Toy Story (1995)

Director:

John Lasseter

Writers:

John Lasseter (story) &
Pete Docter (story) &
Andrew Stanton (story) ...

Release Date:

22 November 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

"Oooh...3-D" (USA 2009 re-release)

Plot:

A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.

Plot Keywords:

Toy | Jealousy | Baby | Spaceman | Spaceman Toy

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Hanks	...	Woody (voice)
Tim Allen	...	Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Don Rickles	...	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
Jim Varney	...	Slinky Dog (voice)
Wallace Shawn	...	Rex (voice)
John Ratzenberger	...	Hamm (voice)
Annie Potts	...	Bo Peep (voice)
John Morris	...	Andy (voice)
Erik von Detten	...	Sid (voice)
Laurie Metcalf	...	Andy's Mom (voice)
R. Lee Ermey	...	Sergeant (voice)
Sarah Freeman	...	Hannah (voice)
Penn Jillette	...	TV Announcer (voice)
Jack Angel	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Spencer Aste	...	Additional Voice (voice)

Also Known As:

"Toy Story in 3-D" - USA (promotional title)

Runtime:

80 min | Turkey:74 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Ireland:G | Iceland:L | New Zealand:G | Mexico:AA | Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:I | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Belgium:KT | Chile:TE | Denmark:7 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:G | Greece:K | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

Woody and Buzz Lightyear are inspired by director John Lasseter's own childhood toys. He based Woody on his own pull-string Casper doll, and once he grew out of Casper he moved on to a G.I Joe, a flashy toy at the time of his childhood.

Goofs:

Continuity: The coiled "lasso" of Christmas lights that was outside Hannah's bedroom disappears when Woody and Buzz walk out from Hannah's bedroom. It reappears again as much smaller coil and right by the door in the next shot showing Hannah's doorway.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Andy:[Andy is playing with his toys and mimicing the voices of his toys and holding Mr. Potato Head] All right, everyone! This... is a stick-up. Don't anybody move! Now empty that safe!
[Andy empties Hamm the piggy bank and coins fall out]
Andy:Ooh, hoo hoo! Money, money, money!
[as Bo Peep]
Andy:Stop it, stop it you mean old potato!
[as Potato Head]
Andy:Quiet, Bo Peep! Or your sheep get run over!
[as the sheep, on a toy car track]
Andy:Help! Baaa! Help us!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" (1994)

Soundtrack:

I Will Go Sailing No More

Proof that Pixar not only cares about the quality of their work,they care about our kids.

Though I am not a big fan of computer animation,I have to give the folks at Pixar credit.This brand of animation is nothing short of brilliant.The attention to detail,such as eye and body movement is quite remarkable.Computers allow them to make their characters as close to human like as possible,something we have never seen in traditional hand drawn animation,though the latter will always be the closest to my heart.Combine this excellence with a genuinely good story idea and a top notch voice cast and the result is good family entertainment.It's obvious that the people at Pixar are not only caring perfectionists when it comes to film making,but they care about our kids,something rarely seen today.Highly recommended for any home library.