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{{Infobox film
| image                      = Toy Story logo.svg
| caption                    = Official 2D logo
| director                   = [[John Lasseter]]
| producer                   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bonnie Arnold]]
* [[Ralph Guggenheim]]
}}
| screenplay                 = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joss Whedon]]
* [[Andrew Stanton]]
* [[Joel Cohen (writer)|Joel Cohen]]
* [[Alec Sokolow]]
}}
| story                      = {{Plainlist|
* John Lasseter
* [[Pete Docter]]
* Andrew Stanton
* [[Joe Ranft]]
}}
| starring                   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tom Hanks]]
* [[Tim Allen]]
* [[Don Rickles]]
* [[Jim Varney]]
* [[Wallace Shawn]]
* [[John Ratzenberger]]
* [[Annie Potts]]
* [[John Morris (actor)|John Morris]]
* [[Erik von Detten]]
<!-- From 2015 Blu-ray billing block -->
}}
| music                     = [[Randy Newman]]
| editing                   = {{Plainlist|
* Robert Gordon
* [[Lee Unkrich]]
}}
| production_companies      = {{Plainlist|
* [[Walt Disney Pictures]]
* [[Pixar Animation Studios]]
}}
| distributor               = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released                  = {{Film date|1995|11|19|[[El Capitan Theatre]]|1995|11|22|United States}}
| runtime                   = 88 minutes<!-- Theatrical runtime: 87:49 --><ref name=Runtime>{{cite web |title=Toy Story |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/toy-story-1970-6 |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |access-date=August 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053353/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/toy-story-1970-6|archive-date=September 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
| country                  = United States
| language                 = English
| budget                   = $30&nbsp;million<ref name="Numbers">{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Toy-Story#tab=summary |title=Toy Story (1995) – Financial Information |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=December 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205032848/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Toy-Story#tab=summary|archive-date=December 5, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross                   = $373&nbsp;million<ref name="BOXMOJO">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0114709/ |title=Toy Story (1995) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=August 20, 2016|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67q1sLOye?url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=toystory.htm|archive-date=May 22, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
'''''Toy Story''''' is an American [[Computer animation|computer-animated]] fantasy [[adventure movie]]. It was the first Disney/[[Pixar]] animated movie; Pixar made the movie while Disney packaged it and sold it to movie theaters. It was released on November 22, 1995. It was the first animated movie to be completely done with computers instead of hand-drawn animation. ''Toy Story'' had three sequels, starting ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' being released November 13, 1999. A fourth sequel, ''[[Toy Story 5]]'', will be released on June 19, 2026.

== Plot ==
[[Sheriff Woody]], a [[pullstring]] [[cowboy]] [[doll]], is the leader of a group of toys that belong to a boy named Andy and come to life when humans are not to be seen. With his family moving to a new house and having a birthday party for Andy, the toys try to figure out what Andy's new presents are since they’re worried about being replaced. Andy gets a space ranger [[Buzz Lightyear]] [[action figure]], who replaces Woody as Andy's favourite toy. Buzz does not know that he is a toy when Woody tries to convince him and thinks that he is a real space ranger. While the other toys befriend Buzz, Woody [[hate]]s Buzz out of [[jealousy]]. 

Andy prepares to go to a [[pizza]] [[restaurant]] and [[arcade]] called Pizza Planet with Buzz. Woody tries to stop this from happening by knocking Buzz behind a [[desk]] but accidentally knocks him out of a window instead, making the toys [[angry]]. Andy takes Woody to Pizza Planet with him instead. However, Buzz climbs into the car and confronts Woody when they stop at a gas station. The two toys fight and accidentally fall out of the car, which drives off and leaves them behind. Woody sees a pickup truck bound for Pizza Planet and plans to rendezvous with Andy there, convincing Buzz to come with him by saying that the pickup truck can take him to his home planet. Once at Pizza Planet, Buzz makes his way into a [[claw game]] machine shaped like a spaceship, thinking that it is the ship that Woody had promised him. Inside, he finds a horde of squeaky aliens who revere the machine's claw arm as their master. When Woody follows Buzz into the game to try to rescue him, the two of them are captured by Andy's next door neighbor, Sid Phillips, who likes to [[torture]] and destroy toys for fun.

