Luxo Jr.
A baby lamp finds a ball to play with.
Luxo Jr. (1986)
Short description
A small desk lamp named Luxo Jr. discovers a ball and begins to play with it. While an older lamp named Luxo watches, the younger lamp jumps on the toy until it bursts. Just as the adult lamp expects the child to be quiet, Luxo Jr. discovers a ball that is significantly larger than the first one.
Directed and written by John Lasseter, who also served as a producer alongside William Reeves, this 1986 American animated comedy was produced by Pixar. It is the first film in a chronological list of twelve works directed by Lasseter, which includes later projects such as Toy Story and Cars. The short film has a runtime of two minutes. On TMDB, the film holds a rating of 7/10 based on 684 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- The cartoon was redrawn for showing before the premiere of 'Toy Story 2' (1999).
- The ball that Luxo Jr. played with can be found in various Pixar films – 'Toy Story' (1995), 'Toy Story 2' (1999), 'Monsters, Inc.' (2001), and 'Up' (2009), where the ball can be seen lying in a child's room as Carl Fredricksen’s house flies past the window.
- Luxo can be seen in 'Toy Story' (1995) on Andy's table.
- Luxo Jr. is a character that has been the mascot of the famous Pixar studio and its main calling card since 1986.
- The first computer-animated short film to be nominated for an Oscar.
- The prototype for Luxo Jr. was the Luxo L1 table lamp from the Norwegian company Luxo AS.
- The first short animated film created at Pixar Animation Studios in 1986.
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