The film received critical acclaim, and holds a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 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. Toy Story premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on November 19, 1995, and was released in theaters in North America on November 22. The studio, then consisting of a relatively small number of employees, produced the film under only minor financial constraints. this desire drives their hopes, fears, and actions'. 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. Lasseter, Stanton, and Docter wrote early story treatments, which were rejected by Disney, who wanted the film's tone to be 'edgier'.

Taking place in a world where toys come to life when humans are not present, the plot focuses on the relationship between an old-fashioned pull-string cowboy doll named Woody and a modern space cadet action figure, Buzz Lightyear, as Woody develops jealousy towards Buzz when he becomes their owner Andy's favourite toy.įollowing the success of their 1988 short film Tin Toy, Pixar was approached by Disney to produce a computer-animated feature film told from a small toy's perspective. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, and Erik von Detten. The film features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R.

The film features music by Randy Newman, was produced by Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim, and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull. It was written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, Pete Docter, and Joe Ranft. 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. However, he was about to move on and donated them to Bonnie as her new toys.Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut) produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. As he goes to college, Andy was originally going to put his toys in the attic. Potato Head, Hamm, Slinky, Rex, and the three Little Green Aliens. In the next sequel, 17-year old Andy has only twelve of his toys left Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Bullseye, Mr. In Toy Story 2, 10-year old Andy got five new toys Jessie, Bullseye, and the three Little Green Aliens. On Andy's 6th birthday, he got a Buzz Lightyear action figure. Spell, Rocky Gibraltar, a clown, See 'n Say, Robot, Snake, some Toddle Tots, Troikas, a Troll, and Bo Peep with her sheep to his toy collection.

Potato Head, Hamm, Slinky, Rex, the Green Army Men, R.C., Dolly, Duckie, Teddy, Etch A Sketch, Hockey Puck, Lenny, Mr. When Andy Davis was in Kindergarten, Woody was his first and favorite toy. They are led by Woody and Buzz Lightyear. Potato Head, the Barbies, and Barbie's Corvette actually belong to his sister Molly, they have interacted with Andy's toys, and/or been played with by Andy at one time or another. Even though Bo Peep, her sheep, Dolly, Duckie, and Teddy, Mrs. They are the toys that Andy Davis plays with, most belonging to him.

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