Robots is a computer-animated film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox (the same companies behind the film Ice Age), and was released theatrically (both in normal theaters and in IMAX theaters) on March 11th, 2005. The DVD of Robots was released on September 27th, 2005.
The film is set on a world populated only by robots, with most of the action occurring in Rivet Town (based on Watertown, New York) and Robot City, home to Bigweld Industries. The hero is a young genius robot, Rodney (Ewan McGregor), who lives in the small town of Rivet Town but aspires to improve the world. After failing to help his father (Stanley Tucci), Rodney decides to travel to Robot City, the robot metropolis, to meet his childhood idol Bigweld (Mel Brooks). When he arrives, he learns that his hero has been forced out as the head of his own company by the profit-motivated Ratchet (Greg Kinnear).
To maximize profits, Ratchet ends production of replacement parts for robots, forcing them to "upgrade" with expensive new parts. Those who can't afford the upgrades are turned into scrap metal at the Chop Shop, a recycling sweatshop run by Ratchet's mother, Madame Gasket (Jim Broadbent). Rodney teams up with The Rusties - the eccentric Fender (Robin Williams), his sister Piper Pinwheeler (Amanda Bynes), and their guardians Lug, Crank, Diesel and Aunt Fanny - and Cappy (Halle Berry), a beautiful executive 'bot who he falls in love with, to bring back Bigweld and help the robot population.
This was Amanda Bynes and Paul Giamatti's second film together. The first was Big Fat Liar. Following Jonathan Ross in Shrek 2, the UK version of Robots gets a re-dub of the original vocal track, with minor character parts now being performed by such British TV and Radio celebrities such as Chris Moyles, Cat Deeley, Terry Wogan and Eamonn Holmes.
Other voice artists who have played minor parts in localized versions of Robots include:
* Jackie O as Loretta Geargrinder in the Australian release
* Do as Cappy in the Dutch release
* In Malaysia, a Malay version of this movie features a cast of Malaysia's local celebrities included Aznil Haji Nawawi (tv host, voice as Rodney), AC Mizal (also a tv host,voice as Fender and Sazzy Falak (as Cappy). Wikipedia
