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157-499: Toy Story is a 1995 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures . The first installment in the Toy Story franchise , it was the first entirely computer-animated feature film , as well as the first feature film from Pixar. The film was directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut ), written by Joss Whedon , Andrew Stanton , Joel Cohen , and Alec Sokolow based on

314-406: A 100% approval rating on film aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes . The film is frequently lauded as one of the best animated films ever made and, due to its status as the first computer-animated film, one of the most important films in the medium's history and film at large. The film received three Academy Award nominations— Best Original Screenplay (the first animated film to be nominated for

471-451: A Barbie doll; the latter transformed into Bo Peep as Mattel would not license the character. Whedon also re-visioned Buzz Lightyear from being a dim-witted but cheerful and self-aware character to an action figure who isn't aware that he's a toy—an epiphany that transformed the film. A brainstorming session with members of Disney Animation's creative team resulted in the addition of the three-eyed squeaky toy aliens . Katzenberg approved

628-813: A CalArts graduate, joined the Toy Story team in 1993. Disney and Pixar officially announced the sequel in a press release on March 12, 1997. "The story of Toy Story 2 is based a lot on my own experience. I'm a big toy collector and a lot of them are like antiques, or one-of-a-kind toys, or prototypes the toy makers have given me. Well, I have five sons, four of them are little and they love to come to daddy's work, and they come into daddy's office and they just play with everything. And I'm sitting there [saying]'Oh no, that's uh, you can't play with that one, oh no, play with this one, oh no....' and I found myself just sitting there looking at myself and laughing. Because toys are manufactured, put on this Earth, to be played with by

785-447: A Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy . Along with his other awards, Randy Newman and his song " When She Loved Me " won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media . A Satellite Award was given for Outstanding Youth DVD, and a Golden Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media, and one for Best Original Song "When She Loved Me". The film

942-422: A challenge since it could not be mere padding — it would have to feel as if it had always been there, an organic part of the film. With the scheduled delivery date less than a year away, Lasseter called Stanton, Docter, Joe Ranft , and some Disney story people to his house for a weekend. There, he hosted what he called a "story summit", a crash exercise that would produce a finished story in just two days. Back at

1099-469: A child or, worse, a child growing out of a toy. Brannon suggested the idea of a yard sale where the collector recognizes Woody as a rare artifact. The concept of Woody as a collectible set came from the draft story of A Tin Toy Christmas , an original half-hour special pitched by Pixar to Disney in 1990. The obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggin , who had appeared in a draft of Toy Story but

1256-430: A child. That is the core essence of Toy Story . And so I started wondering, what was it like from a toy's point of view to be collected?" – John Lasseter, on the story of Toy Story 2 Lasseter's intention with a sequel was to respect the original Toy Story film and create that world again. The story originated with him wondering what a toy would find upsetting, how a toy would feel if it were not played with by

1413-460: A deal allowing him to make it as a Disney film outside the studio. This allowed Pixar to make their movies outside Disney. Both sides were willing. Catmull and fellow Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith had long wanted to produce a computer-animated feature, but only by the early 1990s were the computers cheap and powerful enough to make this possible. In addition, Disney had licensed Pixar's Computer Animation Production System (CAPS), and that made it

1570-413: A director, or I can stay here and make history." Katzenberg realized he could not lure Lasseter back to Disney and therefore set plans into motion to ink a production deal with Pixar to produce a film. Disney had always made all their movies in-house and refused to change this. But when Tim Burton , who used to work at Disney, wanted to buy back the rights to The Nightmare Before Christmas , Disney struck

1727-415: A disclaimer appears reading: "In 1986 Pixar Animation Studios produced their first film. This is why we have a hopping lamp in our logo". On December 25, 1999, within a month of the film's theatrical release, a blooper reel was added to the film's mid-credits , which features the characters, Flik and Heimlich, from A Bug's Life . In 2009, both Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were converted to 3D for

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1884-452: A film's atmosphere, character, and story, and therefore, the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre. Instead, his taxonomy argues that comedy is a type of film that contains at least a dozen different sub-types. A number of hybrid genres have emerged, such as action comedy and romantic comedy . The first comedy film was L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumière . Less than

2041-459: A half-hour special, they might as well go all the way and make a feature-length film. Katzenberg also made it clear that he was only working with Pixar to get access to Lasseter's talents, and that the Pixar team would be signing up to work with a self-described "tyrant" and micro-manager. However, he invited them to talk with Disney's animators and get their opinions on working under him and Lasseter

2198-471: A kindergarten classroom where they can be played with every day, was quite different. Katzenberg was unhappy with the treatment drafted by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton , and Pete Docter , as the two character's motivations were too similar. Instead, he encouraged them to write it as a buddy film , giving the two main characters contrasting personalities, and having them only become friends after being forced to work together. Lasseter, Stanton, and Docter delivered

2355-483: A mainstream audience. The success of the American television show Saturday Night Live drove decades of cinema with racier content allowed on television drawing on the program's stars and characters, with bigger successes including Wayne's World , Mean Girls , Ghostbusters and Animal House . Parody and joke-based films continue to find audiences. While comedic films are among the most popular with audiences at

2512-534: A mental haze, forgot the baby in the back seat of his car in the parking lot. "Although quick action by rescue workers headed off the worst, the incident became a horrible indicator that some on the crew were working too hard," wrote David Price in his 2008 book The Pixar Touch . Randy Newman , who composed and conducted music for the original Toy Story film, returned to score the sequel. He wrote two original songs – " When She Loved Me ", performed by Sarah McLachlan , and "Woody's Roundup", performed by Riders in

2669-509: A minute long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener. The most notable comedy actors of the silent film era (1895–1927) were Charlie Chaplin , Harold Lloyd , and Buster Keaton , though they were able to make the transition into “ talkies ” after the 1920s. Film-makers in the 1960s skillfully employed the use of comedy film to make social statements by building their narratives around sensitive cultural, political or social issues. Such films include Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love

2826-413: A mission to defeat his arch-nemesis Emperor Zurg, accompanies them to Al's apartment. Andy's Buzz escapes and follows the gang, inadvertently releasing a toy Zurg from its box. Zurg follows Buzz with the intention of destroying him. Both Buzzes and the search party arrive at Al's apartment, but Woody initially refuses to go home with them. Shortly after Andy's other toys leave, Woody reconsiders and invites

2983-496: A modern space cadet action figure, Buzz Lightyear , as Woody develops jealousy towards Buzz when he becomes their owner Andy's favorite toy. Following the success of Tin Toy , a short film that was released in 1988, Pixar was approached by Disney to produce a computer-animated feature film that was told from a small toy's perspective. Lasseter, Stanton, and Docter wrote early story treatments, which were rejected by Disney, who wanted

