Toy Story Movie Review 1995

First feature length, wholly computer animated film confirms what we suspected all along--toys do have lives of their own when we're not around. Pull-string cowboy Woody (Hanks), as favorite toy, presides over his fellow playthings in Andy's room. Enter new toy on the block, Buzz Lightyear (Allen), a space ranger action figure who thinks he's real. Jealous Woody and his delusional, high-tech companion soon find themselves in the outside world, where they must join forces to survive. Funny, intelligent script and voice characterizations that rival many live-action movies in depth and emotion. All this, and Don Rickles berating an actual hockey puck.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 84 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Animation & Cartoons, Toys, Childhood Visions, Buddies, Rescue Missions, Modern Cowboys, Dinosaurs, Great Escapes, Pixar Animated Movies, Fantasy, Disney Family Movies, Top Grossing Films of 1995, Pigs

Screenplay

Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow

Director

John Lasseter

Music

Randy Newman

Other

Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, Don Rickles, John Morris, R. Lee Ermey, Laurie Metcalf, Erik von Detten

Producer

Ralph Guggenheim, Bonnie Arnold, Edwin Catmull, Steven Jobs, Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Buena Vista

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 2005.