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To cast Andy, Pixar held an open call for young male actors to bring a toy with them. John Morris (who voices Andy in the film) brought multiple toys, specifically 45 X-Men figures, contrary to the instructions of bringing just one, and Pixar reacted to his dumping of the toys with laughter. [46]

We couldn't have made this movie in traditional animation. This is a story that can only really be told with three-dimensional toy characters. ... Some of the shots in this film are so beautiful. The film won and was nominated for various other awards including a Kids' Choice Award, MTV Movie Award, and a British Academy Film Award, among others. John Lasseter received a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1996 "for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film". [122] [123] Additionally, the film was nominated for three Academy Awards, two to Randy Newman for Best Music—Original Song, for " You've Got a Friend in Me", and Best Music—Original Musical or Comedy Score. [124] It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay for the work by Joel Cohen, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton and Joss Whedon, making it the first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award writing category. [124] Kirsten Acuna (September 23, 2014). " 'Toy Story' Had An Unwatchable Script Until Joss Whedon Saved It". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019 . Retrieved July 2, 2019. D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 8, 2023). " Frozen, Toy Story& Zootopia Sequels In The Works". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023 . Retrieved February 8, 2023. Translating the film into 3-D involved revisiting the original computer data and virtually placing a second camera into each scene, creating left eye and right eye views needed to achieve the perception of depth. [78] Unique to computer animation, Lasseter referred to this process as "digital archaeology". [78] The process took four months, as well as an additional six months for the two films to add the 3-D. The lead stereographer Bob Whitehill oversaw this process and sought to achieve an effect that affected the emotional storytelling of the film:

Corliss, Richard (November 27, 1995). "They're Alive!". Time. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012 . Retrieved March 11, 2009. Best Animated Films – Toy Story". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011 . Retrieved July 8, 2011.Disney has also recycled the phrase in homage to Toy Story at least twice. In the " blooper reel" shown during the credits of A Bug's Life, Dave Foley says the line while in character as Flik, and Tim Allen himself repeated his famous line in The Shaggy Dog, in a scene when the titular character jumps off a bridge onto a moving vehicle. [143] Other influences [ edit ]