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Toy Story is a 1995
1995 in film

The year 1995 in film involved some significant events....
 American
Cinema of the United States

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 computer-animated
Computer animation

Computer animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of computers. It is a subfield of computer graphics and animation....
 family film
Family film

A family film is a film genre that, like a children's film, is suitable for young children, but with the difference that a family film has been carefully written, directed, cast and acted so that it will appeal cross-generationally to parents, teenagers, older children, and small children....
, directed by John Lasseter
John Lasseter

John Alan Lasseter is an Academy Award-winning United States animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios....
 and starring Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, film director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia , the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander J...
 and Tim Allen
Tim Allen

Tim Allen is an United States comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, who became famous for his role in the situation comedy Home Improvement....
. The film was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and was distributed by Buena Vista Distribution
Buena Vista Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is a motion picture and television feature distribution company owned by The Walt Disney Company. Buena Vista International was the international distribution arm, and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment was the firm's video and DVD distribution arm....
. It was written by Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an Academy Award-nominated and Hugo Award winning American writer, television director, executive producer, occasional actor, and creator and head writer of the well-known television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , Firefly , and Dollhouse ....
, Andrew Stanton
Andrew Stanton

Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, Film Producer, and occasional voice actor based at Pixar. His most notable film work includes writing and directing Finding Nemo and WALL-E, both of which earned him Academy Awards....
, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow
Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow

Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow are screenwriting partners who have been nominated for an Academy-Award for writing Toy Story....
, and featured music by Randy Newman
Randy Newman

Randall Stuart ?Randy? Newman is an Academy Award?winning United States singer/songwriter, arrangement, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his wiktionary:mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
. The film was rated G by the MPAA, and PG by the BBFC. It is also rated G by the OFLC
Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)

The Office of Film and Literature Classification is a statutory censorship and classification body which provides day to day administrative support for the Classification Board which classifies films, video games and publications in Australia, and the Classification Review Board which reviews films, computer games and publications when a vali...
. It was the first feature film released to use only computer-generated imagery (though Cassiopéia
Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia can refer to:* Cassiopeia , a queen of Ethiopia in Greek mythology. See also Boast of Cassiopeia.* Cassiopeia , a northern constellation representing the queen....
 was in production earlier).

The top-grossing film on its opening weekend, Toy Story went on to gross over $191 million in the United States during its initial theatrical release and took in more than $356M worldwide.






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That wasn't flying, that was falling with style. - On Buzz's supposed flight.

Yee-ha! Come on, partner! We've got to get this wagon train a-movin'!

Aaaaah-oof!

Ow! Ow! Stop it, you zealots!

Reach for the sky!

This town ain't big enough for the two of us!






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Toy Story is a 1995
1995 in film

The year 1995 in film involved some significant events....
 American
Cinema of the United States

United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, Classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period ....
 computer-animated
Computer animation

Computer animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of computers. It is a subfield of computer graphics and animation....
 family film
Family film

A family film is a film genre that, like a children's film, is suitable for young children, but with the difference that a family film has been carefully written, directed, cast and acted so that it will appeal cross-generationally to parents, teenagers, older children, and small children....
, directed by John Lasseter
John Lasseter

John Alan Lasseter is an Academy Award-winning United States animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios....
 and starring Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, film director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia , the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander J...
 and Tim Allen
Tim Allen

Tim Allen is an United States comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, who became famous for his role in the situation comedy Home Improvement....
. The film was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and was distributed by Buena Vista Distribution
Buena Vista Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is a motion picture and television feature distribution company owned by The Walt Disney Company. Buena Vista International was the international distribution arm, and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment was the firm's video and DVD distribution arm....
. It was written by Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an Academy Award-nominated and Hugo Award winning American writer, television director, executive producer, occasional actor, and creator and head writer of the well-known television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , Firefly , and Dollhouse ....
, Andrew Stanton
Andrew Stanton

Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, Film Producer, and occasional voice actor based at Pixar. His most notable film work includes writing and directing Finding Nemo and WALL-E, both of which earned him Academy Awards....
, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow
Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow

Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow are screenwriting partners who have been nominated for an Academy-Award for writing Toy Story....
, and featured music by Randy Newman
Randy Newman

Randall Stuart ?Randy? Newman is an Academy Award?winning United States singer/songwriter, arrangement, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his wiktionary:mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
. The film was rated G by the MPAA, and PG by the BBFC. It is also rated G by the OFLC
Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)

The Office of Film and Literature Classification is a statutory censorship and classification body which provides day to day administrative support for the Classification Board which classifies films, video games and publications in Australia, and the Classification Review Board which reviews films, computer games and publications when a vali...
. It was the first feature film released to use only computer-generated imagery (though Cassiopéia
Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia can refer to:* Cassiopeia , a queen of Ethiopia in Greek mythology. See also Boast of Cassiopeia.* Cassiopeia , a northern constellation representing the queen....
 was in production earlier).

