Inside Out (2015 film) facts for kids
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| Directed by | Pete Docter |
| Produced by | Jonas Rivera |
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| Music by | Michael Giacchino |
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| Editing by | Kevin Nolting |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 18, 2015 (Cannes) June 19, 2015 (United States) |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $175 million |
| Money made | $858 million |
Inside Out is a computer-animated comedy film from 2015. It was made by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The movie was directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Ronnie del Carmen.
The story of Inside Out is set inside the mind of a young girl named Riley. Five main emotions—Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust—help guide her through life. The film shows how these emotions work together as Riley and her parents move from Minnesota to San Francisco and try to get used to their new home.
Pete Docter started developing the idea for Inside Out after he noticed changes in his own daughter's personality as she grew up. The filmmakers talked to many psychologists, like Dacher Keltner from the University of California, Berkeley. These experts helped them understand how human emotions affect our relationships with others.
Inside Out first showed at the 68th Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2015. It was released in the United States on June 19, 2015, along with a short film called Lava. Critics really liked the movie for its original idea, story, and the music by Michael Giacchino. The voice actors, especially Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, and Richard Kind, also received praise.
The film earned $857 million around the world. This made it the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2015. Inside Out also won many awards, including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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Story of Inside Out
Inside the mind of a girl named Riley, there are five main emotions that control her actions: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger. Riley's experiences become memories, which are stored as colorful orbs. Each night, these memories are sent to her long-term memory. Her five most important "core memories" power different parts of her personality, which look like floating islands. Joy is the leader of the emotions, and she tries to keep Sadness from having too much influence.
When Riley is 11 years old, her family moves to San Francisco because of her father's new job. At first, things are tough for Riley. Their new house is small and old. Her father is very busy, and a local pizza place only serves pizza with broccoli. To make things worse, their moving truck gets lost in Texas, so their belongings won't arrive for weeks.
On Riley's first day at her new school, Sadness accidentally makes a happy memory turn sad. This causes Riley to cry in front of her new class and creates a sad core memory. Joy tries to get rid of it, but during a struggle with Sadness, the other core memories get knocked loose. This causes Riley's personality islands to stop working. Joy, Sadness, and the core memories are then sucked out of Headquarters, the control center in Riley's mind.
With Joy and Sadness gone, Anger, Fear, and Disgust are left in charge. This leads to many problems for Riley. She starts to feel distant from her parents, friends, and hobbies. Because of this, her personality islands slowly break apart and fall into the "Memory Dump," where memories are forgotten forever. Finally, Anger puts an idea into the control console, making Riley decide to run away to Minnesota. She believes this will make her happy again.
While Joy and Sadness are exploring the huge long-term memory area, they meet Bing Bong. He is Riley's imaginary friend from when she was little. Bing Bong suggests they ride the "train of thought" back to Headquarters. After many difficulties caused by the crumbling islands, the three finally catch the train. However, the train stops when Riley falls asleep, and then it completely derails when another island collapses.
In a moment of despair, Joy leaves Sadness behind and tries to ride a "recall tube" back to Headquarters. But the ground under the tube collapses, breaking it and sending Joy and Bing Bong falling into the Memory Dump. There, a sad Joy discovers a memory that started sad but turned happy when Riley's parents and friends comforted her. Joy finally understands why Sadness is important: Sadness helps others know when Riley is feeling overwhelmed and needs help.
Joy and Bing Bong try to use Bing Bong's old wagon rocket to escape the Memory Dump. But they can't fly high enough because of Bing Bong's weight. On their last try, Bing Bong bravely jumps out of the wagon to allow Joy to escape, and he slowly fades away.
Joy reunites with Sadness, and they return to Headquarters. But they arrive too late. Anger's idea has made the control console stop working, leaving Riley feeling nothing. To everyone's surprise, Joy gives control of the console to Sadness. Sadness is able to reactivate it, which makes Riley decide to return to her new home. As Sadness puts the core memories back, they change from happy to sad. Riley tearfully tells her parents that she misses her old life. Her parents comfort her and admit they also miss Minnesota.
Joy and Sadness then work the console together. They create a new core memory that mixes happiness and sadness. A new personality island forms, showing that Riley has accepted her new life in San Francisco.
A year later, Riley has adjusted to her new home. She has made new friends and returned to her old hobbies, while also finding some new ones. Inside Headquarters, her emotions admire Riley's new personality islands. They all work together on a newly expanded control console, which now has enough room for everyone.
Voice Actors
(L–R): Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, Jonas Rivera, Marilou Berry, Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen, Mélanie Laurent, John Lasseter, Charlotte Le Bon, Pierre Niney, and Gilles Lellouche
- Amy Poehler as Joy
- Phyllis Smith as Sadness
- Richard Kind as Bing Bong
- Lewis Black as Anger
- Bill Hader as Fear
- Mindy Kaling as Disgust
- Kaitlyn Dias as Riley
- Diane Lane as Riley's Mother
- Kyle MacLachlan as Riley's Father
- Paula Poundstone as Forgetter Paula
- Bobby Moynihan as Forgetter Bobby
- Paula Pell as the dream director
- Dave Goelz as Subconscious Guard Frank
- Frank Oz as Subconscious Guard Dave
- Josh Cooley as Jangles
- Flea as Mind Worker Cop Jake
- John Ratzenberger as Fritz
- Carlos Alazraqui as a helicopter pilot
- Peter Sagal as Clown's Joy
- Rashida Jones as Cool Girl's emotions
Future of Inside Out
In June 2015, people asked director Pete Docter if there would be a sequel to Inside Out. He said, "There's no sequel idea from me at this point," but added, "Never say never." In January 2016, Docter mentioned that a sequel was possible and that he and Pixar would think about ideas.
However, in July 2016, Pixar president Jim Morris said that while many people wanted a sequel, Pixar was focusing on making new, original movies. He stated that no sequels to any of Pixar's other films, including Inside Out, were being planned at that time.
A Disagreement About Ideas
In June 2017, a child psychologist named Denise Daniels said that Disney and Pixar had used ideas similar to her own project. Her project, called The Moodsters, also featured colorful characters that represented different emotions. These characters were meant to help children understand their feelings better.
Daniels claimed she had talked about her ideas with Disney and Pixar executives, including Pete Docter, between 2006 and 2009. She believed there was an agreement that she would be paid if her ideas were used.
In January 2018, a judge decided that her case could not go forward. The judge ruled that since Daniels had shared her project ideas publicly before these talks, there was no clear agreement for her to be paid. Daniels appealed this decision, but in March 2020, a higher court agreed with the first ruling. The court stated that just having "color-coded" characters based on emotions was not enough to be protected by copyright. The characters would need to have more specific similarities.
Images for kids
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Composer Michael Giacchino in 2017
See also
In Spanish: Inside Out (película de 2015) para niños
