Toy Story 2
Short description
When Andy leaves for Cowboy Camp, his toys are left to themselves until a toy collector named Al McWhiggin, who runs a toy store, takes Woody away. Woody discovers that he belongs to a set of collectible toys from a 1950s television show, along with Jessie, Stinky Pete the Prospector and Bullseye. Facing the prospect of being sold to a museum and never returning to Andy, Woody must decide where he truly belongs, while Buzz Lightyear and the other toys set out across the street to bring him home, encountering dangers of their own along the way.
The film is directed by John Lasseter, who also directed the first Toy Story and A Bug's Life, and it is the seventh film he directed in the chronological list of his work. Tom Hanks voices Woody, Tim Allen voices Buzz Lightyear, and Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles and Jim Varney are among the voice cast. The screenplay is by Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao and Doug Chamberlin, with Karen Robert Jackson and Helene Plotkin producing.
Released in 1999, the film had a budget of around 90 million USD and took roughly 497 million USD worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.9/10 from about 666,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 7.6/10 from over 15,000 votes. A critics' rating of 9.3/10 from 174 reviews places it above the audience scores on both sites.
What's left behind the scenes
- At the 24th minute of the film, when the Piggy Bank quickly flips through television channels, you can see frames from Pixar's short animated films, including “Luxo Jr.” (1986), “Red's Dream” (1987), “Tin Toy” (1988), and “Knick Knack” (1989).
- The toy repairman, Jerry, who fixed Woody, is a character from the Pixar short film “Jerri’s Game” (1997).
- The number A113 appears in every Pixar film; it corresponds to the number of the classroom where John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, and Andrew Stanton studied at CalArts. In “Toy Story 2” (1999), the number A113 can be found several times: it is Andy’s mother’s driver’s license number, as well as the flight number of LassetAir, the name of which references director John Lasseter.
- In the scene where the toys are planning Woody’s rescue, Slinky Dog plots the route and provides the address for "Al’s Toy Barn": 1001 West Cutting Boulevard. This is the address of the Pixar Animation Studios in Richmond, California.
- The immensely popular series "Woody's Roundup" parodies the real and highly popular American television show "Howdy Doody" (1947-1960).
- The appearance of the toy restoration collector was modeled after the legendary British makeup artist Stuart Freeborn.
- Working on each individual frame in the baggage scenes took animators over 70 hours.
- The credits show an episode of "filming" where Buzz has to lead his squad through bushes on a lawn. Insects are sitting on the leaves in front of the camera, tiny characters from Pixar's animated film "A Bug's Life" (1998), and they are rejoicing that they have finally managed to convince the animators to film "A Bug's Life 2".
- The scene in which Rex chases the car in the toy store is a reference to the film "Jurassic Park" (1993).
- Among Andy's toys, one figurine is stylized after Kyle Broflovski, one of the main characters of the animated series "South Park" (1997).
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