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                    is a 2006 American animated feature film produced by Pixar and directed by both John Lasseter and Joe Ranft. It is the seventh Disney/Pixar feature film, and the final film by Pixar before it was bought by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features voices by Owen Wilson, Paul Newman (in his final non-documentary feature), Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, Tony Shalhoub, John Ratzenberger, George Carlin, Daniel Lawrence Whitney and Michael Keaton as well as voice cameos by several celebrities including Jeremy Piven, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Bob Costas, Darrell Waltrip, Jay Leno, Michael Schumacher, Tom & Ray Magliozzi from NPR's Car Talk and Mario Andretti.
                    Cars premiered on May 26, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, and was released on June 9, 2006, to generally favorable reviews. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. It was released on DVD in late 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc in late 2007. Related merchandise, including scale models of several of the cars, broke records for retail sales of merchandise based on a Disney/Pixar film, with an estimated $5 billion in sales.
                    A sequel, Cars 2, is in pre-production and set for release during the summer season in 2011.

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» Directed by:   John Lasseter
» Co-director:   Joe Ranft
» Produced by:   Darla K. Anderson
» Written & Story:   John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Jorgen Klubien, Brenda Chapman
» Screenplay:   Dan Fogelman, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, Jorgen Klubien
» Additional screenplay:   Robert L. Baird, Daniel Gerson, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Steve Purcell, Dan Scanlon
» Starring:   Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Daniel Lawrence Whitney, Tony Shalhoub, John Ratzenberger, George Carlin, Jenifer Lewis, Cheech Marin, Richard Petty, Michael Keaton
» Music by:   Randy Newman
» Cinematography:   Jeremy Lasky, Jean Claude Kalache
» Editing by:   Ken Schretzmann
» Studio:   Pixar Animation Studios
» Distributed by:   Walt Disney Pictures
» Release date(s):   June 9, 2006
» Running time:   116 minutes
» Country:   United States
» Language:   English
» Budget:   $120 million
» Gross revenue:   $461,983,149
» Followed by:   Cars 2