#Toy story 1 trailer series

The toys become uneasy when Andy has his birthday party a week early to calm them, Sheriff Woody, Andy's favorite toy and their leader, sends Sarge and his green army men to spy on the gift opening with a baby monitor.

#Toy story 1 trailer series

The success of Toy Story launched a multimedia franchise and a series of three sequels, starting with Toy Story 2 (1999).Ī group of living toys, who assume lifelessness around humans, are preparing to move into a new house with their owner Andy Davis, his sister Molly and their single mother. In 2005, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry for being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. The film received three Academy Award nominations ( Best Original Screenplay (the first animated film to be nominated for this award), Best Original Song for ' You've Got a Friend in Me', and Best Original Score) as well as winning a Special Achievement Academy Award.

It was praised for the technical innovation of the 3D animation, wit and thematic sophistication of the screenplay, musical score, and vocal performances (particularly Hanks and Allen) it is considered by many to be one of the best animated films ever made. The film received critical acclaim, and holds a rare 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was the highest-grossing film during its opening weekend, eventually grossing over $373 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1995. Toy Story premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on November 19, 1995, and was released in theaters in North America on November 22, 1995. The studio, then consisting of a relatively small number of employees, produced the film under only minor financial constraints. this desire drives their hopes, fears, and actions'. After several disastrous story reels, production was halted and the script was rewritten to better reflect the tone and theme Pixar desired: 'toys deeply want children to play with them, and.

Lasseter, Stanton, and Docter wrote early story treatments, which were rejected by Disney, who wanted the film's tone to be 'edgier'. Taking place in a world where toys come to life when humans are not present, the plot focuses on the relationship between an old-fashioned pull-string cowboy doll named Woody and a modern astronaut action figure, Buzz Lightyear, as they evolve from rivals competing for the affections of their owner, Andy Davis, to friends who work together to be reunited with Andy after being separated from him.įollowing the success of their 1988 short film Tin Toy, Pixar was approached by Disney to produce a computer-animated feature film told from a small toy's perspective. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, and Erik von Detten. The film features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R.

The film features music by Randy Newman, was produced by Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim, and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull. The film was directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut), and written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, Pete Docter, and Joe Ranft. The first installment in the Toy Story franchise, it was the first entirely computer-animated feature film, as well as the first feature film from Pixar.

Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.