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Toy Story (81 min)

Synopsis: Andy’s toys are fearful of being replaced when the boy’s birthday comes along. Woody, his favorite toy, a pull-string cowboy doll, discovers the boy has a new toy, Buzz Lightyear, the latest, greatest action figure, complete with pop-out wings and laser action. Woody’s plan to get rid of Buzz backfires, and he finds himself lost in the world outside of Andy’s room, with Buzz as his only companion. Together they must try to find their way back to Andy.

Cast: Tom Hanks (Woody), Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear), Jim Varney (Slinky Dog), Don Rickles (Mr. Potato Head), John Ratzenberger (Hamm), Annie Potts (Bo Peep), Wallace Shawn (Rex), R. Lee Ermey (Sarge), John Morris (Andy Davis), Erik von Detten (Sid Phillips), Laurie Metcalf (Andy’s Mom), Penn Jillette (TV Commercial Announcer)

Songs: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” “Strange Things,” “I Will Go Sailing No More”

Directed by John Lasseter.

U.S Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 1995 (Hollywood Premiere on November 19, 1995)

U.S. Theatrical Reissues: October 2, 2009 (in 3-D double feature with Toy Story 2),

U.S. Home Media Releases: October 29, 1996 (VHS/LD); January 11, 2000 (VHS); October 17, 2000 (DVD); March 20, 2001 (DVD); September 6, 2005 (DVD/PSP); March 23, 2010 (BR); May 11, 2010 (DVD); May 26, 2019 (4K);

Trivia:
• The film is the first animated feature ever generated completely on computers, produced as part of a partnership between Disney and Northern California-based Pixar.
• Nominated for 3 Academy Awards, including Original Screenplay, Original Score and Original Song (You’ve Got a Friend in Me)
• John Lasseter was presented a special Academy Award for “the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film.”
• Songs were written and performed by Randy Newman

Toy Story 2 (92 min)

Synopsis: Andy goes off to summer cowboy camp, and the toys are left to their own devices. When an obsessive toy collector, Al McWhiggin, kidnaps Woody, who, unbeknownst to him, is a highly valued collectible, it’s up to Buzz Lightyear and the gang from Andy’s room to spring into action and save their pal from winding up as a museum piece. The toys get into one predicament after another in their daring race to get Woody home before Andy returns.

Cast: Tom Hanks (Woody), Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear), Don Rickles (Mr. Potato Head), Jim Varney (Slinky Dog), Wallace Shawn (Rex), John Ratzenberger (Hamm), Annie Potts (Bo Peep), Kelsey Grammer (Stinky Pete, the Prospector), Joan Cusack (Jessie), Wayne Knight (Al McWhiggin), Estelle Harris (Mrs. Potato Head).

Songs: “Woody’s Roundup,” “When She Loved Me”

Directed by John Lasseter

U.S. Theatrical Release Date: November 24, 1999, after a November 19 release at the El Capitan in Hollywood.

U.S. Theatrical Reissues: October 2, 2009 (in 3-D double feature with Toy Story),

U.S. Home Media Releases: October 17, 2000 (VHS/DVD); March 20, 2001 (DVD); December 26, 2005 (DVD); March 23, 2010 (BR); May 11, 2010 (DVD); May 26, 2019 (4K);

Trivia:
• Songs composed by Randy Newman
• Improved computer programs and controls gave the animators more flexibility in moving the characters and allowed more subtle articulation than ever before.
• The film did phenomenal business, and became Disney’s third highest grossing film ever (after The Lion King and Sixth Sense).
• The film was the first motion picture to be entirely created, mastered, and exhibited digitally.
• It was also the first animated film sequel to gross more than its original.
• Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song (When She Loved Me)
• Won the Golden Globe for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

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