Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The feature film directorial debut of John Lasseter, it was the first entirely computer-animated feature film, as well as the first feature film from Pixar. The screenplay was written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, Pete Docter, and Joe Ranft. The film features music by Randy Newman, and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull. It features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, and Erik von Detten.
Taking place in a world where anthropomorphic 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 an 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 him after being separated.
Following the success of Pixar's 1988 short film Tin Toy, the company was approached by Disney to produce a computer-animated feature film, told from a small toy's perspective. Lasseter, Stanton, and Docter wrote early story treatments, which were rejected by Disney, who wanted the film's tone to be "edgier". 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... this desire drives their hopes, fears, and actions". The studio, then consisting of a relatively small number of employees, produced the film under only minor financial constraints.
Toy Story premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on November 19, 1995, and was released in North America on November 22, 1995. It was the highest-grossing film during its opening weekend, eventually earning over $373 million at the worldwide box office. It was acclaimed by critics and audiences, who praised the technical innovation of the 3D animation, the wit and thematic sophistication of the screenplay, the musical score, and the voice performances of Hanks and Allen; it is considered by many to be one of the best animated films ever made. The film received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Song for "You've Got a Friend in Me", and Best Original Score, as well as winning a Special Achievement Academy Award. In 2005, its first year of eligibility, it was inducted into the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In addition to home media and theatrical re-releases, Toy Story-inspired material includes: toys, video games, theme park attractions, spin-offs, merchandise, and three sequels — Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019) — all of which also garnered massive commercial success and critical acclaim. A spin-off TV series called Buzz Lightyear of Star Command aired from 2000 to 2001, starting with a direct-to-video film, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins.
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Woody | Tom Hanks | Carlos Segundo | Toshiaki Karasawa | Alexandre Lippiani | Alain Zouvi | Peer Augustinski | JeanPhilippe Puymartin | Fabrizio Frizzi | Robert Czebotar | Gijs ScholtenvanAschat | Stohl András | Björn Skifs | Antti Pääkkönen | Åsleik Engmark | Preben Kristensen | Álkis Koúrkoulos | Volodymyr Tereshchuk | Vasil Binev | Felix Bergsson | Elvis Pupa | Cristian Simion | Gordan Kičić | Emanuel Hason | Aleksandr Bargman | Oscar Barberan | Miguel Ângelo | Jang Se-jun | Dror Keren | Kishore Bhatt | Mehmet Ali Erbil |
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Buzz Lightyear | Tim Allen | José Luis Orozco | George Tokoro | Guilherme Briggs | Mario Desmarais | Walter von Hauff | Richard Darbois | Massimo Dapporto | Tomasz Konieczny | Coen van VrijberghedeConingh | Dörner György | Fredrik Dolk | Santeri Kinnunen | Sven Nordin | Thomas Eje | Yióryos Liántos | Oleksiy Bohdanovych | Marian Marinov | Magnús Jónsson | Ervin Bejleri | Damian Victor Ion Oancea | Dragoljub MićkoLjubičić | Miroslav Noga | Stanislav Kontsevich | José Luis Gil | Paulo B. | Bak Il | Alon Neuman | Saptrishi Ghosh | Haluk Bilginer |
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Rex | Wallace Shawn | Jesús Barrero | Yûji Mitsuya | MarcoAntônio Costa | François Sasseville | ErnstWilhelm Lenik | Henri Guybet | Carlo Valli | Tomasz Sapryk | Arjan Ederveen | László Lippai | Stefan Frelander | Mikko Kivinen | Magnus Nielsen | Anders Bircow | Yiánnis Palamídas | Maksym Kondratyuk | Kiril Marichkov | Hjálmar Hjálmarsson | Saimir Rrustemi | Cosmin Seleși | Lazar Dubovac | Henrich Platek | Valeriy Zakhar'yev | Pep Sais | André Maia | Choe ByeongSang | Lior Zohar | Vinod Kulkarni | Gürdal Tosun |
