Guess what came to my office yesterday. The styleguide for the movie.
Here is the plot to ponder. REMEMBER! THIS IS A SPOILER!
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Remy, a French rat with an acute sense of smell and taste, and an
uncharacteristic appreciation for fine cuisine, is tired of the same old garbage.
Different from the rest of the pack, he dreams Of becoming a great chef,
just like his idol, the late Auguste Gusteau, whose “Anyone Can Cook”
cookbook has been his only lifeline to the fine culinary world.
However, since a rat’s daily life Is composed mostly of stealing trash and
trying to avoid humans who invariably want to kill them, he doesn’t have
a rat’s chance of achieving his impossible dream.
Driven by his passion for cooking, Remy’s ambitions to become a chef
move one step closer to reality when he accidentally uproots his family
from the French countryside. Separated from the others in a frenzied
departure, he is washed up in the sewer under the streets of Paris,
where fortune has dropped him beneath the namesake restaurant
of his culinary hero, Gusteau.
After watching Linguini, Gusteau’s hapless garbage boy, unsuccessfully
attempt to remake a pot of soup that he has spilled, Remy furtively
fixes the soup himself. When the dish is a hit, Linguini implores the l
ittle rat to help him cook it again.
The two begin a peculiar but wildly successful “ghost-cooking” relationship,
and Remy’s culinary genius is finally given a chance to shine.
Remy finds himself torn between his calling and passion in life or returning
forever to his previous existence as a rat. He learns the truth about friendship,
family and having no choice but to be who he really is, a rat who wants
to be a chef.
In the words of his idol Gusteau: “Anyone can cook.
But to be great...you must be fearless!”
Here is the plot to ponder. REMEMBER! THIS IS A SPOILER!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Remy, a French rat with an acute sense of smell and taste, and an
uncharacteristic appreciation for fine cuisine, is tired of the same old garbage.
Different from the rest of the pack, he dreams Of becoming a great chef,
just like his idol, the late Auguste Gusteau, whose “Anyone Can Cook”
cookbook has been his only lifeline to the fine culinary world.
However, since a rat’s daily life Is composed mostly of stealing trash and
trying to avoid humans who invariably want to kill them, he doesn’t have
a rat’s chance of achieving his impossible dream.
Driven by his passion for cooking, Remy’s ambitions to become a chef
move one step closer to reality when he accidentally uproots his family
from the French countryside. Separated from the others in a frenzied
departure, he is washed up in the sewer under the streets of Paris,
where fortune has dropped him beneath the namesake restaurant
of his culinary hero, Gusteau.
After watching Linguini, Gusteau’s hapless garbage boy, unsuccessfully
attempt to remake a pot of soup that he has spilled, Remy furtively
fixes the soup himself. When the dish is a hit, Linguini implores the l
ittle rat to help him cook it again.
The two begin a peculiar but wildly successful “ghost-cooking” relationship,
and Remy’s culinary genius is finally given a chance to shine.
Remy finds himself torn between his calling and passion in life or returning
forever to his previous existence as a rat. He learns the truth about friendship,
family and having no choice but to be who he really is, a rat who wants
to be a chef.
In the words of his idol Gusteau: “Anyone can cook.
But to be great...you must be fearless!”