The two toys try to escape from Sid's house before Andy and his family move, encountering [[Nightmare|nightmarish]] "mutant" toys which Sid's made as well as Sid's vicious dog, Scud. Buzz sees a commercial for Buzz Lightyear action figures just like himself and realizes that Woody was right about him being a toy. Unable to face the truth, Buzz tries to prove he is still a space ranger by attempting to fly out of the window, but falls and loses one of his arms. Buzz becomes too depressed over the truth to participate in Woody's escape plan. This forces Woody to try and get the other toys attention in Andy's room by waving Buzz's disconnected arm, but the other toys still distrust him for what happened to Buzz and leave him behind. Woody realizes that Sid's mutant toys are friendly when they fix Buzz's arm but is forced to hide when Sid arrives, leaving Buzz behind. Sid prepares to destroy Buzz by strapping him to a [[fireworks|rocket]], but is delayed by a [[thunderstorm]] and sleeps for the night. Woody convinces Buzz life is worth living even if he is not a space ranger because of the joy he can bring to Andy, and helps Buzz regain his spirit. Cooperating with Sid's mutant toys, Woody stages a rescue for Buzz and scares Sid away by coming to life in front of him. However, the two miss Andy's car as it drives away to his new house.

Running down the road, they climb onto a moving truck but Scud chases them and Buzz tackles the dog to save Woody. Woody attempts to rescue Buzz with Andy's [[radio-controlled car|RC car]] but the other toys, who think that Woody got rid of RC, toss Woody off onto the road. Spotting Woody driving RC back with Buzz alive, the other toys realize their mistake and try to help them into the truck. When RC's batteries become depleted, Woody ignites the rocket on Buzz's back and manages to throw RC into the moving truck just in time before they go soaring into the air. Buzz then opens his wings to cut himself free before the rocket explodes, and he and Woody glide through the air and land safely in the car. Andy looks in the box and is relieved to have found Woody and Buzz.

On Christmas Eve at their new house, Buzz and Woody stage another [[reconnaissance]] mission to prepare for the new toy arrivals, one of which is a [[Mrs. Potato Head]], much to the delight of [[Mr. Potato Head (Toy Story)|Mr. Potato Head]]. Woody jokingly asks Buzz "What could Andy possibly get that is worse than you?", a question which is immediately answered; Andy's new gift, as it turns out, is a [[puppy]], and the two share a worried smile.

== Cast ==
===Main cast===
* Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody, a cowboy pull string doll who is the leader of the toys. 
* Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, a flying Space Ranger figure who becomes Woody's best friend. 
* [[Don Rickles]] as Mr. Potato Head, a toy potato with put together pieces on his body.
* [[Jim Varney]] as Slinky Dog, a sausage dog with a silver spring on him.
* [[Wallace Shawn]] as Rex, a cowardly green Tyrannosaurus who is kind of plastic. 
* [[John Ratzenberger]] as Hamm, a wisecracking piggy bank who keeps everyone's money safe. 
* [[Annie Potts]] as Bo Peep, a sheepherdess who's Woody's love interest.
* [[John Morris (American actor)|John Morris]] as Andy Davis, a young boy who owns all the toys: Woody and his friends. 
* Erik Detten as Sid Phillips, Andy's next door neighbor, who destroys toys.
* Laurie Metcalf as Andy's Mom
* [[R. Lee Ermey]] as Sarge, a green figure soldier who can see with his binoculars.
* [[Sarah Freeman]] as Hannah Phillips, Sid's sister.
* [[Joe Ranft]] as Lenny, a sky blue plastic binoculars figure who can see anything.

