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Toy Story
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
1995 · Directed by John Lasseter · 81 min · Family · Comedy · Animation · Adventure · Screenplay in the scene database · 52 frames
Tagline
Hang on for the comedy that goes to infinity and beyond!
Plot
In a world where toys are sentient but pretend to be lifeless around humans, a group of toys, led by Sheriff Woody, are preparing to move to a new house with their young owner, Andy Davis, and his family. During the party for Andy's sixth birthday, the toys—including Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex, Hamm, and Bo Peep—become concerned that Andy might receive a new toy that will replace them. Andy receives a Buzz Lightyear action figure, who believes that he is an actual Space Ranger and does not know that he is a toy. Buzz impresses the others with his electronic features and becomes Andy's new favorite toy, provoking Woody's jealousy.
Two days before the move, Andy's family plans to have dinner at Pizza Planet. To ensure Andy brings him instead of Buzz, Woody tries to trap Buzz behind Andy's desk but accidentally knocks him out the window. Believing Woody murdered Buzz, the other toys rebel against Woody until Andy takes him into the car, with Buzz following. When the car stops at a gas station, Buzz furiously confronts Woody. The two fight, fall out of the car, and are left behind, but then manage to hitch a ride on a Pizza Planet delivery truck. At Pizza Planet, Buzz mistakes a claw machine for a rocket and climbs in, pursued by Woody. Sid Phillips, Andy's sadistic next-door neighbor, grabs Woody and Buzz with the claw and takes them to his house, where they encounter his mutant toys, made from parts of toys Sid has destroyed.
Buzz sees a television commercial promoting Buzz Lightyear toys and suffers an existential crisis, finally realizing that he is a toy. He attempts to fly, but falls and breaks his arm off. After Sid's toys repair Buzz, Sid tapes him to a firework rocket, planning to blow him up the following day. Overnight, Woody helps Buzz realize that his purpose is to make Andy happy, reinvigorating him. The next morning, as Sid prepares to launch the rocket, Woody and the mutant toys come to life and frighten him.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
- Edited by: Lee Unkrich, Robert Gordon
- Music: Randy Newman
- Produced by: Bonnie Arnold, Ralph Guggenheim
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Woody (voice)
- Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
- Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head (voice)
- Jim Varney as Slinky Dog (voice)
- Wallace Shawn as Rex (voice)
- John Ratzenberger as Hamm (voice)
- Annie Potts as Bo Peep (voice)
- John Morris as Andy (voice)
- Erik von Detten as Sid (voice)
- Laurie Metcalf as Mrs. Davis (voice)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Pixar
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $962,301,978
- Themes: rescue, friendship, mission, jealousy, villain, bullying, elementary school, rivalry, anthropomorphism, friends
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