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Soul
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"Soul" is a 2020 computer-animated film from the United States that explores meaningful themes through animation. The film resonates with audiences because it delves into questions about purpose, identity, and what makes life meaningful.
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8.1Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
Cast
- Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner (voice)
- Tina Fey as 22 (voice)
- Graham Norton as Moonwind (voice)
- Rachel House as Terry (voice)
- Alice Braga as Counselor Jerry (voice)
- Richard Ayoade as Counselor Jerry (voice)
Themes
- new york city
- jazz
- musician
- cat
- self-discovery
- jazz singer or musician
- teacher
- aftercreditsstinger
- duringcreditsstinger
- life after death
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 420392
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/soul
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- publication date
- 2020-12-25
- title
- Soul
- hashtag
- PixarSoul
- capital cost
- 150000000
- Commons category
- Soul (2020 film)
- social media followers
- 32181
- review score
- 83/100
- box office
- 120957731
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Article
Soul is a 2020 American animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Pete Docter, who co-wrote it with Mike Jones and Kemp Powers, the film stars the voices of Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, and Angela Bassett. It follows Joe Gardner (Foxx), a middle school teacher and aspiring pianist who falls into a coma following an accident and seeks to reunite his separated soul and body in time for his big break as a jazz musician.
Docter conceived Soul in January 2016, examining the origins of human personalities and the concept of determinism. During his first meeting with Jones, he pitched the idea about spacetime involving souls with personalities. The film's producers consulted various jazz musicians, including Herbie Hancock and Terri Lyne Carrington, and animated its musical sequences using the sessions of musician Jon Batiste as a reference. Apart from Batiste's original jazz compositions, musicians Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the film's score. Production on Soul lasted for four years on an approximate $150-200 million budget. It was the first Pixar film to feature a black lead.