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Posted 8/10/2004 10:50 PM Updated 8/11/2004 9:08 AM
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The whole flighty family
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
The Incredibles arrives in theaters Nov. 5, a family of superheroes banned from donning their masks because of legal snafus. (Related story: Meet Bob, a Homer-inspired hero)
Not your ordinary family meal: The Incredibles turns the tables on the dysfunctional family by bestowing them with superpowers.
Disney/Pixar
Writer/director Brad Bird was feeling similarly frustrated at being unable to practice his craft when he came up with the idea 10 years ago. He had hit a wall trying to segue from writing for The Simpsons to making movies. "I was getting films on the runway, but I could never seem to get them cleared for takeoff," he says.
He had just become a father, and "I was starting to worry that I would work so hard on breaking this quagmire that I might start ignoring my family. Or I would be a great dad and never be able to make a film. I wanted both, so the film came out of this kind of push and pull between being happy in my work and being a great father and husband."
USA TODAY's Claudia Puig introduces you to The Incredibles, the family of superheroes inspired by Bird's work life/ home life conundrum:
Character Voiced by Profile
Disney/Pixar
Disney/Pixar Superhero ID: Mr. Incredible
Voice: Craig T. Nelson
Ordinary I.D.: Bob Parr, husband and father of three. He hung up his super suit 15 years ago because of lawsuits by some of those he sought to save. Now he's a claims adjuster at an insurance agency: "It's the worst thing he can be involved in, in terms of the day-to-day drudgery," Nelson says.
Superpower: Strength, integrity
About his character: He dreams of his glory days, back in the superhero business. "He resents the fact that he had to hang up his suit," writer/director Brad Bird says. "He reminds me of those guys who were the football star in high school and they've never been able to let go of it."
Metamorphosis: He goes out at night with his buddy Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) and tries to fight crime on the sly. One day, he gets another chance to save the world. "Even if the suit doesn't fit (he's packed on 50 pounds) and he has to be careful about his back, he'll do it," Nelson says. "He's willing to struggle to do the right thing."
Disney/Pixar
USA TODAY Superhero I.D.: Elastigirl
Voice: Holly Hunter
Ordinary I.D.: Helen Parr
Superpower: Flexibility and elasticity
About her character: "She's made a very smooth adjustment to being a mother, focused on caring for her three children and does not consciously worry about the past the way Bob does," Bird says. As a suburban mom, her flexibility is less physical and more symbolic. "Stretching is what we expect moms to do," Bird says. "They have to be psychologists, cooks and keep everything balanced and everybody happy. They're all over the place, pulled in 20 directions."
Metamorphosis: She's summoned to a remote island to save the world from destruction. "She's a very dynamic superhero who has to hold her own in the land of the boys," Bird says.
Disney/Pixar
Disney/Pixar Superhero I.D.: Violet
Voice: Sarah Vowell, public radio commentator
Ordinary I.D.: Violet, the disaffected teen who desperately wants to fit in
Superpower: Invisibility
About her character: She's a shy, insecure, teenager. What could be better for an awkward girl than to occasionally become invisible? "She's at that age, like all teenagers, trying to understand the difference between special and weird," Vowell says. "She has a family and loves them, but they also get on her nerves. She's sarcastic. She can be confident and withering, but she can also be scared and vulnerable. Some movie kids are either too bratty or too dismissive. Others are overly worshipful of their parents. This is a happy medium."
Metamorphosis: She must help rescue her parents, with the help of her brother Dash. Her invisibility "plays into that whole teenage girl conflict of wanting attention and also wanting to blend in," Vowell says. "She hides behind her very long hair. Still, it's one thing to save the world from supervillains, but that doesn't compare to making it through a day of high school."
Disney/Pixar
Disney/Pixar Superhero I.D.: Dash
Voice: Spencer Fox
Ordinary I.D.: Dashiell Parr
Superpower: Super speed
About his character: Always on the move, Dash is "a 10-year-old full of unbridled energy," Bird says. Fox, an 11-year-old who is making his film debut, says Dash is funny: "He talks about himself in the third person; he gets into trouble a bit at school. He's a little mischievous, plays pranks on the teacher. It's hard for him to fit in with a normal crowd. His mom won't let him play sports because he's so much faster than the other kids and they don't want the other kids feeling bad."
Metamorphosis: "His parents get kidnapped and he has to save his parents, with his sister," Fox says. "He hates his sister, but they learn to love each other."
