Toy Story

Toy Story

Toy Story There is greatness in film that can be discussed, dissected, and talked about late into the night. Then there is genius that is right in front of our faces--we smile at the spell it puts us into and are refreshed, and nary a word needs to be spoken. This kind of entertainment is what they used to call "movie magic," and there is loads of it in this irresistible computer animation feature. Just a picture of these bright toys on the cover of Toy Story looks intriguing, reawakening the kid in us. Filmmaker John Lasseter's shorts (namely Knickknack and Tin Toy, which can be found on the Pixar video Tiny Toy Stories) illustrate not only a technical brilliance but also a great sense of humor--one in which the pun is always intended. Lasseter thinks of himself as a storyteller first and an animator second, much like another film innovator, Walt Disney. Lasseter's story is universal and magical: what do toys do when they're not played with? Cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Andy's favorite bedroom toy, tries to calm the other toys (some original, some classic) during a wrenching time of year--the birthday party, when newer toys may replace them. Sure enough, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) is the new toy that takes over the throne. Buzz has a crucial flaw, though--he believes he's the real Buzz Lightyear, not a toy. Bright and cheerful, Toy Story is much more than a 90-minute commercial for the inevitable bonanza of Woody and Buzz toys. Lasseter further scores with perfect voice casting, including Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head and Wallace Shawn as a meek dinosaur. The director-animator won a special Oscar for "the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film." In other words, the movie is great. --Doug Thomas Toy Story 2 John Lasseter and his gang of high-tech creators at Pixar create another entertainment for the ages. Like the few great movie sequels, Toy Story 2 comments on why the first one was so wonderful while finding a fresh angle worthy of a new film. The craze of toy collecting becomes the focus here, as we find out Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) is not only a beloved toy to Andy but also a rare doll from a popular '60s children's show. When a greedy collector takes Woody, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) launches a rescue mission with Andy's other toys. To say more would be a crime because this is one of the most creative and smile-inducing films since, well, the first Toy Story. Although the toys look the same as in the 1994 feature, Pixar shows how much technology has advanced: the human characters look more human, backgrounds are superior, and two action sequences that book-end the film are dazzling. And it's a hoot for kids and adults. The film is packed with spoofs, easily accessible in-jokes, and inspired voice casting (with newcomer Joan Cusack especially a delight as Cowgirl Jessie). But as the Pixar canon of films illustrates, the filmmakers are storytellers first. Woody's heart-tugging predicament can easily be translated into the eternal debate of living a good life versus living forever. Toy Story 2 also achieved something in the U.S. two other outstanding 1999 animated features (The Iron Giant, Princess Mononoke) could not: it became a huge box-office hit. --Doug Thomas

Director(s): john lasseter
Production: Buena Vista
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.3
Metacritic:
95
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
G
Year:
1995
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"Oooh...3-D" (USA 2009 re-release)
The toys are back in town.
It's light years ahead!
The adventure takes off!
Hang on for the comedy that goes to infinity and beyond!
Watch out for little green men.
I'm a nervous Rex!
Don't yank my string!
Buzz off!
Guts of steel
Proud to be a vegetable

[Woody walks over to the podium (a Playskool Tinkertoy container) and stands. Mike, a speaker with a microphone attached, clears his throat to get Woody's attention and held out his microphone]

Woody:
Oh, thanks, Mike.

[He picks up the microphone. Feedback is heard]

Woody:
Okay, whoa. Step back.

Hamm:
[Off-screen] For crying out loud.

[Mike steps back until the feedback fades away]

Woody:
Okay. Thank you. [blows into the microphone] Hello. Check. That better? Great. Everybody hear me? Up on the shelf, can you hear me? Great. Okay, first item today: uh, oh, yeah... has everyone picked a moving buddy?

[The other toys are surprised]

Other toys:
What?

Hamm:
Moving buddy? You can't be serious.

Rex:
Well, I didn't know we were supposed to have one already.

Mr. Potato Head:
[holding one of his arms] Do we have to hold hands?

[The other toys laugh]

Woody:
Oh, yeah. You guys think this is a big joke. We've only got one week left before the move. I don't want any toys left behind. A moving buddy. If you don't have one, get one! All right, next. Uh, oh, yes. Tuesday night's plastic corrosion awareness meeting... was, I think, a big success, and we want to thank Mr. Spell for putting that on for us. Thank you, Mr. Spell.

Mr. Spell:
You're welcome.