3140-653: A multimedia franchise, spawning three sequels (and a planned fourth sequel) beginning with Toy Story 2 (1999), a spin-off film Lightyear (2022), and numerous short films . The film also had a theatrical 3D re-release in 2009 as part of a double feature with the second film. A group of sentient toys , who pretend to be lifeless when humans are around, are preparing to move into a new house with their young owner Andy Davis , his infant sister Molly , and their single mother Mrs. Davis . Learning that Andy's birthday party has been unexpectedly moved to an earlier date, several toys — including Mr. Potato Head , Slinky Dog , Rex

3297-415: A new budget, but the incident led Jobs to rethink their deal with Disney. We couldn't have made this movie in traditional animation. This is a story that can only really be told with three-dimensional toy characters. ... Some of the shots in this film are so beautiful. —Tom Schumacher, Vice President of Walt Disney Feature Animation Recruiting animators for Toy Story was brisk; the magnet for talent

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3454-632: A number of other actors, including Jason Alexander , Dan Aykroyd , Matthew Broderick , Kevin Costner , Michael J. Fox , Richard Gere , David Hasselhoff , Michael Keaton , Wayne Knight , Bill Paxton , Dennis Quaid , Kurt Russell , Adam Sandler and John Travolta , were also considered for the role of Buzz. Lasseter took the role to Tim Allen , who was appearing in Disney's Home Improvement , and he accepted. Crystal later stated in an interview that he would not have been right as Buzz, and that Allen

3611-598: A parade at the Disney-MGM Studios theme park in Florida. It was screenwriter Joss Whedon's idea to incorporate Barbie as a character who could rescue Woody and Buzz in Toy Story ' s final act. The idea was dropped after Mattel objected and refused to license the toy. Producer Ralph Guggenheim claimed that Mattel did not allow the use of the toy as "They [Mattel] philosophically felt girls who play with Barbie dolls are projecting their personalities onto

3768-471: A pull-string (hence the name "Woody"). This was until character designer Bud Luckey suggested that Woody could be changed to a cowboy ventriloquist dummy. Lasseter liked the contrast between the Western and the science fiction genres and the character immediately changed. Eventually, all of the ventriloquist dummy aspects of the character were deleted as the dummy looked "sneaky and mean". However they kept

3925-407: A really bad musical because it's a buddy movie. It's about people who won't admit what they want, much less sing about it. ... Buddy movies are about sublimating, punching an arm, 'I hate you.' It's not about open emotion." However, Disney preferred to make it a musical, as they had had much success with incorporating Broadway -style musical numbers into their animated films, and encouraged Pixar to do

4082-461: A revised treatment in September 1991 that more closely resembles the final version of the film: Tinny replaces the ventriloquist dummy as a child's favorite toy, their bickering causes them to be left behind at a gas station, they almost catch up to the family at a pizza restaurant, they have to escape a kid that mutilates toys, and the movie ends with a chase scene as the two toys try to catch up to

4239-525: A scene from the film's mid-credits mock outtake reel that featured the Prospector suggestively enticing a pair of Barbie dolls with a role in Toy Story 3 . Media outlets inferred this change was a result of the Me Too movement , which saw John Lasseter stepping down from Pixar the previous year due to allegations of sexual misconduct towards employees at the studio. Toy Story 2 was as successful as

4396-403: A screenplay written by Andrew Stanton , Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb, and a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, Brannon, and Pete Docter . Tom Hanks , Tim Allen , Don Rickles , Jim Varney , Wallace Shawn , John Ratzenberger , Annie Potts , R. Lee Ermey , John Morris , Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Pidgeon reprise their roles from the first Toy Story film. In the film, Woody

4553-525: A separate genre, but rather, provides a better understanding of the film. Toy Story 2 Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures . It is the sequel to Toy Story (1995) and the second installment in the Toy Story franchise . The film was directed by John Lasseter , co-directed by Ash Brannon and Lee Unkrich (in their feature directorial debuts), and produced by Helene Plotkin and Karen Robert Jackson, from

4710-429: A sequel that equaled or even surpassed the original in terms of quality. The Hollywood Reporter proclaimed: Toy Story 2 does what few sequels ever do. Instead of essentially remaking an earlier film and deeming it a sequel, the creative team, led by director John Lasseter , delves deeper into their characters while retaining the fun spirit of the original film . On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes ,

4867-520: A sequel to Toy Story began around a month after the film's opening in December 1995. A few days after Toy Story ' s release, John Lasseter was traveling with his family and found a young boy clutching a Sheriff Woody doll at an airport. Lasseter described how the boy's excitement to show it to his father touched him deeply. Lasseter realized that his character no longer belonged to him only, but rather it belonged to others, as well. The memory

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5024-412: A staff of 800. In the early budgeting process, Jobs was eager to produce the film as efficiently as possible, impressing Katzenberg with his focus on cost-cutting. However, the $ 17 million production budget was no longer going to be sufficient, and Jobs requested more funds from Disney to compensate them for the time lost in rewrites based on Katzenberg's notes. Catmull was able to reach a compromise on

5181-451: A story by Lasseter, Stanton, Pete Docter , and Joe Ranft , produced by Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim , and features the voices of Tom Hanks , Tim Allen , Annie Potts , John Ratzenberger , Don Rickles , Wallace Shawn , and Jim Varney . Taking place in a world where toys come to life when humans are not present, the plot of Toy Story focuses on the relationship between an old-fashioned pullstring cowboy doll named Woody and

5338-423: A successful box office run, eventually grossing over $ 511 million. It received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, with a  100% rating  on the website  Rotten Tomatoes , like its predecessor. It is considered by critics to be one of the few sequel films superior to the original and is frequently featured on lists of the greatest animated films ever made . Toy Story 2 would go on to become

5495-527: A theatrical release more compelling. The economics of a direct-to-video Pixar release were lackluster due to the higher salaries of the crew. After negotiations, Jobs and Roth agreed that the split of costs and profits for Toy Story 2 would follow the model of a newly created five-film deal — but Toy Story 2 would not count as one of the five films. Disney had bargained in the contract for five original features, not sequels, thus assuring five sets of new characters for its theme parks and merchandise. Jobs gathered

5652-408: A three-day tally of $ 57.4 million from 3,236 theaters, averaging $ 17,734 per theater over three days, as well as making $ 80.1 million since its Wednesday launch and staying at the top for the next two weekends. At the time of the film's release, it had the third-highest opening weekend of all time, behind The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace . It also broke

5809-628: A toll. The overwork spun out into carpal tunnel syndrome for some animators, and repetitive strain injuries (RSI) for others. Catmull would later disclose that "a full third of the staff" ended up with some form of RSI by the time the film was finished. Pixar did not encourage long hours, and, in fact, set limits on how many hours employees could work by approving or disapproving overtime. Employees' self-imposed compulsions to excel often trumped any other constraints, and were especially common to younger employees. In one instance, an animator had forgotten to drop his child off at daycare one morning and, in

5966-412: A two-week limited theatrical re-release, which was extended due to its success. Lasseter said, "The Toy Story films and characters will always hold a very special place in our hearts and we're so excited to be bringing this landmark film back for audiences to enjoy in a whole new way, thanks to the latest in 3-D technology. With Toy Story 3 shaping up to be another great adventure for Buzz, Woody and