The top-grossing film on its opening weekend, Toy Story went on to gross over $191 million in the United States during its initial theatrical release and took in more than $356M worldwide. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive, praising both the technical innovation of the animation
Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of Motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways....
 and the wit and sophistication of the screenplay
Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
.

In addition to DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 releases, Toy Story-inspired merchandise has run the gamut from video games and costumes to model trains and shoes. Buzz Lightyear's classic line "To infinity and beyond!" has seen usage not only on T-shirts, but among philosophers and mathematical theorists as well. The film was so successful it prompted a sequel, Toy Story 2
Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 is a 1999 Academy-Award-nominated computer-generated imagery film, the sequel to Toy Story; the third Disney / Pixar feature film, which featured the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them....
, which became an even bigger hit than the original. Toy Story is set for rerelease in Disney Digital 3-D
Disney Digital 3-D

Disney Digital 3-D is a brand used by the The Walt Disney Company to describe digitally animated 3-D film shown exclusively using digital projection....
 on October 2 2009, and Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 is an upcoming computer animation 3-D film being produced by Pixar, slated for release on June 18, 2010. It is a sequel to the films Toy Story and Toy Story 2....
, scheduled for release on June 18 2010, is in development.

Plot


Old-fashioned cowboy
Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks....
 doll Woody is coordinating a reconnaissance
Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is a military and medical term denoting exploration conducted to gain information. Militarily, its shorthand Australian, Canadian, and British form is recce , its American usage form is recon ....
 mission around his owner Andy's
List of Toy Story characters

This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
 birthday party in the days before Andy's family move to their new house. To Woody's dismay, Andy receives a new action figure
Action figure

An action figure is a posable character figurine, made of plastic or other materials, and often based upon a film, comic book, video game, or television program....
 in the form of space ranger Buzz Lightyear
Buzz Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character that first appeared in the full-length Computer-generated imagery animated film Toy Story, and its sequel Toy Story 2....
, whose impressive features soon see Buzz replacing Woody as Andy's favorite toy. Woody, the former de facto leader of Andy's toys
List of Toy Story characters

This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
, is disappointed by his replacement and resentful towards Buzz. For his part, Buzz does not understand that he is a toy. Instead he believes himself to be an actual space ranger, seeing Woody as an interference in his 'mission'.

Later, Woody wants to replace Buzz on a family outing. He intends to trap Buzz in a gap behind Andy's desk, but the plan goes disastrously wrong and Buzz is knocked outside the house. The other toys accuse Woody of attempting to murder Buzz out of jealousy, but are unable to punish him before Andy leaves the house with Woody for the outing at the space-themed Pizza Planet restaurant. Buzz sees Andy getting into his mother's car with Woody and manages to climb aboard, and while Woody ponders how he can return to Andy's room alone, Buzz confronts Woody while Andy's mother refuels the car. The two end up fighting and accidentally land outside the car, which drives off and leaves the two stranded.

Woody spots a truck bound for Pizza Planet and plans to rendezvous with Andy there. Realizing that he will face the wrath of the other toys if he returns alone, Woody convinces Buzz that the truck will take them to a spaceship
Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a Craft or machine designed for spaceflight. On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a spacecraft enters outer space then returns to the Earth....
. Once at Pizza Planet, Buzz makes his way into a claw game machine shaped like a spaceship, thinking it to be the ship Woody promised him. While Woody clambers in to try and rescue him, Buzz (with Woody hanging on to his foot) is captured by Andy's next-door neighbor, the toy-destroying Sid Phillips.

