Toy Story 3 (2010)

Director:

Lee Unkrich

Writers:

John Lasseter (story) &
Andrew Stanton (story) ...
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Release Date:

18 June 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

The Breakout Comedy Of The Summer

Plot:

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.

Plot Keywords:

Toy | College | Escape | Teddy Bear | Day Care

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 35 wins & 44 nominations

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Woody (voice)
Tim Allen	...	Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Joan Cusack	...	Jessie (voice)
Ned Beatty	...	Lotso (voice)
Don Rickles	...	Mr. Potato Head (voice)
Michael Keaton	...	Ken (voice)
Wallace Shawn	...	Rex (voice)
John Ratzenberger	...	Hamm (voice)
Estelle Harris	...	Mrs. Potato Head (voice)
John Morris	...	Andy (voice)
Jodi Benson	...	Barbie (voice)
Emily Hahn	...	Bonnie (voice)
Laurie Metcalf	...	Andy's Mom (voice)
Blake Clark	...	Slinky Dog (voice)
Teddy Newton	...	Chatter Telephone (voice)
Bud Luckey	...	Chuckles (voice)
Beatrice Miller	...	Molly (voice)
Javier Fernández-Peña	...	Spanish Buzz (voice)
Timothy Dalton	...	Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
Lori Alan	...	Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Charlie Bright	...	Young Andy / Pea-in-a-Pod (voice)
Kristen Schaal	...	Trixie (voice)
Jeff Garlin	...	Buttercup (voice)
Bonnie Hunt	...	Dolly (voice)
John Cygan	...	Twitch (voice)
Jeff Pidgeon	...	Aliens (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Stretch (voice)
Jack Angel	...	Chunk (voice)
R. Lee Ermey	...	Sarge (voice)
Jan Rabson	...	Sparks (voice)
Richard Kind	...	Bookworm (voice)
Amber Kroner	...	Pea-in-a-Pod (voice)
Brianna Maiwand	...	Pea-in-a-Pod (voice)
Jack Willis	...	Frog (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Erik von Detten	...	Sid (voice)
Teresa Ganzel	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Laraine Newman	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Bob Peterson	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jerome Ranft	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Lee Unkrich	...	Additional Voice (voice)
James Kevin Ward	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Colette Whitaker	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Constantino Bravos	...	Children (voice)
Taiana Huff	...	Children (voice)
Adam Joshua Jastrow	...	Children (voice)
Leo Jergovic	...	Children (voice)
Theodore F. Kayser	...	Children (voice)
Gia Michailidis	...	Children (voice)
Nikolas Michailidis	...	Children (voice)
Aramé Scott	...	Children (voice)
Woody Smith	...	Children (voice)
Hannah Unkrich	...	Children (voice) (archive sound)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sherry Lynn	...	(voice) (uncredited)
Jim Ward	...	(voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Lee Unkrich

Writing credits
John Lasseter		(story) &
Andrew Stanton		(story) and
Lee Unkrich		(story)
Michael Arndt		(screenplay)

Produced by
Darla K. Anderson	....	producer
Nicole Paradis Grindle	....	associate producer
John Lasseter	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Randy Newman

Film Editing by
Ken Schretzmann		(film editor)

Casting by
Natalie Lyon
Kevin Reher

Production Design by
Bob Pauley

Art Direction by
Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi

Production Management
Joshua Hollander	....	director of 3D production
Cynthia Slavens	....	post-production supervisor

Art Department
Marty Baumann	....	graphic artist
Erik Benson	....	storyboard artist
Susan Bradley	....	art director: creative film services
Ken Bruce	....	storyboard artist
Craig Foster	....	director of graphics
Aaron Haynes	....	storyboard artist
Mark Cordell Holmes	....	graphic artist
Bud Luckey	....	storyboard artist
Erin Magill	....	art coordinator
Sarah Mercey-Boose	....	art department
Laura Meyer	....	graphic artist
Adrian Molina	....	storyboard artist
Juliet Pokorny	....	art department manager
Jay Shuster	....	sketch artist
Nick Sung	....	additional art
Belinda van Valkenburg	....	shading art director