6123-612: A tyrant to a wise leader. It also included a more adult-oriented staff meeting amongst the toys rather than the juvenile group discussion that had existed in earlier drafts. Buzz Lightyear's character was also changed "to make it more clear to the audience that he genuinely doesn't know he's a toy". Katzenberg and Schneider resumed production with the new script by February 1994, and the voice actors returned one month later to record their new lines. The crew grew from 24 people to 110, and now included 27 animators and 22 technical directors. In comparison, The Lion King , released in 1994, required

6280-508: A worldwide gross of $ 32.3 million. Unlike other countries, the UK and Argentina received the films in 3-D as separate releases. Toy Story 2 was released January 22, 2010, in the UK, and February 18, 2010, in Argentina. Toy Story 2 was released on both VHS and DVD and as a DVD two-pack with Toy Story on October 17, 2000. That same day, an "Ultimate Toy Box" set was released containing

6437-413: A yard sale, Woody is found and stolen by a greedy toy collector. Buzz fails to foil the theft, but finds clues identifying the collector as Al McWhiggin, the owner of the "Al's Toy Barn" store. Buzz, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex, and Hamm set out to rescue Woody. At Al's apartment, Woody discovers that he was designed after the protagonist of Woody's Roundup , a popular children's Western series from

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6594-436: Is derived from classical comedy in theatre . Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies , which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during

6751-425: Is really a toy. Buzz impresses the others with his high-tech features and becomes Andy's new favorite toy, provoking Woody's jealousy. Two days before the move, Andy's family plans for a dinner at Pizza Planet. To ensure Andy brings him along and not Buzz, Woody tries knocking Buzz behind the desk with RC , the radio-controlled car . However, Buzz is accidentally knocked out of the bedroom window instead, and most of

6908-442: Is stolen by a greedy toy collector, prompting Buzz Lightyear and his friends to save him, but Woody is then tempted by the idea of immortality in a museum. Disney initially envisioned Toy Story 2 as a direct-to-video sequel. The film began production in a building separated from Pixar, on a small scale, as most of the main Pixar staff were busy working on A Bug's Life (1998). When story reels proved promising, Disney upgraded

7065-442: The 1989 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film , the first computer-generated film to do so . Tin Toy gained Disney's attention, and the new team at The Walt Disney Company , CEO Michael Eisner and chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg in the film division , sought to get Lasseter to come back. Lasseter, grateful for Jobs' faith in him, felt compelled to stay with Pixar, telling co-founder Ed Catmull , "I can go to Disney and be

7222-723: The El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 19, 1995, and was released in theaters in North America on November 22 of that year. It was the highest-grossing film during its opening weekend, eventually grossing over $ 373 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1995 . The film received critical acclaim, with praise directed towards the technical innovation of the animation, script, Randy Newman 's score, appeal to all age groups, and voice performances (particularly Hanks and Allen), and holds

7379-496: The Toy Story sequel this way, as well. Prior releases, such as 1994's Aladdin sequel, The Return of Jafar , had returned an estimated $ 100 million in profits. Initially, everything regarding Toy Story 2 was uncertain: whether stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen would be available and affordable, what the story premise would be, and even whether the film would be computer-animated at Pixar or traditionally hand-drawn at Walt Disney Feature Animation . Lasseter regarded

7536-474: The Woody's Roundup toys to go with him and become Andy's toys. While a hesitant Jessie and an enthusiastic Bullseye accept Woody's offer, Pete refuses and blocks the others from leaving; having never been played with, he is adamant about going to the museum. Al returns to the apartment and takes the Woody's Roundup collection to the airport. While Utility Belt Buzz fights and reconciles with Zurg, Andy's Buzz and

7693-438: The third-highest-grossing film of 1999 , behind Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and The Sixth Sense . Among its accolades, the film won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 57th Golden Globe Awards . The film has seen multiple home media releases and a theatrical 3-D re-release in 2009 as part of a double feature with the first film, 10 years after its initial release. A second sequel, Toy Story 3 ,

7850-413: The "Black Friday Incident". The results were disastrous, and Disney's head of feature animation, Peter Schneider, halted production. Katzenberg asked colleague Thomas Schumacher why the reels were bad, to which Schumacher answered, "Because it's not their movie anymore; it's completely not the movie that John set out to make." Lasseter was embarrassed by the current state of the film, later recalling, "It

8007-536: The "Ultimate Toy Box" sets returned to the vault on May 1, 2003. It was re-released as a Special Edition 2-disc DVD on December 26, 2005. Both editions returned to the Disney Vault on January 31, 2009. A brief controversy involving the Ultimate Toy Box edition took place in which around 1,000 copies of the box set that were shipped to Costco stores had a pressing error which caused a scene from

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8164-440: The 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue . Comedy, compared with other film genres , places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In The Screenwriters Taxonomy (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon

8321-538: The 1950s, and meets his co-star character dolls – Jessie the Cowgirl, Bullseye the Horse, and Stinky Pete the Prospector. While initially delighted to meet them, Woody realizes that Al plans to sell the whole Woody's Roundup collection to a museum abroad. He announces he will return home to Andy, dismaying the gang, as the museum will not take the collection without Woody. After Woody's arm is repaired, he learns that Jessie

8478-401: The 2000 R-rated film High Fidelity to play in the middle of the film. The scene in question, which featured the use of the word " fuck " multiple times, prompted a number of complaints from consumers, causing Costco to eventually recall the defective units from shelves and later go on to replace them. The defect was caused by a "content mix" error according to Technicolor , which manufactured

8635-593: The Bomb , Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and The Graduate . In America, the sexual revolution drove an appetite for comedies that celebrated and parodied changing social morals, including Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Fanny Hill . In Britain, a camp sensibility lay behind the successful Carry On films , while in America subversive independent film-maker John Waters made camp films for college audiences with his drag queen friends that eventually found

8792-531: The Cleaner in Toy Story 2 . Supervising animator Glenn McQueen inspired the animators to do spectacular work in the short amount of time given, assigning different shots to suit each animators' strengths. While producing Toy Story , the crew was careful in creating new locations, working within available technology at that time. By the time of production on Toy Story 2 , technology had advanced farther to allow more complicated camera shots than were possible in

8949-954: The El Capitan, where tickets included admission to the Totally Toy Story funhouse that Disney had built in the Hollywood Masonic Temple next door, the film opened on 2,281 screens on the 22nd and later expanded to 2,574. The film was also shown at the Berlin International Film Festival out of competition from February 15 to 26, 1996. Elsewhere, the film opened in March 1996. Marketing for Toy Story included $ 20 million spent by Disney for advertising as well as advertisers such as Burger King , PepsiCo , Coca-Cola , and Payless ShoeSource paying $ 125 million in promotions for

9106-524: The Sky – besides composing the score. The song from Toy Story , " You've Got a Friend in Me " was also reused. It was sung at two different points during the film by Tom Hanks as Woody and Robert Goulet, the singing voice of Wheezy. The score released by Walt Disney Records on November 9, 1999. The track "When She Loved Me", which was considered to be among the saddest sequences in both Disney and Pixar films, and

