Sulleys main rival as a scarer is the chameleon like Randall Boggs who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin to match his surroundings. As the two train and head off to work, their discussion reveals that the city is suffering a scream shortage because children have become desensitized to fear by an over exposure to television. After they arrive at the Monsters, Inc. In order to allow Mike to take out his girlfriend, Sulley agrees to stay at work late and turn in his paperwork. He finds a lone door on the work floor after hours, a violation of policy. An investigation leads to a small human girl coming through into the monster world. Sulley is frightened, as it is believed all human children are toxic to monsters. After three attempts to put her back, he attempts to take the girl to Mike, who is enjoying a romantic dinner with his girlfriend at Harryhausens. The girl escapes and is seen, causing mass panic and alerting the Child Detection Agency CDA. The two grab her and barely make it home. The girl stays overnight and is soon named Boo for her habit of saying Boo all the time. The two come to know she is not dangerous as once thought, but they still plan to return her the next day. She is disguised as a monster and they sneak her inside Monsters, Inc. Mike wants to toss her in any old door, but Sulley wants to return her to her home. A mistake gets Mike kidnapped by Randall, who had intended to take Boo. Randall has created a machine to extract screams straight from kidnapped kids. Sulley and Mike tell everything to Waternoose. However, it turns out that Waternoose is in on Randalls scheme. Because of the decline in productivity, he fears for the companys future, and sees Randalls machine as the only way of ensuring Monsters Incs survival. Waternoose betrays them, banishing the two to the Himalayas. The two stay with the Yeti until Sulley learns of a village down below. After an argument with Mike, he sneaks back to the monster world that way. Mike soon follows. They confront Randall and attempt to rescue Boo. In the end Mike and Sulley send Randall to a motor home in a Louisiana swamp which was also seen in A Bugs Life, where he is beaten senseless with a shovel by the family living inside who mistake him for an alligator. Mike and Sulley destroy the door Randall went through, thus trapping him. Mike and Sulley trick Waternoose into exposing himself to the CDA, whose true leader is Roz, the scare floor secretary. Boo is sent home and her door is put through a grinder. Sulley comes to realize that laughter is more powerful than screams and the company is redefined. Sulley becomes the new Chairman and CEO, and the monsters now enter the doors to entertain the kids as comedians, resulting in ample energy for the monster world. In secret, Mike also has Boos door reassembled. Sulley takes one more peek inside and Boo is heard but not seen, while Sulley has a surprised and happy smile on his face. Voice Cast. Production. The idea for Monsters, Inc. At this lunch was John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft. One of the ideas that came out of the brainstorming session was a movie about monsters. Docter started working on the script in 1. Harley Jessup, Jill Culton and Jeff Pidgeon completed a draft treatment in February, 1. The initial story did not have the character of Mike Wazowski. He wasnt added until a story review meeting between Pixar and Disney in April of 1. The movie went into production in 2. Particularly challenging in the production process was the rendering and animation of Sulleys hair. Each of the more than 2 million hairs on his body was required to move independently, collect snow particulates, react to wind, bounce around when he moved, and cast shadows on the other hairs. Obviously, this would be impossible for animators to do efficiently by hand, so Pixar set up a new simulation department that would develop computer programs to automatically mimic real world physics in animation. It took a long time to make these tools reliable, and for the longest time any degree of realism in Sulleys hair was not possible. They are still far from easy to use. One exceptionally bad early test an animation of Sulley clumsily trying to navigating an obstacle course resulted in the hairs stretching, going through objects, sticking to the floor, and glitching out. These tools were eventually brought to the point of being workable if imperfect, and were adapted to work on Boos clothing. Pixar continues to add capabilities to these tools to the present day. The Himalayan scenes were also particularly tricky. The Abominable Snowmans cave didnt have a clearly defined ceiling, floor, and set of walls, so the lighting team had considerable difficulty getting the shadows in this scene to look right. Sulleys sled ride and subsequent wipeout were probably the most difficult scenes in the entire movie, requiring the hair simulators to be finished and perfected before the snow particles could be brought into the mix. The release of Monsters, Inc. Lori Madrid against Pixar, Disney and Chronicle Books. The suit alleged the defendants had stolen her story Theres a Boy in My Closet, which she had mailed out in October 1. Chronicle Books. The plaintiffs had requested a temporary injunction against the release of the film. Judge Clarence Brimmer, Jr. November 1, 2. 00. He judged against the injunction, and the entire suit was thrown out on June, 2. Reception. The film was given a 9. Rotten Tomatoes review site, saying its not as sophisticated as the Toy Story series but a fun film for children of all ages. Awards. See also Monsters, Inc. Awards. Monsters, Inc. Academy Award for Best Song Randy Newman for If I Didnt Have You. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing and Best Music, Original Score. Monsters, Inc. and Shrek are the first pair of CG animated movies to win Academy Awards in the same year Monsters, Inc. Best Song of 2. 00. Shrek for Best Animated Feature of 2. Attached short films. For the Birds. The theatrical and videoDVD release of the film included For the Birds, a Pixar short made in 2. Mikes New Car. The videoDVD release also includes Mikes New Car, a short starring Mike and Sulley. Partysaurus Rex. Partysaurus Rex was included on the Blu Ray re release of Monsters, Inc. Prequel. Pixar confirmed a prequel to the film, which was released on June 2. D Re release Details. The conversion to 3. D made sense to producers and developers especially considering the extensive scenes in the movie involving unending moving doors. Joshua Hollander and Bob Whitehill, along with a team of 1.