<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $150 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $620.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Ratatouille (/ rætəˈtuːiː /; French pronunciation: ​ (ʁatatuj)) is a 2007 American computer - animated comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution . It is the eighth film produced by Pixar and was co-written and directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005 . The title refers to a French dish, "ratatouille", which is served at the end of the film and is also a play on words about the species of the main character . The film stars the voices of Patton Oswalt as Remy, an anthropomorphic rat who is interested in cooking; Lou Romano as Linguini, a young garbage boy who befriends Remy; Ian Holm as Skinner, the head chef of Auguste Gusteau's restaurant; Janeane Garofalo as Colette, a rôtisseur at Gusteau's restaurant; Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego, a restaurant critic; Brian Dennehy as Django, Remy's father and leader of his clan; Peter Sohn as Emile, Remy's older brother; and Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau, a recently deceased chef . The plot follows a rat named Remy, who dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve his goal by forming an alliance with a Parisian restaurant's garbage boy . </P> <P> Development of Ratatouille began in 2000 when Pinkava wrote the original concepts of the film . In 2005, Bird was approached to direct the film and revise the story . Bird and some of the film's crew members also visited Paris for inspiration . To create the food animation used in the film, the crew consulted chefs from both France and the United States . Bird also interned at Thomas Keller's The French Laundry restaurant, where Keller developed the confit byaldi, a dish used in the film . </P>

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