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Bolt (2008)

Release Date:
Friday, November 21, 2008

MPAA Rating:
PG

Rating Reason:
Some mild action and peril.

Genre:
Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Starring:
John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton

Written By:
Dan Fogelman, Chris Williams

Director:
Chris Williams, Byron Howard

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Synopsis:
From Walt Disney Pictures comes an animated comedy adventure featuring a super-dog named Bolt (voice of John Travolta), whose days are filled with danger and intrigue—at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet—a cross-country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (voice of Miley Cyrus).

Bolt (2008) | Spiritual Article

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STUDIO SYNOPSIS
From Walt Disney Pictures comes an animated comedy adventure featuring a super-dog named Bolt (voice of John Travolta), whose days are filled with danger and intrigue—at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet—a cross-country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (voice of Miley Cyrus). Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions—a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (voice of Susie Essman) and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (voice of Mark Walton)—Bolt discovers he doesn't need superpowers to be a hero.

SPIRITUAL POINT OF VIEW
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Bolt learns that his true superpower lies in his loyalty to Penny. True and unconditional friendship is rare and precious. To be deprived of it is to suffer incredible loneliness. The message that comes through loud and clear in the film: The journey to reestablish Friendship is worth every mile, no matter how brutal the road.
 
Bolt is an excellent example of how great cinematic art, story and talent can deliver a message about the value of friendship –the greatest superpower there is. As Irish poet Thomas Moore once wrote, “To the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship.”

USE LONELINESS IN A POSITIVE WAY
Christian mystic and statesman Dag Hammarskjold said, “Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.”

If Hammarskjold words were dramatized, Bolt would be the movie.

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