The two desperately attempt to escape from Sid's house before Andy's family's moving day. There they encounter nightmarish "mutant
Mutation

In biology, mutations are changes to the nucleotide sequence of the genetic material of an organism. Mutations can be caused by copying errors in the genetic material during cell division, by exposure to ultraviolet or ionizing radiation, chemical mutagens, or virus , or can be induced by the organism, itself, by cellular processes such as s...
" toys inhabiting his room, as well as Sid's vicious dog Scud. Buzz stumbles into a room, where he sees a television advertisement
Television advertisement

A 'television advertisement' or television commercial is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organisation that conveys a message....
 for Buzz Lightyear toys just like himself. Confused and crestfallen of his true nature, Buzz attempts to fly out of the window but falls and breaks his left arm (it falls out of its socket). Woody is unable to get a traumatized/depressed Buzz to participate in his escape plan, even when the mutant toys show their true colors and repair Buzz's arm. Sid prepares to destroy Buzz with a firework rocket
Rocket

A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust by the Reaction of the rocket to the ejection of fast moving fluid exhaust from a rocket engine....
. In the film's turning point, Woody admits that Buzz is a "cool toy", but despairs that he himself stands no chance of being Andy's favorite. Buzz changes his mind and decides that life is worth living even if he's not a space ranger and helps Woody, but Sid wakes up before they can escape and takes Buzz (still strapped to the rocket), to his backyard launchpad. In cooperation with Sid's mutant toys, Woody stages a rescue of Buzz and starts to terrifies Sid into running away in fear of his own toys. But even after their efforts, the two miss Andy's car as it drives away to his new house.

Chasing the moving van, they attract the attention of Scud. Buzz saves Woody by tackling the dog, but leaving himself behind. Woody attempts to rescue Buzz with Andy's radio-controlled car
Radio-controlled car

A radio-controlled car is a powered model car driven from a distance via a radio control system. Inputs from joysticks on a transmitter are sent to the car's onboard receiver ....
 R.C. At first, the other toys in the moving van mistakenly believe Woody is attempting to get rid of R.C. now by throwing him off the truck. Buzz and Woody attempt to catch up; after witnessing Woody trying to save Buzz, the other toys have a change of heart and try to help them back on, but R.C.'s batteries are depleted. Woody then realizes that he can ignite Buzz's rocket, and all three toys make their way back to Andy safely.

At Christmas
Christmas

Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts Twelve Days of Christmas....
, a reconciled Buzz and Woody are now both Andy's favorite toys and have become best friends, inspiring confidence among the other toys. Together, they stage another reconnaissance mission to prepare for the new arrivals, one of which is revealed to be a puppy.

Development

John Lasseter's first experience with computer animation was during his work as an animator at Disney, when two of his friends showed him the lightcycle scene from Tron
Tron

TRON or Tron may refer to:* Tron , a 1982 science fiction film by Disney. Starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, and Cindy Morgan** Tron , an arcade game based on the TRON film...
. It was an eye-opening experience which awakened Lasseter to the possibilities offered by the new medium of computer-generated animation. Lasseter went on to work at Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Limited is an United States film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman, and Micheline Chau is the president and Chief operating officer....
 and later as a founding member of Pixar.

Pixar's Oscar-winning short film Tin Toy
Tin Toy

Tin Toy is a 1988 Pixar Animation Studios short film using computer animation. It was directed by John Lasseter and won the 1989 Academy Award for Animated Short Film....
 (directed by Lasseter) and its CAPS
Computer Animation Production System

The Computer Animation Production System is a proprietary collection of software programs, scanning camera systems, servers, networked computer workstations, and custom desks developed by The Walt Disney Company together with Pixar in the late-1980s....
 project were among works that gained Disney's attention and, after meetings in 1990 with Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg

Jeffrey Katzenberg is an United States film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation. He is perhaps most famous for his period as studio chairman at The Walt Disney Company, and for producing the DreamWorks animated films Shrek , Shark Tale, Madagascar , Over the Hedge , Bee Movie, and Kung Fu Panda....
, Pixar pitched a television special called A Tin Toy Christmas. By 1991, Disney and Pixar signed an agreement to work on a film, based on the Tin Toy characters, called Toy Story.