9263-480: The actors recording their lines, and let the software do the inbetweening . To sync the characters' mouths and facial expressions to the actors' recorded voices, animators spent a week per eight seconds of animation, as Lasseter felt that automatic lip syncing would not properly convey a character's emotions. The shading team, led by Tom Porter , used scans of real objects, as well as textures drawn by artists and created with procedural generation algorithms, to "dress"

9420-504: The atmosphere to be puzzling and contentious. They later learned that while Katzenberg was pushing the idea of working with Pixar, Schneider did not want to bring in a non-Disney animation studio. Katzenberg arranged to meet directly with the Pixar contingent, this time including Lasseter and Jobs. The Pixar team proposed a Christmas television special , A Tin Toy Christmas , as a first step, but Katzenberg countered that as long as they were gearing up to transition from 30-second commercials to

9577-623: The award), Best Original Song for " You've Got a Friend in Me ", and Best Original Score —in addition to being honored with a non-competitive Special Achievement Academy Award . In 2005, Toy Story was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", one of nine films designated in its first year of eligibility. The success of Toy Story launched

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9734-441: The boundaries of their responsibilities to overlap. As was common with Pixar features, the production became difficult as delivery dates loomed and hours inevitably became longer. Still, Toy Story 2 , with its highly compressed production schedule, was especially trying. While hard work and long hours were common to the team by that point—especially so to Lasseter—running flat-out on Toy Story 2 for month after month began to take

9891-719: The box office, there is an 'historical bias against a close and serious consideration of comedy' when it comes to critical reception and conferring of awards, such as at the Academy Awards . Film writer Cailian Savage observes "Comedies have won Oscars, although they’ve usually been comedy-dramas, involved very depressing scenes, or appealed to stone-hearted drama lovers in some other way, such as Shakespeare in Love ." According to Williams' taxonomy , all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) sub-genres. This combination does not create

10048-445: The cause of classic animation in a new and effective way." Lasseter, a personal admirer of Jones, has the letter framed in his house. Toy Story 2 received several recognitions, including seven Annie Awards , but none of them were previous nominations. The first went to Pixar for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature . The Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production award

10205-436: The character, like the one in A League of Their Own , is down-and-out and despicable." To gauge how an actor's voice might fit with a character, Lasseter borrowed a common Disney technique: animate a vocal monologue from a well-established actor to meld the actor's voice with the appearance or actions of the animated character. This early test footage, using Hanks' voice from Turner & Hooch , convinced Hanks to sign on to

10362-515: The characters, Woody was the most complex, as he required 723 motion controls, including 212 for his face and 58 for his mouth. The first piece of animation, a 30-second test, was delivered to Disney in June 1992, when the company requested a sample of what the film would look like. Lasseter wanted to impress Disney with several things in the test that could not be done in traditional, hand-drawn animation, such as Woody's yellow plaid shirt with red stripes,

10519-435: The characters. 27 animators worked on the film, using 400 computer models to animate the characters. Each character was first either created out of clay or modeled from a computer-drawn diagram before reaching the computer-animated design. Once the animators had a model, its articulation and motion controls were coded; this allowed each character to move in a variety of ways, such as talking, walking, or jumping. Out of all of

10676-508: The country's highest-grossing American animated film, but also the second largest opening weekend in the territory, behind Armageddon . Around this time, the film surpassed Twister to become the seventeenth-highest domestic grosser. Following in biggest grosses are Italy ($ 6.9 million), France and the Maghreb region ($ 24.7 million), Germany ($ 12.9 million), and Spain ($ 11.7 million). Reviewers judged Toy Story 2 as

10833-401: The crew and announced the change in plans for the film on February 5, 1998. The work done on the film to date was nearly lost in 1998 when one of the animators, while routinely clearing some files, accidentally entered the deletion command code /bin/ rm -r -f * on the root folder of the Toy Story 2 assets on Pixar's internal servers. Associate technical director Oren Jacob was one of

10990-406: The discs, and only affected the U.T.B. Box set copies of Toy Story 2 which were included with the two-pack were not affected by the manufacturing error. According to Buena Vista Home Entertainment , less than 1% of the discs shipped were printed with the glitch. Toy Story 2 was available for the first time on Blu-ray Disc in a Special Edition Combo Pack released on March 23, 2010, along with

11147-413: The doll. If you give the doll a voice and animate it, you're creating a persona for it that might not be every little girl's dream and desire." Hasbro likewise refused to license G.I. Joe (mainly because Sid was going to blow one up, prompting the filmmakers to instead use a fictional toy, Combat Carl ), but they did license Mr. Potato Head . The only real-life toy in the film that was not in production

11304-408: The family's moving van. The script went through many changes before the final version of it. Lasseter decided Tinny was "too antiquated"; the character was first changed to a military action figure in the likes of G.I. Joe and was then given a space theme. Tinny's name changed to Lunar Larry, then Tempus from Morph, and eventually Buzz Lightyear (after astronaut Buzz Aldrin ). Lightyear's design

11461-411: The film has an approval rating of 100% based on 172 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The rare sequel that arguably improves on its predecessor, Toy Story 2 uses inventive storytelling, gorgeous animation, and a talented cast to deliver another rich moviegoing experience for all ages." As of March 2024, it is the highest rated animated film on the site and

11618-494: The film on her home computer. The Pixar team was able to recover nearly all of the lost assets except for a few recent days of work, allowing the film to proceed. Many of the creative staff at Pixar were not happy with how the sequel was turning out. Upon returning from the European promotion tour of A Bug's Life , Lasseter watched the development reels and agreed that it was not working. Pixar met with Disney, telling them that

11775-505: The film three and a half stars out of four and said in his print review "I forgot something about toys a long time ago, and Toy Story 2 reminded me". Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said " Toy Story 2 may not have the most original title, but everything else about it is, well, mint in the box". Todd McCarthy of Variety said "In the realm of sequels, Toy Story 2 is to Toy Story what The Empire Strikes Back

11932-412: The film to a theatrical release, but Pixar was unhappy with the film's quality. Lasseter and the story team redeveloped the entire plot in one weekend. Although most Pixar features take years to develop, the established release date could not be moved and the production schedule for Toy Story 2 was compressed into nine months. Despite production struggles, Toy Story 2 debuted on November 24, 1999, to

12089-470: The film would have to be redone. Disney disagreed, and noted that Pixar did not have enough time to remake the film before its established release date. Pixar decided that they simply could not allow the film to be released in its existing state, and asked Lasseter to take over the production. Lasseter agreed, recruiting the first film's creative team, including Stanton and Docter, to redevelop the story and taking over as director from Brannon, who would remain on

12246-442: The film's emotional storytelling. It took four months to resurrect the old data and get it in working order. Then, adding 3-D to each of the films took six months per film. The double feature opened in 1,745 theaters on October 2, 2009, and made $ 12.5 million in its opening weekend, finishing in third place at the box office behind Zombieland and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs . The features closed on November 5, 2009, with