Superhero I.D.: Undetermined
Ordinary I.D.: Jack-Jack, age 2
Superpower: Not yet known
Metamorphosis: Wait for the sequel
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The whole flighty family
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
The Incredibles arrives in theaters Nov. 5, a family of superheroes banned from donning their masks because of legal snafus. (Related story: Meet Bob, a Homer-inspired hero)
Not your ordinary family meal: The Incredibles turns the tables on the dysfunctional family by bestowing them with superpowers.
Disney/Pixar
Writer/director Brad Bird was feeling similarly frustrated at being unable to practice his craft when he came up with the idea 10 years ago. He had hit a wall trying to segue from writing for The Simpsons to making movies. "I was getting films on the runway, but I could never seem to get them cleared for takeoff," he says.
He had just become a father, and "I was starting to worry that I would work so hard on breaking this quagmire that I might start ignoring my family. Or I would be a great dad and never be able to make a film. I wanted both, so the film came out of this kind of push and pull between being happy in my work and being a great father and husband."
USA TODAY's Claudia Puig introduces you to The Incredibles, the family of superheroes inspired by Bird's work life/ home life conundrum:
Character Voiced by Profile
Disney/Pixar
Disney/Pixar Superhero ID: Mr. Incredible
Voice: Craig T. Nelson
Ordinary I.D.: Bob Parr, husband and father of three. He hung up his super suit 15 years ago because of lawsuits by some of those he sought to save. Now he's a claims adjuster at an insurance agency: "It's the worst thing he can be involved in, in terms of the day-to-day drudgery," Nelson says.
Superpower: Strength, integrity
About his character: He dreams of his glory days, back in the superhero business. "He resents the fact that he had to hang up his suit," writer/director Brad Bird says. "He reminds me of those guys who were the football star in high school and they've never been able to let go of it."
Metamorphosis: He goes out at night with his buddy Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) and tries to fight crime on the sly. One day, he gets another chance to save the world. "Even if the suit doesn't fit (he's packed on 50 pounds) and he has to be careful about his back, he'll do it," Nelson says. "He's willing to struggle to do the right thing."
Disney/Pixar
USA TODAY Superhero I.D.: Elastigirl
Voice: Holly Hunter
Ordinary I.D.: Helen Parr
Superpower: Flexibility and elasticity
About her character: "She's made a very smooth adjustment to being a mother, focused on caring for her three children and does not consciously worry about the past the way Bob does," Bird says. As a suburban mom, her flexibility is less physical and more symbolic. "Stretching is what we expect moms to do," Bird says. "They have to be psychologists, cooks and keep everything balanced and everybody happy. They're all over the place, pulled in 20 directions."
Metamorphosis: She's summoned to a remote island to save the world from destruction. "She's a very dynamic superhero who has to hold her own in the land of the boys," Bird says.
Disney/Pixar
Disney/Pixar Superhero I.D.: Violet
Voice: Sarah Vowell, public radio commentator
Ordinary I.D.: Violet, the disaffected teen who desperately wants to fit in
Superpower: Invisibility
About her character: She's a shy, insecure, teenager. What could be better for an awkward girl than to occasionally become invisible? "She's at that age, like all teenagers, trying to understand the difference between special and weird," Vowell says. "She has a family and loves them, but they also get on her nerves. She's sarcastic. She can be confident and withering, but she can also be scared and vulnerable. Some movie kids are either too bratty or too dismissive. Others are overly worshipful of their parents. This is a happy medium."
Metamorphosis: She must help rescue her parents, with the help of her brother Dash. Her invisibility "plays into that whole teenage girl conflict of wanting attention and also wanting to blend in," Vowell says. "She hides behind her very long hair. Still, it's one thing to save the world from supervillains, but that doesn't compare to making it through a day of high school."
Disney/Pixar
Disney/Pixar Superhero I.D.: Dash
Voice: Spencer Fox
Ordinary I.D.: Dashiell Parr
Superpower: Super speed
About his character: Always on the move, Dash is "a 10-year-old full of unbridled energy," Bird says. Fox, an 11-year-old who is making his film debut, says Dash is funny: "He talks about himself in the third person; he gets into trouble a bit at school. He's a little mischievous, plays pranks on the teacher. It's hard for him to fit in with a normal crowd. His mom won't let him play sports because he's so much faster than the other kids and they don't want the other kids feeling bad."
Metamorphosis: "His parents get kidnapped and he has to save his parents, with his sister," Fox says. "He hates his sister, but they learn to love each other."
Superhero I.D.: Undetermined
Ordinary I.D.: Jack-Jack, age 2
Superpower: Not yet known
Metamorphosis: Wait for the sequel
Meet Bob, a Homer-inspired hero
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
Disney is banking on the notion that moviegoers can't get enough superheroes.
