The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

A toaster, a blanket, a lamp, a radio, and a vacuum cleaner journey to the city to find their master after being abandoned in their cabin in the woods.

Director:

Jerry Rees

Writers:

Jerry Rees (screenplay), Joe Ranft (screenplay),

Stars:

Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Timothy E. Day

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jon Lovitz	...	The Radio (voice)
Timothy Stack	...	Lampy / Zeke (voice) (as Tim Stack)
Timothy E. Day	...	Blanky / Young Rob (The Master) (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	Kirby (voice)
Deanna Oliver	...	Toaster (voice)
Phil Hartman	...	Air Conditioner / Hanging Lamp (voice)
Joe Ranft	...	Elmo St. Peters (voice)
Judy Toll	...	Mish-Mash / Two-Face Sewing Machine (voice)
Wayne Kaatz	...	Rob (The Master) (voice)
Colette Savage	...	Chris (voice)
Mindy Sterling	...	Mother / Two-Face Sewing Machine (voice) (as Mindy Stern)
Jim Jackman	...	Plugsy (voice)
Randall William Cook	...	Entertainment Center (voice)
Randy Bennett	...	Computer (voice)
Jonathan Benair	...	Black and White TV (voice)

Storyline

A group of dated appliances that find themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to, á la "The Incredible Journey", seek their young 8 year old "master". Children's film which on the surface is a frivolous fantasy, but with a dark subtext of abandonment, obsolescence, and loneliness.

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Plot Keywords:

toaster | obsolescence | radio | vacuum cleaner | cabin | 

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Taglines:

Imagine if Your Toaster Went on a Journey of its Own!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA Taiwan Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 1987 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances

Box Office

Budget:

$2,300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hyperion Pictures, Kushner-Locke Company, The, Wang Film Productions Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to director Jerry Rees, the film was originally intended to run about 20 minutes longer, but the producers wanted it cut down to 90 minutes. The scenes in question were voiced and storyboarded, but never animated.

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Goofs

After the rats bite the picture of the "master" it appears without the bite mark, when the appliances are overlooking the city. Then in the junk yard the bite mark reappears.

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Quotes

[first lines]
The Radio: Good morning, good morning, gooooood morning!

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Connections

Spoofs One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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Soundtracks

"Cutting Edge"
by Van Dyke Parks

User Reviews

awesome

Get some friends together, smoke an L, watch this and be amazed... There is nothing more entertaining, heart gripping, and wondrous. Adults and children will agree that this is pure cinematic glory. You'll laugh and cry on this roller-coaster of emotion. You'll never look at your appliances the same nor take them for granted. Oh the places that toaster takes you! HANG ON FOR A WILD RIDE.

it will change your life and make you a better person. Don't believe me? see it for yourself!

Disclaimer: not responsible for unconscious thoughts of appliances magically gaining human like characteristics and getting together on adventures.