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Disney/Pixar Scares Up Laughs And Fun With Release Of Theatrical Trailer For Upcoming “Monsters, Inc.”

Trailer, featuring first film footage to be shown publicly, enters theaters nationwide on June 15th

BURBANK, Calif., June 7 -- Moviegoers will be able to get their first look at film footage from the highly-anticipated Walt Disney Pictures release of Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." when the theatrical trailer is available for broadcast via satellite and on the internet at www.monstersinc.com and www.apple.com beginning Friday, June 8th. The trailer will also begin its theatrical run that day in exclusive engagements with Walt Disney Pictures' "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" in Los Angeles (at the El Capitan Theatre) and New York (at Clearview Cinemas Ziegfeld Theatre), before opening nationwide on June 15th. A Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq: PIXR) film, "Monsters, Inc." is a comedy with an all-star voice cast set in the world of things that go bump in the night and will be released nationwide on November 2nd, 2001.

Following are the satellite coordinates for the five feeds of the trailer:

Telstar 5/ [c] 05
DL Freq: 3800 Vertical
Audio: 6.2/ 6.80

1.) 0600 - 0615 ET
2.) 0900 - 0915 ET
3.) 1300 - 1315 ET
4.) 1800 - 1815 ET
5.) 2000 - 2015 ET

In case of trouble during transmission, contact Steven Morales at:

(323) 930-1030 -- otsp main
(323) 717-6257 -- cell

"Monsters, Inc." is being created and produced by Pixar at its Northern California studios and is directed by Pete Docter, an Oscar^® nominee for his role in creating the original story for "Toy Story," and co-directed by David Silverman, the Emmy Award-winning supervising director of "The Simpsons," and Lee Unkrich, co-director of the Golden Globe-winner "Toy Story 2." Darla Anderson ("A Bug's Life") is the producer with John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton serving as executive producers.

Monsters, Incorporated is the largest scare factory in the monster world and James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) is the top kid Scarer. Sullivan is a huge, intimidating monster with blue fur, large purple spots, and horns. His Scare Assistant, best friend and roommate is Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), a feisty, one-eyed, green ball of a monster. The cast of characters also includes the factory's CEO, a crablike monster named Henry J. Waternoose (James Coburn) and the snake-headed, beguiling receptionist Celia (Jennifer Tilly). One of the top Scarers is a sarcastic chameleon monster named Randall Boggs (Steve Buscemi). Visiting from the human world is Boo (Mary Gibbs), a tiny girl who goes where no human has ever gone before.

About Walt Disney Feature Animation
Walt Disney Feature Animation is a division of The Walt Disney Studios, which has created and produced the most successful animated films of all time. Walt Disney Studios is a unit of the Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), the world's foremost family entertainment company engaged in animated and live-action film and television production; cable and broadcast television; theme parks and resorts; character merchandise licensing; consumer products retailing; and book, magazine and music publishing.

About Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq: PIXR) combines creative and technical artistry to create original characters and stories in the medium of computer animation. Under its partnership with Disney, Pixar has created and produced the first computer-animated feature film, the Academy Award^®-winning Toy Story, released in 1995; A Bug's Life, the highest grossing animated film released in 1998; and Golden Globe-winner Toy Story 2, the highest grossing animated film released in 1999. The Northern California studio is currently in production on Monsters, Inc., scheduled for release November 2, 2001, and Finding Nemo, scheduled for a summer 2003 release.