” are useless. He encounters Mittens, a feral cat who bullies pigeons out of their food. Bolt compels Mittens to guide him back to Penny — Mittens being convinced her captor is a lunatic — and the two start their journey westward by truck. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, Penny is distraught over Bolt’s disappearance but is convinced by the studio to continue filming with a less experienced lookalike dog.
Surprised at his first feelings of hunger, Bolt is shown by Mittens how to act like a cute but needy dog, obtaining food for them both at an RV park. They are joined by Rhino, a fearless hamster and fanatical Bolt fan. Rhino’s unwavering faith in Bolt substantiates the dog’s illusions about himself, but allows Mittens to figure out Bolt is from a television show. She tries to tell Bolt this, but Bolt simply becomes frustrated. Attempting to “superbark” her repeatedly, the noise draws the attention of an Animal Control patrol and Bolt and Mittens are both captured and taken to an animal shelter.
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