Woody:
Okay. Uh, oh, yes. One, uh, minor note here. [reads quietly] Andy's birthday party has been moved to today. Uh, next we have...

[The other toys are shocked]

Rex:
What do you mean the party's today? His birthday's not 'til next week!

Hamm:
What's goin' on down there? Is his mom losin' her marbles?

Woody:
Well, obviously, she wanted to have the party before the move. [to the other toys] I'm not worried. You shouldn't be worried.

Mr. Potato Head:
Of course Woody ain't worried. He's been Andy's favorite since kindergarten.

Slinky:
Hey, hey. Come on, Potato Head.

[Mr. Potato Head looks at Mr. Spell, pointing at Slinky's butt then pulls out his mouth and tap his butt with it whilst Mr. Spell laughs]

Slinky:
If Woody says it's all right, then, well, darn it, it's good enough for me. Woody has never steered us wrong before.

Woody:
Come on, guys. Every Christmas and birthday we go through this.

Rex:
But what if Andy gets another dinosaur, a mean one? I just don't think I could take that kind of rejection!

Woody:
Hey, listen. No one's getting replaced. This is Andy we're talking about. It doesn't matter how much we're played with.

[Woody gestures Mike to move to him since the microphone's wire is stretched too far]

Woody:
What matters is that we're here for Andy when he needs us. That's what we're made for, right?

Hamm:
Pardon me. I hate to break up the staff meeting, but... THEY'RE HERE!! BIRTHDAY GUESTS AT THREE O'CLOCK!!

[The other toys scream]

Woody:
Stay calm, everyone!

[The toys run to the window passing Woody in a panic]

Other toys:
Hey!

[Mike even joins in the panic, taking the microphone out of Woody's hand]

Woody:
Uh, meeting adjourned.

[The other toys get to the window to see what's going on]

Hamm:
Ho, boy, will you take a look at all those presents?

Mr. Potato Head:
I can't see a thing.

[He pick out his two eyes and lifts them above the toys to see Andy's friends bringing in presents]

Hamm:
Yes, sir. We're next month's garage sale fodder for sure.

Rex:
Any dinosaur shaped ones?

Hamm:
Oh, for crying out loud. They're all in boxes, you idiot.

Rex:
They're getting bigger!

Slinky:
Wait, there's a nice little one over there.

Child:
Hi!

[The boy holding the present turns to the other kid, revealing his present to be really long and making the toys panic. All toys scream in the process]

Mr. Spell:
Spell: trash can.

Rex:
We're doomed!

Woody:
All right. All right! If I send out the troops, will you all calm down?

Rex:
Yes! Yes! We promise!

Woody:
Okay! Save your batteries.

Hamm:
Eh, very good, Woody. That's using the old noodle.

Woody:
Will Andy pick me?

[He shakes the Magic 8 Ball and a message appears, saying "Don't count on it"]

Woody:
Don't count on it?! [groans in anger]

[Mr. Potato Head and Hamm who are playing a game of cards down below, hear Woody groaning in frustration. Woody yells and throws the ball down and it rolls over the desk and falls behind it. The thud caught Woody's attention and he looks down to see the ball wedged at the bottom. He turns his attention to Buzz who is looking for some "tools" to fix his ship. Woody then sees RC asleep on top of some boxes and a funny grin comes to his face as he got an idea on how to get Andy's attention to him]

Woody:
Buzz!! Oh, Buzz, Buzz Lightyear!! Buzz Lightyear, thank goodness! We've got trouble!

Buzz:
Trouble? Where?

Woody:
[pointing to the place where the ball fell] Down there. Just down there. A helpless toy... it's... it's trapped, Buzz!

Buzz:
Then we have no time to lose!

[As Buzz runs to the spot, Woody tiptoed over to RC and grabs his remote whilst starting him up, opening his eyes in the progress]

Buzz:
I don't see anything.

Woody:
Oh, he's there. Just, just keep looking!

[He sends RC towards Buzz at full throttle]

Buzz:
What kind of a toy...?

[Buzz sees RC coming, gasps and jumps out of the way just as RC hits the bulletin board. Mr. Potato Head gasps as the pushpins fall down and land around Buzz leaving him unharmed. Then the board falls on the globe and it rolls towards Buzz who runs from it like Raiders of the Lost Ark. Woody watches in horror as Buzz runs from the globe but trips on some colored pencils and falls. He rolled over to the windowsill out of its way and the globe rolls past him and hit a table lamp which swung around. Woody ducked his head to avoid getting hit by the lamp but Buzz wasn't so lucky as it knocks him out the window. Buzz's the sound of Wilhelm scream like a man in pain sound effect as he flies out]

Hamm, Mr. Potato Head, and Slinky:
BUZZ!

