Luxo Jr. (1986)

Director:

John Lasseter

Writer:

John Lasseter

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family

Plot:

A larger lamp watches while a smaller, younger lamp plays exuberantly with a ball but doesn't pick up the knack of correct handling. |

Plot Keywords:

Ball | Computer Animation | CGI Animation | Pixar Animated Film | Anthropomorphism

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins

Directed by
John Lasseter

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Lasseter

Produced by
John Lasseter	....	producer
William Reeves	....	producer

Sound Department
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Don Conway	....	laser scanning
Paul Heckbert	....	additional modeler
John Lasseter	....	models, animation
Sam Leffler	....	rendering
Eben Ostby	....	animation rendering
William Reeves	....	models, rendering

Animation Department
Eben Ostby	....	animation software

Editorial Department
Craig Good	....	post-production coordinator

Production Companies

• Pixar Animation Studios

Distributors

• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Buena Vista Pictures
• Der KurzFilmVerleih (Austria)
• Der KurzFilmVerleih (Germany)
• Der KurzFilmVerleih (Switzerland)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Sprocket Systems  sound recording

Also Known As:

Runtime:

2 min

Country:

USA

Language:

None

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Spain:T | USA:G | UK:U | South Korea:All | Australia:G | Finland:K-7

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

The small hopping lamp that now acts as Pixar's logo comes from this short film.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sekai o kaeta otoko: Sutîbu Jobuzu (2011) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Game Maker

The one that started it all...

I am a big fan of Pixar, finding their films and short films wonderfully animated, very entertaining with many touching moments and endearing characters. Luxo Jnr is the one that started it all off. Is it their very best Pixar short film? Not quite for me, I am more partial to Presto and Geri's Game. And I do prefer the feature film it is shown with Toy Story 2. However, for its time, and now even it is historically important for its influence not just to Pixar but also computer animation. The animation is vibrant and beautiful and done with character, nothing dated about it at all. I was especially taken with how much detail there was in the character designs. Luxo Jnr is not laugh out loud hilarious like Presto but it is still amusing, and it manages to warm the heart and charm the viewer even in such a short duration time. Luxo is one of Pixar's most endearing titular characters, the others being Geri and WALL-E. All in all, a great start for Pixar, perhaps they may have done better things since, but Luxo Jnr is not one to forget. 9/10 Bethany Cox