Sound Department
Benjamin A. Burtt	....	assistant sound editor (as Benny Burtt)
Vince Caro	....	original dialogue recording engineer
Dustin Cawood	....	sound effects editor
Frank Clary	....	assistant sound effects editor
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Pascal Garneau	....	supervising foley editor
E.J. Holowicki	....	additional sound designer
Doc Kane	....	original dialogue mixer
Tom Myers	....	sound designer
Tom Myers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Myers	....	supervising sound editor
Al Nelson	....	sound effects editor
Timothy Nielsen	....	sound effects editor (as Tim Nielsen)
Justin Pearson	....	additional sound services
Brian Reed	....	additional dialogue recordist
Ronald G. Roumas	....	recordist
Dee Selby	....	foley editor
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brad Semenoff	....	foley recordist
Michael Silvers	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Slanec	....	adr editor
Mac Smith	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Andrew Vernon	....	additional sound services
Dan Scott	....	dialogue recordist (uncredited)
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	adr editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Alexander Adell	....	technical director
Laura Beth Albright	....	character shading and groom artist
Amy L. Allen	....	digital artist
Eric Andraos	....	shading artist
Mimia Arbelaez	....	lighting technical director
Audrey Bagley	....	character technical director
Nick Bartone	....	lighting technical director
Alec Bartsch	....	sets shading artist
Benjamin Beech	....	sets shading artist
Jeffrey Benedict	....	shot lighting artist
Chris Bernardi	....	shading lead
Jeremy Birn	....	lighting artist
Neil Blevins	....	digital artist
Stas Bondarenko	....	software engineer
Brian Boyd	....	master lighting artist
Jacob Brooks	....	groomer and fx artist
Juan J. Buhler	....	visual effects artist
Chris Chapman	....	effects artist
Tracy Lee Church	....	sets paint artist
Kathleen Cosby	....	master lighting artist
Katie Coyle	....	shot lighting artist
Trent Crow	....	shading technical artist
Andrew Dayton	....	digital artist
Brad Falk	....	digital artist
Nathan Fariss	....	sets modeling artist
Susan Fisher	....	optimization artist
Donald Fong	....	character cloth artist
Donald Fong	....	simulation and effects artist
Jared Fong	....	character modeler/rigger
Michael Fong	....	simulation and effects supervisor
Christopher Lee Fowler	....	master lighting artist
Maël François	....	lighting technical director
Carl N. Frederick	....	lighting optimization engineer
Eric Froemling	....	sequence lead
Michael Fu	....	simulation and effects artist
Christina Garcia Weiland	....	sets dressing artist (as Christina Garcia)
Tolga Goktekin	....	visual effects artist
Rogan Griffin	....	simulation and effects artist
Dave Hale	....	effects artist
Jim Cody Harrington	....	effects technical director
Bernhard Haux	....	character modeler/rigger
Jesse Hollander	....	master lighting artist
Michael Honsel	....	character modeler/rigger
Tiffany Erickson Houghton	....	visual effects artist
Ian House	....	shot lighting artist
Wen-Chin Hsu	....	lighting technical director: Pixar
Andrew Jimenez	....	digital artist
Sungyeon Joh	....	shot lighting artist
Jason Johnston	....	effects artist
Thidaratana Annee Jonjai	....	sets shading artist
Sandra Ford Karpman	....	technical lead: stereoscopic (as Sandra Karpman)
Mach Tony Kobayashi	....	visual effects artist
Tashana Landray	....	sets department manager
Erik Langley	....	visual effects coordinator
William Austin Lee	....	character modeling and articulation artist
Hsiao-Hsien Lo	....	simulation and effects artist
Alex Mandel	....	lighting department manager
Corey Mayne	....	stereoscopic rendering
Paul McAfee	....	stereoscopic manager
Daniel McCoy	....	character shading artist
Ian Megibben	....	master lighting artist
Shawn Neely	....	production engineering
Alexander Nehls	....	character technical director
George Nguyen	....	character shading artist
George Nguyen	....	sets shading artist
Leslie Pao	....	stereoscopic coordinator
Leon Jeong Wook Park	....	technical director
Davide Pesare	....	shader writer
Andrew Pienaar	....	lighting artist
Ben Porter	....	groom artist
Konstantin Promokhov	....	simulation and effects artist
Guido Quaroni	....	supervising technical director
Farhez Rayani	....	lighting artist: Pixar Animation Studios
Jordan Rempel	....	shot lighting artist
Doug Rigby	....	shading technical director
Justin Ritter	....	shot lighting artist
David Ryu	....	simulation & effects sequence lead
Afonso Salcedo	....	lighting artist
Reid Sandros	....	stereoscopic technical director
Julien Schreyer	....	lighting technical director
Sajan Skaria	....	character modeler/rigger
Erik Smitt	....	master lighting artist
Ian Steplowski	....	character modeling and articulation artist
Russell J. Stough	....	effects production coordinator
Joseph Suen	....	sets modeling artist
Eunkyoung Lee Swearingen	....	lighting technical director
Lan Tang	....	sets shading artist
Jason Topolski	....	pre-production coordinator
Jason Topolski	....	sets coordinator
Nancy Tsang	....	character modeling intern
Bill Watral	....	effects artist
Jesse Weglein	....	lighting technical director
Chris Wells	....	digital artist
Bob Whitehill	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Andy Whittock	....	sets shading artist
Gary Wu	....	global technology intern
Jane Yen	....	simulation and effects artist
Robin D. Young	....	image mastering coordinator
Emron Grover	....	cloth artist (uncredited)
Lou Hamou-Lhadj	....	character modeling and articulation artist (uncredited)
Dan Weeks	....	infrastructure (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Frey	....	vision engineer
Jeremy Lasky	....	director of photography: camera
Kim White	....	director of photography: lighting

