Cars (2006)
Directed by John Lasseter · Cinematography by Jeremy Lasky, Jean-Claude Kalache
G116 min18 frames
AnimationAdventureComedyFamily
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Cars — official trailer
What is Cars about?
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.
Cars is a 2006 American animated sports comedy film directed by John Lasseter, who co-wrote it with Joe Ranft, Dan Fogelman, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin and Jorgen Klubien. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Paul Newman and Owen Wilson, with an ensemble voice cast consisting of Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, John Ratzenberger, and Richard Petty.
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Where can you watch Cars?
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What does the cinematography of Cars look like?
Across 18 sampled frames, Cars builds its coverage from wide compositions, with establishing shots carrying much of the rest. High angles recur throughout. Cinematographer Jeremy Lasky keeps much of it in high-key light. Most of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in most of the frames.
What is the color palette of Cars?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Cars (2006) are #ff00ff, #00ffff, #ff0000, #f8f7f7, #efd054, #d12e2c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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