[Rex screams]

Woody:
Buzz!

[As the camera shifts to Sid's house, the scene changes to morning]

Sid:
[as Interrogator] Oh, a survivor. Where's the rebel base? Talk!

[He slaps Woody to the ground and walks over to the window]

Sid:
[as Interrogator] I can see your will is strong.

[He opens the blinds blocking the sun]

Sid:
Well, we have ways of making you talk.

[He took out a magnifying glass and uses it to aim the sunlight on Woody's forehead, making it smolder]

Sid:
[as Interrogator] Where are your rebel friends NOW? [sinister chuckle]

Sid's Mom:
Sid, your Pop Tarts are ready.

Sid:
Alright!

[He runs out of the room and drops the magnifying glass in the process. Woody unfreezes and feels the burning on his forehead. Woody screams and runs to a bowl of half-eaten cereal (with milk) on the floor, and dunks his head in. Buzz runs over to Woody, pausing to remove two suction cup darts from his person before pulling Woody out of the bowl. Two colorful Froot-Loops stick to each of Woody's eyes like glasses]

Buzz:
Are you alright? I'm proud of you, Sheriff. A lesser man would've talked under such torture.

[Woody picks up a spoon and looks at the smolder in his reflection]

Woody:
I sure hope this isn't permanent.

Buzz:
[checking his wrist communicator] Still no word from Star Command. We're not that far from the spaceport.

[Woody sees the door in the reflection of the spoon. It was open]

Woody:
The door! It's open! We're free!!

Buzz:
Woody, we don't know what's out there!

Woody:
I'll tell you wha... [screams]

[The mutant toys block the way and Woody ducks behind Buzz]

Woody:
They're gonna eat us, Buzz!! Do something! Quick!

Buzz:
Shield your eyes!

[Buzz fires his laser at Babyface but it just flickers on his forehead which surprises and shocks Buzz, when the mutant toys are blocking the way]

Buzz:
It's not working! I recharged it before I left. It should be good for hours--

Woody:
Oh, you idiot! You're a toy! Use your karate chop action!

[He presses a button on Buzz's back which makes his right arm move up and down as they advance around the mutant toys toward the door]

Woody:
[to mutants] Get away! Hoo-cha! Hoo-cha!

Buzz:
Hey! Hey!! How are you doing that? Stop that!

Woody:
Back! Back, you savages! Back!

Buzz:
Woody, stop it!

Woody:
Sorry guys, but dinner's canceled!

[He drops Buzz and ran out into the hallway upstairs]

Woody:
There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home...

[He ran down the stairs but then stopped when he saw Scud sleeping on them. He crept back up the stairs slowly as he could. Buzz's hand grabs him over his mouth and pulls him back behind the wall. Woody muffled gasps]

Buzz:
Another stunt like that, cowboy, you're going to get us killed.

Woody:
Don't tell me what to do!

Buzz:
Shhh!

[Buzz checks that Scud is still asleep then darts across the stairwell opening to the other end of the hallway. He motions for Woody to follow. Woody cowardly crawls across the open area behind him to Buzz. As Woody stands up, his pull string gets caught on the curls of the iron railing. The toys start to creep down the hallway, unaware that Woody's pull string has caught on the railing. Then Woody's pull string comes loose and his voice box starts up]

Woody:
[voice-box] Yeeeehaaaw!! Giddy-up partner!... We got to get this wagon train a movin'!

[The noise from the voice box wakes Scud up and he follows it up the steps. Woody and Buzz look worried]

Buzz:
Split up!

[Buzz dives into a room while Woody jumps into a closet just as Scud reaches the top of the stairs. He heard the door slam and went over to sniff anything suspicious. Buzz skid to hide behind the door. Sensing his movement, Scud walks towards the door as Buzz stood back. Then as Scud moves curiously closer to Buzz, they heard snoring and look up to see Sid's father fast asleep on a La-Z-Boy recliner in front of the TV. Scud then backs out and head down the stairs. Buzz was about to exit the room when he heard a sudden voice]

Announcer:
Calling Buzz Lightyear. Come in Buzz Lightyear. This is Star Command. Buzz Lightyear, do you read me?

[Buzz turn to see a commercial on TV to which his logo appears]

Buzz:
Star Command!

