A taste of perfection Oct 15, 2007
Meanwhile, Linguini has fallen for the fiery sous chef Colette (Janeane Garofalo), the unscrupulous boss Skinner (Ian Holm) is turning Gusteau s into a brand name for junk food, the terrifying restaurant critic Anton Ego (O Toole) is on his way, as are the multitudes from Remy s rat brood, and all while the secret of Linguini s cooking skills and of his very identity (there is a bloodline mystery in there as well) are about to be revealed. During all this meticulously constructed frippery Bird... (Times Online)
Ratatouille Rocks Germany, Austria Oct 9, 2007
The movie, which stars the voices of Patton Oswalt, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O'Toole and Ian Holm, made $59 million from alone. Ratatouille has currently earned something on the order of $247 million internationally, a lot more than the $203 million it pulled in the North American market during its theatrical run. (Suite101.com)
Today in History September 12 Sep 12, 2007
Actor Ian Holm is 76. Actress Linda Gray is 67. (MSNBC -- Race)
looking for babes Sep 12, 2007
Actor Ian Holm ( Lord of the Rings, Chariots of Fire ) is 76. Country singer George Jones is 76. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Shake, rat and roll Aug 25, 2007
The avaricious head chef (dubbed in appropriately menacing tones by British thespian Ian Holm) discovers the subterfuge and banishes Remy from the kitchen. Then theres the food critic (the magisterial Peter OToole, in the voice casting coup of animation flicks) whose approval is essential to restore the restaurant to its former five-star glory. (Daily News & Analysis)
Morton pregnant with second child Aug 9, 2007
The couple - who met in 2005 when Holm, the son of actor Sir Ian Holm, directed the Oscar-nominated actress in a video for rock band The Victims - are also planning to wed next year. Holm proposed in Paris on Morton's 29th birthday in May 2006. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
* FILM REVIEW: Voila! A rat for all seasonings Aug 3, 2007
WITH THE VOICES OF: Patton Oswalt (Remy), Ian Holm (Skinner), Lou Romano (Linguini), Brian Dennehy (Django), Peter Sohn (Emile), Brad Garrett (Auguste Gusteau), Janeane Garofalo (Colette), Peter O'Toole (Anton Ego) ... Part of the problem is Gusteau's successor, Skinner (Ian Holm), who is using the master's name and reputation to market a line of mass-produced frozen dinners. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ratatouille goodies Aug 2, 2007
Voice talents include Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm and Lou Romano. Source. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Pixar ages tales like fine wine Jul 6, 2007
The voice cast includes Janeane Garofalo as the kitchen's only female cook, Ian Holm as a devious chef and Peter O'Toole as a Scrooge-like food critic. John Lasseter, an executive producer on "Ratatouille," is Pixar's creative mastermind whose "Toy Story" started the era of computer-animated feature films. (Indianapolis Star)
Animated film 'Ratatouille' Brings Cooking Fad to Kids Jul 5, 2007
"Our goal not the exact reproduction of Paris, although you probably could do that; it is to get the feeling of being in Paris. That said, the tools are always developing and we 'push the envelope' on them and I'm very happy that people are remarking about the feeling of this film because our goal was to make something lush and have the food look good. The computer really doesn't want to do any of that stuff. It wants to do gleaming plastic cubes in perfect voids. All that imperfection and... (Voice of America)
A decent meal Jul 5, 2007
VOICES OF Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, Janeane Garofolo, Peter O'Toole ... Every film needs a villain and here we have Skinner (Ian Holm) who wants to cash in on Gusteau's name by putting it on everything from burritos to haggis. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
A rat of style and taste Jul 4, 2007
Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O Toole, Will Arnett (G). Look, I was a human water faucet during Finding Nemo. (San Antonio Current, TX)
Cartoon rat bites into US chart Jul 3, 2007
Ratatouille, a Pixar film featuring the voices of Ian Holm and Peter O'Toole, took $47. 2m (23. (BBC News)
French Kitchen Confidential Jul 1, 2007
Under the indifferent cooking and despotic rule of Gusteau's former pupil Skinner ( Ian Holm), a chef more interested in licensing TV dinners than wowing diners, the former five-star eatery has been demoted to just a single star. When a bungling new member of Skinner's kitchen staff named Linguini ( Lou Romano) accidentally sabotages a vat of soup, Remy can't control his nascent professional pride. (New York Sun)
Movie Review (2): Rataouille Jun 30, 2007
Hard times have befallen Gusteaus since his death and his sous-chef, now Head Chef Skinner (Ian Holm) has to take on a mysterious and gangly young man named Linguini as a favor to Linguinis deceased mother and friend of Gusteaus ... Ian Holm is the perfect voice for the vertically challenged Skinner. (Monsters and Critics.com)