12403-407: The film's licensees and marketing partners, who were getting toys and promotions ready. Brannon focused on development, story and animation, Lasseter was in charge of art, modeling and lighting, and Unkrich oversaw editorial, cinematography , and layout. The three met daily to discuss their progress with each other (they wanted to ensure they were all progressing in the same direction), which caused

12560-435: The film's tone to be "edgier". After several disastrous story reels , production was halted and the script was rewritten to better reflect the tone and theme Pixar desired: "toys deeply want children to play with them, and ... this desire drives their hopes, fears, and actions". The studio, then consisting of a relatively small number of employees, produced Toy Story under minor financial constraints. Toy Story premiered at

12717-459: The film. Billy Crystal was approached to play Buzz, and was given his own monologue, utilizing dialogue from When Harry Met Sally . However, he turned down the role, believing the film would be unsuccessful due to its animation. Crystal regretted this upon seeing the film; he subsequently accepted the role of Mike Wazowski in the 2001 Pixar film Monsters, Inc. . In addition to Crystal, Bill Murray , Chevy Chase and Jim Carrey , along with

12874-593: The film. Marketing consultant Al Ries reflected on the promotion: "This will be a killer deal. How can a kid, sitting through a one-and-a-half-hour movie with an army of recognizable toy characters, not want to own one?" Despite this, Disney Consumer Products was slow to see the potential of Toy Story . When the Thanksgiving release date was announced in January 1995, many toy companies were accustomed to having eighteen months to two years of lead time and passed on

13031-414: The film. The film's signature song " You've Got a Friend in Me ", was written in one day. The song " Hakuna Matata " from The Lion King is heard briefly during the climax when Woody and Buzz are trying to get into the truck while riding RC. On Newman, Lasseter said, "His songs are touching, witty, and satirical, and he would deliver the emotional underpinning for every scene." The soundtrack for Toy Story

13188-522: The film. The students were captivated. The film held its official premiere the next day at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles — the same venue as Toy Story — and was released across the United States on November 24, 1999. The film's initial theatrical and video releases include Luxo Jr. , Pixar's first short film released in 1986, starring Pixar's titular mascot. Before Luxo Jr. ,

13345-418: The films and characters, including the rights to make sequels without Pixar's involvement, while Pixar would get approximately 12.5% of ticket sales. These early negotiations became a point of contention between Jobs and Eisner for many years. An agreement to produce a feature film based on Tin Toy with a working title of Toy Story was finalized, and production began soon thereafter. Originally, Toy Story

13502-581: The first Toy Story film commercially. It became 1999's highest-grossing animated film, earning $ 245.9 million in the United States and Canada and $ 511.3 million worldwide — beating both Pixar's previous releases by a significant margin. It became the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time (behind The Lion King and Aladdin ). Toy Story 2 opened over the Thanksgiving Day weekend at No. 1 ahead of The World Is Not Enough , End of Days and Sleepy Hollow , collecting

13659-411: The first and second films and a third disc of bonus materials. The standard DVD release allowed the viewer to select the version of the film either in widescreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio) or fullscreen (family-friendly 1.33:1 aspect ratio without pan and scan ). A sneak peek of Monsters, Inc. was also attached to these releases, which were all THX certified. The standard VHS, DVD, DVD two-pack, and

13816-419: The first film. In making the sequel, the team at Pixar did not want to stray too far from the first film's look, but the company had developed a lot of new software since the first feature had been completed. To achieve the dust visible after Woody is placed on top of a shelf, the crew was faced with the challenge of animating dust, an incredibly difficult task. After much experimentation, a tiny particle of dust

13973-461: The first film. On November 1, 2011, the first three Toy Story films were re-released, each as a DVD/Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D/Digital Copy combo pack (four discs each for the first two films, and five for the third film). The film was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on June 4, 2019. For the 2019 home media, the Disney+ reissue, and the 2024 UK theatrical cinema re-release at Vue Cinemas , Disney removed

14130-404: The first to notice as character models disappeared from their works in progress. They shut down the file servers but had already lost 90% of the last two years of work, and it was also found that the backups had not been working for about a month. The film was saved when technical director Galyn Susman, who had been remote working to take care of her newborn child, revealed she had a backup copy of

14287-465: The following day. Overnight, Woody helps Buzz realize that his purpose is to make Andy happy, restoring Buzz's resolve. Sid takes Buzz out to blow him up, but Woody rallies the mutant toys to come to life in front of Sid and frighten him into never harming toys again. Now freed, Woody and Buzz pursue the Davis' moving truck , but Scud attacks Woody. Buzz stays behind to fight off the dog; Woody climbs into

14444-587: The following night at the Regency Center in San Francisco. According to David Price's 2008 book The Pixar Touch , the film deeply resonated with audiences, with even the adults being noticeably moved by the film. In some international territories, the theatrical release of the film was preceded by a re-release of the Roger Rabbit short Roller Coaster Rabbit . In addition to showing at

14601-447: The funds necessary to negotiate with Disney as an equal partner, and optimistic about the impact the finished film would have, Jobs decided that he would schedule an initial public offering (IPO) of Pixar just a week after the film's November release. Both Disney and Pixar held separate premieres for Toy Story , with Disney holding theirs at their flagship El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 19, 1995, and Pixar holding theirs

14758-556: The gang from Andy's room, we thought it would be great to let audiences experience the first two films all over again and in a brand new way". Translating the films into 3-D involved revisiting the original computer data and virtually placing a second camera into each scene, creating left-eye and right-eye views needed to achieve the perception of depth. Unique to computer animation, Lasseter referred to this process as "digital archaeology". The lead stereographer Bob Whitehill oversaw this process and sought to achieve an effect that impacted

14915-517: The gang from Andy's room, we thought it would be great to let audiences experience the first two films all over again and in a brand new way. Translating the film into 3-D involved revisiting the original computer data and virtually placing a second camera into each scene, creating left eye and right eye views needed to achieve the perception of depth. Unique to computer animation, Lasseter referred to this process as "digital archaeology". The process took four months, as well as an additional six months for

15072-414: The human world, that's when I really blew out the 3-D to make it feel dangerous and deep and overwhelming. Comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor . These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending , with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it

15229-502: The largest Thanksgiving weekend debut. For its second weekend, the film had earned $ 27.7 million, making it the fourth-highest December weekend gross, after Scream 2 ' s opening weekend gross and Titanic ' s opening weekend and second weekend grosses respectively. By New Year's Day , it had made more than $ 200 million in the U.S. alone, and it eventually became 1999's third highest-grossing film after The Phantom Menace and The Sixth Sense , while also far surpassing

15386-426: The largest customer for Pixar's computers. Jobs made it apparent to Katzenberg that although Disney was happy with Pixar, it was not the other way around: "We want to do a film with you," said Jobs. "That would make us happy." Catmull, Smith, and head of animation Ralph Guggenheim met with Walt Disney Feature Animation president Peter Schneider in the summer of 1990 to discuss making a feature film, but they found

