Potato Head, Rex and Hamm to rescue Woody. Meanwhile, Buzz has enlisted the help of Slinky Dog, Mr. The next morning, Woody is repaired and still desires to go home to Andy however, he soon learns that Jessie was once owned by a girl named Emily who eventually outgrew her and fears that Andy will do the same, so decides to stay with the gang to go to Japan. Al accidently rips Woody's arm off - when Woody tries to retrieve it and escape, his attempt fails when the television in Al's apartment turns on. Woody also learns that he and the Roundup gang are to be sold to a toy museum in Japan he states he cannot go because he needs to go home to Andy, earning resentment from Jessie. Buzz fails to rescue Woody but picks up two vital clues: a feather from a chicken suit and the number plate of the car, both of which help Andy's toys realise who kidnapped Woody.Īt Al's apartment, Woody meets a cowgirl named Jessie, a horse named Bullseye and Stinky Pete the Prospector: all toys based on the main characters from Woody's Roundup, a TV show that was very popular back in the 50s. Andy's mother takes Wheezy down to her yard sale Woody saves Wheezy but is stolen by a greedy toy collector named Al McWhiggin. After having a nightmare about Andy throwing him away, Woody discovers Wheezy, a toy penguin who has been forgotten by Andy after his squeaker broke. Andy is preparing to take Woody to cowboy camp but accidentally rips Woody's arm during playtime, choosing to leave him behind on the shelf. Woody and Buzz Lightyear are now the co-leaders of Andy's toys. Another sequel, Toy Story 3, was released in 2010. The film has seen multiple home media releases and a theatrical 3-D re-release in 2009 as part of a double feature with the first film, 10 years after its initial release. Among its accolades, the film won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 57th Golden Globe Awards. Toy Story 2 would go on to become the third-highest-grossing film of 1999, behind Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and The Sixth Sense. It is considered by critics to be one of the few sequel films superior to the original and is frequently featured on lists of the greatest animated films ever made. It was met with widespread critical acclaim, with a 100% rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes, like its predecessor. ĭespite production struggles, Toy Story 2 opened on November 24, 1999, to wildly successful box office numbers, eventually grossing over $511 million. Although most Pixar features take years to develop, the established release date could not be moved and the production schedule for Toy Story 2 was compressed into nine months. Lasseter and the story team redeveloped the entire plot in one weekend. When story reels proved promising, Disney upgraded the film to a theatrical release, but Pixar was unhappy with the film's quality. The film began production in a building separated from Pixar, on a small scale, as most of the main Pixar staff were busy working on A Bug's Life (1998). Lee Ermey, John Morris, and Laurie Metcalf reprise their roles from the first Toy Story film and are joined by Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Estelle Harris, Wayne Knight, and Jodi Benson, who play the new characters introduced in this film.ĭisney initially envisioned Toy Story 2 as a direct-to-video sequel. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R. In the film, Woody is stolen by a toy collector, prompting Buzz Lightyear and his friends to rescue him, but Woody is then tempted by the idea of immortality in a museum. The second installment in the Toy Story franchise and the sequel to Toy Story (1995), it was directed by John Lasseter, co-directed by Ash Brannon and Lee Unkrich, from a screenplay written by Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, Brannon, and Pete Docter. Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.
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