Synopsis
Short featurette about the inspiration behind Pixar's "Cars".
Movie Information
- Director
- Rick Butler
- Release Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 17 minutes
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (4 votes)
Top Cast
John Lasseter
Self - Director
Michael Wallis
Self - Author, speaker
Joe Ranft
Self - Co-director
Ángel Delgadillo
Self - Barber, Seligman, AZ
Paul James Lasseter
Self - John's dad
Jerry Nadeau
Self - Racecar driver
Steve Page
Self - President, Gen. Mgr., Infineon Raceway, CA
Artie Kempner
Self - Fox Sports director
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