Toy Story Review

Toy Story


Release Date: 7th December 1995 - Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures (presents)
Pixar Animation Studios

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/

Comedy

Rating: G

Runtime: 81 minutes


Budget: $30,000,000

Box Office Gross: $401,737,054 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
When the humans aren't around, their toys come alive! Woody is a cowboy doll, and his position as the favourite toy of a young boy named Andy and the self-proclaimed leader of the other toys feels threatened by the arrival of a spaceman action figure, Buzz Lightyear. Even worse, Buzz believes himself to be a real space ranger and is on a mission to save the galaxy. A jealous Woody tries to get even with Buzz, and they both end up lost and have to learn to stick together to get back to Andy before he moves with his family, and they have to escape from the dreaded neighbour, Sid Phillips.


Voice Cast
Tom Hanks - Woody
Tim Allen - Buzz Lightyear
Don Rickles - Mr. Potato Head
Jim Varney - Slinky Dog
John Ratzenberger - Hamm
Wallace Shawn - Rex
Annie Potts - Bo Peep
John Morris - Andy Davis
Erik von Detten - Sid Phillips
Laurie Metcalf - Andy's Mom
R. Lee Ermey - Sarge
Sarah Freeman - Hannah
Phillips
Jeff Pidgeon - Aliens/Mr.
Spell/Robot
Debi Derryberry - Aliens/
Pizza Planet Intercom
Joe Ranft - Lenny the
Binoculars
Mickie McGowan - Sid's Mom

Jack Angel - Shark/Rocky Gibraltar

Crew
Original Story/Screenplay/Modeling &

Animation System Development/Director -

John Lasseter
Original Story/Screenplay/Character Designer/

Story Artist - Andrew Stanton
Original Story/Story Supervisor - Joe Ranft
Original Story/Story Artist/
Supervising Animator - Pete Docter
Screenplay - Joss Whedon,
Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow

Executive Producer/Renderman Software

Development - Ed Catmull

Executive Producer - Steve Jobs

Producers - Bonnie Arnold and
Ralph Guggenheim
Art Director - Ralph Eggleston

Concept Artwork/CG Painter/Designer/

Character Designer - William Cone

Concept Artwork/Character Designer/

Renderman Software Development -

Steve Johnson

Concept Artwork/Designer/Illustrator/

Character Designer - Bob Pauley

Concept Artwork - Nilos Rodis-Jamero,

Lou Fancher, Kevin Hawkes, William Joyce

and David Gordon

Character Designer/Animator/Story Artist -
Bud Luckey

Character Designers - Jean Gilmore,

Dan Haskett and Tom Holloway

Story Supervisor - Robert Lence

Story Artist/Directing Animator - Ash Brannon

Supervising Layout Artist - Craig Good

Production Supervisor - Karen Robert Jackson

Directing Animator - Rich Quade

Additional Animators/Layout Artists -

Bob Peterson and Shawn Krause

Supervising Technical Director/Modeling &

Animation System/Renderman Software

Development - William Reeves

Associate Technical Director/Modeling

& Animation System Development -

Eben Ostby

Camera Supervisor - Louis Rivera

Lighting Supervisor - Sharon Calahan

Lighting Supervisor/Model Team -

Galyn Susman

Shader & Visual Effects Supervisor/Renderman

Software Development - Thomas Porter
Film Editors - Robert Gordon and

Lee Unkrich

Supervising Sound Editor - Tim Holland
Sound Design/Re-Recording Mixer -
Gary Rydstrom

Assistant Sound Designer/Foreign Mixer

(Uncredited)/FX Recording (Uncredited) -

Tom Myers

Re-Recording Mixer - Gary Summers

Foley Artists - Dennie Thorpe and

Tom Barwick
Songs & Music - Randy Newman

Executive Music Producer - Chris Montan


Awards

1996 Academy Awards
Special Achievement Award - John Lasseter (Won)
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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly
for the Screen - Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen,
Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton,
Pete Docter and Joe Ranft (Nominated)
Best Music, Original Song "You've Got a Friend in

Me" - Randy Newman (Nominated)
Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score -
Randy Newman (Nominated)


Review
When I was about 4, I started watching TOY STORY. It marked the introduction of CGI-animated movies and the whole series. As I got older, the animation was great, but some parts looked dated. Now, let's start with several positives that made this great classic. The script has a lot of excellence in value, meaning and humour. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen were terrific as Woody and Buzz, and the film contains memorable songs by Randy Newman. Did I not mention that Joss Whedon had partially written the screenplay?

However, this was the first fully computer-generated flick ever made. TOY STORY is entertaining to all-age audiences, including those who have grown up watching it.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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