Toy Storys script was strongly influenced by the ideas of screenwriter Robert McKee
Robert McKee

Robert McKee, born 1941, is a creative writing instructor who is widely known for his popular "Story Seminar", which he developed when he was a professor at the University of Southern California....
. The script went through many changes before the final version. Lasseter decided Tinny was "too antiquated", and the character was changed to a military action figure, and then given a space theme. Tinny's name changed to Lunar Larry, then Tempus from Morph, and eventually Buzz Lightyear (after astronaut Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin is an United States aviator and astronaut, who was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing. He was, along with Mission Commander Neil Armstrong, the first person to land on the Moon, and shortly afterward became the second person to set foot on the Moon....
). A second character, originally a ventriloquist's dummy, was changed to a stuffed cowboy doll with a pull-string, and named Woody for Western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 actor Woody Strode
Woody Strode

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode was a decathlon and American football star before finding even greater fame as a pioneering African-American film actor....
. The difference between the old and new toy led to a conflict between their personalities. The movie became a buddy film
Buddy film

A buddy film, according to The Complete Film Dictionary, is "a film that features the friendship of two males as the major relationship". Ira Konigsberg, author of the dictionary, further defines the genre: "Such films extol the virtues of male comradeship and relegate male-female relationships to a subsidiary position....
, with the story department drawing inspiration from films such as
48 Hrs.
48 Hrs.

48 Hrs. is a 1982 in film Action film comedy film directed by Walter Hill , starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer....
and The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones is a film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners who are shackled together, one white and one black, who must co-operate in order to survive....
. Disney also appointed Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow

Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow are screenwriting partners who have been nominated for an Academy-Award for writing Toy Story....
 and, later, Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an Academy Award-nominated and Hugo Award winning American writer, television director, executive producer, occasional actor, and creator and head writer of the well-known television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , Firefly , and Dollhouse ....
 to help develop the script.

Lasseter always wanted Tom Hanks to play the character of Woody. Early test footage, using Hanks' voice from
Turner and Hooch, convinced Hanks to sign on to the film. Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal

'William Edward' "'Billy'" 'Crystal' is an United States actor, writer, film producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes Wh...
 was approached to play Buzz, but turned down the role, as did Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane ?Chevy? Chase is an United States Emmy Award comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show....
 on his agent's advice. Katzenberg took the role to Tim Allen, who was appearing in Disney's
Home Improvement, and he accepted.

Pixar presented an early draft of the film to Disney on November 19, 1993. The result was disastrous: Walt Disney Feature Animation president Peter Schneider
Peter Schneider

Peter Schneider might refer to:* Peter Schneider , German novelist* Peter Schneider , US movie executive, former president of the Walt Disney Studios...
 immediately shut down production pending a new script approved by Disney. Pixar survived the shutdown by falling back on its existing television commercial business while the script was rewritten. The new script made Woody a more likeable character, instead of the "sarcastic jerk" he had been. Katzenberg restarted production in February 1994.

It was Whedon's idea to incorporate Barbie
Barbie

Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel and launched in March 1959. USA businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a Germany doll called Bild Lilli doll as her inspiration....
 as a character who would rescue Woody and Buzz in the film's final act. The idea was dropped after Mattel objected and refused to license the toy. Hasbro likewise refused to license G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe is a line of military-themed articulated "action figures" produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S....
 but did license Mr. Potato Head
Mr. Potato Head

Mr. Potato Head is an American toy consisting of a plastic model of a potato which can be decorated with a variety of attachable plastic parts such as ears and eyes to make a face....
. The movie's related toys were produced by Thinkway Toys, who secured the worldwide master toy license in 1995.

Crew

  • Directed by John Lasseter
    John Lasseter

    John Alan Lasseter is an Academy Award-winning United States animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios....
  • Produced by Ralph Guggenheim and Bonnie Arnold
    Bonnie Arnold

    Bonnie Arnold is a Hollywood animation film producer who has worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation, Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation....
  • Screenplay by Andrew Stanton
    Andrew Stanton

    Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, Film Producer, and occasional voice actor based at Pixar. His most notable film work includes writing and directing Finding Nemo and WALL-E, both of which earned him Academy Awards....
    , Joss Whedon
    Joss Whedon

    Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an Academy Award-nominated and Hugo Award winning American writer, television director, executive producer, occasional actor, and creator and head writer of the well-known television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , Firefly , and Dollhouse ....
    , Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow
    Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow

    Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow are screenwriting partners who have been nominated for an Academy-Award for writing Toy Story....
  • Story by John Lasseter
    John Lasseter

    John Alan Lasseter is an Academy Award-winning United States animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios....
    , Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton
    Andrew Stanton

    Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, Film Producer, and occasional voice actor based at Pixar. His most notable film work includes writing and directing Finding Nemo and WALL-E, both of which earned him Academy Awards....
     and Joe Ranft
    Joe Ranft

    Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft was a Magic , animator, storyboard artist, and voice actor who worked for Pixar and The Walt Disney Company. His brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar movies....
  • Music by Randy Newman
    Randy Newman

    Randall Stuart ?Randy? Newman is an Academy Award?winning United States singer/songwriter, arrangement, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his wiktionary:mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
  • Supervising Technical Director William Reeves
    William Reeves

    William Reeves, also known as Bill, is a pioneer in the field of computer graphics. He was the technical director who worked with John Lasseter on the animation breakthrough shorts: Luxo Jr and The Adventures of Andr? and Wally B.....
  • Executive Producers Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs
    Steve Jobs

    Steven Paul Jobs is an United States businessman and co-founder, Chairman, and Chief executive officer of Apple Inc.. Jobs is the former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios....


Cast and characters


Toys
  • Tom Hanks
    Tom Hanks

    Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, film director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia , the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander J...
    as Sheriff Woody
    Sheriff Woody

    Sheriff Woody or just Woody is a fictional character that first appeared in the Computer-generated imagery animated film Toy Story, its sequel Toy Story 2, and will appear in a second sequel, Toy Story 3, due to be released in 2010....
    : An old-fashioned pull-string cowboy doll who is Andy's favorite toy. Andy's other toys view him as their leader. He is the protagonist
    Protagonist

    A protagonist is the main Character of a drama or Narrative. The word "protagonist" derives from the Greek language p??ta????st?? , "one who plays the first part, chief actor." In the theatre of Ancient Greece, three actors played all of the main dramatic roles in a tragedy; the leading role was played by the protagonist, while the othe...
     of the film.
  • Tim Allen
    Tim Allen

    Tim Allen is an United States comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, who became famous for his role in the situation comedy Home Improvement....
    as Buzz Lightyear
    Buzz Lightyear

    Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character that first appeared in the full-length Computer-generated imagery animated film Toy Story, and its sequel Toy Story 2....
    : A new and popular sci-fi action figure
    Action figure

    An action figure is a posable character figurine, made of plastic or other materials, and often based upon a film, comic book, video game, or television program....
     who begins to rival Woody as Andy's favorite toy and as the most popular toy in Andy's room.
  • Don Rickles
    Don Rickles

    Donald Jay "Don" Rickles is an United States comedian and actor. A frequent guest on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Rickles has acted in comedic and dramatic roles, but is best known as an insult comic....
    as Mr. Potato Head
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : A cynical toy, based on Playskool's
    Playskool

    Playskool is a toy brand owned by Hasbro. The toys are intended for children and babies who are up to five years old.Playskool brands include:...
     popular Mr. Potato Head
    Mr. Potato Head

    Mr. Potato Head is an American toy consisting of a plastic model of a potato which can be decorated with a variety of attachable plastic parts such as ears and eyes to make a face....
     toy.
  • Jim Varney
    Jim Varney

    James Albert "Jim" Varney Jr. was an United States actor and comedian. He was best known for his character Ernest P. Worrell, originally created by Nashville, Tennessee advertising agency Carden and Cherry in the 1980s....
    as Slinky Dog
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : One of Woody's closest friends and his slightly brown-nosed second in command.
  • Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn

    Wallace Shawn , sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an United States actor and playwright. Regularly seen on film and television, where he is usually cast as a comic character actor, he has pursued a parallel career as a playwright whose work is often dark, politically charged and controversial....
    as Rex
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : An inept, insecure tyrannosaurus
    Tyrannosaurus

    Tyrannosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur. The famous species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture around the world....
     figure.
  • John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger

    John Deszo Ratzenberger is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Cliff Clavin in the sitcom Cheers....
    as Hamm
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : A wise-cracking piggy bank
    Piggy bank

    Piggy bank is the traditional name of a coin accumulation and storage container; it is most often, but not exclusively, used by children....
     who gets involved in all of the other toys' affairs.
  • Annie Potts
    Annie Potts

    Annie Potts is an American television and film actress....
    as Bo Peep
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : Woody's love interest; a porcelain figure who is the voice of reason among Andy's toys.
  • R. Lee Ermey
    R. Lee Ermey

    Ronald Lee Ermey is a former United States Marine Corps drill instructor and later Golden Globe-nominated actor, often playing the roles of authority figures, such as Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning and Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake....
    as Sarge
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : The head of Andy's Army men
    Army Men

    Army Men is a series of video games made by The 3DO Company....
     and a model of military discipline and precision.


