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Encyclopedia > Tin Toy
Tin Toy

Tinny, the star of the film
Directed by John Lasseter
Produced by John Lasseter
Written by John Lasseter
Release date(s) 1988
Country USA
Preceded by Red's Dream
Followed by Knick Knack

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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... John A. Lasseter (born January 12, 1957 in Hollywood, California) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Feature Animation. ... John A. Lasseter (born January 12, 1957 in Hollywood, California) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Feature Animation. ... John A. Lasseter (born January 12, 1957 in Hollywood, California) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Feature Animation. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Reds Dream is a short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, released in 1987. ... Knick Knack is a computer animated Pixar short film released in 1989. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Pixars logo and mascot Luxo, Jr. ... Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ... John A. Lasseter (born January 12, 1957 in Hollywood, California) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Feature Animation. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... This class was known as Short Subjects, cartoons from 1932 until 1970, and as Short Subjects, animated films from 1971 to 1973. ...


Plot

The film takes place in one room and stars the toy of the title, a one-foot high mechanical one-man band named Tinny, and a baby named Billy—the first time a realistic human character had been attempted in a computer-animated film. This article is about a musician who plays a number of instruments simultaneously. ...


At first the toy is delighted at the prospect of being played with by Billy, until he sees how destructive he can be. Fleeing beneath the couch, he discovers dozens of other toys who are too terrified to come out. But then Billy falls over and starts crying, and Tinny decides he has to help no matter what. His antics succeed in cheering Billy up, to the point where Billy picks him up and shakes him violently before throwing him away. Once the toy has recovered from this ordeal he is annoyed to see that Billy has forgotten about him and is now playing with the cardboard box he came out of.


Trivia

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  • The theme song from Captain Kangaroo as well as The Price Is Right are heard on a television in the background.
  • In 2003, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
  • Initial drafts of Toy Story had cast Tinny of this short in the lead, and was considerably more of a road movie, as Tinny endeavored to find a place to call home. After a cowboy-themed ventriloquist's dummy was inserted into the story (the forebear for Woody) and began taking more focus in the plot, Tinny's role morphed into that of Buzz Lightyear.
  • Although this short is seen in the Gold Collection and Toy Box editions of Toy Story, it is not included in the theatrical and standard releases of the film.
  • In the wideshot of the entire room, a picture from Luxo Jr. can be seen.
  • The shopping bag has Pixar's original logo on it.

Captain Kangaroo was a childrens television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS from 1955 until 1984, then moved to the American Program Service (now American Public Television, Boston) to air syndicated reruns of past episodes in 1992. ... The Price is Right is a popular American game show centering on contestants guessing the retail prices of featured prizes and other promotional products. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Library of Congress, Jefferson building The Library of Congress is one of four official national libraries of the United States (along with the National Library of Medicine, National Agricultural Library, and National Archives and Records Administration). ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ... Toy Story is an Academy-award-winning CGI animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 22, 1995, and Australia on December 7, 1995, as well as in the United Kingdom on 22 March... Sheriff Woody is a fictional character appearing in several films and cartoons by Disney and Pixar. ... Buzz Lightyear (Born Buzz Bundy Lightyear on May 26, 1995) ( is a fictional character that first appeared in the CGI animated film Toy Story, and its sequel Toy Story 2. ... Toy Story is an Academy-award-winning CGI animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 22, 1995, and Australia on December 7, 1995, as well as in the United Kingdom on 22 March... The young lamp (Luxo Jr. ...

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Pixar Animation Studios
Feature films Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010)
Short films Luxo Jr. (1986) • Red's Dream (1987) • Tin Toy (1988) • Knick Knack (1989) • Geri's Game (1997) • For the Birds (2000) • Mike's New Car (2002) • Boundin' (2003) • Jack-Jack Attack (2005) • One Man Band (2005) • Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) • Lifted (2006)
People John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Steve Jobs • Pete Docter • Andrew Stanton • Brad Bird • Lee Unkrich
See also The Adventures of André and Wally B. • Pixar Image Computer • List of notable Pixar staff • List of awards won or nominated by Pixar • List of Disney theatrical animated features

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Tin Toy - definition of Tin Toy in Encyclopedia (255 words)
Tin Toy is a 1988 Pixar Animation Studios film using computer animation.
At first the toy is delighted at the prospect of being played with by the baby, until he sees how destructive the baby can be.
Once the toy has recovered from this ordeal he is annoyed to see that the baby has forgotten about him and is now playing with the cardboard box he came out of.
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