Animation Department
Mahyar Abousaeedi	....	layout artist
Paul Aichele	....	character artist
Simon Allen	....	animator
Lindsay Andrus	....	animator (as Lindsay VanderGalien)
Josh Anon	....	layout artist
Carlos Baena	....	animator
Adam Burke	....	animator
Andrew Cadelago	....	layout artist
Shaun Chacko	....	animator
Guillaume Chartier	....	fix animator
Simon Christen	....	animator
Scott Clark	....	animator
Brett Coderre	....	animator
Jonathen Collins	....	animator
Don Crum	....	animator
Eric S. Degner	....	fix and additional animator
Arik Ehle	....	animator
Ike Feldman	....	animator
Tom Gately	....	character artist
Curran W. Giddens	....	animator
Andrew Gordon	....	animator
Sylvia Gray Wong	....	layout artist (as Sylvia Wong)
Andy Grisdale	....	layout artist
Aaron J. Hartline	....	animator
Neil Helm	....	animator
Catherine Hicks	....	background animator
Timothy Hittle	....	animator
Tsung-Yin Hsieh	....	fix and additional animator
Guilherme Sauerbronn Jacinto	....	animator
Patrick James	....	layout artist
Nancy Kato	....	animator
Jason Katz	....	head of story
Patty Kihm	....	animator
Ken Kim	....	animator
Aaron Koressel	....	animator
Todd Krish	....	animation simulation artist
Stephen Krug	....	render anim coordinator
Bruce Kuei	....	animator
Jaime Landes	....	animator
Matthew Luhn	....	story artist
Angus MacLane	....	animator
Matt Majers	....	animator
Michal Makarewicz	....	animator
Jesus Martinez	....	animation production assistant
Rich McKain	....	animator
Victor Navone	....	animator
Dan Nguyen	....	animator (as Daniel Nguyen)
Neth Nom	....	fix animator
David Park	....	animation department manager
Sukwon Park	....	layout artist
Evan Pontoriero	....	layout artist
Andreas Procopiou	....	animator
Rich Quade	....	animator
James Reinhart Robertson	....	story artist
K.C. Roeyer	....	animator
Christian Roman	....	story artist
Robert H. Russ	....	directing animator
Allison Rutland	....	animator
Max Sachar	....	animation coordinator
Jessica Sances	....	character animator
Mark Sanford	....	layout artist
Andy Schmidt	....	animator
Brett Schulz	....	animator
Bob Scott	....	animator
Doug Sheppeck	....	animator
Suzanne Slatcher	....	layout artist
Michael Stocker	....	directing animator
Matthew Strangio	....	animator
Benjamin Su	....	animator
Raphael Suter	....	animator
Rob Duquette Thompson	....	animator
Becki Tower	....	animator
Saschka Unseld	....	layout artist
Kristoff Vergne	....	animator
Charlene Wang	....	layout artist
Royce Wesley	....	animator
Stephen L. Wong	....	animator
Justin Wright	....	story artist
Tom Zach	....	animator

