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User Rating:
7.0/10   1,830 votes
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Director:
John Lasseter
Writer:
John Lasseter (story)
Contact:
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Genre:
Animation | Short | Family more
Plot:
A tin one-man-band toy tries to escape a destructive baby. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Top Ten: Pixar
 (From FilmExperience. 31 May 2009, 2:50 PM, PDT)

Butch and Sundance Go to Washington
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 17 December 2003)

User Comments:
Pixar knows exactly how to portray emotions, which is one of their greatest assets to their films. more

Additional Details

Runtime:
5 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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Trivia:
Pixar's first Oscar winner. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The number of panes in the reflection of the window from Tin Toy is inconsistent with the number of panes in the shadow cast on the wooden floor. This was deliberate by the 3D modelers as they wanted a cartoon 'bubble'-like feel to the reflection on Tin Toy and not a realistic one. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Computerbilleder - udfordring til virkeligheden (1992) (TV) more

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Pixar knows exactly how to portray emotions, which is one of their greatest assets to their films., 30 May 2009
7/10
Author: Tommy Nelson from Long Beach, California

"Tin Toy" is a simple short with only two main characters. A little tin toy band member that walks around and plays the symbols is the protagonist, and the destructive little baby is the antagonist. It's a simple story that follows the very childlike statement that "You don't want something unless someone else does." and vice versa.

A little tin toy is lonely. A baby crawls into the room and the tin toy can't wait for the baby to play with it. Soon it finds out this baby is a destructive force, tearing apart and drooling on everything it sees. The tin toy has several changes of heart which end in a bit of a twist ending.

This is one of Pixar's earliest shorts, and the animation is far from perfect. It doesn't have the fluidity seen in their later productions, but you can't blame them, this was '80s computer animation. One thing that Pixar has kept over the years it's their perfect way of portraying emotion. Just through little movements of the face, they give great emotion, which is what this short relies on, as there is no dialogue. It's a good and sweet natured short.

My rating: *** out of ****. 5 mins.

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