The Incredibles

Movie
German title	The Incredibles
Original title	The Incredibles
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2004
length	111 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6 ; JMK 6
Rod
Director	Brad Bird
script	Brad Bird
production	John Walker
music	Michael Giacchino
camera	Andrew Jimenez , ; Patrick Lin , ; Janet Lucroy
cut	Stephen Schaffer
occupation
	Original speaker, German speaker Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible ; Craig T. Nelson , Markus Maria Profitlich ; Helen Parr / Elastigirl ; Holly Hunter , Katrin Fröhlich ; Violetta Parr ; Sarah Vowell , Felicitas Woll ; Robert "Flash" Parr ; Spencer Fox , Marco Iannotta ; Lucius Best / Frozone ; Samuel L. Jackson , Kai Pflaume ; Buddy Pine / Incredi-Boy / Syndrome ; Jason Lee , Manuel Straube ; Bomb Voyage ; Dominique Louis , Patrick Osmond ; Mrs. Hogenson ; Jean Sincere , Margit Weinert ; Mirage ; Elizabeth Peña , Barbara Schöneberger ; Gilbert Huph ; Wallace Shawn , Herbert Feuerstein ; Rick Dicker ; Bud Luckey , Norbert Gastell ; Tunnel diggers ; John Ratzenberger , Hartmut Neugebauer ; News anchor ; Teddy Newton , Wilhelm Wieben ; Edna "E" fashion ; Brad Bird , Mechthild Großmann ;
chronology
	Successor → ; The Incredibles 2

The 2004 Incredibles is the sixth computer-animated feature film from Pixar Animation Studios and the Walt Disney Company. With a budget of $ 92 million and grossing over $ 633 million worldwide, The Incredibles was one of the most successful computer animation films of its time. The film opened in German cinemas on December 9, 2004.

action

In the fictional town of Municiberg, a multitude of superheroes fought against crime in 1947. One of the leading characters is the super powerful Mister Incredible. On the way to the wedding with his superhero colleague Elastigirl, who can bend and stretch her body like chewing gum, he puts himself at the service of the citizens. In this way he prevents suicide, after a wild chase he catches a robber, thwarted a bomb attack by the super criminal Bomb Voyage and in the meantime has to fend off the intrusiveness of a teenage fan named Buddy Pine, who calls himself Incrediboy and would love to be his sidekick , which Mr. Incredible, however, firmly refuses. Shortly thereafter, the tired of life sues Mr. Incredible for saving his life and demands compensation for his minor injuries sustained in the act. This leads to imitators and leads to a wave of lawsuits against superheroes and the collateral damage they have caused . The government has to pay for the costs incurred and can no longer afford the growing resentment in the population. So it is decided to forbid the superheroes from doing their job, to give them a new identity and to integrate them into society as normal people.

Fifteen years later, in 1962, Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl - real names Robert "Bob" and Helen Parr - live with their three children in a petty bourgeois suburb of Metroville. Her pubescent daughter Violetta can make herself invisible and create a force field. The ten year old son Robert "Flash" is superhumanly fast. The baby Jack Jack does not seem to have any superhuman strength. However, the Parrs are not entirely happy with their family life: Violetta is so shy and insecure that she can usually only use her strength unconsciously. Flash frustrates having to act "normally" so that he likes to play pranks on his teacher with the help of his super speed. Bob, who has grown enormously, ekes out his civilian life as an insurance clerk under a small-minded boss and longs for his days as a celebrated superhero. To compensate, he secretly goes on patrols with his friend Lucius Best - the superhero Frozone - to continue to help people in need.

One day Bob is reprimanded once again by his boss, who displeases Bob's philanthropy. In a fit of anger, Bob throws him through the nearest walls with his super strength. To protect his identity, he has to quit the job, and Agent Dicker, his liaison with the superhero protection program, has to do a lot of work again to cover up the incident. In the middle of this midlife crisis , Mr. Incredible receives a surprising offer from a mysterious beauty named Mirage. He is supposed to travel to a remote volcanic island and catch a combat robot called the Omnidroid 9000, which is malfunctioning. Bob can complete the mission successfully. This brings him back to life; he takes care of the family more and more, begins to exercise and lose weight.

When he gets another job from Mirage over the phone, his wife Helen overhears parts of the conversation and suspects that Bob is having an affair. Bob has to hide the truth from her as she vehemently insists on complying with government regulations and quietly adjusting to the general public.

