Toy Story 2 [DVD]

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Murphy, Mekado (October 1, 2009). "Buzz and Woody Add a Dimension". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 29, 2014 . Retrieved October 3, 2009. a b c d Lasseter, John; Unkrich, Lee; Brannon, Ash etal. (2010). Toy Story 2. Special Features: Making of Toy Story 2 ( Blu-ray Disc). Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Next is "Who's The Coolest Toy?" (3:15), a brief but diverting featurette that is ported over from the Ultimate Toy Box. It delivers comments from the cast and crew (even musical performers like Sarah McLachlan and Riders in the Sky) over which of Andy's toys is, well, the coolest. It's interesting and humorous to hear what everyone thinks of the characters and the piece includes some especially comedic banter between Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. Lightyear Producer Credited With Saving 'Toy Story 2' After Deletion Newsweek, TAYLOR MCCLOUD, 16 February 2022 Toy Story 2' dominates U.S. box office". United Press International. November 28, 1999. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022 . Retrieved February 22, 2022.

As the story approached the production stage in early 1997, it was unclear whether Pixar would produce the film, as the entire team of 300 was busy working on A Bug's Life for a 1998 release. The Interactive Products Group, with a staff of 95, had its own animators, art department, and engineers. Under intense time pressure, they had put out two successful CD-ROM titles the previous year – Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story and The Toy Story Activity Center. [16] Between the two products, the group had created as much original animation as there was in Toy Story itself. Steve Jobs made the decision to shut down the computer games operation and the staff became the initial core of the Toy Story 2 production team. [14] Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production Ebert, Roger (January 12, 2023). "Toy Story 2 Review". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on May 5, 2005 . Retrieved October 15, 2011. To make the project ready for theaters, Lasseter would need to add 12 minutes or so of material and strengthen what was already there. The extra material would be a challenge since it could not be mere padding — it would have to feel as if it had always been there, an organic part of the film. [6] With the scheduled delivery date less than a year away, Lasseter called Stanton, Docter, Joe Ranft, and some Disney story people to his house for a weekend. There, he hosted what he called a "story summit", a crash exercise that would yield a finished story in just two days.Reviewers judged the film as a sequel that equaled or even surpassed the original in terms of quality. [9] The Hollywood Reporter proclaimed: Like most aspects of this Special Edition, the menus match those of the Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition. Disc 1's Main Menu again finds the little green men watching a montage of memorable images from the film, only this time, they're watching it in Andy's new room with Wheezy in their midst. Like the main menu, submenus are accompanied by portions of the score and make very clever use of Toy Story 2 imagery. The Set Up menu is found on an Etch-a-Sketch, Scene Selection appears on a neatly-decorated bulletin board, even the Sneak Peeks listings show up in a book Mr. Potato Head is reading. For those who get distracted by moving images, there is also the "Index" (featuring drawings of Woody and Buzz, presumably done by Andy at a younger age) to use instead of the Main Menu. At Al's apartment, Woody meets three other toys: a cowgirl named Jessie, a horse named Bullseye, and Stinky Pete the Prospector - all based on the main characters from Woody's Roundup, a TV show that was popular in the 1950s. Woody also learns that he and the Roundup gang are to be sold to a toy museum in Japan; he claims he cannot to go because he needs to go home to Andy, earning resentment from Jessie. Al accidentally rips Woody's arm off. When Woody tries to retrieve it and escape, his attempt fails when Al's television unexpectedly turns on. The next morning, Woody is repaired and still desires to go home to Andy; however, he soon learns that Jessie was once owned by a girl named Emily who eventually lost interest in and abandoned her. Fearing that Andy will do the same, Woody decides to stay with the gang to go to Japan. Geoffroy, Kyler (July 2, 2019). "Disney Quietly Deleted a #MeToo Scene Out of the Latest Release of 'Toy Story 2' ". Vice. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019 . Retrieved July 4, 2019.

