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Meet the Robinsons (2007)

U 95 min  -  Animation | Adventure | Comedy  -   30 March 2007 (USA)
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Lewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.

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Jon Bernstein (screenplay), Michelle Bochner (screenplay), and 9 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Angela Bassett ...
Mildred (voice)
Daniel Hansen ...
Lewis (voice)
Jordan Fry ...
Lewis (voice)
Matthew Josten ...
John H. H. Ford John H. H. Ford ...
Mr. Harrington (voice)
Dara McGarry ...
Tom Kenny ...
Mr. Willerstein (voice)
Laurie Metcalf ...
Don Hall Don Hall ...
Coach / Gaston (voice)
Paul Butcher Paul Butcher ...
Stanley (voice)
Tracey Miller-Zarneke Tracey Miller-Zarneke ...
Lizzy (voice)
Wesley Singerman Wesley Singerman ...
Wilbur (voice)
Jessie Flower ...
Young Franny (voice)
Stephen J. Anderson ...
Bowler Hat Guy / Grandpa Bud / Tallulah (voice) (as Stephen John Anderson)
Ethan Sandler Ethan Sandler ...
Doris / CEO / Spike / Dmitri / Laszlo / Fritz / Petunia (voice)
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Storyline

Lewis an orphan wants to see what his mother looked like. So he invents a machine that looks through your brain so you can see your memories. But this weird kid says he's from the future and warns him about a guy in a bowler hat. The bowler hat guy messes with his invention and it fails. He decides that he's a failure and no one wants him. But the kid that warned him about the guy is here on a mission to find the bowler hat guy that wants to destroy Lewis. To prove he's from the future he takes lewis to the future. But the time machine breaks and he's stuck in the future until he fixes it. In the meantime he spends quality time with the family. But the bowler hat guy is about to alter time and it's up to Lewis to save the future. Written by Anonymous  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Future | Hat | Bowler Hat | Invention | Memory  | See more »

Taglines:

If you think your family's different, wait 'til you meet the family of the future. See more »

Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Beetle See more »

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$25,123,781 (USA) (1 April 2007) (3413 Screens)

Gross:

$97,821,064 (USA) (2 September 2007)
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Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Doris' first test subject is modeled after Stan Laurel of the Laurel and Hardy comedy duo, whose distinctive attire included bowler hats. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Doris sabotages the Memory Scanner, you see her turning a screw anticlockwise to remove it, but as the screw comes out you see it has a left-hand thread. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Michael "Goob" Yagoobian: Then, um, I didn't choose that one because it was gonna give me pimples so I choosed, um, another scary one cause for, um, all those years that I went for halloween I wasn't scary at all... I love baseball. It's my destiny to play that game. And I don't really care about winning...
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Crazy Credits

In the 3D version, most of the closing credits are in 2D; however, the credits for the people who created the 3D version are in 3D. See more »

Connections

Spoofs The Gold Rush (1925) See more »

Soundtracks

"Little Wonders"
Written and Performed by Rob Thomas
Produced by Matt Serletic
Recorded by Mark Dobson and David Thoener
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
String Arrangement by Matt Serletic See more »