===Additonal voices===
* [[Jack Angel]] as Shark/Rocky Gibraltar<ref>[http://www.arlenethornton.com/on_camera_talent_resume.asp?ResumeID=695&id=410 Jack Angel's Résumé. Arlene Thornton & Associates Inc.]</ref>
* [[Spencer Aste]] as Wounded Soldier
* [[Greg Berg]] as Al's Toy Barn announcer
* [[Debi Derryberry]] as Squeeze Toy Aliens/Pizza Planet Announcer 
* [[Bill Farmer]] as Monotone Announcer
* [[Craig Good]] as Mission Control 
* [[Danielle Judovits]] as Burned Rag Doll
* [[Sherry Lynn]] as Mom
* [[Mickie McGowan]] as Sid's Mom
* [[Ryan O'Donohue]] as kid in Buzz Lightyear commercial
* [[Lisa Bradley]], [[Kendall Cunningham]], [[Cody Dorkin]], Gregory Grudt, Sam Lasseter, [[Brittany Levenbrown]], [[Scott McAfee]] and [[Shane Sweet]] as other kids
* [[Jeff Pidgeon]] as Squeeze Toy Aliens, Robot, and Mr. Spell
* [[Patrick Pinney]] as Pizza Delivery Guy/Angry Driver #2
* [[Phil Proctor]] as Pizza Planet announcer/Pizza Planet Guards
* [[Jan Rabson]] as gas station attendant
* [[Penn Jillette]] as TV Announcer (uncredited)
* [[Joe Ranft]] as Lenny The Binoculars
* [[Andrew Stanton]] as Buzz Lightyear commercial chorus
Non-speaking characters include Scud, Barrel of Monkeys, Etch A. Sketch, Snake, Clown, Babyface, RC, and Buster.

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Toy Story
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Randy Newman]]
| cover =
| released = November 15, 1995
| recorded = 1994-1995
| genre = [[Film score|Score]]<br/>[[Show tunes]]
| length = 51:44
| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer = Chris Montan <small>(Don Davis, Jim Flamberg, Don Was, Frank Wolf, Randy Newman)</small>
| chronology = [[Randy Newman]]
| prev_title = [[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]<br />(1994)
| next_title = [[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]<br />(1996)
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Pixar]] soundtrack
| type = [[Film score]]
| prev_title =
| next_title = [[A Bug's Life (soundtrack)|A Bug's Life]]<br />(1998)}}
{{Singles
| name = Toy Story
| type = Soundtrack
| single1 = [[You've Got a Friend in Me]]
| single1date = April 12, 1996
}}
}}
=== Track listing ===
# You've Got a Friend in Me
# Strange Things
# Pizza Planet Rock by [[Nickelback]]
# I Will Go Sailing No More by [[Michael Crawford]]
# [[Thin Lizzy|The Boys Are Back in Town]] by [[Thin Lizzy]]

===Score===
# Andy's Birthday by [[Randy Newman]]
# Soldier's Mission by [[Michael Kamen]]
# Presents by [[Michael Kamen]]
# Buzz by [[Michael Kamen]]
# Sid by [[Michael Kamen]]
# Woody and Buzz by [[Randy Newman]] and [[Michael Kamen]]
# Mutants by [[Randy Newman]]
# Woody's Gone by [[Michael Kamen]]
# The Big One by [[Randy Newman]]
# Hang Together by [[Randy Newman]]
# On the Move by [[Randy Newman]] and [[Michael Kamen]]
# Infinity and Beyond by [[Randy Newman]] and [[Michael Kamen]]

==Production==
Pixar's Oscar-winning short film ''Tin Toy'' (directed by Lasseter) and its CAPS project were among works that gained Disney's attention and, after meetings in 1990 with [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]], Pixar pitched a television special called ''A Tin Toy Christmas''. By July 1991, Disney and Pixar signed an agreement to work on a film, based on the ''Tin Toy'' characters, called ''Toy Story''.<ref name="PixMagicMan">{{cite news|last=Schlender|first=Brent|url=http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/15/magazines/fortune/pixar_futureof_fortune_052906/index.htm|title=Pixar's magic man|date=May 17, 2006|publisher=[[CNNMoney.com]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> The deal gave Pixar a three-film deal (with ''Toy Story'' being the first) as well as 10% of the films' profits.<ref name= "KafnerSerBiz103">{{cite book |last=Kanfer |first=Stefan |title=Serious Business |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQVU6xFGX7oC&dq=Toy+Story&pg=PA11 |accessdate=March 13, 2009 |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |year=2000 |page=229 |isbn=0306809184 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="BizWeekBOX">{{cite news |last=Burrows |first=Peter |author2= Ronald Grover |title=Steve Jobs, Movie Mogul |work= BusinessWeek |date=November 23, 1998 |url= http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1998/b3605001.arc.htm |accessdate= March 11, 2009}}</ref>

''Toy Story''{{'}}s script was strongly influenced by the ideas of screenwriter [[Robert McKee]]. The script went through many changes before the final version. John Lasseter decided Tinny was "too antiquated", and the character was changed to a military action figure, and then given a space theme. Tinny's name changed to Lunar Larry, then Tempus from Morph, and eventually Buzz Lightyear (after astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]]).<ref name=price>{{cite book|last=Price|first=David A.|title=The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307265753|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|location=United States of America|year=2008|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307265753/page/124 124]–132|chapter=Making It Fly – 1|isbn=978-0-307-26575-3}}</ref>

