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Facts 1741-1770: Ratatouille Themed Page

Who here loves cooking?

Anybody like rats or mice?

Then you're in the right place at the right time! Welcome to the Ratatouille themed fact page of my Disney book! his page was suggested by @RobertoRivera822. So ab a plate of cheese and lets get to these facts shall we?

Fact #1741 

Colette rides a “Calahan” branded motorcycle, named after Sharon Calahan, the Director of Photography for the film.

Fact #1742 

Anton Ego’s office is shaped like a coffin.

Fact #1743 

The filmmakers created over 270 pieces of food in the computer. Every food item was prepared and styled in a real kitchen, then photographed for reference and eaten.

Fact #1744 

When recording lines for a scene in which Remy hugs his father Django, Patton Oswalt actually hugged director Brad Bird to achieve a realistic sound.

Fact #1745 

Skinner’s name is a nod to behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner, famous for his experiments with rats.

Fact #1746 

Remy's original name was Art.

Fact #1747 

Linguini's first name is Alfredo.

Fact #1748 

In older versions of the film, Emile talked to his stomach.

Fact #1749 

Remy has 1,150,070 hairs on his body.

Fact #1750 

Django's original name was Pesto.

Fact #1751 

Meet Remi in person when you visit Chefs de France in Epcot. Not only will you enjoy an exceptional meal, but you will get to chat with Remi in person. 

Fact #1752 

Remi can also be seen at Disney's Hollywood Studios during a Pixar themed parade.

Fact #1753 

Linguini was Lou Romano's first starring role in a Pixar film.

Fact #1754 

Lou Romano also provided his voice work in Cars and The Incredibles.

Fact #1755 

While preparing to promote the film 'Ratatouille,' Pixar actually came up with the idea to sell wine with drawings of Remy the rat on the label. As great as that idea was, it was deemed inappropriate because it could encourage underage drinking.

Fact #1756 

Ratatouille is one of seven Disney Pixar films that have aken home an Academy Award.

Fact #1757 

The ratatouille dish prepared by Remy is the alternate variation called Confit Byaldi. It was adapted by film consultant Thomas Keller. This variation differs much from the conventional ratatouille in terms of preparation and method. The major difference is that the vegetables used are sliced thinly and baked instead of cooking them in the pot.

Fact #1758 

To create a realistic looking compost pile, artists photographed and researched the way real produce rots. Fifteen different kinds of produce were left to rot and then photographed, such as apples, berries, bananas, mushrooms, oranges, broccoli and lettuce.

Fact #1759 

Disney-Pixar was worried that people would not know how to say Ratatouille, so all promotional posters also had the pronunciation as “rat-a-too-ee” underneath the title.

Fact #1760 

In Ratatouille, you can see a shop with dead rats in the window. There is a shop in Paris, France that actually has dead rats in the window. It is an exterminator shop that was founded in 1872. It is called Destruction des Animaux Nuisibles. It can be found at 8 rue de Halles in the first arrondissement.

Fact #1761 

Auguste Gusteau's surname is a pun on "gustation", the technical term for the sense of taste.

Fact #1762 

Veteran Disney animator, Victor Haboush, who worked on Sleeping Beauty in 1959, Lady and the Tramp in 1955 and 101 Dalmatians in 1961, called this film "the best animated film since Pinocchio.".

Fact #1763 

The animation team worked alongside chef Thomas Keller at his restaurant French Laundry in order to learn the art of cooking. Mr. Keller also appears in a cameo role as the voice of a patron at Gusteau's.

Fact #1764 

This is the first Disney/Pixar film to actually be produced by Disney after Disney bought Pixar for $8.4 billion.

Fact #1765 

The French waiter in the trailer talking about the cheeses is voiced by the film's director, Brad Bird.

Fact #1766 

Gusteau's first and last names are anagrams of each other.

Fact #1767 

At the last scene in the film as Ego asks Remy to surprise him for dessert, three pans behind Remy in the kitchen form a hidden Mickey.

Fact #1768 

Linguini and (the ghost of) Gusteau both learn that Linguini is Gusteau's son born out of wedlock. This makes this the first Disney full-length animated motion picture to feature a main character of "illegitimate" parentage: all prior main characters were either orphaned, had both parents married and living, or had one living widowed parent. 

Fact #1769 

Michael Warch, the manager of sets and layout, holds a culinary degree.

Fact #1770 

During the character design process, the sculptor created nine handmade clay sculpts of the film's protagonist, Remy. Six of those sculpts were different design explorations. The last three were different poses of the final design.

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I hope you all enjoyed these facts as much as I did!