'Ratatouille' a feast for the imagination Jun 30, 2007
The kitchen of Gusteau's eatery is now helmed by the former sous-chef, a maniacal oaf named Skinner (the delectable Sir Ian Holm), who not so much desires to continue the Gusteau legacy as he wants to cash in on his former boss's celebrity. 1. (Albany Times Union)
Pixar scores with 'Ratatouille' Jun 30, 2007
Starring the voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano and Peter OToole. Directed by Brad Bird. (San Francisco Chronicle)
No Rat Smelled in 'Ratatouille' Jun 30, 2007
"Even the vocal cast, which is indeed star-studded, never feels like distracting stunt casting.Brian Dennehy provides the voice of Remy's no-nonsense dad, Django, who's perfectly happy eating trash. Brad Garrett is Gusteau, the famous chef who appears to Remy as an apparition, and whose restaurant falls from five stars to three after his death. Janeane Garofalo plays the very stern, very French Colette, the only woman in the kitchen, with whom Linguini embarks on a romance. Ian Holm is the... (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
A vermin in Paris finds his inner foodie Jun 30, 2007
Featuring the voices of: Remy: Patton OswaltLinguini: Lou RomanoSkinner: Ian HolmColette: Janeane GarofoloDjango: Brian DennehyAnton Ego: Peter O'TooleGusteau: Brad Garrett ... The kitchen of Gusteau's eatery is now helmed by the former sous chef, a maniacal oaf named Skinner (the delectable Ian Holm), who not so much desires to continue the Gusteau legacy as he wants to cash in on his former boss' celebrity. (Chicago Sun-Times)
Savoring Pixar's Ratatouille Jun 30, 2007
They are tough and oafish, satisfied with garbage; he's a devotee of the late, famed chef Gusteau (Brad Garrett) and his mantra, "Anyone can cook." Having lost track of his teeming brood, he arrives at Gusteau's old restaurant, now run by the conniving Skinner (Ian Holm). But Remy's culinary imagination, put into effect by Linguini (Lou Romano) and the comely sous-chef Colette (Janeane Garofalo), will restore the reputation of the place. (Time.com)
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Preview: 'Ratatouille'Voiced by: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm and Lou Romano. Directed by Brad Bird. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
'Ratatouille' review Jun 30, 2007
But can Remy and Linguini triumph over the evil head chef, a sawed-off Napoleonic control freak (Ian Holm). And what about the brooding, cadaverous, ultimate-snob food critic Anton Ego. (CNN -- Showbiz)
"Ratatouille" Jun 30, 2007
Remy finds his way into the kitchen of the once-great chef's Paris restaurant -- which is now being run by a greedy, self-serving operator named Skinner (Ian Holm) -- and forges a tentative, tempestuous kinship with its skinny, lackadaisical garbage boy, Alfredo Linguini (Lou Romano), who will help him do the work of turning his dreams into reality. "Ratatouille" is a practical-minded picture, a story that's less about dreams than it is about work. (Salon)
‘Ratatouille’ a feast of sound, sight and story Jun 29, 2007
The kitchen of Gusteau s eatery is now helmed by the former sous-chef, a maniacal oaf named Skinner (the delectable Sir Ian Holm), who not so much desires to continue the Gusteau legacy as he wants to cash in on his former boss s celebrity. The eclectic kitchen staff is quirky and feisty, thanks to the assertive Collette (Janeane Garofalo), who has had to work much harder than the guys to make it in the male-dominated world of French haute cuisine. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
'Ratatouille' Jun 29, 2007
Cast: Voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O'Toole ... He surfaces in Paris next to Gusteau's famous restaurant, which has slipped in status and now is run by the greedy Skinner (Ian Holm). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Ratatouille is an animated feast Jun 29, 2007
Starring: Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Brian DennehyDirector: Brad BirdRun time: 1 hour, 50 minutesMPAA rating: G. OTooles character is human, but the hero of the movie is a rat. (MSNBC -- News)
Special of the day: Remy's 'Ratatouille' Jun 29, 2007
Ratatouille* * * 1/2 out of fourStars: Voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter O'Toole, Brad GarrettDirector: Brad BirdDistributor: Buena Vista PicturesRating: GRunning time: 1 hour, 50 minutesOpens today nationwide ... The film's chief villain is the manager of Gusteau's restaurant, Skinner (Ian Holm), a greedy entrepreneur who clearly lacks taste and sees Linguini as an interloper who will interfere with his taking over Gusteau's financial empire. (USA Today -- Life)
It's a rat's life Jun 29, 2007
The head chef, Skinner (Ian Holm), suspects funny business and schemes to debunk the new wonder cook ... With the voices of Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O'Toole. (Newsday -- New York City)
