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For more videos related to this film, check out our curated playlist: Meet the Robinsons (94 min) Synopsis: Abandoned at an orphanage as an infant, 12-year-old Lewis is a budding inventor whose creations often go awry and scare away potential adoptive parents. Worried that he will never be adopted, Lewis works around the clock to invent a memory scanner that he hopes will help him find his birth mother, much to the dismay of his sleep-deprived roommate, Michael “Goob” Yagoobian. Just as he is about to demonstrate his new invention at the school’s science fair, a slightly frantic teen, Wilbur Robinson, appears, tells Lewis that he is from the future and warns him of a mysterious “Bowler Hat Guy.” When Lewis appears unconvinced, Wilbur scoops him up in a time machine and takes him to the future, where he meets Wilbur’s eccentric but loveable family. Now Lewis must decide whether to continue his search for his birth mother, or to enjoy life’s “Little Wonders” and pursue a new path. Cast: Daniel Hansen (Lewis), Jordan Fry (Lewis), Wesley Singerman (Wilbur), Angela Bassett (Mildred), Tom Kenny (Mr. Willerstein), Harland Williams (Carl), Nicole Sullivan (Franny), Adam West (Uncle Art), Laurie Metcalf (Lucille Krunklehorn), Stephen John Anderson (Bowler Hat Guy/Grandpa Bud), Ethan Sandler (Doris/CEO/Spike/Dimitri), Tom Selleck (Cornelius), Songs: “Another Believer,” “Where Is Your Heart At?” “Give Me the Simple Life,” “Little Wonders,” “The Future Has Arrived,” “The Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion)” “ Directed by Stephen Anderson. Released on March 30, 2007, in a regular version, and in Disney Digital 3-D on more than 600 screens. US Home Media Releases: October 23, 2007 (DVD/BR); November 8, 2011 (3DBR); Trivia: • Frames: 135,360 • There are only six basic “background kids” in the movie – but using different dresses and hairstyles, those four boys and two girls create over 50 different characters, including two baseball teams. • First Disney feature in which computer-generated humans were the main characters. • Carl the Robot has 613 controls that the animators can manipulate to make him come to life. • Two actors were needed to voice Lewis—Daniel Hansen began recording the voice in 2003, but as he grew and his voice changed, the producers had to find another kid, and they were lucky to find Jordan Fry, a young actor who sounded much like Daniel. • Based on the book A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce; Disney had originally acquired the book in order to make a live-action feature but the animation staff saw great possibilities in it for animation. • Danny Elfman provided the score. The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” This video and the “Animation Compendia” YouTube channel in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.