Annual Satellite Awards". Satellite Awards (New Media). The International Press Academy. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009 . Retrieved February 1, 2009. Weekend Box Office Results for November 26-28, 1999". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018 . Retrieved October 30, 2013. Turan, Kenneth (November 19, 1999). "Seeking the Meaning of (Shelf) Life". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 28, 2013 . Retrieved September 23, 2012. The sequel, titled Toy Story 3, was released on June 18, 2010. In the film, Andy's toys are accidentally donated to a day-care center as he prepares to leave for college.

Monsters, Inc. teaser, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins promo, as well as hidden trailers for The Emperor's New Groove, Fantasia 2000, and Dinosaur Making Toy Story 2" (8:10) is a new featurette culled entirely from '90s footage, plenty of which appeared in a pair of Ultimate Toy Box featurettes that have been dropped. The bulk of it features interviews with the creative crew. In addition to plenty of film clips, it also provides a glimpse of voice recording sessions. One wishes there was more of that good stuff and some newly-filmed retrospection. But as the brief running time suggests, this is not an all-encompassing making-of piece or satisfying as a document of this stellar sequel's production. At least, though, it does reveal some of the rationale which sparked the movie's creation and drove it to excellence, such as the makers' maximizing of technological advances, respect for the original's quality and world, and retooling of the good ideas they previously had discarded for the first film.

Jones, Adam (April 6, 2014). "Ed Catmull's 'Creativity, Inc.' is a thoughtful look at Pixar". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018 . Retrieved April 7, 2014. Toy Story, were apparently game for a follow-up. Like the sequels for Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, and The Lion King that had either been released or in the midst of production, Toy Story 2 was intended to debut on VHS with a marketing campaign of something much more significant. Annual Satellite Awards". Satellite Awards. The International Press Academy. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007 . Retrieved February 1, 2009. Schwarzbaum, Lisa (July 31, 2012). "Toy Story 2 Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013 . Retrieved September 23, 2012. Top 100 Movies of All Time". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014 . Retrieved July 1, 2019.a b Bell, Carrie (November 26, 1999). " 'Toy Story 2': The Premiere". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015 . Retrieved July 23, 2015. Following the Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition DVD, the first of Toy Story 2's two platters seems barren, but that only allows more disc space to be devoted to the movie, which runs 11 minutes longer Rinaldi, Ray Mark (March 27, 2000). "Crystal has a sixth sense about keeping overhyped, drawn-out Oscar broadcast lively". Off the Post-Dispatch. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p.27. Archived from the original on May 19, 2023 . Retrieved May 19, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Somewhere along the line, Disney realized that Pixar, which was then also at work on A Bug's Life, was more or less incapable of making something lightweight for the DTV sect. So, Toy Story 2 was then pinned for a theatrical release, with Pixar expanding the scope of the film to about 90 minutes (from the common DTV target of 75), creating new characters, and further fleshing out the story to make the product worthy of its name and big screen destination. Needless to say, it paid off. Toy Story 2 would open in theaters on the week of Thanksgiving 1999, exactly four years after its predecessor, and would become one of the best-reviewed and highest-grossing films not only of the year, but of all-time. AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Nominees" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 4, 2013 . Retrieved August 18, 2016.

a b "Past Winners Search". Grammy Award. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 23, 2013 . Retrieved November 23, 2013.Toy Story 2' will feature 'outtakes' Christmas Day". Palladium-Item. December 20, 1999. p.A9. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020 . Retrieved November 17, 2020– via Newspapers.com. Hayes, Dade (November 29, 1999). "The 'Toy' that ate history". Variety. Archived from the original on May 8, 2022 . Retrieved May 8, 2022. Unkrich, Lee (October 12, 2009). "Toy Story news". Archived from the original on October 17, 2009 . Retrieved October 12, 2009. Gray, Brandon (December 5, 1999). "Weekend Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023 . Retrieved May 15, 2023. Secondary characters in Woody's set were inspired by 1940s–1950s Western and puppet shows for children, such as Four Feather Falls, Hopalong Cassidy and Howdy Doody. [16] [17] The development of Jessie was kindled by Lasseter's wife Nancy, who pressed him to include a strong female character in the sequel, one with more substance than Bo Peep. [16] The scope for the original Toy Story was basic and only extended over two residential homes, roadways, and a chain restaurant, whereas Toy Story 2 has been described by Unkrich as something "all over the map". [12]