Toy Story - Wikipedia. Toy Story is a 1. American computer- animatedbuddycomedyadventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The directorial debut of John Lasseter, Toy Story was the first feature- length computer- animated film and the first feature film produced by Pixar.
Taking place in a world where anthropomorphic toys pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present, the film's plot focuses on the relationship between Woody, an old- fashioned pullstring cowboy doll (voiced by Tom Hanks), and Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut action figure (voiced by Tim Allen), as they evolve from rivals competing for the affections of Andy, their owner, to friends who work together to be reunited with Andy as his family prepares to move to a new home. The screenplay was written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, based on a story by Lasseter, Pete Docter, Stanton and Joe Ranft. The film features music by Randy Newman, and was executive- produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull. Pixar, which produced short animated films to promote their computers, was approached by Disney to produce a computer- animated feature after the success of their short film Tin Toy (1. Lasseter, Stanton and Docter wrote early story treatments which were thrown out by Disney, as they wanted the film to be edgier. After disastrous story reels, production was halted and the script was re- written, better reflecting the tone and theme Pixar desired: that "toys deeply want children to play with them, and that this desire drives their hopes, fears, and actions". The studio, then consisting of a relatively small number of employees, produced the film under minor financial constraints.[5]Toy Story was released in theaters on November 2.
The film was widely acclaimed by critics, who praised the animation's technical innovation, the wit and thematic sophistication of the screenplay, and the performances of Hanks and Allen.[8][9] It is now considered by many critics to be one of the best animated films ever made.[1. The film received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song for "You've Got a Friend in Me", as well as winning a Special Achievement Academy Award.[1. It was inducted into the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2. In addition to home media releases and theatrical re- releases, Toy Story- inspired material has run the gamut from toys, video games, theme park attractions, spin- offs, merchandise, and two sequels—Toy Story 2 (1. Toy Story 3 (2. 01. Toy Story 4, slated for a 2. In a world where toys are living things who pretend to be lifeless when humans are present, a group of toys, owned by six- year- old Andy Davis, are caught off- guard when Andy's birthday party is moved up a week, as Andy, his mother and infant sister Molly are preparing to move the following week.
Toy Story of Terror! is a 21-minute Halloween television special, based on the Disney Pixar Toy Story movies. It is set shortly after the events of Toy Story 3 and. Chicken Little - A very heroic young chicken; Buck "Ace" Cluck - Chicken Little's widowed father; Abby Mallard - A carefree duck, Chicken Little's best friend. Directed by Angus MacLane. With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Carl Weathers. Woody and the gang are held up at a roadside motel and members of the group start to.
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When Rex finds himself left behind in the bathroom, he puts his limbs to use by getting a bath going for a bunch of new toy friends.
The toys' leader and Andy's favorite toy, an old- fashioned cowboy doll named Sheriff Woody organizes the other toys, including Bo Peep the shepherdess, Mr. Potato Head, Rex the Dinosaur, Hamm the Piggy Bank and Slinky Dog, into a scouting mission. Green army men, led by Sarge, spy on the party and report the results to the others via baby monitors. The toys are relieved when the party appears to end with none of them having been replaced, but then Andy receives a surprise gift – an electronic toy space ranger action figure named Buzz Lightyear, who believes that he is an actual space ranger. Buzz impresses the other toys with his various features, and Andy begins to favor him, making Woody feel left out. As Andy prepares for a family outing at Pizza Planet, his mother allows him to bring only one toy along. Fearing Andy will choose Buzz, Woody attempts to trap him behind a desk, but ends up knocking him out a window instead, and the other toys turn against Woody by accusing him of murdering Buzz out of jealousy.
Before they can exact punishment, Andy takes Woody instead and leaves for Pizza Planet. When the family stops for gas, Woody finds that Buzz has hitched a ride on the car as well, and the two fight, only to find the family has left without them. They manage to make their way to the restaurant by stowing away on a pizza delivery truck, where Buzz, still believing he is a real space ranger despite Woody's attempts to convince him otherwise, gets them stuck in a crane game, where they are picked out by Andy's destructive neighbor Sid Phillips. Woody attempts to escape from Sid's house, but Buzz, finally discovering he is a toy, sinks into despondency.
Sid plans to launch Buzz on a firework rocket, but his plans are delayed by a thunderstorm. Woody tells Buzz about the joy he can bring to Andy as a toy, restoring his confidence. The next day, Woody and Sid's mutant toy creations rescue Buzz just as Sid is about to launch the rocket and scare Sid into no longer abusing toys by coming to life in front of him, and he runs into his house while screaming.
