Toy Story

film by Lasseter [1995]

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  • major reference
    • Toys in a frame
      In Toy Story (franchise): The movies

      Toy Story (1995) was directed by John Lasseter. According to Pixar, 114,240 frames of computer animation were made, and 800,000 machine hours were required to render screen content at a maximum rate of 3.5 minutes per week. The plot revolves around the toys of a…

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  • discussed in biography
    • Lasseter, John
      In John Lasseter

      …work on films such as Toy Story (1995), the first fully computer-animated feature, and its sequels (1999, 2010).

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  • Disney Company
    • Main Street, U.S.A.
      In Disney Company: Return to prominence

      …potential with the enormously successful Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999), films that Disney jointly developed and produced with Pixar Animation Studios. Live-action features also found success, especially 101 Dalmatians (1996), a remake of Disney’s own 1961 animated feature.

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  • history of animation
    • The Wild Robot
      In animation: Nontraditional forms

      …to lush features, such as Toy Story (1995; the first entirely computer-animated feature-length film), A Bug’s Life (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), WALL-E (2008), and Up (2009). Computer techniques are commonly incorporated into traditional line animations, giving films such as

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    • Doctor Zhivago
      In film: The experimental and animated film

      …first feature-length completely computer-animated work, Toy Story (1995), distributed by Disney. According to the company, some 110,064 separate frames of computer animation were made, and 800,000 machine hours were needed overall, creating at a maximum rate of 3.5 minutes of screen time per week. The huge success of Toy Story

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  • Pixar Animation Studios
    • Toy Story
      In Pixar

      …next several years working on Toy Story, which opened in theaters in 1995 as the first entirely computer-animated feature film. The family-friendly movie, which humorously imagined the private lives of toys, was a critical and commercial hit, and it earned Lasseter, its director, an Academy Award for special achievement.

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role of

    • Hanks
      • Tom Hanks in Charlie Wilson's War
        In Tom Hanks

        …blockbuster Toy Story series (1995, 1999, 2010, and 2019), Hanks provided the voice of the animated cowboy Woody.

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    • Metcalf
    • Rickles
      • Don Rickles
        In Don Rickles

        …drama Casino (1995), and the Toy Story series of animated films (1995, 1999, and 2010), in which he voiced the character of Mr. Potato Head; archival sound of Rickles’s voice was used for Toy Story 4, which was released in 2019, two years after his death.

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    • Shawn
      • Wallace Shawn
        In Wallace Shawn

        …of family movies, including four Toy Story films (1995, 1999, 2010, and 2019), The Incredibles (2004), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010), and Penguin Monster Beach Party (2015) and its sequels.

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