On Merida's sixth birthday, King Fergus gives Merida a short bow and arrow as a birthday present. Princess Merida is an incredibly skilled archer living in the Scottish kingdom of DunBroch with her mother Queen Elinor, and her father King Fergus. The movie takes place in 10th century Scotland. It is dedicated to Steve Jobs who passed away on October 5, 2011. Preceding the film is a short film entitled La Luna, directed by Enrico Casarosa. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film up against other Disney animated films such as Wreck-It Ralph and Frankenweenie. On June 10, 2012, Brave premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival and was released in North America on June 22, 2012, to both positive reviews and box office success.īrave received mostly positive reviews, and the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and also won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. After consulting a witch for help, Merida accidentally curses her mother and is forced to undo the spell herself before it is too late. In the film, set in the Scottish Highlands during the Middle Ages, a skilled archer named Merida defies an age-old custom, causing chaos in her kingdom and angering her mother, Elinor.

This was the 10th film to not use a sequel or prequel since Up. It is the first film to use the Dolby Atmos sound format. To make the most complex visuals possible, Pixar completely rewrote their animation system for the first time in 25 years. The film's voice cast features Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, and Robbie Coltrane. It is Pixar's 13th animated feature film. It was written by Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, and Irene Mecchi, and directed by Andrews and Chapman and co-directed by Purcell. Brave is a 2012 American 3D CGI computer-animated adventure fantasy film Pixar Animation Studios produced, which was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

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