Actor Craig T. Nelson likens his cartoon alter-ego, Mr. Incredible, to a high school football hero who's unable to let his glory days go.
Disney/Pixar
The studio's holiday-season animated offering, The Incredibles, centers on an outwardly normal family that just happens to possess superpowers. The Pixar co-production is due in theaters Nov. 5.
Much rests on the caped shoulders of this family of five, seen here in a first look. Disney is counting on this movie from the studio that produced last year's smash Finding Nemo to buoy what has so far been a disappointing year.
The Incredibles have been forced to go civilian because of a series of lawsuits filed by people they've saved.
"It's kind of a recurring theme in the movie: The mundane often affects the fantastic," writer/director Brad Bird says. "It's kind of fun to have such a boring thing bring down a superhero." (Related story: Meet the whole flighty family)
The family has not just quit, says Craig T. Nelson, who plays Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible. "They've been given new identities and asked not to exhibit any of their superpowers at any time."
Once one of the world's top superheroes, Bob now toils in obscurity at an insurance agency. His unhappiness has taken a toll on his family, including his wife, Helen, aka Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) and three children: teenage daughter Violet (Sarah Vowell), 10-year-old son Dash (Spencer Fox) and 2-year-old Jack-Jack, who lacks superpowers.
Try as he might, Bob/Mr. Incredible can't seem to leave the past behind. "Some nights he goes out with his pal Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson), trying to rustle up evildoers," Nelson says.
When he gets a note revealing a plan to destroy humanity, "it's his duty — as out-of-shape and lethargic as he's become — to answer the call," Nelson says. Eventually, the whole family gets involved.
Bird, who directed the acclaimed Iron Giant (1999), was also a writer on the first eight seasons of The Simpsons and was influenced by that TV family.
"As dysfunctional as they are, the Simpsons still love each other," Bird says. "A lot of would-be imitators don't get that they actually stand for pretty positive values. I'm trying to bring some of that questioning authority to this movie."
Adds Vowell: "Besides all the superhero stuff, which is very cool and exciting and adventurous, there's the whole story of family dynamics. It's a very loving family, but in a real way."
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
Disney is banking on the notion that moviegoers can't get enough superheroes.
Actor Craig T. Nelson likens his cartoon alter-ego, Mr. Incredible, to a high school football hero who's unable to let his glory days go.
Disney/Pixar
The studio's holiday-season animated offering, The Incredibles, centers on an outwardly normal family that just happens to possess superpowers. The Pixar co-production is due in theaters Nov. 5.
Much rests on the caped shoulders of this family of five, seen here in a first look. Disney is counting on this movie from the studio that produced last year's smash Finding Nemo to buoy what has so far been a disappointing year.
The Incredibles have been forced to go civilian because of a series of lawsuits filed by people they've saved.
"It's kind of a recurring theme in the movie: The mundane often affects the fantastic," writer/director Brad Bird says. "It's kind of fun to have such a boring thing bring down a superhero." (Related story: Meet the whole flighty family)
The family has not just quit, says Craig T. Nelson, who plays Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible. "They've been given new identities and asked not to exhibit any of their superpowers at any time."
Once one of the world's top superheroes, Bob now toils in obscurity at an insurance agency. His unhappiness has taken a toll on his family, including his wife, Helen, aka Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) and three children: teenage daughter Violet (Sarah Vowell), 10-year-old son Dash (Spencer Fox) and 2-year-old Jack-Jack, who lacks superpowers.
Try as he might, Bob/Mr. Incredible can't seem to leave the past behind. "Some nights he goes out with his pal Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson), trying to rustle up evildoers," Nelson says.
When he gets a note revealing a plan to destroy humanity, "it's his duty — as out-of-shape and lethargic as he's become — to answer the call," Nelson says. Eventually, the whole family gets involved.
Bird, who directed the acclaimed Iron Giant (1999), was also a writer on the first eight seasons of The Simpsons and was influenced by that TV family.
"As dysfunctional as they are, the Simpsons still love each other," Bird says. "A lot of would-be imitators don't get that they actually stand for pretty positive values. I'm trying to bring some of that questioning authority to this movie."
Adds Vowell: "Besides all the superhero stuff, which is very cool and exciting and adventurous, there's the whole story of family dynamics. It's a very loving family, but in a real way."
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These were excellent articles.
Here are the links:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-08-10-incredibles-main_x.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-08-10-incredibles-inside_x.htm
Here are the links:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-08-10-incredibles-main_x.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-08-10-incredibles-inside_x.htm