[[Billy Crystal]] was going to play as Buzz, but later refused this role, although he would voice Mike Wazowski in Pixar's later movie, ''[[Monsters, Inc]]''.<ref name="BillyCrystal">{{cite web|url=http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/pf_articles/billycrystal.html|title=Billy Crystal – Cranky Critic StarTalk|last=Fischer|first=Paul|accessdate=March 11, 2009|archive-date=December 18, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011218114851/http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/pf_articles/billycrystal.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="BillyCrystalCT">{{cite news|last=Pearlman|first=Cindy|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF7B35B6B4F1765&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Crystal clear on 'Monsters'|format=Fee required|date=October 28, 2001|work=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=March 16, 2009}}</ref> Katzenberg took the role to Tim Allen, who was appearing in Disney's ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', and Allen accepted the Role.<ref name="price"/> ''Toy Story'' was both Hanks and Allen's first animated film role.<ref name="FirstAnimated">{{cite news|last=Michael|first=Dennis|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9511/toy_story/stars/index.html|title='Toy Story' stars say being animated is hard work|date=November 25, 1995|publisher=CNN|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref>

Lasster's 1993 draft of the film was disastrous, presenting Woody as a "sarcastic jerk" because Katzenberg kept sending notes to Pixar saying that he wanted more edge to the character. Katzenberg talked with Walt Disney Feature Animation president [[Peter Schneider (film executive)|Peter Schneider]] in the hall during the screening and asked him why it was so bad. Schneider responded that it "wasn't their movie anymore."<ref name="Amazon.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030IIZ4M|title=Amazon.com – Toy Story (Special Edition)|website=Amazon|accessdate=May 3, 2010}}</ref> Schneider wanted to immediately shut down production, fire all recently hired animators and move the key writers (John Lasseter, [[Andrew Stanton]], [[Pete Docter]] and [[Joe Ranft]]) into the Disney Studio, pending a new script approved by Disney. Pixar refused and said that the entire story will be changed in two weeks.<ref name="autogenerated2005">{{cite video|title=Toy Story (10th Anniversary Edition) - (Filmmakers Reflect)|medium=DVD|publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment|date=September 6, 2005}}</ref> As promised, two weeks later a new script had been written that made Woody a more likable character. It also included a more adult-orientated staff meeting amongst the toys rather than a juvenile group discussion that had existed in earlier drafts. Buzz Lightyear's character was also changed slightly "to make it more clear to the audience that he really doesn't realize he's a toy" as John Lasseter remarked.<ref name="autogenerated2005"/> After the second screening Katzenberg restarted production.<ref name="price"/> The voice actors returned in March 1994 to record their new lines.<ref name="EWToyWonder">{{cite magazine|date=December 8, 1995|title=Toy' Wonder|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299897,00.html|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=March 11, 2009|archive-date=December 5, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205204251/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299897,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Toy Story'' was made on a $30&nbsp;million budget,<ref name=ew7>{{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299897_7,00.html |title='Toy Story': The Inside Buzz |publisher=EW.com |date=December 8, 1995 |accessdate=July 8, 2011 |archive-date=May 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67q27oVus?url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299897_7,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> using a staff of 110 people;<ref name=ew7/> Lasseter told how hard of the [[computer animation]] was to do in the film: "We had to make things look more organic. Every leaf and blade of grass had to be created. We had to give the world a sense of history. So the doors are banged up, the floors have scuffs."<ref name="EWToyWonder"/>