The rat stuff Jun 29, 2007
Featuring the voices of Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm ... The envious head chef, Skinner (Ian Holm), assumes that Linguini created the soup and insists he repeat his triumph. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
'Ratatouille' offers deliciously good storyline, animation Jun 29, 2007
Linguini's success worries Skinner (Ian Holm), the disdainful, dictatorial and height-challenged head chef, who believes that he'll inherit Gusteau's estate and has already begun marketing a Gusteau line of frozen food ... Starring:{M3 Voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, Peter O'Toole, Janeane Garofalo, Brad Garrett. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
A rat atop the food chain Jun 29, 2007
Voices: Brian Dennehy, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt. Director: Brad Bird. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pixar Animation Studios Photo Jun 29, 2007
Remy gets his chance to rise above his origins when he accidentally travels - via sewer - to Paris and makes his way to Gusteau's restaurant, now dominated by the Napoleonic chef Skinner (Ian Holm). With the help of a hapless kitchen boy named Linguini (Lou Romano, normally a Pixar production designer) and the stylish cook Collette (Janeane Garofalo), Remy sets out to prove that anyone really can cook. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Pixar's chefs overcook 'Ratatouille' Jun 29, 2007
Cast: The voices of Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole ... Linguini will cook, stealing the thunder of evil Chef Skinner (Ian Holm) and maybe even winning the trust of cute-but-feisty assistant chef Colette (Janeane Garofalo). (Seacoast New Hampshire)
An animated feast Jun 29, 2007
Once a five-star establishment, it's fallen into the hands of the mercenary Skinner (Ian Holm), who lets the menu stagnate while creating a microwave food line with dishes such as "Gusteau's Tooth-Pick'n Chicken." ... Ratatouille (Disney/Pixar) With the voices of Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo. (SunSpot.net)
Movie mini-reviews 06-28-2007 Jun 29, 2007
Starring Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Peter Sohn, Brian Dennehy, Brad Garrett, Peter O Toole. Synopsis: A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
'Ratatouille' is tasty morsel, sanitation aside Jun 28, 2007
B+ "Ratatouille" Featuring voices of: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Peter O'Toole Director: Brad Bird Studio: Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Rated: G RT: 92 minutes. We all know going to the movies can be expensive. (North County Times)
It's lights off for the Alamo Jun 28, 2007
In an effort to salvage the restaurant, brother Secondo confides in Pascal (Ian Holm), an elderly businessman who owns a thriving and flamboyant competing Italian restaurant. In an effort to help the brothers, Pascal books a gig for an amazing jazz musician to play at Paradise for one night, and in that night the brothers can please a large crowd in order to keep their business afloat. (The Daily Texan, TX)
Pixar perfectionists Jun 27, 2007
The voice cast includes Janeane Garofalo as the kitchen's only female cook, Ian Holm as a devious chef, and Peter O'Toole as a Scrooge-like food critic. John Lasseter, an executive producer on "Ratatouille" and Pixar's creative mastermind whose "Toy Story" started the era of computer-animated feature films, said the new movie follows the same guidelines as the company's previous hits, which include "A Bug's Life," "Toy Story 2," "Monsters, Inc." and "Cars.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Parker's Blues (Part II) Jun 24, 2007
Tom Skeritt would go on to do work in other films and on television (notably Nash Bridges); Harry Dean Stanton, already a veteran on the Hollywood scene, is still one of America s best character actors (we look for him even as he disappears into his role); John Hurt and Ian Holm were bred and trained under the British system of acting and can be relied on to surprise and attract an audience in any role; And then there is Sigourney Weaver, our Ripley, in her first important film role (she had a... (Suite101.com)
Who put the 'rat' in 'Ratatouille' Jun 21, 2007
Opening June 29, "Ratatouille" also features the voices of Peter O'Toole, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Brad Garrett and Brian Dennehy. "Ratatouille" could have been the first movie Pixar released with a studio partner other than the Walt Disney Co., whose deal to distribute Pixar films was set to expire after last year's "Cars.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Read the 'Ratatouille' review. Jun 21, 2007
Remy - Patton Oswalt Skinner - Ian Holm Linguini - Lou Romano Django - Brian Dennehy Emile - Peter Sohn Anton Ego - Peter O'Toole Gusteau - Brad Garrett Colette - Janeane Garofalo Horst - Will Arnett Lalo ois - Julius Callahan Larousse - James Remar Mustafa - John Ratzenberger Lawyer (Talon Labarthe) - Teddy Newton Pompidou h Inspector - Tony Fucile Git (Lab Rat) - Jake Steinfeld Ambrister Minion - Brad Bird Narrator - Stephane Roux ... One busy evening, Remy can't resist sneaking in and spicing... (Variety)
