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For the video game based on the movie, see Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue.
Toy Story 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Lasseter
Co-Directors:
Lee Unkrich
Ash Brannon
Written byAndrew Stanton
Rita Hsiao
Doug Chamberlain
Chris Webb
Story:
John Lasseter
Pete Docter
Ash Brannon
Andrew Stanton
Colin Brady
Jimmy Hayward
Story Supervisors:
Dan Jeup
Joe Ranft
Produced byKaren Robert Jackson
Helene Plotkin
StarringTom Hanks
Tim Allen
Joan Cusack
Kelsey Grammer
Don Rickles
Jim Varney
Wallace Shawn
John Ratzenberger
Wayne Knight
John Morris
Laurie Metcalf
Estelle Harris
Andrew Stanton
CinematographySharon Calahan
Edited byLee Unkrich
Edie Bleiman
David Ian Salter
Music byRandy Newman
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Pictures
Release date
November 19, 1999 (1999-11-19)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$90 million [1]
Box office$485,015,179 [1]

Toy Story 2 is a 1999 CGI family film, the third Disney/Pixar feature film, and the sequel to Toy Story, which features the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them. Like the first film, Toy Story 2 was produced by Pixar Animation Studios, directed by John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon, and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 19, 1999,[2] in some parts of Australia on December 2, 1999 and the United Kingdom on 11 February 2000. Toy Story 2 was re-released in a double feature with Toy Story in Disney Digital 3-D on October 2, 2009, and Toy Story 3 is scheduled for release on June 18, 2010.

The movie keeps most of the original characters and voices from the first movie, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, John Morris, and Laurie Metcalf. They are joined by new characters voiced by Jodi Benson, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Estelle Harris, and Wayne Knight.

Plot

Woody prepares to go to summer camp with Andy (now 8 years old) for the weekend, but Andy accidentally rips Woody's arm while playing with his toys before leaving, effectively paralyzing it and forcing Andy to place Woody on a shelf and stay behind. There he discovers that Andy's mother is having a yard sale, to where she takes a fellow shelved toy, Wheezy, an old rubber penguin with a broken squeaker, to be sold. Woody sneaks down to the yard sale with the help of Andy's pet dog Buster and saves Wheezy, but is accidentally left outside and found by an enthusiastic toy collector, who ends up stealing him when Andy's mother refuses to sell him. Buzz chases after the collector's car as he drives away, but quickly loses him. Back at Andy's room, Buzz and the other toys determine that the thief is Al McWhiggin, owner of Al's Toy Barn and the man who wears a chicken suit in a commercial in which Hamm says "I despise that chicken." and "I knew there was something I didn't like about that chicken.".. Buzz recruits Slinky Dog, Mr. Potato Head, Rex and Hamm to help him save Woody. Mrs. Potato Head gives a warning not to talk to foreign toys.

In Al's apartment, Woody discovers that he is a valuable collectible based on Woody's Roundup, a popular children's TV show from the 1950s, and meets three other toys from the franchise: Jessie, his yodeling cowgirl sidekick; Bullseye, his trusted horse companion; and Stinky Pete the Prospector, who is in mint condition inside his unopened box. With Woody's inclusion and his collection complete, Al plans to sell his Woody's Roundup merchandise to a toy museum in Tokyo, Japan. The three other toys are excited about the trip, but Woody, still being Andy's toy, wishes to return home, though putting himself at odds with Jessie, who fears going back to storage, gets mad with Woody and think Andy is importance to him. Shortly afterward, Woody completely loses his arm. That night Woody attempts to steal back his arm from Al, but in the midst of this, the TV suddenly turns on, waking Al. Woody accuses Jessie of turning on the TV with the remote because the remote is near her. Woody's arm is then fixed by a repairman, and he makes plans to escape and return to Andy once again. Stinky Pete asks Woody to talk to Jessie, who reveals that she too was once owned by a child, a girl named Emily, until she was forgotten and given away as her owner grew up. With Woody opens the vent to leave, Prospector convinces Woody that a toy with a owner is dangerous, causing Woody to stay.

Meanwhile, Buzz and the other toys made it into Al's Toy Barn and has to cross in the busy road, they hide themselves into cones to cross, after that, the busy road has a disastrous event. Shortly after splitting up with the other toys, Buzz encounters a newer Buzz Lightyear action figure who wears a limited edition belt and, like the original Buzz from the first film, believes himself to be a real space ranger. The two Buzzes fight, but Buzz #2 overpowers Buzz #1 and ends up being mistakenly taken by the others in their search for Woody. Buzz #1 chases after the team, inadvertently letting loose an action figure of Emperor Zurg, Buzz's arch-nemesis, who sets out to destroy him. Buzz #2 and the gang made it onto the apartment and Buzz #2 opens a vent that leads them to "the shadows to the left". When they are in the elevator shaft, Buzz #2 uses his climbing magnets instead of taking the elevator. They break to the room until Andy's Buzz arrive. They convince Woody to leave but Woody refuses and the gang angrily leaves. Prospector is happy and when Woody discovers what Buzz said, he then decides to leave, with this Prospector gets freaked out. Woody convinces Jessie and Bullseye to come with him, the two agree, but the Prospector... doesn't want to go and gets out of his box and locks the vent. Saying that going to Japan is good and was determined that he escapes from his box. Woody also realises that the Prospector turned on the TV during the night (and not Jessie) in order to prevent Woody from stealing his arm and escaping.

