The tale of how “Toy Story” came to be is greatly tied up in the start of Pixar Animation as well.
After director John Lasseter was fired for pushing for an entirely computer-animated feature at Disney, he moved on to Lucasfilm and helped found the animation house in 1986.
It was there he created an animated short titled “Tin Toy,” which gained the attention of Lasseter’s former employers after it won an Academy Award in 1989.
When Disney failed to draw him back into their ranks they struck a deal to have Pixar produce films on their behalf.
Of course, “Tin Toy” eventually became “Toy Story,” though not without extensive rewrites and behind-the-scenes turmoil.Luckily, despite all the hiccups, “Toy Story” stayed afloat thanks to its groundbreaking status as the first computer-animated feature film.
Apart from the audience, no one was more amazed at the life-like creations than its cast of voice actors,
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