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Planes: Fire & Rescue
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2014 animated film directed by Roberts Gannaway
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6.2When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his team, a bunch of all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wildfire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.
Cast
- Ed Harris as Blade Ranger (voice)
- Dane Cook as Dusty Crophopper (voice)
- Julie Bowen as Dipper (voice)
- Curtis Armstrong as Maru (voice)
- John Michael Higgins as Cad Spinner (voice)
- Hal Holbrook as Mayday (voice)
Themes
- national park
- sequel
- anthropomorphism
- firefighter
- smoke jumpers
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Bobs Gannaway
- Written by
- Bobs Gannaway Jeffrey M. Howard
- Produced by
- Ferrell Barron
- Starring
- Dane Cook Ed Harris Julie Bowen Wes Studi Brad Garrett Teri Hatcher Stacy Keach Danny Mann Regina King Dale Dye
- Edited by
- Dan Molina
- Music by
- Mark Mancina
- Production company
- Disneytoon Studios
- Distributed by
- Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
- Release dates
- July 15, 2014 ( 2014-07-15 ) ( El Capitan Theatre ) July 18, 2014 ( 2014-07-18 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 84 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $147 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Planes 2: Fire & Rescue is a 2014 American animated comedy-adventure film produced by Disneytoon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Bobs Gannaway, written by Gannaway and Jeffrey M. Howard, and produced by Ferrell Barron, it is a sequel to Planes (2013), itself a spin-off of Pixar's Cars franchise. Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, Danny Mann, and Cedric the Entertainer reprised their roles with new additions to the cast including Hal Holbrook, Julie Bowen, Ed Harris, Regina King, Wes Studi, Patrick Warburton, and Dale Dye. In the film, Dusty Crophopper (Cook) is assigned to become a wildland firefighting plane in Piston Peak National Park after he learns that his engine's gearbox is damaged.
Production began for six months after the start of the previous film. Gannaway intended to give each film its own different genre, Planes: Fire & Rescue being an "action-disaster film". The filmmakers researched the world of air-attack teams and smokejumpers by working with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFire), and sent a crew to the US Forest Service's annual training exercises for smokejumpers. Mark Mancina composed the musical score again, while Prana Studios returned to provided work on visual effects, animation and compositing.
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