Mater and the Ghostlight
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Poster for Mater and the Ghostlight
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| Directed by |
John Lasseter Dan Scanlon (co-director) |
| Produced by |
Darla K. Anderson Mark Nielsen |
| Story by |
Joe Ranft John Lasseter Dan Scanlon |
| Starring |
Larry the Cable Guy Owen Wilson Paul Newman Bonnie Hunt Cheech Marin Michael Wallis |
| Music by | Bruno Coon Brad Paisley (Behind the Clouds) |
| Edited by | Torbin Xan Bullock |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
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7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Mater and the Ghostlight is a 2006 Pixar computer-animated short created for the DVD of Cars, which was released in the United States and Canada on November 7, 2006. The short, set in the Cars world, tells a story of Mater being haunted by a mysterious blue light.
The short film opens with Mater playing pranks on the other residents of Radiator Springs. This sequence culminates with Mater teasing Lightning McQueen as if he had seen "the Ghostlight," a Route 66 legend recounted to Pixar by Dean Walker of the Kansas Historic Route 66 Association.
Sheriff admonishes him for mocking the urban legend, but Mater reminds Lightning that it isn't real. Sheriff points out that it IS real, shocking them, and then tells everyone the tale of the Ghostlight. The rest of the gang say goodnight and turn off all the store lights, leaving a nervous and scared Mater all alone in the dark.
During the body of the short, mayhem ensues as Mater is pursued by the Ghostlight, ultimately revealed to be just a lantern affixed to Mater's towing cable by Lightning and Guido. He drives into Willy's Butte and wakes Frank and his tractors and goes into slow motion where he sounds like a bull. The other residents of Radiator Springs watch as Mater drives around frantically with the "Ghostlight" on his tail, before Mater tires himself out and discovers the truth. The cars tell him it was all a prank to pay him back for all his pranks he played on them. Sheriff gently tells Mater that the only thing to be scared of on Route 66 is "his imagination." Doc jokingly adds that all Mater really had to fear was "The Screaming Banshee" before they all leave Mater, alone and frightened once again.
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