Casting Department
Holly Dorff	....	adr voice casting
Mickie McGowan	....	adr voice casting

Editorial Department
Adam Brailsford	....	second assistant editor
Ann Brilz	....	editorial department manager
Susan Brunig	....	color grading operator
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Evelyn Gee	....	post-production assistant
Katelin C. Holloway	....	management assistant
Bill Kinder	....	director of editorial and post-production
David Lortsher	....	colorist
Jenn Nolan	....	editorial coordinator
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Richard Pinkham	....	media control transfer operator: image mastering
Greg Snyder	....	second editor
Renee Steen	....	second assistant editor
Robert Tachoires	....	media control manager
Christine Wilcock	....	management assistant
Anna Wolitzky	....	second editor

Music Department
Jonathan Allen	....	additional music recordist
David Boucher	....	music recordist
David Boucher	....	score mixer
Ashley Chafin	....	music production coordinator
Donna Cole-Brule	....	music business affairs
Bruno Coon	....	composer: additional music
Bruno Coon	....	music editor
Don Davis	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
George Doering	....	musician
Mark Graham	....	head of music preparation
Andrew Hansen	....	musician
Tom Hardisty	....	score mixing recordist
Jill Heffley	....	executive music assistant
Brenda Heins	....	assistant music editor
Barney Jones	....	production music editor
Tom MacDougall	....	music supervisor
Chris Montan	....	executive music producer
Randy Newman	....	conductor
Randy Newman	....	orchestrator
Andrew Page	....	music production director
Danna Paola	....	song performer: ("You've Got a Friend in Me": Spanish version )
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Jonathan Sacks	....	orchestrator
David Slusser	....	production music editor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Aleks Syntek	....	performer: (spanish version "We belong together") "You've got a friend in me")
James Thatcher	....	musician: French horn
Derek Zhao	....	assistant to composer
Derek Zhao	....	technical assistant to composer
Germaine Franco	....	midi programmer (uncredited)
Jason Poss	....	music transcription (uncredited)

