


To create the food animation used in the film, the crew consulted chefs from both France and the United States. Bird and some of the film's crew members also visited Paris for inspiration. In 2005, following Pinkava's departure from Pixar, Bird was approached to direct the film and revise the story. The development of Ratatouille began in 2000 when Pinkava wrote the original concepts of the film. The film stars the voices of Patton Oswalt as Remy, an anthropomorphic rat who is interested in cooking Lou Romano as Alfredo Linguini, a young garbage boy who befriends Remy Ian Holm as Skinner, the head chef of Auguste Gusteau's restaurant Janeane Garofalo as Colette Tatou, a rôtisseur at Gusteau's restaurant and the staff's only female chef Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego, a restaurant critic Brian Dennehy as Django, Remy's father and leader of his clan Peter Sohn as Émile, Remy's older brother and Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau, a recently deceased chef.

Set in Paris, the plot follows the 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. The title refers to the French dish ratatouille, which is served at the end of the film, and also references the species of the main character, a rat. The eighth film produced by Pixar, it was written and directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005, and produced by Brad Lewis, from an original idea from Bird, Pinkava and Jim Capobianco. Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