Humans
  • John Morris
    John Morris (actor)

    John Morris, born October 2, 1984, is an American actor best known for his role as Andy Davis in the films Toy Story and its sequel Toy Story 2....
    as Andy Davis
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : Eight-year old owner of Woody and Buzz.
  • Laurie Metcalf
    Laurie Metcalf

    Lauren Ophelia "Laurie" Metcalf is an United States three-time Emmy Award-winning actress. She is widely known for her performance as "Jackie Harris" on Roseanne ....
    as Mrs. Davis
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : Andy's mother.
  • Erik von Detten
    Erik von Detten

    Erik Thomas von Detten is an American actor. He has appeared in Escape to Witch Mountain , The Princess Diaries and National Lampoon's Barely Legal ....
    as Sid Phillips
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : A boy who lives next door to Andy and tortures toys for fun. He serves as the antagonist
    Antagonist

    An antagonist is a character or group of characters, or, always an institution of a happening who represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend....
     of the film.
  • Sarah Freeman as Hannah Phillips
    List of Toy Story characters

    This is a list of characters from the animated films Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and the yet-to-come Toy Story 3.ToysAndy's house...
    : Sid's younger sister.


Cameo vocals include Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette

Penn Fraser Jillette is an United States comedian, illusionist, juggling and writer known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team Penn & Teller....
, Sam Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Joe Ranft

Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft was a Magic , animator, storyboard artist, and voice actor who worked for Pixar and The Walt Disney Company. His brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar movies....
 (as Lenny, the pair of wind-up walking binoculars), and Andrew Stanton
Andrew Stanton

Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, Film Producer, and occasional voice actor based at Pixar. His most notable film work includes writing and directing Finding Nemo and WALL-E, both of which earned him Academy Awards....
.

Release


Theaters and Home Video

Toy Story was released to theaters on November 22, 1995, and will be re-released in 3-D on October 2, 2009. It was released on VHS
VHS

The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard developed by JVC and launched in Europe and Asia in September 1976, and the United States in June 1977....
 and LaserDisc
Laserdisc

The Laserdisc is an obsolete home video disc format, and was the first commercial optical disc storage medium. Initially marketed as Discovision in 1978, the technology was licensed and sold as Reflective Optical Videodisc, Laser Videodisc, 'Laservision, 'Disco-Vision, 'DiscoVision, and MCA DiscoVision...
 on October 29, 1996, with no bonus material. In January, 2000, it was released in a "Special Edition" VHS with the bonus short,
Tin Toy
Tin Toy

Tin Toy is a 1988 Pixar Animation Studios short film using computer animation. It was directed by John Lasseter and won the 1989 Academy Award for Animated Short Film....
. Its first DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 release was in October 2000, in a two-pack with
Toy Story 2
Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 is a 1999 Academy-Award-nominated computer-generated imagery film, the sequel to Toy Story; the third Disney / Pixar feature film, which featured the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them....
. This release was later available individually. Also in October, 2000, a 3-disc "Ultimate Toy Box" set was released, featuring Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and a third disc of bonus materials. In September, 2005, a 2-disc "10th Anniversary Edition" was released featuring much of the bonus material from the "Ultimate Toy Box", plus new features. This DVD went back in to the Disney Vault
Disney Vault

The "Disney Vault" is a figurative representation of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment's practice of releasing its List of Disney theatrical animated features produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios on home video for a finite amount of time before placing them on Moratorium ....
 on January 31, 2009. At that same time, a bare-bones UMD
Universal Media Disc

The Universal Media Disc is an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on the PlayStation Portable. It can hold up to 1.8 gigabytes of data....
 of
Toy Story was released for the Sony PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable

The PlayStation Portable is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the console was first announced during History of E3#During the Rise of Online Gaming , and it was unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony press conference before E3 2004....
. A new DVD of Toy Story is speculated to be released in the fall of 2010. This movie will also see its first Blu-Ray
Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc data storage device medium. Its main uses are high-definition video and data storage. The disc has the same physical dimensions as standard DVDs and CDs....
 release around the same time.

Computer Software

Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story and Disney's Activity Center: Toy Story were released for Windows
Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces ....
 and Mac
Mac OS

Mac OS is the trademarked name for a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems....
. Two console video games were released for the movie: the
Toy Story video game, for the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES is a History of video game consoles video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993....
, Game Boy
Game Boy

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 and PC
Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
; and
Toy Story Racer, for the Sony PlayStation, which contains elements from Toy Story 2.