According to [[Lee Unkrich]], one of the original [[film editor|editors]] of ''Toy Story'', there was a scene that was cut out of the movie. In this scene, Sid, after he leaves Pizza Planet, tortures Buzz and Woody violently. Unkrich decided to cut right into the scene where Sid was interrogating the toys because the creators of the movie thought the audience would be loving Buzz and Woody at that point.<ref name="Deleted Scenes">
{{cite AV media notes|title=Toy Story Deleted Scenes (Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition)|publisher=[[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]|year=2006|author=John Lasseter}}</ref>
Another scene, where Woody was trying to get Buzz's attention when he was stuck in the box crate, was shortened because the creators felt it would "lose the energy of the movie."<ref name = "Deleted Scenes"/> 2 more deleted scenes, abandoned at the story reel stage,<ref name = "Deleted Scenes"/> were actually seen as active scenes in ''[[Toy Story 2]]''. The first scene was an opening sequence as a Buzz Lightyear cartoon, which ended up as a video game, and the second was the famed "Woody's Nightmare" scene, where Woody is thrown out, as he fails to glow in the dark and destroyed by cockroaches, but in ''Toy Story 2'', he was thrown out because his arm was broken, and he was sucked in by other broken toys.<ref name = "Deleted Scenes"/>

==Reception==
{{Quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|quote="Yes, we worry about what the critics say. Yes, we worry about what the opening box office is going to be. Yes, we worry about what the final box office is going to be. But really, the whole point why we do what we do is to entertain our audiences. The greatest joy I get as a filmmaker is to slip into an audience for one of our movies anonymously, and watch people watch our film. Because people are 100 percent honest when they're watching a movie. And to see the joy on people's faces, to see people really get into our films...to me is the greatest reward I could possibly get."|source=—John Lasseter, reflecting on the impact of the film<ref name="PaikInfinity104">{{cite book|last=Paik|first=Karen|title=To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uDAGknVpUwgC&dq=buzz+lightyear+to+infinity+and+beyond&pg=PA104|accessdate=March 13, 2009|publisher=[[Chronicle Books]]|location=San Francisco|year=2007|page=104|isbn=978-0811850124}}</ref>}}

Ever since its original 1995 release, ''Toy Story'' received universal acclaim. Review aggregate [[Rotten Tomatoes]] (which gave the movie an "Extremely Fresh" rating) reports that 100% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 74 reviews, with an average score of 9/10. The critical consensus is: ''As entertaining as it is innovative, Toy Story kicked off Pixar's unprecedented run of quality pictures, reinvigorating animated film in the process.'' The film is ''Certified Fresh''.<ref name="RotTom">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/toy_story/|title=Toy Story (1995)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> At the website [[Metacritic]], which utilizes a [[standard score|normalized]] rating system, the film earned a "universal acclaim" level rating of 96/100 based on 16&nbsp;reviews by mainstream critics.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/toy-story|title=Toy Story Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> Reviewers liked the film for its computer animation, voice cast, and ability to appeal to numerous age groups.

Leonard Klady of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' commended the animation's "... razzle-dazzle technique and unusual look. The camera loops and zooms in a dizzying fashion that fairly takes one's breath away."<ref name="VarietyKlady">{{cite news|last=Klady|first=Leonard|url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=review&reviewid=VE1117904715&categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Toy Story|work=Variety |date=November 20, 1995|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' compared the film's innovative animation to Disney's ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', saying "Both movies take apart the universe of cinematic visuals, and put it back together again, allowing us to see in a new way."<ref name="EbertRogerReview">{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19951122/REVIEWS/50208001/1023|title=Toy Story|date=November 22, 1995|accessdate=March 11, 2009|work=Chicago Sun-Times|archive-date=February 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216230618/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19951122%2FREVIEWS%2F50208001%2F1023|url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to the film's animation, Richard Corliss of ''TIME'' claimed that it was "... the year's most inventive comedy."<ref name="TimeAlive">{{cite magazine|last=Corliss|first=Richard|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983768-1,00.html|title=They're Alive!|date=November 27, 1995|magazine=TIME|accessdate=March 11, 2009|archive-date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211061811/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983768-1,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The voice cast was also praised by various critics. Susan Wloszczyna of ''[[USA Today]]'' approved of the selection of Hanks and Allen for the lead roles.<ref name="USATodaySusan">{{cite news|last=Wloszczyna|first=Susan|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/toy_story/?critic=creamcrop#contentReviews|title=Toy Story|work=USA Today|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> Kenneth Turan of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' stated that "Starting with Tom Hanks, who brings an invaluable heft and believability to Woody, ''Toy Story'' is one of the best voiced animated features in memory, with all the actors ... making their presences strongly felt."<ref name="LATimesTuran">{{cite news|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie960406-39,0,1420921.story|title=Toy Story|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 22, 1995|accessdate=March 11, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217054113/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie960406-39,0,1420921.story|archivedate=February 17, 2009}}</ref> Several critics also recognized the film's ability to appeal to children and adults.<ref name="EbertRogerReview"/><ref name="NewsweekAC">{{cite news|last=Ansen|first=David|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/104199|title=Toy Story|work=Newsweek|date=November 27, 1995|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote: "It has the purity, the ecstatic freedom of imagination, that's the hallmark of the greatest children's films. It also has the kind of spring-loaded allusive prankishness that, at times, will tickle adults even more than it does kids."<ref name="EWquote">{{cite magazine|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|url=http://www.msnbc.com/m/nw/a/m/mv_t.asp#Toy%20Story1 |title=Toy Story|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 27, 1995|accessdate=March 11, 2009 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071220210107/http://www.msnbc.com/m/nw/a/m/mv_t.asp#Toy%20Story1 |archivedate = December 20, 2007}}</ref>