The assignment brings Mr. Incredible back to the island. The company emerges as a trap, however, as an upgraded Omnidroid almost kills him. The fighting robot is controlled by Mr. Incredible's former biggest fan Buddy Pine, who now calls himself "Syndrome" and who has developed an consuming hatred of all superheroes since his rejection by Mr. Incredible. It turns out that the cunning inventor has already lured numerous superheroes to his island in order to let them fight against his robots and use the knowledge gained to improve the properties of his omnidroid. All superheroes before have found their death here. He wants to send the finally fully developed omnidroid to Metroville. There the combat robot is supposed to attack the city so that Syndrome can stand in his way and secretly "defeat" him with a remote control in order to be celebrated as the new and only superhero.

Meanwhile, Helen finds Bob's old but patched superhero suit and becomes suspicious. She visits her longtime friend Edna Mode, a designer, and finds out that she has designed new suits for Bob and the rest of the family. Among other things, the suits contain tracking devices, which enables Helen to locate her husband. As a result, however, Bob's tracking device is activated just as the secret hideout, which is well secured in Syndromes, sneaks around. Cannons with sticky and inflatable projectiles eventually knock him down and he is captured. Then Helen slips back into her role as Elastigirl and flies to the island - with her children Violetta and Robert "Flash" on board, who have smuggled in as stowaways. In an adventurous escape from Syndrome's guards and his sophisticated security systems, they can finally free Mr. Incredible and escape together. Mirage also helps them here, who opposes Syndrome after he puts her life on the line in a confrontation with Mr. Incredible.

Meanwhile, the robot attacks the city, and Syndrome appears on the scene. But his attempt to distinguish himself as a hero fails miserably: Its programming makes the robot so independent that it sees its builder as a danger and shoots at it. Syndrome loses its remote control, crash-lands and faints. The Incredibles arrive shortly thereafter and, with Frozone's support, take up the fight. The Omnidroid seems to be superior, but when they find Syndromes' remote control, they manage to destroy the fighting machine. For the first time in fifteen years, the superheroes are reaping the respect of the citizens.

When they get home, the Parrs are terrified to find that Syndrome has kidnapped their baby Jack Jack and is using his jet boots to get to his jet that is waiting for him up in the sky. The Incredibles have to look on inactive at first, but then Jack Jack wakes up and, to everyone's surprise, begins to use superpowers, so that Syndrome drops him in horror. The Incredibles manage to bring Jack Jack safely to Earth. Bob throws his sports car in the air and hits Syndrome's Jet, causing the villain to fall and get sucked through his cape into the turbine of his jet, the jet explodes and Syndrome dies. This confirms Edna's decision to forego a cape when designing Mr. Incredible's new suit. When the jet crashes, Violetta manages to regain control of her powers and build a force field that protects the family from the falling wreck.

Some time later, the Incredibles have a happy family life again thanks to their new understanding of one another. One day a new super villain appears: the "tunnel digger". Without having to consult for a long time, the family members slip into their superhero identities in order to take up the fight with him.

Supporting film

The supporting film or DVD bonus track was Boundin '- Ein Schaf ist von der Wolle from 2003, which also received an Oscar nomination.

DVD extras

Also worth mentioning are the film scenes that are missing in the final version, as they would have exceeded the total length of the film. It shows a scene in which Jack becomes a fire devil.

continuation

In 2018 there was a sequel entitled The Incredibles 2 . The film opened in US cinemas on June 15 and in German cinemas on September 27, 2018. In addition to Brad Bird , who re-directed, Michael Giacchino also returned as a composer for the sequel.

background

For the first time, Pixar used only human characters in the plot. The MPAA gave the film a PG rating (the German FSK released it from the age of 6).
Also, people die for the first time in a Pixar film.
The film character Edna Mode - extremely rich designer of the superhero outfits - is said to be modeled on the costume designer Edith Head , who worked for many Hollywood productions from the 1950s to 1970s. There is also a great resemblance to the actress Linda Hunt . It is spoken personally by director Brad Bird after a candidate voice actor suggested at one of his scripts that he should do the part himself.
The French villain Bomb Voyage made a cameo in the Disney-Pixar film Ratatouille in a street scene.
As can be seen from concept studies by Pixar, work on the film began in 1993.

reception

success

The film was very successful in theaters and grossed over $ 633 million worldwide.

Reviews

Lexicon of international film : "A very amusing animated film, overflowing with gags and witty ideas, which is in no way inferior to fast-paced action films and also satirizes the popular superhero films in a humorous way."
Frankfurter Rundschau : "Every picture speaks of the attention to detail."
Der Spiegel : "Excitingly funny and at the same time a subtle story about superheroes."