Why It's So Special: Acerbic restaurant critic Ego is Ratatouille's most difficult role - a professional curmudgeon who must convincingly be won over by rat chef Remy's unlikely gastronomic prowess.
While Anton's epiphany, biting into the titular dish, he's transported back to his childhood, is a visual coup, what really sells his change of heart is the warming of O'Toole's hitherto scolding tones into mellifluous delight.
If O'Toole's enchanting recitation of the climactic column doesn't move you, chances are your ingredients have gone sour.
O'Toole speaks: “I was sent this script, and I thought, 'Ratatouille? A cartoon? Stop it!' I read it, but the dialogue is beautiful. It was a beautiful piece of writing.
We did two or three days - on the first day, there was a camera on me, on the microphone, and the next time around they'd adopted some of my mannerism and put them into the film. Beautiful. All I had to go on was the words.”
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Hadouken76
Jun 28th 2010, 15:10
John Ratzengberg as the Inbominable snowman makes me laugh everytime...yellow ice anyone?
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s1monb
Jul 3rd 2010, 13:31
One of the many things I love about Pixar is their avoidance of stunt casting, in order to get the best person for the role. Albert Brooks; Ellen DeGeneres; Ed Asner; Craig T Nelson; Patton Oswalt; Dave Foley; None of these would be the obvious Hollywood choices for the lead role in your big summer movie. But they are all perfect...
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Hadouken76
Oct 6th 2011, 13:19
wow this is an old feature, for a second I thought someone had cloned my ID !
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nkutzler
Oct 6th 2011, 16:17
Don Rickels: of course, everything about Toy Story is amazing because of the genius timing, but still to this day, I call almost everyone an "uncultured swine". Of course, not about Picasso, but actually about movies since I became a movie buff. BTW, if you don't still absolutely love Toy Story even after you've turned 18, you're uncultured swine.
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nkutzler
Oct 6th 2011, 16:18
Sorry, Don Rickles. Didn't mean to make that mistake.
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bundyse
Oct 6th 2011, 21:51
Steve Jobs RIP
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