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Hamm | John Ratzenberger | Arturo Mercado | Chikao Ôtsuka | Renato Rosenberg | Benoît Rousseau | Michael Ruth | Patrick Préjean | Renato Cecchetto | Emilian Kamiński | Luk Van Mello | Kocsis György | Olli Markenros | Petteri Summanen | Per Christian Ellefsen | Lasse Lunderskov | Chrístos Zormpás | Volodymyr Kokotunov | Veliko Ivanov | Karl Ágúst Úlfsson | Ardit Thano | George Lungoci | Dubravko Jovanović | František Výrostko | Aleksey Gur'yev | Claudi García | Carlos Freixo | Yu Dong-Hyeon | Avi Oria | Ramesh Tiwari | Mazlum Kiper |
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Mr. Potato Head | Don Rickles | Jesse Conde | Akira Nagoya | Antônio Patiño | LouisGeorges Girard | Hartmut Neugebauer | Jacques Ferrière | Angelo Nicotra | Jan Kulczycki | Ronald Van Rillaer | Forgács Gábor | Thomas Engelbrektson | Pekka Autiovuori | Anders Hatlo | John HahnPetersen | Kóstas Triantafyllópoulos | Oleh Stal'chuk | Nikolay Nikolaev | Arnar Jónsson | Jetmir Metaj | Eugen Cristea | Branislav Platiša | Karol Čálik | Artur Vakha | MiguelÁngel Jenner | José Raposo | Yu Hae-Moo | Shimon Cohen | Dinpal Ganguly | Mehmet Keskinoğlu |
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Slinky Dog | Jim Varney | Carlos del Campo | Ichirô Nagai | Francisco José | Marc Labrèche | Peter Thom | Jacques Balutin | Piero Tiberi | Krzysztof Krupiński | Chiem van Houweninge | Tibor Kristóf | Rune Ek | Jarmo Koski | Harald Mæle | Peter Zhelder | Níkos Tsoúkas | Valeriy Lehin | Rumen Rachev | SteinnÁrmann Magnússon | Dritan Kureta | Bogdan Farcaș | Branko Jerinić | Stanislav Dančiak | Vadim Nikitin | Ricky Coello | Carlos Macedo | Jang Seung-Gil | Yehuda Efroni | Uday Sabnis | Toygun Ateş |
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Bo Peep | Annie Potts | Diana Santos | Keiko Toda | Telma da Costa | Nathalie Coupal | Alexandra Ludwig | Rebecca Dreyfus | Cinzia De Carolis | Edyta Jungowska | Monique van de Ven | Farkasinszky Edit | Lena Ericsson | Katariina Kaitue | Anitra Eriksen | Ann Hjort | María Plakídi | Svitlana Shekera | Zhoitsa Florova | Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir | Suela Tukaj | Ilinca Ivanov | Jelena Khelts | Szidi Tobias | Yelena Yarëma | María Moscardó | Teresa Sobral | Lee Hyeon-Sun | Sharon Elimelech | Pamela Mukherjee | Füsun Kokucu |
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Sarge | R. Lee Ermey | Raúl de la Fuente | Takashi Taniguchi | Carlos Seidl | Aubert Pallascio | Reinhard Brock | Marc Alfos | Andrea Ward | Jarosław Boberek | Arnold Gelderman | Rosta Sándor | Mikael Roupé | Pekka Lehtosaari | Ivar Nørve | Lars Thiesgaard | Luis Marco | JoséJorge Duarte | Han Ho-ung | Uri Hochman | Manoj Pandey | ||||||||||
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Andy Davis | John Morris | Raúl Castellanos | Kosuke Ichimura | Bruno Miguel | Kim Jalabert | Oliver Cresswell | Donald Reignoux | Lorenzo DeAngelis | Łukasz Wytrębowicz | Rik van Veldhuizen | Csongor Szalay | Gabriel Odenhammar | Olli Parviainen | Eirik Espolin Johnson | Alexander Glæsel | Nacho Aldeguer | Gabriel GomesAlves | Lee Dae-won | Gil Segal | Archi Mitra | ||||||||||
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Sid Philips | Erik von Detten | Enzo Fortuny | Hiromasa Hori | Patrick de Oliveira | Éric Jomphe | Dimitri Guldener | Christophe Lemoine | Laura Lenghi | Grzegorz Drojewski | Sietse van Leeuwen | Szőke András | Johan Halldén | Konsta Hietanen | Erik Skøld | Andreas Hviid | Tásos Benétos | Denys Kapustin | Veselin Angelov | Eyjólfur Kári Friðþjófsson | Vlad Andrei Constantinescu | Ognjen Karamarković | Igor Sýkora | Aleksey Reshetnikov | David Jenner | João Silveira | Seo Jae-Gyeong | Yuval Segal | Nitu Chaudhary | Tarık Ekal | |
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Andy's Mom | Laurie Metcalf | Ruth Toscano | Kazue Komiya | Sheila Dorfman | Natalie Hamel-Roy | Maria Böhme | Isabelle Ganz | Pinella Dragani | Maria Reif | Beatrijs Sluijter | Csomor Csilla | Gizela Rasch | Rinna Paatso | Unn Vibeke Hol | Michelle BjørnAndersen | Péri Porávou | Nataliya Yaroshenko | Tanya Dimitrova | Þórdís Arnljótsdóttir | Suela Tukaj | Costina Ciuciulică | Andrijana Oliverić | Tatiana Kulíšková | Bella Ko | Rosa María Hernández | Custódia Gallego | Im Eun-Jeong | Rama Messinger | Nita Bajpai | Özlem Altınok |
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Hannah Philips | Sarah Freeman | Karla Falcón | Kiyomi Kasahara | Carmen Caroline | Sabrina Germain | Natalie Löwenberg | Charlyne Pestel | Gemma Donati | Urszula Janowska | Thyrza Ravesteijn | Ilona Molnár | Therese Reuterswärd | Henna Haverinen | Pernille SommerfeldtØien | Amalie Dollerup | Mariléna Achladióti | Maryana Chernilevs'ka | Boryana Dimitrova | Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir | Mădălina Grigore | Ana Popović | Tatiana Pauhofová | Aleksandra Matveyeva | Michelle Jenner | Sandra de Castro | Lee Jung-Woo | Hani Miller | Nitu Chaudhary | Candeğer Duygulu | |
