Merida flees on horseback with Elinor, while Fergus and his men fend off Mor'du, though the fight costs him one of his legs. Soon afterward, Mor'du, a huge demon bear, attacks the family. While venturing into the woods to fetch an arrow, Merida encounters a will-o'-the-wisp. In Medieval Scotland, Princess Merida of the clan Dunbroch is given a bow and arrow by her father, King Fergus for her sixth birthday to the dismay of her mother, Queen Elinor. Preceding the feature theatrically was a short film entitled La Luna, directed by Enrico Casarosa. The film won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, and the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Feature Film. īrave premiered on June 10, 2012, at the Seattle International Film Festival, and was theatrically released in North America on June 22, 2012, to both positive reviews and box office success. Brave is the first film to use the Dolby Atmos sound format. To create the most complex visuals possible, Pixar completely rewrote their animation system for the first time in 25 years. Co-directing with Andrews and Purcell, Chapman became Pixar's first female director of a feature-length film. Ĭhapman drew inspiration for the film's story from her relationship with her own daughter. Brave is Pixar's first film with a female protagonist, and the first one animated with a new proprietary animation system, called Presto.
The film is also dedicated to Pixar chairman and Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who died before the film's release. Merida is the first Disney Princess created by Pixar. When Queen Elinor, her mother, falls victim to a beastly curse turning into a bear, Merida must look within herself and find the key to saving the kingdom. Set in the Scottish Highlands, the film tells the story of Princess Merida of DunBroch who defies an age-old custom, causing chaos in the kingdom by expressing the desire not to be betrothed. The film stars the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, and Craig Ferguson. The story was written by Chapman, who also wrote the film's screenplay with Andrews, Purcell, and Irene Mecchi. The film was directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (in the former's feature directorial debut), co-directed by Steve Purcell, and produced by Katherine Sarafian, with John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Pete Docter serving as executive producers.
As a result, it was ruled out as a contributing factor but highlighted as a learning opportunity for wildland firefighters.Brave is a 2012 American computer-animated fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. While this decision was not sanctioned by the supervising authority, investigators determined the Granite Mountain IHC would not have perceived any risk associated with the move, since it was not yet known the fire would later shift directions. It was concluded by investigators (and hinted at in the movie) that the Granite Mountain IHC was reluctant to sit by and do nothing, instead choosing to leave the black- presumably desiring to reengage the fire or assist in evacuation of Yarnell. In the official accident report released by the Arizona State Forestry Division, investigators noted a "culture of engagement" that, while ruled out as a direct contributing factor to the accident, was highlighted as the likely reason the Granite Mountain IHC chose to leave "the black".Īs noted, Hotshots are recognized as experts within the wildland firefighting community, whose persistence and improvisational ability makes them uniquely suited to the unusual challenges of wildfire engagement.
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