Other crew
Tricia Andres	....	production office manager
Brad Bird	....	senior creative team: Pixar
Bryan Bird	....	animal wrangler
Malcolm Blanchard	....	production engineer
Michael A. Bordas	....	software engineer
Susan Bradley	....	title designer
John Broadhead	....	production engineer
Ryan Broek	....	assistant production accountant
Cathleen Brown	....	clearance
Shaun Brown	....	data management group: Pixar studio team
Cheryl Burke	....	choreographer
Michael Chann	....	software engineer
Alden Chew	....	software engineer
Lars R. Damerow	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Beatrice De Luca	....	production accountant
Ross Dickinson	....	systems administrator
Pete Docter	....	senior creative team: Pixar
Driton 'Tony' Dovolani	....	choreographer (as Tony Dovolani)
Paul Edmondson	....	production engineer
Masha Ellsworth	....	technical director
Claire Faggioli	....	production office assistant
Tyler Fazakerley	....	systems administrator
Michael Frederickson	....	software developer
Joseph Frost	....	technical lead: storage
Remy Galang	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Dominic Glynn	....	lead engineer: image mastering
Marc S. Greenberg	....	production accountant
Eric Gregory	....	software developer
Susan Boylan Griffin	....	technical documentation
Jonathan Hadden	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team (as Jon Hadden)
Robert Hamrick	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Mark Harrison	....	data management
John Hazelton	....	projectionist: Image Mastering
Kitt Hirasaki	....	software design
Michael Hitson	....	facility technician
Dan Hoffman	....	systems administrator
Shawn Hovis	....	systems administrator and support
Ling Hsu	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Jason 'Jayfish' Hull	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Álex de la Iglesia	....	voice dubbing
Jose Ignacio	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Ron S. Jong	....	infrastructure
Ben Jordan	....	production engineer
Ryan Kautzman	....	production engineer
Jason Kim	....	software engineer
Stephen Krug	....	production coordinator
Jacob Kuenzel	....	production engineer
Lucy Laliberte	....	assistant to producers
Chris Lasell	....	lead systems administrator
John Lasseter	....	senior creative team: Pixar
Marty Lew	....	systems administrator
Matthew Lindahl	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Ramiro Lopez Dau	....	promo animator
Ramiro Lopez Dau	....	promo team
John Robert Loy	....	software developer (as John Loy)
Aaron Luk	....	software developer
Erin Magill	....	legal clearance coordinator
BoB 'Naked BoB' Morgan	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Terry Lee Moseley	....	systems administrator
Daniella Muller	....	production assistant
Allison W. Nelson	....	production assistant: sets (as Allison Nelson)
Catherine Obuhoff	....	systems administrator
Silvia Palara	....	creative services
Luigi Passalacqua	....	craft service
Laura Pearson-Smith	....	marketing and distribution (as Laura Pearson)
Kirsten Peterson	....	simulation & effects production assistant
Peter Plackowski	....	systems administrator
Duncan Ramsay	....	assistant to director
Suzanne C. Robertson	....	story production assistant
Bob Roden	....	legal
Gary Rydstrom	....	senior creative team: Pixar
Susan Salituro	....	infrastructure engineer
Donald Schmidt	....	production engineer
Ozan Serim	....	project manager
Apurva Shah	....	global technology
Burton Siu	....	software test engineer
Nelson Siu	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Nelson Siu	....	unix systems administrator
David Sotnick	....	technical lead: Network
Andrew Stanton	....	senior creative team: Pixar
Mike Sundy	....	systems administrator
Tiffany Taira	....	video production lead (pixar university )
Najeeb Tarazi	....	global technology
Andy Thomas	....	systems administrator
Erick Tryzelaar	....	team: rendering pipeline group
Lee Unkrich	....	senior creative team: Pixar
Dirk Van Gelder	....	software developer
Rudy Vucelich	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Jay Weiland	....	desktop and infrastructure: Pixar studio team
Ian Westcott	....	systems administrator
Wayne Wooten	....	RenderMan development
Shiqi Yang	....	software engineer
Melissa Fuller	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Nick Pitera	....	creative film services technical director (uncredited)
Thomas V. Thompson II	....	technology support: XGen (uncredited)

Thanks
Cathleen Brown	....	special thanks
Steve Jobs	....	special thanks
Hayao Miyazaki	....	special thanks
Toshio Suzuki	....	special thanks
Isao Takahata	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures (presents)
• Pixar Animation Studios (as A Pixar Animation Studios Film)

Distributors

• Audio Visual Enterprises (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2010) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland (2010) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (3-D version)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2010) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Gentle Giant Studios

Other Companies

• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  on-line promotional material creation
• Eastwood (Sound and Vision)  Additional Pro Tools Systems Supplied By (foreign versions)
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as Jo Ann Kane Music Service)
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sony Pictures Studios Scoring Stage  score recorded at (as Sony Pictures Scoring Stage)
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack
• Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage  score mixed at

Also Known As:

"3" - USA (poster title)
"Toy Story 3: An IMAX 3D Experience" - USA (IMAX version)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital EX | SDDS | Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) | Dolby (Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound)

Certification:

USA:G (certificate #46302) | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:G | Australia:G | Singapore:PG | Canada:G | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Japan:G | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Brazil:Livre | Malaysia:U | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/6 | Taiwan:GP | Hong Kong:I | UK:U | Netherlands:6 | New Zealand:G | South Africa:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:7 | India:U | Chile:TE

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

As of 2010, the highest-grossing animated movie of all time.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Barbie removes the screws from Buzz's back and they reset him they rush to escape and never reinstall the screws but his cover stays closed.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Mr. Potato Head, portraying One-Eyed Bart, jumps out of a train while carrying money sacks]
Mr. Potato Head:[laughs evily] Ah, ha ha ha! Money, money, money!
[Woody lassoes a rope to grab the money from Mr. Potato Head's hands, then trips him]
Woody:You've got a date with justice, One-Eyed Bart!
Mr. Potato Head:Too bad, Sheriff! I'm a married man!
[Mrs. Potato Head jumps onto the train, giving karate yells]
Woody:One-Eyed Betty?
[Mrs. Potato Head chases Woody across the train tops, then uses nunchucks to knock him off. As the Potato Heads look and laugh evily, Woody suddenly reappears, riding Bullseye with Jessie]
Jessie:I think you dropped something, mister!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Toy Story 3/Cyrus/Jonah Hex (#2.21)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

You've Got A Friend In Me

A definite change in direction for Pixar, but fantastic nonetheless.

