• Finding Nemo Preview
• Audio Commentary
• Sound Effects Only Mix
• For The Birds Academy Award Winning Animated Short
• Mikes New Car Animated Short
• Outtakes
• Monster TV Treats
• Ponkickies 21 Animation
• Disney Storytime
• If I Didn t Have You Music Video
• Company Play Program
• On The Job With Mike And Sulley
• Welcome To Monsters Inc
• Your First Day
• History Of The Monster World
• Employee Handbook
• Monster Of The Month
• Scare Cards
• Pixars Fun Factory
• Pixar Air Show
• Story Is King
• Monsters Are Real
• Original Treatment
• Deleted Scenes
• Original Opening
• Storyboard To Film Comparison
• Cast Of Characters
• What Makes A Great Monster
• Character Designs
• Monstropolis
• Setting The Scene
• Colour Scripts
• Master Lighting
• Location Flyarounds
• Monstropolis Art Gallery
• Guide To In Jokes
• Animation Process
• Early Tests
• Opening Title
• Hand Parts
• Shots Department
• Production Demonstration
• Monster Song
• Sound Design
• Biaural Recording
• Easter Eggs
• Clips From The US Premiere
• Trailers
• TV Spots
• International Inserts
• Poster Gallery
• Multi Language Clip Reel

Nevertheless, John Goodman and Billy Crystal, as scare-champions Sulley and Mike, are a great double-act whose comedy never goes over kids' heads but still reaches up to make their parents laugh. The film's central conceit--that monsters in the bedroom closet are just doing a night's work in order to generate power from screams for the city of Monstropolis--is funny and cleverly worked out; and kids will of course love the fact that the monsters are mortally afraid of the very children they are trying to frighten.

The animation is extraordinarily detailed (Sulley's fur is a marvel in itself) and the set-piece action sequences top anything that has gone before for sheer audaciousness. But overall Pixar play things very safe, from the hissable villain to the end credit "outtakes". A bolder film might have taken inspiration from The Nightmare Before Christmas; instead, a little of that Disney disease of knowing cuteness seems to have crept into the formula. --Mark Walker

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Disc One:
Animated menus
Finding Nemo - an exclusive sneak peek of Disney/Pixar's next feature film release
Filmmaker's audio commentary
Sound effects only mix

Disc 2:
For The Birds - 2001 Academy Award-Winner for Best Animated Short Film
All-new animated short film, Mike's New Car (created exclusively for the video)
Outtakes
7 Easter Eggs
US Premiere
Trailers and TV Spots
Poster Gallery
Multi-language clip reel

MONSTER WORLD MENUS:
Monster TV Treats
Ponkickies 21 - all new animation created for Japanese television
Disney Storytime
"If I Didn't Have You" music video
Company Play Program - cast bios, photos and advertisement
On the Job with Mike and Sulley
Welcome to Monsters Inc. - introduction
Your first day - orientation for new employees at Monsters Inc.
History of the Monster World
Employee Handbook
Monster of the month
Scare Cards

HUMAN WORLD MENUS:
Pixar's fun factory - John Lasseter takes you on a tour of Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar Air Show - Paper airplane contest with Pixar staff (easter egg)
Story is King featurette
Monsters are Real featurette
Original treatment
Deleted scenes
Original opening
Storyboard to film comparison
Cast of Characters
What makes a Great Monster?
Character Design
Monstropolis making of Featurette
Setting the scene
Colour Script
Master lighting
Location flyarounds
Monstropolis art gallery
Guide to "In" jokes
Animation process
Early tests
Opening title animation
Hard parts featurette
Shots department
Production demonstration
Monster Song - behind the scenes look at "If I Didn't Have You"
Sound design featurette
Biaural Recording

Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1)

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