Ratatouille is Brad Garrett's third Pixar film.A bottle of wine from John Lasseter's actual winery in the Sonoma Valley can be seen in the film – Lasseter Cabernet Sauvignon.When he discovers Remy and eventually captures him, Skinner forces. Chef Skinner is a short, grumpy man who is shown to hate rats very much and feels the need to act tough. Fifteen different kinds of produce were left to rot and then photographed, such as apples, berries, bananas, mushrooms, oranges, broccoli and lettuce. Chef Skinner (simply known as Skinner) is the central antagonist of Disney/Pixar's 2007 animated feature film Ratatouille. To create a realistic looking compost pile, artists photographed and researched the way real produce rots. Ratatouille When Chef Skinner reads the letter from Linguini's mother, he immediately picks up the phone and says 'get my lawyer'.Skinner, famous for his experiments with rats. Skinner's name is a nod to behavioral psychologist B.F.Sir Ian Holm, the voice of Skinner, is two feet taller than Skinner and has played Napoleon Bonaparte three times in his illustrious career. The character Skinner, head chef at Gusteau's, stands at 3' 6" tall and has a bit of a Napoleon complex.Brad Lewis also completed a two-day internship in the French Laundry kitchen with Keller and his team. To brush up on their fine dining knowledge, director Brad Bird and producer Brad Lewis both enjoyed multiple hour, multiple course meals at Thomas Keller's French Laundry in Napa, in addition to many fine restaurants in Paris.When recording lines for a scene in which Remy hugs his father Django, Patton Oswalt (voice of Remy) actually hugged director Brad Bird to achieve a realistic sound.When conducting research in Paris, the filmmakers took over 4,500 reference photographs.Every food item was prepared and styled in a real kitchen, then photographed for reference and eaten. A sprite of Gusteau leads him to his old restaurant, where he finds the head chef (Skinner), a young woman chef (Colette), and the garbage boy (Linguini). The filmmakers created over 270 pieces of food in the computer. With the help of Gusteau’s cookbook, Remy sails down the sewer, all the way to Paris.Anton Ego, the most powerful food critic in Paris, can make or break a restaurant with a single review.The last three were different poses of the final design. Six of those sculpts were different design explorations. During the character design process, the sculptor created nine handmade clay sculpts of the film's protagonist, Remy.Colette rides a "Calahan" branded motorcycle, named after Sharon Calahan, the Director of Photography for RATATOUILLE. Colette is the toughest chef and the only female in the kitchen at Gusteau's.To save on time, the artists at Pixar skipped one detail – none of the human characters have any toes.Of course, nothing earth shattering, but interesting none the less. Disney sent us a list of fun Ratatouille facts.