Directed
by
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Produced
by
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Kevin
Reher
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Screenplay
by
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Kiel Murray
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Story
by
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Brian Fee
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Jonathan E. Stewart
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Starring
|
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Music
by
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Cinematography
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Jeremy Lasky
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Kim White
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Edited
by
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Jason Hudak
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Production
company |
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Distributed
by
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Release
date
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June 16, 2017(United
States)
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Running
time
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109
minutes
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Country
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United
States
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Language
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English
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Budget
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$175
million
|
Box
office
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$362
million
|
Cars 3 is a 20
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American 3D computer-animated auto racing sports comedy adventure film produced by Pixar and released by Walt
Disney Pictures. Directed by Brian Fee, the screenplay was written by Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson and Mike Rich. The film is a sequel to Cars and a stand-alone sequel to Cars 2 and features the returning voices of Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Larry
the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Guido Quaroni, John Ratzenberger, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Katherine Helmond and Lloyd Sherr. New additions include Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper, Armie Hammer, Nathan Fillion, Kerry Washington and Lea DeLaria who voice new characters. In the film, Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of high tech race
cars that he is still the best race car in the world.
The film was
released on June 16, 2017, has grossed over $362 million worldwide and received
generally positive reviews, with many critics considering it an improvement
over its predecessor, as well as praising its emotional story and animation.
PLOT
Lightning
McQueen, now a seven-time Piston Cup racing legend, suddenly finds
himself overshadowed by Jackson
Storm, an arrogant rookie who belongs to a new generation of racers
that use the latest technology to improve their racing performance. This causes
Lightning's fellow veterans to either be retired or fired by their sponsors to
make way for the new rookies. Then, in the final race of the season, as he
tries to catch up to Storm and the other leaders, Lightning suffers a violent,
nearly fatal rollover crash, leaving him badly injured.
Four months later, while
recovering in Radiator
Springs, Lightning isolates himself from his friends and spends his
time watching footage of his late mentor, Doc
Hudson. Confronted by his girlfriend, Sally
Carrera, Lightning fears being forced into retirement as Doc was. Rusty
and Dusty, the owners of Lightning's Rust-eze racing team, send him to a new
state-of-the-art racing center, much to his surprise. When he arrives, he
learns that they have sold Rust-eze to new owner Sterling, who assigns him to
work with trainer Cruz Ramirez. Lightning eventually becomes impatient
and annoyed with Cruz's methods and attempts to use a high-tech racing
simulator, only to cause severe damage to the equipment.
Convinced that Lightning is no
longer capable of winning, Sterling is ready to take him off the racing circuit
and use him for product endorsements. Lightning offers a deal instead – if
Lightning wins the first race of the upcoming season in Florida, he
can decide when he retires; otherwise, he will retire immediately. Sterling
accepts the deal but assigns Cruz to work with him one-on-one. Instead of
improving his own top speed, Lightning spends most of the day helping Cruz get
used to racing on sandy coastline outside the training center. For inspiration,
they travel to a dirt track on which Doc raced, but inadvertently end up
competing in a demolition
derby, which Cruz ultimately wins. Angry at the apparent waste of
training time, Lightning vents his frustration at Cruz, who reveals that she
had wanted to race professionally just like Lightning, but never started a race
because she felt outclassed. She resigns as McQueen's trainer and starts back
to the training center.
Learning that Storm has set a
new lap record, Lightning calls his best friend, Mater, for
advice. Mater suggests that he track down Doc's mentor, Smokey. Lightning
catches up to Cruz and convinces her to come along, and the two travel to Doc's
hometown of Thomasville, Georgia, where they meet Smokey and several of Doc's
old friends. Smokey reveals that even though Doc never raced again after his
crash, he found a new happiness in training Lightning. Smokey and his friends
teach Lightning and Cruz how to drive smarter than Storm, with Cruz serving as
a sparring partner for Lightning. However,
during a final practice race, Cruz suddenly overtakes Lightning and he has
a flashback to his crash, shaking his confidence.
At the race in Florida,
Lightning is encouraged by Smokey and his friends and gradually pushes up
through the ranks. Still convinced Lightning cannot win, Sterling spots Cruz in
the pits and orders her to return to the racing center to begin prepping
another racer for the following week’s event, despite her wanting to stay and
watch the race. Lightning overhears the exchange and remembers that Cruz had
wanted to race because of him. He decides that Cruz is the answer to beating
Storm. Entering the pits, Lightning has his pit crew outfit Cruz for racing,
complete with his racing number, giving her the chance to finally race. Cruz
uses Lightning’s coaching and Smokey’s advice to catch the leaders. Feeling
threatened, Storm tries to intimidate Cruz, even pinning her to the wall during
the final lap of the race. Instead, Cruz uses the wall to vault over Storm and
take first place. She and Lightning are both credited with the victory since
they both raced with the winning number. Cruz quits her job with Sterling and
accepts an offer from Tex
Dinoco for his Dinoco racing team.
Later, at an exhibition race in
Radiator Springs, Lightning and Cruz reveal they have adopted Doc's old racing
colors and number, respectively, to honor his memory. Tex Dinoco informs the
group that he has bought Rust-eze from Sterling, and Lightning decides to
continue racing and train Cruz as well.
In the post-credits scene, Mater is in his Junkyard, and
when his phone rings, he accidentally knocks over his reception antenna and his
phone goes dead, much to his dismay.
SUMBER : WIKIPEDIA
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_3)