Top Random House editor leaving company Jun 12, 2007
Menaker, whose novel "The Treatment" was recently made into a feature film starring Ian Holm, will continue to work on "selected" Random House titles. "Dan's Random House legacy will truly last. We have much to thank him for," Gina Centrello, president and publisher of Random House, said in a statement. (FOX 11, AZ)
Local Actors Plagued By Stage Fright on Opening Night Jun 4, 2007
As an actress subject to the anxieties known as stage fright, Clark belongs to a vast historical troupe stocked with such luminaries as Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Meryl Streep and Ian Holm, to name only a few. The phenomenon has also struck musicians from classical pianist Glenn Gould to singer Carly Simon. (The Ledger)
Animated attractions May 29, 2007
The next offering from Disney-Pixar stars the voices of Patton Oswalt, Peter O Toole, Ian Holm and Brian Dennehy. (Rated G) (June 29). (The Daily Reflector)
A teacher's banal life in the city May 25, 2007
Chris Eigeman (right) plays a prep school teacher and Ian Holm is his psychiatrist ... He heads right to his Argentine shrink with the news, and the shrink, played by Ian Holm using a mysteriously Freudian accent, offers the soundest criticism of his patient and this movie: "You make from the world a banal comedy." Jake even gives it a generic name, the shrink says: "Life in the City." ... Starring: Chris Eigeman , Famke Janssen , Ian Holm. (Boston Globe)
Getting help works for this filmmaker May 20, 2007
What he can take full credit for is the letter that won him the participation of Sir Ian Holm as the outrageous Argentine analyst Ernesto Morales. Once that key piece of casting was in place, other name actors clamored to climb on: Blair Brown, Roger Rees, and Harris Yulin all accepted small roles at what Rudavsky describes as "below the low-budget SAG minimum.". (Boston Globe)
summer art-house films May 6, 2007
"The Treatment" (TBA): Outside of the "X-Men" movies, we just don't see enough of Famke Janssen, who stars here as the object of desire of a man (Chris Eigeman) ruled by his shrink (Ian Holm). "The Rape of Europa" (TBA): Annette Bening narrates this documentary based on Lynn Nicholas' best-seller about the Nazis' plundering of European art, and the lengths they were willing to go to do so. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Treatment May 3, 2007
With: Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssen, Ian Holm, Harris Yulin, Stephanie March, Blair Brown, Roger Rees, Stephen Lang ... Urbane, literate, quintessentially Gotham romantic comedy snagged Tribeca's "Made in New York" narrative prize thanks to a nicely harried Chris Eigeman, a remarkably unglossy Famke Janssen and a hilariously Freudian Ian Holm. (Variety)
Summer movie preview Apr 29, 2007
"The Treatment" A Manhattan man-about-town (Chris Eigeman ) has to choose between his eccentric shrink (Ian Holm ) and a new lady love (Famke Janssen ). Writer-director Oren Rudavsky takes a break from shooting documentaries ("The Last Klezmer ") to try to carve out his own slice of Woody Allen's wonderland. (Boston Globe)
Lakeville Plays a Role in New Film Apr 27, 2007
Skilled performances by Ian Holm, Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssen, Stephanie March, Harris Yulin and Blair Brown follow close behind ... Mr. Rudavsky wrote a long letter, cold, to one of his favorite actors, Ian Holm, enclosing the script ... After Ian Holm signed on, casting the other actors was surprisingly painless. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Your guide to what's playing this summer Apr 27, 2007
THE TREATMENT. A Manhattan teacher (Chris Eigeman) falls for a beautiful widow (Famke Janssen), but first must cope with his outrageous shrink (Ian Holm). July 20. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Adam Green on psychotherapists and the movies Feb 12, 2007
The movie, which opens in May, stars Chris Eigeman as an anxious Manhattan private-school English teacher, and Ian Holm as his bullying and meddlesome psychoanalyst. The panelists included Daniel Menaker, the Random House editor and the author of the novel on which The Treatment is based, and Oren Rudavsky, its director. (New Yorker)
Shrek and Spidey Jan 20, 2007
The voice cast includes Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy and Patton Oswalt. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' - Boy wizard Harry (Radcliffe) and buddies Hermione (Watson) and Ron (Grint) come back to school for year five, only to find a conspiracy in the magical community afoot over the return of the dark Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) in the last movie. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
