Despicable Me (2010) is an animated Family/Comedy movie directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud.
The movie is about a criminal mastermind, who uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
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Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett gave their voices to different characters of the movie. The movie was a huge success worldwide. We got introduced to funny, smart, adorable minions for the first time in this movie.
Now, I have put together a list of Facts about Despicable Me (2010). Let's have a look.
1. The directors actually wrote a language for the gibberish the minions speak throughout the film. They called it "minion-ese". Each word the minions speak in the film translates into an actual word.
2. Will Arnett gained weight for the role of Mr Perkins because since he's playing a large, heavy-set man he thought it would improve his voicework.
4. In his application to adopt the girls, Gru's first name is given as Felonious. In the Gru family tree, you can see Gru's mother's name is Marlina, and his father's name is Robert.
5. The film was animated in the French studio Mac Guff in Paris, and although a US production, it was written and directed by Spaniards and Frenchmen, making Despicable Me (2010) a very cross-cultural production.
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6. Gru's profile resembles an Emperor Penguin, which is appropriate because the male Emperor Penguin is the one that cares for its young.
7. A possible reason for the origin of Gru's name is that the French word "la grue" means a crane. Gru's legs are long and thin, and resemble those of a giant crane.
8. When Gru first comes home in the beginning of the movie the tv is on and the talk show host is interviewing a guest who appears to be Sia, which can be determined by her blond hair with bangs covering her eyes.
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9. Gru's date of birth is 09.28.1960 as shown in the state adoption file on the computer. But the information that the minions enter into the computer says that gru has received a Nobel prize in the year 1952
10. While Gru is floating in space while orbiting the moon, we see that the number on Gru's "Swan Lake" ticket is 072069 - July 20, 1969 is the date of first moon landing, which Gru is seen watching in flashbacks.
11. There is a nod to a scene from The Godfather the morning after Gru has "given" the girls back to Miss Hatty. He reveals the playdoll hairdresser head and begins to scream and gesture in the same manner when a bloody horse head is discovered in the sheets.
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