30 amazing facts about the movie “Inside Out”! (List)

You can read them in the following list: 1. Inside Out is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

2. The film was directed and co-written by Pete Docter, co-directed and co-written by Ronnie del Carmen and produced by Jonas Rivera, with music composed by Michael Giacchino.

3. The film is set in the mind of a young girl named Riley Andersen (Kaitlyn Dias), where five personified emotions—Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling)—try to lead her through life as her parents (Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan) move the family from Minnesota to San Francisco and she has to adjust to her new life.

4. Docter first began developing Inside Out in 2009 after noticing changes in his daughter’s personality as she grew older.

5. The film’s producers consulted numerous psychologists, including Dacher Keltner from the University of California, Berkeley, who helped revise the story by emphasizing the neuropsychological findings that human emotions are mirrored in interpersonal relationships and can be significantly moderated by them.

6. After premiering at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in May, Inside Out was released in North America on June 19, 2015, accompanied by the short film Lava directed by James Ford Murphy.

7. Critics praised the film’s concept, poignant subject matter, musical score, and the vocal performances—particularly for Poehler, Smith, and Richard Kind.

8. The film grossed $90.4 million in its first weekend—the highest opening for an original title;[8] it has accumulated over $856 million in worldwide box office revenue.

9. Inside Out was nominated at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Screenplay.

10. The film’s voice cast of emotions, Amy Poehler, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, and Phyllis Smith, were first announced in August 2013. With the release of the film’s trailer in December 2014, it was revealed that Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan were cast in the film as Riley’s parents.

11. Hader, who had previously cameoed in Monsters University, was cast to voice Fear, a role that he felt he “weaseled” his way into by being a “huge fan” of Pixar’s filmography.

12. Richard Kind, who had previously starred in A Bug’s Life, the Cars series, and Toy Story 3, portrayed Bing Bong.

13. The film is localized to accommodate international audiences: In the Japanese version, for example, Riley is disgusted by green bell peppers, rather than by broccoli, to reflect the fact that broccoli is generally less undesirable to Japanese children.

14. The film’s art design is intended to reflect 1950s Broadway musicals.

15. The film is localized to accommodate international audiences: In the Japanese version, for example, Riley is disgusted by green bell peppers, rather than by broccoli, to reflect the fact that broccoli is generally less undesirable to Japanese children.

16. Walt Disney Records released the soundtrack on June 16, 2015.

17. An Inside Out play set featuring all five emotions as playable characters was made available for Disney Infinity 3.0.

18. Inside Out grossed $356.5 million in North America and $499.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $856.1 million, against a budget of $175 million. It is the second highest-grossing 2015 animated film, the seventh highest-grossing film of 2015, the third highest-grossing Pixar film, the ninth highest-grossing film released by Disney, the tenth highest-grossing animated film of all time, and the 45th highest-grossing film overall (with the latter four rankings not adjusted for inflation).

19. According to director Pete Docter, each emotion is based on a shape: Joy is based on a star, Sadness is a teardrop, Anger is a fire brick, Fear is a raw nerve, and Disgust is broccoli. He noted that he likes broccoli very much, however.

20. The writers considered up to 27 different emotions, but settled on five (Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear and Anger) to make it less complicated. Some of the major emotions that ended up being cut included Surprise, Pride, and Trust.

21. Depending on the country of release, Riley’s father daydreams about either hockey or football (soccer).

22. In Riley’s classroom (No. A113), a map at the back of the room has pins plotted at different places all over the world. They are references to where all the Pixar movies are set.

23. According to Lewis Black (who plays Anger), when Pixar pitched this film to him, he received a box of previous Pixar films and a letter that suggested, “… that I may not know who Pixar is. Which meant that they were crazy or they thought I was just some sort of recluse.”

24. When Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera pitched the film to Mindy Kaling, she was moved to tears and said, “I think it’s great that you guys are making a film that shows it’s difficult to grow up and that it’s okay to be sad about it.” According to Pete Docter, they exclaimed, “Quick! Write that down!”.

25. “Yeast of Edin” is based on a bakery located near Pixar Studios. It only serves one kind of pizza each day, and broccoli is one of the toppings.

26. Received an eight-minute standing ovation at its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

27. Production designer Ralph Eggleston worked for five and a half years on Inside Out. He said it’s the longest he’s ever worked on one film, and was the hardest process, too.

28. Pete Docter’s inspiration for this film came from watching his own daughter go through the turbulent part of growing up.

29. According to director Pete Docter, he mentioned that the imaginary boyfriend design (excluding Canadian roots) inside Riley’s mind was inspired from British boy band One Direction since he admits that his daughter Elie (whom Riley is modeled after) is a fan of theirs.

30. The film featured about 45 animators, about half as many as previous Pixar films.