15543-464: The largest opening weekend for an animated film before being surpassed by Monsters, Inc. that year. Moreover, Toy Story 2 was ranked as the third-highest five-day Wednesday gross of any film, trailing only behind The Phantom Menace and Independence Day . The film even had the highest five-day Thanksgiving opening weekend, beating out A Bug's Life . In 2013, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Frozen both surpassed Toy Story 2 to have

15700-401: The layout department, led by Craig Good, avoided the sweeping camera shots popular in computer animation at the time, and instead focused on emulating what would have been possible had the film been shot in live-action with real film cameras. The animation department, led by Rich Quade and Ash Brannon , used Pixar's Menv software to hand pose the characters at key frames based on videotape of

15857-415: The main character in a story should be defined by how they react to the obstacles they face, and that it is those obstacles that make characters interesting. Disney also appointed the duo Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow and, later, Joss Whedon to help develop the script. Whedon thought that while the script did not work, it had "a great structure". He added the character of Rex and sought a pivotal role for

16014-530: The name "Woody" to pay homage to the Western actor Woody Strode . The story department drew inspiration from films such as Midnight Run and The Odd Couple , and Lasseter screened Hayao Miyazaki 's Castle in the Sky for further influence. Since Toy Story ' s script writers had little experience with feature films, they attended a seminar given by screenwriter Robert McKee . They were inspired by his guidance, based on Aristotle 's Poetics , that

16171-399: The objects in the film. The film required 800,000 machine hours and 114,240 frames of animation in total, divided between 1,561 shots that totaled over 77 minutes. Pixar was able to render less than 30 seconds of the film per day. Lasseter did not want to make Toy Story into a musical, as he felt that it would make the film feel less genuine. Whedon later agreed, saying "It would have been

16328-476: The office that Monday, Lasseter assembled the company in a screening room and pitched the revised version of Toy Story 2 from exposition to resolution. Story elements were recycled from the original drafts of the first Toy Story film. The first film's original opening sequence featured a Buzz Lightyear cartoon playing on television, which evolved into the Buzz Lightyear video game that would be shown in

16485-403: The opening scene of Toy Story 2 . A deleted scene from Toy Story , featuring Woody having a nightmare involving him being thrown into a trash can, was incorporated in a milder form for depicting Woody's fear of losing Andy. The idea of a squeak-toy penguin with a broken squeaker also resurfaced from an early version of Toy Story . As the story approached the production stage in early 1997, it

16642-593: The original. Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 47.8 million tickets in the United States and Canada. The film set a three-day weekend record in the United Kingdom, grossing £7.7 million and beating The Phantom Menace . In 2001, that record would be surpassed by Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . It spent seven weeks there at number one . In Japan, Toy Story 2 earned $ 3.8 million in its opening weekend to not only become

16799-456: The other toys believe Woody has deliberately killed Buzz. Andy takes Woody with him, but Buzz furiously confronts him in the car. The two fight, fall out of the car, and are left behind; after a further quarrel, they hitch a ride to the restaurant on a Pizza Planet delivery truck. At Pizza Planet, Buzz mistakes a claw crane full of toy aliens for a rocket, and climbs in, pursued by Woody. Sid Phillips , Andy's sadistic next-door neighbor, takes

16956-475: The other toys pursue Al's suitcases into the airport. After a prolonged pursuit through the airport's baggage sorting system – during which Pete re-opens the tear in Woody's arm – the other toys subdue Pete and teach him a lesson about playtime by placing him in a girl's backpack; she takes him with her. They save Bullseye, but Jessie is placed on the plane. Woody, Buzz, and Bullseye work together to save her just as

17113-410: The plane takes off. The toys then return home to Andy's house. Andy returns from Cowboy Camp, plays with Jessie and Bullseye, and repairs Woody and Wheezy. Al mourns the loss of the lucrative deal with the toy museum on television. Woody tells Buzz that he no longer fears Andy losing interest in him, for even if it does happen, he and Buzz will be friends "for infinity and beyond". A conversation about

17270-433: The production shutdown was "a very scary time" according to story department manager BZ Petroff. Schneider appealed directly to Eisner to cancel the project altogether. Stanton and the other story artists worked to quickly produce new script pages, with help from consultants such as Whedon, and the first revisions were completed in two weeks as promised. Pixar's script rewrites took three months, and saw Woody transformed from

17427-418: The project as a chance to groom new directing talent, as top choices were already immersed in other projects ( Andrew Stanton as co-director of A Bug's Life and Pete Docter as director of what would eventually become Monsters, Inc. ). Ash Brannon , a young animator who was previously animation director on Toy Story , was selected by Lasseter to direct after admiring his work on the first film. Brannon,

17584-401: The project as co-director alongside Lee Unkrich , who was also fresh from A Bug's Life , having served as supervising editor. To meet Disney's deadline, Pixar had to complete the entire film in nine months. Unkrich, concerned with the dwindling amount of time remaining, asked Jobs whether the release date could be pushed back. Jobs explained that there was no choice, presumably in reference to

17741-585: The project. Disney shopped the film at the Toy Fair trade show in February 1995, where only the small Canadian company Thinkway Toys, was interested in licensing the toy rights for the Toy Story characters. Disney promoted the film by inserting its trailer into the home-video re-release of Cinderella , showing a behind-the-scenes documentary on the Disney Channel , and incorporating the characters into

17898-469: The reflections in Buzz's helmet and the decals on his spacesuit, or Venetian blind shadows falling across Andy's room. There were eight teams that were responsible for different aspects of all of the shots. The art department was responsible for determining the overall color and lighting scheme. The layout department was responsible for determining the position of all elements of the shot, as well as programming

18055-670: The rest of the company by railroad tracks. "We were just the small film and we were off playing in our sandbox," co-producer Karen Jackson said. Lasseter looked closely at every shot that had already been animated and called for tweaks throughout. The film reused digital elements from Toy Story but, true to the company's "prevailing culture of perfectionism, [...] it reused less of Toy Story than might be expected". Character models received major upgrades internally and shaders went through revisions to bring about subtle improvements. The team freely borrowed models from other productions, such as Geri from Pixar's 1997 short Geri's Game , who became

18212-409: The roles of co-producers. In November 1997, Roth and head of Walt Disney Feature Animation Peter Schneider viewed the film's story reels, with some finished animation, in a screening room at Pixar. They were impressed with the quality of work and became interested in releasing Toy Story 2 in theaters. In addition to the unexpected artistic caliber, there were other reasons that made the case for

18369-524: The saddest film songs ever written, received acclaim for McLachlan's singing and Newman's compositions. The song was nominated at the Academy Awards in 2000 for Best Original Song , though the award went to Phil Collins for " You'll Be in My Heart " from another Disney animated film, Tarzan . Pixar showed the completed film at CalArts on November 12, 1999, in recognition of the school's ties with Lasseter and more than 40 other alumni who worked on

