Title: Toy Story

Year Released/Rating: 1995 G

Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles

Directed By: John Lasseter

Written By: John Lasseter, Peter Docter

Genre: Children's animation

Star Rating:  5/5 stars

Where I Got It: We own it

Trivia:

• Billy Crystal was originally offered the chance to voice Buzz Lightyear, but declined. After seeing the finished film, he said the decision was the biggest mistake of his career. Upon learning this, John Lasseter telephoned Billy's house to offer him the role of Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc. (2001). Billy's wife answered the telephone and said "John Lasseter wants to speak to you." Billy took the telephone from his wife and said "Yes".
• The carpet in Sid's house is modeled after the carpet in the Overlook Hotel in The Shining (1980). The Shining is Editor Lee Unkrich's favorite movie. When Buzz gets wacky at the "tea party" he calls himself Mrs. Nesbit. The name of one of Pete's grade school teachers and in college, he had a Toyota pickup truck pretty much like the one the pizza delivery guys used. It too had a "YO" on the gate.
• The toolbox on top of the milk crate that Woody is trapped in is a Binford, the same type of tool that Tim Allen used on his television show Home Improvement (1991).
• Tom Hanks recorded his dialog during the breaks of Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and A League of Their Own (1992). He didn't want to record his dialog during the breaks ofPhiladelphia (1993) or Forrest Gump (1994) because he felt he shouldn't do comedic roles in between minutes of playing serious roles.
• Pizza Planet was originally Pizza Putt, a combination pizzeria/mini-golf course.

Summary: A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.

Review: 

An absolute classic Disney movie.  I adore Toy Story.  I even went to see it in the theaters the first time it was released.  The play of characters are great.  It even makes me get a bit choked up.

Best Bits: 

• Woody: All right, that's enough! Look, we're all very impressed with Andy's new toy.  Buzz: Toy?  Woody: T-O-Y, Toy!  Buzz: Excuse me, I think the word you're searching for is "Space Ranger".  Woody: The word I'm searching for I can't say because there's preschool toys present.
• [Woody finds Buzz dressed up as "Mrs. Nesbitt" and in the company of two headless dolls]  Woody: What happened to you?  Buzz: One minute you're defending the whole galaxy, and, suddenly, you find yourself sucking down darjeeling with Marie Antoinette... and her little sister.  [chuckles nervously]
• Sergeant: [about the second present Andy opens ] It's... it's bedsheets!  Mr. Potato Head: Who invited that kid?
• Woody: Buzz, will you get up here and gimme a hand?  [Buzz throws his broken-off arm to Woody]  Woody: Ha-ha, ha-ha. That's real funny. THIS IS SERIOUS!
• Rex: What if Andy gets another dinosaur? A mean one? I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection!
• [Mr. Potato Head rearranges his facial features crazily]  Mr. Potato Head: Hey, Hamm. Look, I'm Picasso!  Hamm: I don't get it.  Mr. Potato Head: You uncultured swine! What're you lookin' at, ya hockey puck?
• Buzz: How dare you open a space man's helmet on an uncharted planet? My eyeballs could have been sucked from their sockets!  [closes his helmet]