Inside Out (2015 movie) 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 | $858.8 million |
Inside Out is a popular computer-animated movie from 2015. It was made by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Pete Docter, who also helped write the story and screenplay.
The movie takes you inside the mind of a young girl named Riley. There, five main emotions—Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger—control her thoughts and actions. The story shows how these emotions work together as Riley faces big changes in her life, like moving to a new city.
Inside Out was a huge success. It earned over $858 million worldwide and was one of the highest-grossing films of 2015. Critics loved it for its creative story, beautiful animation, and amazing voice acting. The movie even won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, which is a very important award for animated films.
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The Story of Inside Out
The movie begins inside Riley's mind, where her emotions live in a place called Headquarters. These emotions are Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger. They help Riley react to the world and store her experiences as colorful memories. The most important memories become "core memories," which power different parts of Riley's personality, shown as floating islands. Joy usually takes the lead, trying to keep Riley happy and limit Sadness's influence.
Riley's Big Move
When Riley is 11, her family moves from Minnesota to San Francisco because of her dad's new job. This move is tough for Riley. Their new house is small, her dad is busy, and even the local pizza place serves broccoli pizza, which Riley dislikes! To make things worse, their moving truck gets lost.
On Riley's first day at her new school, Sadness accidentally makes a happy memory turn sad, causing Riley to cry in front of her class. This creates a new, sad core memory. Joy tries to get rid of it, but during a struggle with Sadness, all the core memories get knocked out of their place. Joy, Sadness, and the core memories are then sucked out of Headquarters.
A Journey Through the Mind
With Joy and Sadness gone, Anger, Fear, and Disgust are left in charge of Riley. This causes many problems, making Riley feel distant from her parents and friends. Her personality islands start to crumble and fall into the "Memory Dump," where forgotten things disappear forever. Anger decides that Riley should run away back to Minnesota, thinking it will make her happy again.
Meanwhile, Joy and Sadness are lost in the vast area of long-term memory. They meet Bing Bong, Riley's old imaginary friend from childhood. Bing Bong suggests they ride the "train of thought" back to Headquarters. After many adventures, they finally catch the train. However, it stops when Riley falls asleep and then crashes when another personality island collapses.
Understanding Sadness
Joy becomes worried that all the core memories will turn sad. She tries to get back to Headquarters alone, but the ground collapses, sending her and Bing Bong into the Memory Dump. While there, Joy remembers a time when a sad memory turned happy because Riley's parents and friends comforted her. This helps Joy understand that Sadness has an important role: to show others when Riley is overwhelmed and needs help.
Joy and Bing Bong try to escape the Memory Dump using Bing Bong's old wagon rocket. It flies when they sing, but they are too heavy together. In a brave moment, Bing Bong jumps out on their last try, allowing Joy to escape. Bing Bong then fades away, becoming forgotten.
Working Together
Joy reunites with Sadness and they return to Headquarters. They find that Anger's plan has made the control console stop working, leaving Riley feeling nothing as she gets on a bus to Minnesota. To everyone's surprise, Joy lets Sadness take control of the console. Sadness is able to fix it and makes Riley get off the bus and go 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, admitting they miss Minnesota too. Joy and Sadness then work the console together, creating a new core memory that mixes happiness and sadness. A new island forms, showing Riley's acceptance of her new life in San Francisco.
Life a Year Later
A year later, Riley is 12 years old and has settled into her new home. She has made new friends and enjoys her old hobbies, plus some new ones. Inside Headquarters, her emotions admire Riley's new personality islands. They also get a bigger control console, with enough room for all of them to work together.
In a short scene after the movie ends, we get to see inside the "headquarters" of other people in the city, showing how their emotions work too.
How the Movie Was Made
The idea for Inside Out came to director Pete Docter in late 2009. He noticed how his own daughter's personality changed as she grew older. This made him wonder what was happening inside her mind.
Docter and co-writer Ronnie del Carmen developed the idea of emotions as characters. To make the movie as accurate as possible, the filmmakers talked to real psychologists and brain scientists. They wanted to understand how the mind works and how emotions affect us. Making Inside Out took about five and a half years and cost around $175 million. It was a big project with many story changes along the way.
Voice Cast
Many talented actors lent their voices to the characters in Inside Out:
- Amy Poehler as Joy
- Phyllis Smith as Sadness
- Richard Kind as Bing Bong
- Bill Hader as Fear
- Lewis Black as Anger
- Mindy Kaling as Disgust
- Kaitlyn Dias as Riley
- Diane Lane as Mom
- Kyle MacLachlan as Dad
- Paula Poundstone as Forgetter Paula
- Bobby Moynihan as Forgetter Bobby
- Paula Pell as the dream director and Mom's Anger
- 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
Other Fun Stuff
Inside Out has inspired other games and attractions:
- Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015) included an Inside Out playset where you could play as the emotions.
- A mobile puzzle game called Inside Out: Thought Bubbles was released in 2015.
- Google created an event called "Inside HQ" in 2015, where fans could learn basic programming by recreating scenes from the movie.
- Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind, a fun spinner ride, opened at Disney California Adventure in 2019.
- An exhibit called Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out opened at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in 2021. It has activities based on the movie's sets.
- A sweet shop called Inside Out: Joyful Sweets opened on the Disney Wish cruise ship in July 2022.
What's Next?
A sequel to the movie, Inside Out 2, is planned to be released in 2024. It will show Riley as a teenager and introduce a whole "new set of personified emotions" to her mind!
Images for kids
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Composer Michael Giacchino in 2017
See also
In Spanish: Inside Out (película de 2015) para niños