Woody and Buzz then leave Sid's house just as Andy and his family drive away toward their new home. The duo tries to make it to the moving truck, but Sid's dog, Scud, sees them and gives chase. Buzz gets left behind while saving Woody from Scud, and Woody tries rescuing him with Andy's RC car, but the other toys, thinking Woody eliminated RC as well, attack and toss him off the truck. Having evaded Scud, Buzz and RC pick up Woody and continue after the truck. Upon seeing Woody and Buzz together on RC, the other toys realize their mistake and try to help them get back aboard but RC's batteries become depleted, stranding them.
Woody ignites the rocket on Buzz's back and manages to throw RC into the truck before they soar into the air. Buzz opens his wings to free himself from the rocket before it explodes, gliding with Woody to land safely into a box in the car, right next to Andy. On Christmas Day, at their new house, Woody and Buzz stage another reconnaissance mission to prepare for the new toy arrivals.
As Woody jokingly asks what might be worse than Buzz, they discover Andy's new gift is a puppy, and the two share a worried smile. Voice cast[edit]Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody, a pull- stringcowboy doll. Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, a space ranger action figure and Woody's rival, who later becomes his best friend. Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head, a potato- shaped doll with put- together pieces on his body. Jim Varney as Slinky Dog, a dachshundslink toy. Wallace Shawn as Rex, a nervous green Tyrannosaurus rex figurine.
John Ratzenberger as Hamm, a smart- talking piggy bank. Annie Potts as Bo Peep, a porcelain shepherdess doll and Woody's love interest. John Morris as Andy Davis, Woody and Buzz's six- year- old owner.
Erik von Detten as Sid Phillips, Andy's next door neighbor and a ten- year- old bully, who tortures toys for his own amusement. Laurie Metcalf as Mrs. Davis, Andy's mother. R. Lee Ermey as Sarge, the leader of a large troop of plastic green army men. Sarah Freeman as Hannah Phillips, Sid's younger sister. Penn Jillette as Buzz Lightyear commercial announcer. Mickie Mc. Gowan as Grace Phillips (voice), the unseen mother of Sid and Hannah.
Production[edit]Development[edit]Director John Lasseter's first experience with computer animation was during his work as an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation, when two of his friends showed him the lightcycle scene from Tron. It was an eye- opening experience which 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 was fired.[1. He then went on to work at Lucasfilm and later as a founding member of Pixar, which was purchased by entrepreneur and Apple Inc. Steve Jobs in 1. 98. At Pixar, Lasseter created short, computer- animated films to show off the Pixar Image Computer's capabilities, and Tin Toy (1.
Toy Story of Terror! Wikipedia. Toy Story of Terror! Halloweentelevision special, based on the Disney Pixar Toy Story movies. It is set shortly after the events of Toy Story 3 and Toy Story Toons, and premiered on the American television network ABC on Wednesday, October 1. It was written and directed by Angus Mac. Lane, produced by Galyn Susman, with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, and Kristen Schaal reprising their roles of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Mr. Potato Head, Rex, Mr.
Pricklepants, and Trixie with Carl Weathers as Combat Carl and Stephen Tobolowsky as the motel manager.[2]Michael Giacchino composed the music for the special.[3] The film's soundtrack was released on October 1. Amazon. com and i. Tunes in digital format.[4]The special follows the toys on their road trip, when a flat tire leads Bonnie and her mother to spend the night in a roadside motel. After Mr. Potato Head goes missing, the others begin to search for him, but they find themselves caught up in a mysterious, monstrous, and terrifying sequence of events that lead them to a big conspiracy.
Bonnie Anderson and her mother are going on a road trip to visit Bonnie's grandmother; Bonnie has brought Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Rex, Mr. Pricklepants, Mr. Potato Head, and Trixie with her.
The toys are first seen sitting in the trunk of Bonnie's mother's car watching a horror film. When the car gets a flat tire, Jessie is knocked into a tool box. The others manage to free her, but Jessie is traumatized as the experience reminds her of the many years she spent abandoned in a box. Mrs. Anderson parks the car at the Sleep Well Motel, where they must spend the night as a tow truck cannot be sent out until the next morning. Once Bonnie and her mother are asleep, most of the toys exit Bonnie's bag to explore the motel, ignoring Woody's warnings that they could easily be left behind at the motel.
Jessie is left alone in the bag when Woody and Buzz leave to gather the others, at which point her claustrophobia drives her from the bag as well. When the toys all meet up, they realize Mr.
Potato Head is missing. At this point, Mr. Pricklepants begins to narrate ongoing events as if it were part of a horror film, considering himself an expert.
The toys then begin to search for Mr. Potato Head. Trixie walks to a floor vent, into which she suddenly falls down. The others enter the vent, where they hear Trixie's screams.
While the others try to find her, Mr. Pricklepants and Rex are taken by a mysterious creature. Woody, Buzz, and Jessie encounter Mr.
Potato Head's arm, which points their way to a bathroom in the motel. In the bathroom, Woody, Buzz, and the arm are also snatched.