18526-422: The same. As a compromise, although the characters would not sing, the movie would feature non-diegetic songs as background music. Despite this not happening, the first musical number is seen at the end of Toy Story 2 (1999), and Toy Story: The Musical (2012) is the first version of the original to actually feature the cast of characters singing. Randy Newman was hired, and composed three original songs for

18683-450: The scene where Sid interrogates Woody with a magnifying glass. The torture scene was removed because the crew felt that the audience would be so invested in Buzz and Woody's characters by that point that they would be uncomfortable watching them being subjected to such violence. Another scene, in which Woody tries to get Buzz's attention when he was stuck in the box crate while insincerely apologizing for accidentally getting him knocking out of

18840-427: The scenes. The "Render Farm" used Sun Microsystems computers, running around the clock, to produce the final frames of the film. The camera team recorded the finished frames, which had been rendered at a resolution of 1536 by 922, onto film stock. Finally, Skywalker Sound mixed sound effects, the musical score, and the dialogue to create the audio for the film. In order to make the film feel as realistic as possible,

18997-482: The script on January 19, 1993, at which point voice casting began. Paul Newman , who subsequently accepted the role of Doc Hudson in the 2006 Pixar film Cars , was considered for the role of Woody. Robin Williams and Clint Eastwood were also considered for Woody, but Lasseter always wanted Tom Hanks to play the role. Lasseter claimed that Hanks "has the ability to take emotions and make them appealing. Even if

19154-467: The second best rated film overall, after Leave No Trace . On Metacritic , the film has a score of 88 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". CinemaScore reported that audiences had given the film a rare average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, making it the first ever computer-animated film to receive this grade. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave

19311-435: The sequel, one with more substance than Bo Peep. The scope for the original Toy Story was basic and only extended over two residential homes, roadways, and a chain restaurant, whereas Toy Story 2 has been described by Unkrich as something "all over the map". To ensure that the project was ready for theaters, Lasseter had to add around 12 minutes of material and strengthen what was already there. The extra material would be

19468-430: The start of the winter holiday season. Sources indicate that Jobs lacked confidence in the film during its production, and had been exploring the possibility of selling Pixar to companies such as Hallmark Cards and Microsoft . However, as the film progressed, Jobs, like Schneider, became increasingly passionate about the film and the transformative nature of what Pixar might be able to accomplish. Eager for Pixar to have

19625-606: The studio record for having the best single-day gross, surpassing The Waterboy . When the film opened, Toy Story 2 earned $ 9.5 million during its first day, breaking Back to the Future Part II ' s record to have the highest Thanksgiving opening day. On its third day of release, the film made $ 22.6 million, becoming the highest Friday gross at that time, beating The Lost World: Jurassic Park . For two years, it would hold this record until May 2001 when The Mummy Returns opened with $ 23.4 million. The film also had

19782-458: The sunroof of Mrs. Davis' car, landing safely inside. As the toys listen in on the Christmas gift opening in the new house, Mr. Potato Head is delighted when Molly gets a Mrs. Potato Head . Woody and Buzz jokingly ponder what gift could be "worse" than Buzz, only to nervously smile at each other when Andy gets a dachshund puppy . John Lasseter 's first experience with computer animation

19939-503: The toys with laughter. Toy Story was both Hanks' and Allen's first animated film, and they recorded their lines together to make their characters' chemistry and interactions realistic. Every couple of weeks, Lasseter and his team showed Disney their latest storyboards or footage. Disney was impressed by Pixar's technical innovation, but less so of the plot. Katzenberg discarded most of Pixar's script ideas, giving his own extensive notes. Katzenberg primarily wanted to add "more edginess" to

20096-402: The truck, and pushes RC out to rescue Buzz. Still thinking Woody has killed another toy, the others also toss him out of the truck. Woody and Buzz pursue the truck on RC, and the other toys see them and realize their mistake. RC's batteries run out, forcing Woody to ignite the rocket strapped to Buzz. Buzz opens his wings to sever the tape just before the rocket explodes; he and Woody glide through

20253-429: The two films to add the 3-D. The lead stereographer Bob Whitehill oversaw this process and sought to achieve an effect that affected the emotional storytelling of the film: When I would look at the films as a whole, I would search for story reasons to use 3-D in different ways. In Toy Story , for instance, when the toys were alone in their world, I wanted it to feel consistent with a safer world. And when they went out to

20410-421: The two from the crane to his house, where they encounter his Bull Terrier Scud and his "mutant" toys, made from parts of other toys he has destroyed. Buzz, after watching a television commercial promoting him, suffers an existential crisis , realizing he is a toy after all. He attempts to fly but falls and breaks his arm. After Sid's toys fix Buzz, Sid tapes Buzz to a firework rocket , planning to blow him up

20567-457: The two main characters, as Disney wanted Toy Story to appeal to both children and adults, and they asked for adult references to be added to the film. The characters ended up being stripped of their charm, with Hanks, while recording Woody's dialogue for the story reels, pointed out that the Woody character had been made into a "real jerk". Pixar screened the first half of the film for Disney executives on November 19, 1993—an event they later dubbed

20724-408: The two products, the group had created as much original animation as there was in Toy Story itself. Steve Jobs made the decision to shut down the computer games operation and the staff became the initial core of the Toy Story 2 production team. Before the switch from direct-to-video to feature film, the Toy Story 2 crew had been on its own, placed in a new building that was well-separated from

20881-467: The two worried about the arrival of Andy's new puppy. The crew had difficulty analysing the film's quality due to footage being in scattered pieces. Some animators felt the film would be a significant disappointment commercially but felt animators and animation fans would find it interesting. Schneider had grown optimistic about the film as it neared completion, and he announced a United States release date of November, coinciding with Thanksgiving weekend and

21038-441: The tyrannosaur , Hamm the piggy bank , and Bo Peep the porcelain doll — become concerned that Andy might receive something that will replace them. To calm them, Sheriff Woody , Andy's favorite toy and their de facto leader, sends Sarge and his green army men to spy on Andy's birthday party with a baby monitor . Andy receives a Buzz Lightyear action figure , who believes he is an actual Space Ranger and does not know he

21195-425: The virtual camera's position and movements. The animation department created the movements of the characters, generally with one animator being assigned to animate an entire shot, but occasionally with each character having its own animator. The shading team used Pixar's RenderMan software to assign surface textures and reflectivity properties to objects. The lighting team placed global, spot, and flood lighting within

21352-471: The window, was shortened because the creators felt it would lose the energy of the film. A test screening in July 1995 received encouraging responses from the audience, but the film was not rated as highly as had been hoped, leading to another last-minute round of edits. Eisner, who attended the screening, suggested that the final shot of the film should be of both Woody and Buzz, leading to the film's final shot of

21509-471: Was Slinky Dog, which had been discontinued since the 1970s. When designs for Slinky were sent to Betty James (Slinky inventor Richard James 's wife) she said that Pixar had improved the toy and that it was "cuter" than the original. On October 2, 2009, Toy Story was re-released in Disney Digital 3-D . The film was also released with Toy Story 2 as a double feature for a two-week run which

