They return to the castle to find the clans on the verge of war. Realizing Mor'du was the prince in the legend, Merida vows to not let the same thing happen to her mother, and concludes she needs to repair the family tapestry she deliberately damaged during their argument. Merida and Elinor are led by the wisps to ancient ruins, where they encounter Mor'du. Merida returns to the deserted witch's cottage with Elinor, and discovers a message from the witch: Merida must "mend the bond, torn by pride" by the second sunrise, or the spell will become permanent. Merida bargains for a spell to "change" Elinor, and the witch gives her an enchanted cake.Įlinor eats the cake and is transformed into a bear, unable to speak but still retaining most of her human consciousness. Wisps appear, leading her to the hut of an elderly witch. Merida easily bests her suitors in an archery contest and, after arguing with Elinor, runs away into the forest. Twisting the rules, Merida announces that, as her own clan's firstborn, she will compete for her own hand. The allied clan chieftains and their first-born sons arrive to compete in the Highland games for Merida's hand in marriage. Elinor explains failure to consent to the betrothal could harm Dunbroch, reminding Merida of a legend of a prince whose pride and refusal to follow his father's wishes destroyed his kingdom. Ten years later, Merida discovers she is to be betrothed to the son of one of her father's allies. Merida flees on horseback with Elinor, while Fergus and his men fend off Mor'du, though the fight costs the king one of his legs. Soon afterward, Mor'du, a huge demon bear, attacks the family. While venturing into the forest to fetch an arrow, Merida encounters a will-o'-the-wisp. In Medieval Scotland, a young Princess Merida of the clan Dunbroch celebrates her birthday and is given a bow and arrow by her father, King Fergus, dismaying his wife 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. Receiving generally positive reviews, it was a box office success, grossing $540.4 million against a $185 million budget. Patrick Doyle composed the film's musical score.īrave premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 10, 2012, and was theatrically released in North America on June 22. The filmmakers created three original tartan patterns for three of the four clans in the film. 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. Chapman, who had just wrapped up work as a story artist on Cars (2006), drew inspiration for the film's story from her relationship with her own daughter. Originally titled The Bear and the Bow, the film was first announced in April 2008 alongside Up (2009) and Cars 2 (2011). The film is also dedicated to Pixar chairman and Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who died before the film's release.īrave is Pixar's first film with a female protagonist, and the first one animated with a new proprietary animation system, called Presto. Merida is the first character in the Disney Princess line to be created by Pixar. When Queen Elinor (Thompson), her mother, falls victim to a beastly curse and turns 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 (Macdonald) 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. Brave is a 2012 American animated fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
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