As Al packs up Woody with the rest of the merchandise and drives off to the airport to ship them, Buzz #1 and the rest of the toys attempt to get out of the building, but run into Emperor Zurg, who attacks the group. Buzz #2 and Zurg battle it out on the elevator, but Zurg manages to win, and claims that he is Buzz #2's father, parodying the same scene from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Rex, unable to look, turns away, and accidentally knocks Zurg off the elavator with his tail. Buzz #1 and the team carjack a Pizza Planet delivery truck while Buzz #2 remains behind to keep Emperor Zurg occupied. Mr. Potato Head rescues some Squeeze Alien toys and reluctantly decides to have himself and Mrs. Potato Head adopt them the minute they get home. In the baggage-handling area of the airport, Stinky Pete faces off against Buzz and Woody, but is distracted by the other toys and stuffed in a little girl's backpack to be taken in and played with.

Jessie ends up being boarded on the airplane for Japan, but Woody, Buzz, and Bullseye manage to save her just before the plane lifts off. The toys return home just before Andy comes back from camp and await his return. Andy takes in Jessie and Bullseye as his new toys and fixes Woody's arm, with extra stuffing and Wheezy's squeaker the following morning. Buzz shows a crush on Jessie, and gets very amazed when she pulls off a stunt like him for opening the door in order to help Andy's dog Buster. After Hamm is playing the same video game played by Rex, he watches the TV only seeing Al, who is crying when his store is taken and his money is taken by his boss as a result of his failed deal (his boss said that he will pay anything he wants when he brings the collection and Al pays him his whole money after he loses the collection). As the new toys become accustomed to their new owner, Woody and Buzz both accept the fact that Andy will grow up and agree to still be in each other's company while Wheezy sings "You Got A Friend in Me".

Voice cast

Main article: List of Toy Story characters

Crew

Production

Toy Story 2 was not originally intended for release in theaters. Disney asked Pixar to make a direct-to-video sequel for the original Toy Story with a 60 minute running time. When Disney executives saw how impressive the in-work imagery for the sequel was, they decided to create a theatrical movie, and the plot was reworked to be more epic and cinematic in scope and the duration of the movie was extended to just over 90 minutes. Some animators got repetitive stress injuries rushing to complete the film, which taught the Pixar managers to arrange breaks between each project from then on.[3]

Pixar and Disney had a five-film co-production deal and Pixar felt that with its change in status, Toy Story 2 should count as one of the pictures in the deal. Disney felt that since the production of Toy Story 2 was negotiated outside of the five-picture deal, it should not count. This issue became a particularly sore spot for Pixar, leading to a falling out between Pixar CEO Steve Jobs and Disney CEO Michael Eisner, concluding in Pixar's 2004 announcement that it would not extend its deal with Disney and would instead seek other distribution partners. However, with Eisner's departure and Pixar's ultimate purchase by Disney by 2006, as well as Jobs now holding a seat within Disney's board of directors, these problems have been overcome.

Music

Main article: Toy Story 2 (soundtrack)

Randy Newman wrote two new songs for Toy Story 2 as well as the complete original score:

The film also includes two new versions of "You've Got a Friend in Me," the theme from the first film. The first is performed by the puppet Woody (Tom Hanks) "on guitar" as part of the "Woody's Roundup" show. The second is a Vegas-style finale production number sung by Wheezy (singing voice provided by Robert Goulet).

Release

Marketing

A video game for the PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast was released. The game featured original cast voices and clips from the movie as introductions to levels. Once earned, these clips could be viewed at the player's discretion. Another game was released for the Game Boy Color.

Box office performance

Toy Story 2 opened over the Thanksgiving Day weekend at #1 to a three-day tally of $57,388,839 from 3,236 theaters averaging $17,734 per theater over three days, making $80,102,784 since its Wednesday launch, and staying at #1 for the next two weekends. It eventually made $245,852,179 domestically and $239,163,000 overseas for a total worldwide gross of $485,015,179, becoming the third highest grossing film of 1999, and far surpassing the original, and in fact, every other animated movie to that date except for The Lion King, even though both were later eclipsed by 2 CGI movies, Shrek 2 and Finding Nemo.

Reception

Toy Story 2 was hugely a critical and commercial success earning a rare 100% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes (one of the only animated films to do so, along with the original), with an average reviewer score of 8.6/10 (based on a sample of 144 reviews). Toy Story and Toy Story 2 are both Pixar's highest-rated films to date. It is currently #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' list of best rated movies[4] and the best rated animated movie[5]. The film also holds an 88 out of 100 on Metacritic[6]. It joins the rare number of sequels judged to be "as good as or better than the original."

