Tin Toy (1988)

A Complete review of John Lasseter's work (17 movies items)

" What was it about? A tin one-man-band toy tries to escape a destructive baby. My two cents: It is another pretty good short and, obviously, the inspiration for 'Toy Story'. Obviously, even though back then it must have been quite impressive, nowadays, it doesn't look really good, especially the baby looks quite awful. However, since the baby was some kind of monster, it fit the story quite well. It also explains why they decided to focus first on toys, bugs, fishes and monsters instead of "

Movie Diary (660 movies items)

" A baby who terrorizes his toys is an interesting premise. This is just as funny as most of the Pixar short films."

Watched in 2012 (182 movies items)

"Rewatched 7/5"

Watched in 2011 (203 movies items)

"26.7 PC Short"

Best Animated Short - Winners and My Choices (81 movies items)

"WINNER: Tin Toy Other nominees: The Cat Came Back Technological Threat MY CHOICE: 'The Cat Came Back'. Another very strong year. Pixar got their first Oscar for 'Tin Toy', the story of a little soldier toy trying to escape a creepy baby. The short is notable for several reasons, not least for being an embryonic version of the idea that blossomed into Pixar's first feature masterpiece, 'Toy Story'. However, I've never really shaken the feeling that 'Tin Toy's Oscar was a consolation to make u"

Watched in 2010 (271 movies items)

"03.04"

Movies I Watched In 2010 (139 movies items)

"Watched on: PC Date: 13/01/2010 "

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (338 movies items)

"1988 WINNER - Pixar Productions - John Lasseter and William Reeves "

Pixar Short Films (17 movies items)

"Released: 1988 Tin Toy is a 1988 Pixar Animation Studios short film using computer animation. It was directed by John Lasseter and won the 1989 Academy Award for Animated Short Film. In 2003, Tin Toy was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"."

Best Animated Short Film Academy Awards (79 movies items)

" A tin one-man-band toy tries to escape a destructive baby. Nominees: ▪ The Cat Came Back ▪ Technological Threat"

Pixar (32 movies items)

"Released: 1988 Tin Toy is a 1988 Pixar Animation Studios short film using computer animation. It was directed by John Lasseter and won the 1989 Academy Award for Animated Short Film. In 2003, Tin Toy was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"."