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Aliens | Jeff Pidgeon | Raúl Aldana | Cláudio Galvan | Harald Mæle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alien | John Lasseter | Arturo Mercado | Cláudio Galvan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robot | Jeff Pidgeon | Daniel Abundis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mr. Spell | Jeff Pidgeon | Arturo Mercado | Christoph Krix | Pekka Lehtosaari | Harald Mæle | Lars Thiesgaard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lenny | Joe Ranft | Daniel Abundis | Alexandre Moreno | Bernard Alane | Jarkko Tamminen | Trond Teigen | Carlos Freixo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shark | Jack Angel | Genaro Vásquez | Luiz Feier Motta | Pekka Lehtosaari | Carlos Freixo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rocky Gibraltar | Jack Angel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Soldier | Spencer Aste | Alfonso Obregón | Atsushi Gotō | Marcelo Coutinho | Éric Gaudry | Jan Koester | Stefan Każuro | Stan Limburg | Dimulász Miklós | Håkan Mohede | Jukka-Pekka Palo | Nicolay Lange-Nielsen | Donald Andersen | Aléxandros Logothétis | Dmytro Sova | Bergur Þór Ingólfsson | Alexandru Gheorghiu | Milan Antonić | Alfréd Aczel | Xavier Fernández | Rui Paulo | Han Ho-Ung | Yudhavir Dahiya | Zeki Çekmey | ||||||
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Burned Rag Doll | Danielle Judovits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TV Announcer1 | Penn Jillette | Ricardo Mendoza | Pierre Auger | Dominique Paturel | Veikko Honkanen | Carlos Freixo | Momi Levy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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TV Announcer2 | John Lasseter | Mario Filio | Pierre Auger | Pekka Lehtosaari | Carlos Freixo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TV Announcer3 | Bill Farmer | Raúl de la Fuente | Pierre Auger | Carlos Freixo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TV Announcer4 | Greg Berg | Francisco Colmenero | Pierre Auger | Carlos Freixo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pizza Planet Male Voice | Phil Proctor | Francisco Colmenero | Bernard Alane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pizza Planet FemaleVoice | Debi Derryberry | Cristina Camargo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boy Voice | Ryan O'Donohue | Alan Fernando Velázquez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robot Guard | Phil Proctor | Gerardo Reyero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowling Announcer | Phil Proctor | Alejandro Illescas | Bernard Fortin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mrs. Philips | Mickie McGowan | Olga Donna-Dío | Hélène Mondoux | Maija-Liisa Peuhu | Vibeke Hastrup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pizza Planet Driver | Patrick Pinney | Genaro Vásquez | Antoine Durand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angry Driver 2 | Patrick Pinney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gas Station Man | Jan Rabson | Roberto Mendiola | Hubert Gagnon | Bernard Alane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Timon & Pumbaa | Nathan Lane | Raúl Carballeda | KrzysztofTyniec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kid 1 | Christine Byrd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kid 2 | Claudio Velázquez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kid 3 | Raúl Castellanos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kid 4 | Marco Portillo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pizza Planet Kid | Kendall Cunningham | Héctor Emmanuel Gómez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Singer | Randy Newman | Ricardo Murguía | Diamond Yukai | Zé da Viola | Michel Comeau | Klaus Lage | Charlélie Couture | Riccardo Cocciante | Stanisław Sojka | Huub van der Lubbe | Berki Tamás | Mikael Roupé | Pepe Ahlqvist | Carsten Loly | Otto Brandenburg | Tzímis Panoúsis | Dmytro Harbuz | Valdi Totev | Kristján "KK" Kristjánsson | Erjol Begolli | Daniel Radu | Dejan Cukić | Peter Lipa | Andrey Moshkov | Tony Cruz | Mário Sereno | Lee Ji Seok | Danni Bassan | Shahriyar Atai | Fatih Erkoç |