21666-453: Was "fantastic" in the role. Before Wallace Shawn and Jim Varney were cast as Rex and Slinky Dog, Rick Moranis and John Cleese were originally considered for the roles. To cast Andy, Pixar held an open call for young male actors to bring a toy with them. John Morris (who voices Andy in the film) brought multiple toys, specifically 45 X-Men figures, contrary to the instructions of bringing just one, and Pixar reacted to his dumping of

21823-506: Was a defining factor in the production of Toy Story 2 , with Lasseter moved to create a great film for that child and for everyone else who loved the characters. Ed Catmull , Lasseter, and Ralph Guggenheim visited Joe Roth , successor to recently ousted Jeffrey Katzenberg as chairman of Walt Disney Studios , shortly afterward. Roth was pleased and embraced the idea of a sequel. Disney had recently begun making direct-to-video sequels to its successful features, and Roth wanted to handle

21980-400: Was a story filled with the most unhappy, mean characters that I've ever seen." Katzenberg allowed him to take the script back to Pixar for rewrites, and the production crew shifted to television commercials while the head writers worked out a new script, being funded personally by Jobs until Disney resumed production. Although Lasseter attempted to keep morale high by remaining outwardly buoyant,

22137-405: Was abandoned by her owner Emily as she grew up. Afraid that Andy might do the same to him, Woody decides to go to the museum. Meanwhile, Buzz's group reaches Al's Toy Barn and searches for Woody. Buzz encounters a Utility Belt Buzz toy; assuming he is a real space ranger, Utility Belt Buzz imprisons Andy's Buzz as an imposter. Utility Belt Buzz later meets Andy's other toys and, assuming they are on

22294-411: Was animated and the computer distributed that image throughout the entire shelf. Over two million dust particles are in place on the shelf in the completed film. "When we went from a direct-to-video to a feature film and we had limited time in which to finish that feature film, the pressure really amped up. Forget seeing your family, forget doing anything. Once we made that decision [on the schedule], it

22451-415: Was during his work as an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation , when two of his friends showed him the light-cycle scene from Tron . It was an eye-opening experience that awakened Lasseter to the possibilities offered by the new medium of computer-generated animation. Lasseter tried to pitch The Brave Little Toaster as a fully computer-animated film to Disney, but the idea was rejected and Lasseter

22608-485: Was extended due to its success. In addition, the film's second sequel, Toy Story 3 , was also released in the 3-D format. Lasseter commented on the new 3-D re-release: The Toy Story films and characters will always hold a very special place in our hearts and we're so excited to be bringing this landmark film back for audiences to enjoy in a whole new way thanks to the latest in 3-D technology. With Toy Story 3 shaping up to be another great adventure for Buzz, Woody, and

22765-533: Was fired. He then went on to work at Lucasfilm and in 1986, he became a founding member of Pixar . In 1986, Pixar was purchased by entrepreneur and Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs . At Pixar, Lasseter created short, computer-animated films to show off the Pixar Image Computer 's capabilities. In 1988, Lasseter produced the short film Tin Toy , which was told from the perspective of a toy, referencing Lasseter's love of classic toys. Tin Toy won

22922-549: Was given to John Lasseter , Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon . Randy Newman won an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production . Joan Cusack won the Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production , while Tim Allen for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an animated feature Production. The last Annie

23079-458: Was going to feature "Tinny", the wind-up one-man band toy from the Tin Toy short film, along with "the dummy", a ventriloquist's dummy . While the film's premise was still about toys' desire to be played with by children, the rest of the film's script, which involved Tinny being left behind at a gas station, meeting up with the dummy, and having a series of adventures before finding their way into

23236-441: Was impressed with what he heard. The two companies began negotiations, although they disagreed on key points including whether Disney would get the rights to Pixar's animation technology or whether Pixar would retain partial ownership of the films, characters, and home video and sequel rights. As Pixar was nearing bankruptcy and desperate for funds, they settled on a deal that would allow Disney to have complete ownership and control of

23393-401: Was later expunged, was inserted into the film. Lasseter claimed that Al was inspired by himself. Secondary characters in Woody's set were inspired by 1940s–1950s Western and puppet shows for children, such as Four Feather Falls , Hopalong Cassidy and Howdy Doody . The development of Jessie was kindled by Lasseter's wife Nancy, who pressed him to include a strong female character in

23550-415: Was like, 'Okay, you have a release date. You're going to make that release date. You're going to make these screenings.'" – Karen Jackson, co-producer of Toy Story 2 . Disney became unhappy with the pace of the work on the film and demanded in June 1997 that Guggenheim be replaced as producer, and Pixar complied. As a result, associate producers Karen Jackson and Helene Plotkin were moved up into

23707-469: Was modeled on the suits worn by Apollo astronauts as well as the aforementioned G.I. Joe action figures. Also, the green and purple color scheme on Lightyear's suit was inspired by Lasseter and his wife, Nancy, whose favorite colors are green and purple, respectively. Woody was inspired by a Casper the Friendly Ghost doll that Lasseter had when he was a child; he was a ventriloquist's dummy with

23864-412: Was not mediocre pay but the allure of taking part in the first computer-animated feature. Lasseter said of the challenges of computer animation, "We had to make things look more organic. Every leaf and blade of grass had to be created. We had to give the world a sense of history. So the doors are banged up, the floors have scuffs." The film began with animated storyboards to guide the animators in developing

24021-402: Was produced by Walt Disney Records and was released on November 22, 1995, the week of the film's release. The film's editors, including Lee Unkrich , worked on Toy Story up until the September 1995 deadline to deliver a final cut for scoring and sound design. According to Unkrich, a scene removed from the original final edit featured Sid torturing Buzz and Woody violently at his house before

24178-627: Was received by John Lasseter, Pete Docter , Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton , Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production . The film itself also won many awards, including the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Family Film (Internet Only), the Critics Choice Award for Best Animated Film , the Bogey Award, and

24335-467: Was released in 2010, and a third sequel, Toy Story 4 , was released in 2019. Woody and Buzz Lightyear have become the co-leaders of Andy's toys. Andy plans to take Woody to Cowboy Camp, but accidentally rips his arm. Andy's mother places Woody on a shelf, and Woody begins to fear that Andy will throw him away. The day after Andy leaves, Woody finds Wheezy, a penguin toy with a broken squeaker who has also been shelved. After saving Wheezy from being sold at

24492-468: Was to its predecessor, a richer, more satisfying film in every respect". Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly said "It's a great, IQ-flattering entertainment both wonderful and wise". Upon seeing the film, animator Chuck Jones (director of the Looney Tunes shorts) wrote a letter to Lasseter, calling the film "wonderful" and "beautifully animated", and telling Lasseter he was "advancing

24649-426: Was unclear whether Pixar would produce the film, as the entire team of 300 was busy working on A Bug's Life for a 1998 release. The Interactive Products Group, with a staff of 95, had its own animators, art department, and engineers. Under intense time pressure, they had put out two successful CD-ROM titles the previous year – Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story and The Toy Story Activity Center . Between

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