So I saw Toy Story 3 tonight at an early screening here in Houston, TX. A little background info about me. I am a big, no HUGE, Pixar fan, I've watched every film that they have created dozens of times. Let me begin, this is definitely no Ratatouille, Wall-E, or Up. Pixar is definitely coming back to it's family roots and Toy Store 3 is extremely evident of that. Don't get me wrong, Pixar has completely outdone themselves once again offering a film that is extremely entertaining, thrilling, and fresh, but it is kind of disappointing that the film doesn't reach any true depth until the POWERFUL last act.

I'm going to divide my review into several sections.

Writing: The humor was straight up HILARIOUS. There were several scenes that had the audience ROTFL'ing, even I, as crude and bitter I may be when it comes to comedy, was laughing out loud at a few parts. However some jokes do fall flat into Dreamworks territory with potty humor (lincoln logs anyone?) which I hope does not become a recurrence, but overall the film had some wonderful writing and dialogue creating a truly believable setting and tone.

Animation: It's truly a shame that some of the later scenes in the final act haven't been shown in the commercials because, DAMN, the detail is truly remarkable. Since this is a no spoiler review I won't move further into that but let me tell you now, you will be impressed. Humans are beginning to look more realistic with ton's of attention to movement and the toys have benefited from some spackle in the facial department in an attempt to create a more emotionally expressive character. While it didn't blow me away like Finding Nemo and Wall-E did when they released, the work done here by Pixar is truly solid and way above anything Dreamworks has brought to the table. The 3D is also decent, I'm not really buying into this whole fad because after a few minutes you don't notice the effect. The added depth is nice but you honestly won't be missing much if you watch it in a good quality cineplex.

Sound: The theater I went to had a pretty weak sound system so I can't really comment on the effects but when it comes to voice talent, the actors truly shine. It was sad to see some characters go like Bo Beep and Squeaky but some of the new additions like Lotso and Ken, played by Ned Beatty and Michael Keaton, are some true standouts thanks to the excellent dialogue provided by the script. All the original characters once again do their job quite well and with the excellent editing and mixing, the dynamics of social interaction between the characters are expressed clearly.

Depth/Theme: You know I was going here and I HAD to talk about it. Ratatouille had the whole analysis of segregation with "Everyone can cook", Wall-E brought environmentalism, consumerism, capitalism, and most importantly love to the table, while Up directly deals with death and the emotions that stem from it. Toy Story 3 repeats the abandonment and moving on angle from Toy Story 2 which is TRULY the film's weakest link. Not because the movie copies the second films moral, but because TS3 virtually ignored these themes until the last act which I will admit was quite compelling. It would have been nice to spread these serious moments throughout the film to create a balanced equilibrium but unfortunately this does not happen. However I do want to talk about this pivotal juncture in the final act, there was a moment in the movie that only last a minute or two, but felt very, very, very real. I can't stress this enough, I have never felt anything like this from a movie. The first time I cried in a move was with Up's "Ellie" sequence but for some reason I didn't do it here. My emotions went beyond crying, I don't know if it was the swirling bright ember colors contrasting with the stark images or the expressiveness of the toys in that very moment, but I sat there in disbelief and was affected in a way that has not existed before.

Overall: I really do wish that Lee Unkrich could have spread the last 15 minutes throughout the movie but that didn't happen which is why I could not give this movie a 10, however, that last act SAVED this motion picture from being another run of the mill Dreamworks film. Aside from some of the lame toilet humor and disappointing direction choices, Toy Story 3 is a very solid conclusion to one of the best trilogies of all time that needs to experienced solely for the last beautifully gratifying act with the gang that I grew up with.