All of these titles are significant, because Pixar created original animations for all of them, including fully animated sequences for the PC titles.

There is also a pirated Toy Story game for the NES created by Hummer Team. It's a port of the Toy Story game that was available for the SNES and the Genesis. The game was pretty well known for it's Engrish.

Reception


Toy Story was a major critical and commercial success. Reviewers hailed it as "a visionary roller-coaster ride of a movie", "a gem of fast action, sophisticated wit and inspired comedy", and 'the year's most inventive comedy'. The film maintains a 100% "fresh" rating from 43 reviews, with an average score of 8.8/10, at
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films. The name derives from the historical clich? of throwing tomatoes and other produce at stage performers if a performance was particularly bad....
. On its budget of $30 million, the film grossed $384 million worldwide.

In 2003, the Online Film Critics Society
Online Film Critics Society

The Online Film Critics Society is a professional association for film critics as well as film journalists, scholars, and historians who publish their reviews, interviews and essays on the Internet....
 ranked the film as the greatest animated film of all time. In 2005 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry
National Film Registry

The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress....
, one of five films to be selected in its first year of eligibility. The film is ranked 99th on the AFI's
American Film Institute

The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B....
 list
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)

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 of the 100 greatest American films of all time, and 6th best in the animation genre.

Awards


John Lasseter
John Lasseter

John Alan Lasseter is an Academy Award-winning United States animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios....
 received an Academy Special Achievement Award
Academy Special Achievement Award

The Special Achievement Award is an Academy Awards given for an achievement which makes an exceptional contribution to the motion picture for which it was created, but for which there is no annual award category....
 in 1996 "for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film."

The film was nominated for three Academy Awards
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
, two to Randy Newman for Best Music—Original Song, for "You've Got a Friend in Me
You've Got a Friend in Me

"You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song written and performed by Randy Newman and Lyle Lovett for the 1995 animated film Toy Story. The song received nominations for "Best Original Song" — both the 1995 Academy Award for Best Original Song nomination and the 1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song nomination although the song...
", and Best Music—Original Musical or Comedy Score
Academy Award for Original Music Score

The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of Film score written specifically for the film by the submitting composer....
. It was also nominated for Best Writing—Screenplay Written for the Screen
Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay

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 for the work by Joel Cohen
Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow

Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow are screenwriting partners who have been nominated for an Academy-Award for writing Toy Story....
, Pete Docter, John Lasseter
John Lasseter

John Alan Lasseter is an Academy Award-winning United States animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios....
, Joe Ranft
Joe Ranft

Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft was a Magic , animator, storyboard artist, and voice actor who worked for Pixar and The Walt Disney Company. His brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar movies....
, Alec Sokolow
Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow

Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow are screenwriting partners who have been nominated for an Academy-Award for writing Toy Story....
, Andrew Stanton
Andrew Stanton

Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, Film Producer, and occasional voice actor based at Pixar. His most notable film work includes writing and directing Finding Nemo and WALL-E, both of which earned him Academy Awards....
, and Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an Academy Award-nominated and Hugo Award winning American writer, television director, executive producer, occasional actor, and creator and head writer of the well-known television programs Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel , Firefly , and Dollhouse ....
.

Toy Story won eight Annie Awards, including "Best Animated Feature". Animator Pete Docter, director John Lasseter, musician Randy Newman, producers Bonnie Arnold
Bonnie Arnold

Bonnie Arnold is a Hollywood animation film producer who has worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation, Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation....
 and Ralph Guggenheim, production designer Ralph Eggleston
Ralph Eggleston

Ralph Eggleston is an art director and writer at Pixar. He directed the Academy Award-winning short For the Birds , which premiered with Monsters Inc....
, and writers Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, and Joss Whedon all won awards for "Best Individual Achievement" in their respective fields for their work on the film. The film also won "Best Individual Achievement" in technical achievement.

Toy Story was nominated for two Golden Globes, one for "Best Motion Picture—Comedy/Musical", and one for "Best Original Song—Motion Picture" for Randy Newman's "You've Got a Friend in Me". It was also nominated for two Saturn Awards, one for "Best Family Film", and one for "Best Writing" for the work done by Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, and Joss Whedon.

Soundtrack



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