Jessie is then grabbed by an action figure named Combat Carl, who tells her that events in the motel may have permanently separated him from his owner, Billy, as well as from his own right hand. He urges her to flee to her owner for safety, but she insists on trying to rescue her friends. Carl is also taken, and the creature finally comes for Jessie in the bathtub. It is revealed to be an iguana named Mr. Jones. Jones grabs Jessie and takes her to the motel's manager, Ron, who is responsible for thefts against his guests. He steals unattended belongings of motel guests, then sells them in online auctions.
Ron puts Jessie in the back room of his office, in a glass cabinet where she reunites with Bonnie's other toys and Combat Carl and meets Billy's other toys and valuables that have been stolen over the years. As morning approaches, someone buys Woody for $2,0.
Ron packs him into a box. Jessie is sold soon after, but Ron is distracted by the arrival of the tow truck and Jessie is left on the counter. A delivery lady takes Woody's box out to her truck, and Combat Carl tells Jessie that their only hope to rescue Woody and escape is for Jessie to travel to the truck in a box. Terrified, Jessie insists that she cannot enter a box. Combat Carl tells her it is the only way, and teaches her his iconic phrase, "Combat Carl never gives up. Combat Carl finds a way." She then repeats it, substituting her name for his.
She frees a sold robot toy from a box, and that toy helps pack her into the box with the flaps unsealed. However, the delivery lady tapes the flaps shut, trapping Jessie and bringing her box to the truck. Jessie is initially overcome by claustrophobia, but then she uses Carl's phrase to calm herself. She finds a paper clip which she uses to unseal herself and free Woody. They return to the office, where the Andersons are about to check out. Mr. Jones attacks Jessie, but she manages to retrieve Mr. Potato Head's arm (and Combat Carl's hand) from the iguana's mouth and saves Woody, Buzz, Rex, Trixie, Mr.
Potato Head, and Mr. Pricklepants. Bonnie and her mother are meanwhile seen checking out of the motel, completely oblivious to the fact that Bonnie's toys have been stolen, until Jessie uses the arm to pull down the curtain covering the back room's entrance, exposing the presence of the thefts. Ron tries to deny everything, but after Mr. Jones walks up, holding Jessie, Ron is forced to confess and give Bonnie back her toys, and Mrs. Anderson threatens to turn him over to the police. The Andersons resume their trip to visit Bonnie's grandmother.
During the credits, Combat Carl and the rest of Billy's toys board the delivery truck in hopes of returning to their owner. Two police officers later arrive to interrogate and arrest Ron, who attempts to escape by hijacking their police car but is forced to flee on foot after immediately crashing it into the motel sign; the officers initiate a manhunt for him. Soundtrack[edit]The film's score was composed by Michael Giacchino.
The soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on October 1. Track listing. All music composed by Michael Giacchino. The Suspension Is Killing Me"0: 4. Thinking Inside the Box"1: 4. Motel Me a Scary Story"1: 0. I've Got a Bag Feeling About This"1: 4. Why'd It Have to Be Crawl Spaces?"1: 1.
The Ballad of Combat Carl"2: 3. Iguana Be Kidding Me"4: 0. Nobody Puts Jessie in the Box"1: 3. Rock 'Em Box 'Em Robots"1: 3.
Pink Peanut Panic"1: 2. World's Worst Curtain Call"2: 3. Fed. Exit (End Credits)"0: 5. Total length: 2. 0: 5. Release[edit]Reception[edit]The special has received critical acclaim, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 9. Metacritic score of 7. Matt Roush of TV Guide said, "ABC's Toy Story of Terror!
Brian Lowry of Variety said, "Toy Story of Terror! Michael Giacchino’s score."[1. Rob Owen of Pittsburgh Post- Gazette said, "It’s a small adventure befitting the 3.
Toy Story" characters in a recognizable situation, which is similar to the big- screen movies."[1. Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times said, "Once the annual avalanche of Halloween- themed episodes, specials and movies overtakes TV, you probably don't expect to be using the word 'charming' very often. But charming perfectly describes one such entry, Toy Story of Terror!"[1. Todd Van. Der. Werff of The A. V. Club said, "The Toy Story franchise has always operated best with a note of existential panic, and there’s some of that here, but it feels like the special leans awfully hard on the films that gave rise to it."[1. Robert Lloyd of Los Angeles Times said, "Themes from earlier Toy Story movies are also recycled, which should bother no one. Although Woody and Buzz get their screen time–with Jessie, they are the 'Jules et Jim' of computer- animated cartoons about sentient playthings—it is the plucky cowgirl, facing her fears, whose story this is."[1.
Home media[edit]Toy Story of Terror! Blu- ray and DVD on August 1. It includes the three Toy Story Toons shorts: Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex.[1. References[edit]^"D2. Cult Horror Cartoons The Chosen One. Expo: New Art From the Upcoming Disney, Pixar and Disneytoon Movies". Coming. Soon. net.
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