Toy Story 2 won the Golden Globe for Best Picture Comedy or Musical at the 2000 ceremony.

Television

The film premiered in the US on ABC in 2001.

In Spain, it premiered in 2002 on Telecinco. It is broadcast sometimes on Antena 3, a channel that actually has a partnership with Disney. The last broadcast was on February 14, 2009 after airing of the first Toy Story.

Premiered on RTE Two in December 31, 2006.

3-D re-release

File:Toy-Story-3D-Poster.jpg
Poster for 3-D re-release.

On October 2, 2009, the film was re-released in Disney Digital 3-D.[7] The film was released with Toy Story as a double feature for a two-week run[8] which was extended due to its success.[9][10] In addition, the film's sequel, Toy Story 3, will also be released in the 3-D format.[7] Lasseter commented on the new 3-D re-release: "The Toy Story films and characters will always hold a very special place in our hearts and we're so excited to be bringing this landmark film back for audiences to enjoy in a whole new way thanks to the latest in 3-D technology. With Toy Story 3 shaping up to be another great adventure for Buzz, Woody and the gang from Andy's room, we thought it would be great to let audiences experience the first two films all over again and in a brand new way."[11]

Translating the movies into 3-D involved revisiting the original computer data and virtually placing a second camera into each scene, creating left-eye and right-eye views needed to achieve the perception of depth. Unique to computer animation, Lasseter referred to this process as “digital archaeology.” The lead stereographer Bob Whitehill oversaw this process and sought to achieve an effect that impacted the emotional storytelling of the film.[12]

Unlike other countries, the UK and Argentina received the films in 3-D as separate releases. Toy Story 2 was instead released January 22, 2010 in the UK, and February 18, 2010 in Argentina.[13]

Home Video

Toy Story 2 was released as a two-pack with Toy Story on October 17, 2000. That same day an "Ultimate Toy Box" set was released containing both films and a third disc of bonus materials. On September 6, 2005 it was again re-released as a "2-Disc Special Edition" alongside the 10th Anniversary Edition of the first film. Both editions returned to the vault in January 31, 2009.

The film was available on Blu-ray for the first time in a Special Edition Combo Pack that was released on March 23, 2010, along with the original film.[14] There was a DVD-only re-release on May 11, 2010.[15]

Pixar themes

Trailers

One Pixar tradition is to create trailers for their films that do not contain footage from the released film.[citation needed] In one trailer for Toy Story 2 (released theatrically with Tarzan), the green squeeze toy aliens watch the metal claw they worship coming down. The claw first brings down the words Toy Story, and the aliens react with their trademark "Oooooh." The claw next brings down the number '2'; in reaction, the aliens turn to face the camera and parody themselves with a 'Twoooo.' Then Woody appears, saying "Hey howdy hey, folks! It's good to be back." He is swiftly disappointed when Buzz shows up as well, and expresses his annoyance that the Space Ranger is also in the sequel. Buzz retorts, "Excuse me, Pullstring Boy, what would Toy Story 2 be without Buzz Lightyear?" "A good movie," counters Woody.

Attached short film

Main article: Luxo Jr.

The initial theatrical and video releases of this film include Luxo Jr, Pixar's first short film released in 1986, starring Pixar's titular mascot,. Before "Luxo Jr.", a message states: "In 1986 Pixar Animation Studios produced their first film. This is why we have a hopping lamp in our logo".

References to other Pixar films

Main article: List of Pixar film references

References

  1. ^ a b "Toy Story 2 (1999) – Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=filmsearch_exact&dept=Film&movieID=10740
  3. ^ George Rousch (2009-02-06). "Brad Bird Talks To Latinoreview About 1906, Toy Story 3, Iron Giant Re-Release And More". Latino Review. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  4. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt_year.php
  5. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_animated_films/toy_story_2/
  6. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/toystory2?q=Toy%20Story
  7. ^ a b Richards, Olly (January 24, 2008). "Toy Story Movies Going 3D". Empire. Retrieved March 11, 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Associated Press (March 31, 2009). "Disney does 3-D with `Toy Story,' 'Beast' reissues". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 31, 2009.
  9. ^ "Toy Story news". October 12, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
  10. ^ David Chen (October 12, 2009). "Lee Unkrich Announces Kristen Schaal and Blake Clark Cast in Toy Story 3; Toy Story 3D Double Feature To Stay in Theaters". Retrieved October 12, 2009.
  11. ^ "Toy Story Franchise Going 3-D". VFXWorld.com. January 24, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2009. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Murphy, Mekado (October 1, 2009). "Buzz and Woody Add a Dimension". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  13. ^ "Toy Story in 3D: MSN Review". Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  14. ^ "Amazon.com - Toy Story 2 (Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo w/ Blu-ray Packaging)". Amazon.com. February 10, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  15. ^ "Amazon.com - Toy Story 2: Special Edition - DVD". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 3, 2010.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Golden Globe: Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
1999 		Succeeded by
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