Bolt
Bolt
is a 2008 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt
Disney Animation Studios, and is its 48th animated feature. It is the
first film directed by Chris Williams (who previously worked on Mulan
and The Emperor's New Groove) and Byron Howard (who previously
worked on Lilo
& Stitch and Brother
Bear). The film stars the voices of John Travolta, Miley
Cyrus, Malcolm McDowell, Claire Holt, Diedrich Bader, Nick Swardson,
Greg Germann, Susie Essman and Mark Walton.
The film's plot centers on a small white dog named Bolt who, having
spent his entire life on the set of a television series, thinks that he
has super powers. When he believes that his human, Penny, has been
kidnapped, he sets out on a cross-country journey to "rescue" her.
Bolt escapes from his on-set trailer mistakenly believing Penny has
been kidnapped by the television villain. He attempts to break through a
window, knocking himself unconscious as he falls into a box of
styrofoam peanuts. With no one aware Bolt is in the box, it is shipped
from Hollywood to New York City. In New York, he meets Mittens, a
female alley cat who bullies pigeons out of their food. Bolt, convinced
this is another adventure, forces Mittens to help him get back to
Hollywood, and the two start their journey westward on a truck after
Bolt knocks Mittens unconscious. Meanwhile, in Hollywood, Penny is
deeply saddened over Bolt's disappearance but is forced by the studio to
continue filming with a Bolt lookalike. As their adventure a proceeds,
Bolt starts to notice that his superpowers aren't working, and
rationalizes this is the effect that styrofoam has on his body.
Penny and her mother subsequently quit the show when their agent
attempts to exploit the incident for publicity purposes. Penny herself
adopts Mittens and Rhino, and moves to a rural home to enjoy a simpler,
happy lifestyle with Bolt and her new pets. The show continues, but
with a replacement "Bolt"
and "Penny"- "Penny's" new appearance being explained in the show
as being serious injuries necessitating her undergoing facial
reconstruction surgery-, and adopting an alien abduction storyline (one
that even Rhino finds unrealistic, and Bolt finds "ridiculous").