[He opens his wrist communicator and is about to reply when a child's voice interrupts him]

Boy:
Buzz Lightyear responding! Read you loud and clear!

[Buzz looks towards the TV and saw it shows two boys holding a Buzz Lightyear toy in a cardboard spaceship like his own]

Announcer:
Buzz Lightyear, planet Earth needs your help!

Boy:
On the way!

Chorus:
Buzz Lightyear!

[Buzz stares in disbelief as he watches the commercial]

Announcer:
The world's greatest superhero! Now the world's greatest toy! Buzz has it all! Locking wrist communicator!

Boy:
Calling Buzz Lightyear!

Announcer:
Karate chop action!

Boy:
Wow!

[With every feature demonstrated on the TV, Buzz compares the same feature on himself]

Announcer:
Pulsating laserlight!

Boy:
Total annihilation!

Announcer:
Multi-phrase voice simulator!

Buzz:
[on TV; voice-box] There's a secret mission in uncharted space.

[Buzz presses the same button on his chest and it makes the same phrase the TV Buzz made]

Buzz:
[voice-box] There's a secret mission in uncharted space.

Announcer:
And best of all... [big "monster truck" voice] HIGH-PRESSURE-SPACE-WINGS!!

Buzz:
[on TV] To infinity and beyond!

[The words NOT A FLYING TOY appear at the bottom of the screen]

Announcer:
[non-excited lawyer voice] Not a flying toy.

[Buzz slowly shakes his head in wide-eyed disbelief]

Announcer:
Get your Buzz Lightyear action figure and save a galaxy near you!

Chorus:
Buzz Lightyear!

[The image on the screen changes to a shot of hundreds of Buzzes in their boxes lining either side of a store aisle]

Announcer:
Available at all Al's Toy Barn outlets in the tri-county area.

Sportscaster:
And welcome back to the Point Richmond Bowling Championship.

[As the commercial ends, Buzz look stricken then opens his wrist communicator. On the underside, he saw three words that said MADE IN TAIWAN. He looks stunned at the truth that Woody was trying to tell him all along. The song "I Will Go Sailing No More" plays as Buzz walks sadly out of the room and down the hallway. As he passes the stairwell, he stops to look at an open window as a bird flies by it. Woody's voice echoes in his head]

Singer:
Out among the stars I sail / Way beyond the moon / In my silver ship I sailed / To a dream that ended too soon / Now I know exactly who I am and what I'm here for.

Woody:
[voice-over] You are a toy! You can't fly!

[Buzz lowers his head in sadness for a moment before raising it with determination in his eyes. He slams his wrist communicator shut as if he's defying what the words say. He climbs up the railing and stands on top of it before opening his wings. He looks toward the window, determination in proving that he is able to fly and that he's really a space ranger]

Singer:
And I will go sailing no more / But no, it can't be true / I could fly if I wanted to / Like a bird in the sky / If I believed I could fly / Why, I'd fly!

Buzz:
To infinity and beyond!

[He jumps off the railing and halfway towards the window and he began to fall down towards the stairs and bounce off them and landed on the floor. He sees that his arm has been come off from the impact and was lying next to him. He drops his head back in defeat, finally accepting that he's a toy. As the song ends, Hannah came along, looking for something]

Singer:
Clearly, I will go sailing, no more...

Hannah:
Mom, Mom, have you seen my Sally doll?

[She steps on Buzz's wing and looks down to see him]

Sid's Mom:
What, dear? What was that?

Hannah:
Never mind!

[She looks at Buzz with a smile on her face. Back upstairs, the doorknob to the closet jiggles. The door opens and Woody fell off the shelves and onto the floor. A bowling ball hit Woody on the head and rolls away]

Woody:
Oof! Buzz, the coast is clear. [shakes his head] Buzz, where are you?

Buzz:
[voice-box] There's a secret mission in uncharted space. Let's go.

Hannah:
Really? That is so interesting. Would you like some tea, Mrs. Nesbit?

Woody:
[gasps] Buzz.

Hannah:
It's so nice you could join us on such late notice.

Woody:
Oh, no.

Hannah:
What a lovely hat, Mrs. Nesbit. It goes quite well with your head.

Woody:
Ahem. [in Sid's mother's voice] Hannah! Oh, Hannah!

Hannah:
Mom? Please excuse me, ladies. I'll be right back.

[she walks away]

Hannah:
What is it, Mom? Mom, where are you?


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