Annie Potts, Don Rickles, Erik von Detten

Woody, a traditional pull-string talking cowboy, has long enjoyed a place of honor as the favorite among six-year-old Andy's menagerie of toys. Quick to calm their anxieties about being replaced by ne...( read more  read more... )wer arrivals, Woody finds his own confidence shaken, and his status as top toy in jeopardy, upon the arrival of Buzz Lightyear, simply the coolest space action figure ever made. Woody plots to get rid of Buzz, but things backfire and he finds himself lost in the outside world with Buzz as his only companion. Joining forces to find their way home, the two rivals set out on an adventure that lands them in the clutches of Sid, a sadistic neighborhood kid who is notorious for dismembering and reassembling "mutant" toys in his bedroom. As "guests" of Sid and his dog, Scud, the two fugitive toys forge a genuine friendship and learn that only through mutual trust and respect do they have any chance of survival.

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G, 1 hr. 17 min.

Directed by: John Lasseter

Release Date: November 22, 1995

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DVD Release Date: March 20, 2001

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  • September 22, 2009
    Yeah yeah, amazing effects etc, I appreciate that but after all the technical stuff you?re just left with Tom Hanks & Tim Allen arguing. Why are all buddy films about 2 people arguing? I?ve had 4 arguments with my best mate in the last 12 years! Sure, this is a turning point in c...( read more)inema as far as animation is concerned but it?s got to have a good story.
  • July 8, 2009
    Will always like this movie!
  • May 30, 2009
    Great animation. About a boy and his toys. They move house and forget Andy's fave toys - Woody (cowboy) and Buzz Lightyear. The toys pursue them across town in an effort to catch up with Andy. Full of adventure. Fave characters Woody, Buzz and the soliders. Woody voiced by Tom Ha...( read more)nks and Buzz by Tim Allen.
  • January 12, 2009
    Toy Story" creates a universe out of a couple of kid's bedrooms, a gas station, and a stretch of suburban highway...everything's big when your 6 inches tall right ;)

    Its heroes are toys, which come to life when nobody is watching. Its conflict is between an old-fashioned cow...( read more)boy who has always been a little boy's favorite toy, and the new space ranger who may replace him. The villain is the mean kid next door who takes toys apart and puts them back together again in macabre combinations...cute kid ;/

    For the kids in the audience, the movie works because it tells a fun story, contains a lot of humor, and is exciting to watch. Parents appeal lies within the fact that this is the first animated film made entirely by computer graphics, it's creates a three-dimensional reality and freedom of movement that was brand spanking new. The more you know about how the movie was made, the more you respect it...

    But to be brief, on a wide scope it's a fantastically simple but provingly wonderful story, proving that you can make new friends while never forgetting your old and best ones...
  • January 3, 2009
    "Hang on for the comedy that goes to infinity and beyond!"

    Toy Story was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer. If this seems to be a sterile, mechanical means of moviemaking, be assured that the film is as chock-full of heart and warmth as any Dis...( read more)ney cartoon feature. The star of the proceedings is Woody, a pull-string cowboy toy belonging to a wide-eyed youngster named Andy. Whenever Andy's out of the room, Woody revels in his status as the boy's number one toy. His supremacy is challenged by a high-tech, space-ranger action figure named Buzz Lightyear, who, unlike Woody and his pals, believes that he is real and not merely a plaything. The rivalry between Woody and Buzz hilariously intensifies during the first half of the film, but when the well-being of Andy's toys is threatened by a nasty next-door neighbor kid named Sid -- whose idea of fun is feeding stuffed dolls to his snarling dog and reconstructing his own toys into hideous mutants -- Woody and Buzz join forces to save the day. Superb though the computer animation may be, what really heightens Toy Story are the voice-over performances by such celebrities as Tom Hanks (as Woody), Tim Allen (as Buzz), and Don Rickles (as an appropriately acerbic Mr. Potato Head). Director John Lasseter earned a special achievement Academy Award, while Randy Newman landed an Oscar nomination for his evocative musical score.

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    A technological breakthrough (the first entirely digital animated feature), John Lasseter's comedy would be astonishing if only for the realism of the film's design. But Lasseter and his writers (there are six others who get credit) have fashioned a screenplay simple in story line but complex in structure and emotion; it's also rollickingly funny with a spate of memorable lines that have real depth to them. As two beloved toys vying for their owner's affection, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are splendid--they join forces with Lasseter's formidable crew to make their characters come completely alive. You feel as if you know them thoroughly by the conclusion and are moved by the life lessons they've learned, lessons you would want any child to learn. In addition to the main performers, the voice cast is perfectly suited to the toys they're called upon to represent: there's Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head, the late Jim Varney as Slinky Dog, Wallace Shawn as Rex, the timid dinosaur, Annie Potts as Bo Peep and John Ratzenberger as Hamm, the talking pig. Laurie Metcalf is the voice of the child's mother. A supreme accomplishment, you can watch it over and over again and still find something new every time--it's animation's "Citizen Kane".
  • November 23, 2009
    just good, not great.
  • November 23, 2009
    Great fun, and ahead of its time with animation. Good performances from Allen and a good ensemble vocal cast.
  • November 21, 2009
    A great Disney movie and one of the best by pixar. It's a great story that isn't overly gushy and is completely relatable. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are a perfect team and only add to the film's personality. It has great animation and visuals, very mature for its audience.
  • November 21, 2009
    You'd be hard pressed to find a child who doesn't own this movie. What got the mighty machine that is Pixar up and running. A cultural icon and benchmark by which all present-day animated movies are compared. My nephew goes as Buzz Lightyear for Halloween every year and he wasn't...( read more) even born when the original film came out. People will be watching this film with their children a 100 years from now.
  • November 19, 2009
    This movie is new type and makes me fun!
    Toy's have a heart.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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