Tin Toy (1988)

Cinematic Firsts (212 movies items)

" *First computer-animated short film to be nominated for an Academy Award. *First computer-animated short film to win an Academy Award. *First computer-animated short film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. *First computer-animated short film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. "

Movies the giraffe watched in 2017: March (55 movies items)

"First viewing - March 25th And here we have the other early Pixar short I hadn't watched yet, and OH MY GOD THAT BABY IS HIDEOUS! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! Ok, I'm calmer now. Seriously, if the baby wasn't so damn creepy I'd gladly watch this again as it's fairly amusing otherwise. But no, creepy-ass baby means I'm going to ignore it & hope I eventually forget the whole thing. The kiddo would likely agree with me because she couldn't stand to look at it either. "

1001 Animated Shorts You Must See - The Full List (1001 movies items)

"DIR: John Lasseter SUMMARY: A small tin toy of a mechanical one-man-band tries desperately to escape the clutches of a destructive baby. WHY IT'S HERE: Produced at a time when Pixar's future was in doubt, 'Tin Toy' went on to win the company their first Oscar and helped cement the deal to make 'Toy Story', their first feature length film. 'Tin Toy' is an obvious forerunner of 'Toy Story', with many elements of the plot and its proposed sequel, 'A Tin Toy Christmas', ending up in 'Toy Story 3"