In 1995, ''Toy Story'' was named eighth in [[Time (magazine)|''TIME'']]'s list of the best ten films of 1995.<ref name="Time8th">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983896,00.html|title=The Best of 1995|magazine=TIME|date=December 25, 1995|accessdate=March 12, 2009|archive-date=December 8, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208172549/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983896,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, ''TIME'' named it one of "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films - Toy Story|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2079149_2079152_2079169,00.html|magazine=TIME|accessdate=August 19, 2011|author=Richard Corliss|date=June 23, 2011|archive-date=May 22, 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67q1qq2Lm?url=http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/23/the-25-all-time-best-animated-films/slide/toy-story-1995/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It also ranks at number 99 in ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazines list of the 500 Greatest Films of All Time. .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/500/80.asp|title=The 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time|work=Empire|publisher=Bauer Media Group|accessdate=August 17, 2011|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6100w1klu?url=http://www.empireonline.com/500/1.asp|archivedate=August 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2003, the [[Online Film Critics Society]] ranked the film as the greatest animated film of all time.<ref name="OFCS">{{cite news|last=Corliss|first=Richard|url=http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/pages/pr/top100animated|title=Toy Story Voted No.1 on Top 100 Animated Features of All Time By the Film Critics Society|date=March 4, 2003|publisher=[[Online Film Critics Society]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210024350/http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/pages/pr/top100animated|archivedate=February 10, 2010}}</ref> In 2007, the [[Visual Effects Society]] named the film 22nd in its list of the "Top 50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time".<ref name="VisualES">{{cite news|url=http://vfxworld.com/?atype=news&a=search&term=Toy%20Story&offset=15&id=19779|title=Star Wars Leads VES' Top 50 Most Influential VFX List|date=May 11, 2007|publisher=VFXWorld.com |accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> In 2005 the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]], one of five films to be selected in its first year of eligibility.<ref name="NationalFilmRegis">{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/film/nfr2005.html|title=Films Selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress – 2005|date=December 27, 2005|publisher=[[National Film Registry]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> The film is ranked ninety-ninth on the [[American Film Institute|AFI's]] [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|list]] of the hundred greatest American films of all time.<ref name="CitizenKaneAFI">{{cite news|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/about/press/2007/100movies07.pdf|title=Citizen Kane stands the test of time|date=June 20, 2007|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|page=4|accessdate=March 11, 2009|archive-date=August 24, 2011|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/61AtMtzUZ?url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/about/press/2007/100movies07.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ComSoonAFI">{{cite news|author=American Film Institute|title=AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres|publisher=ComingSoon.net|date=June 17, 2008|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072|accessdate=March 11, 2009|authorlink=American Film Institute|archive-date=August 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818100312/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Top10Animation">{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html|title=Top Ten Animation|accessdate=March 11, 2009|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref> It was one of only two animated films on the list, the other being ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''. It was also sixth best in the animation genre on [[AFI's 10 Top 10]].

Director [[Terry Gilliam]] would praise the film as "a work of genius. It got people to understand what toys are about. They're true to their own character. And that's just brilliant. It's got a shot that's always stuck with me, when Buzz Lightyear discovers he's a toy. He's sitting on this landing at the top of the staircase and the camera pulls back and he's this tiny little figure. He was this guy with a massive ego two seconds before... and it's stunning. I'd put that as one of my top ten films, period."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/8840/ | title=Time Out's 50 Greatest Animated Films: Part 5 | accessdate=April 8, 2011 | work=Time Out London}}</ref>

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