Toy Story Commentary

Toy Story commentary.

Transcript

 * JOHN LASSETER: I'm John Lasseter. I co-wrote the original story and directed the film Toy Story.
 * RALPH GUGGENHEIM: I'm Ralph Guggenheim.
 * BONNIE ARNOLD: I'm Bonnie Arnold.
 * GUGGENHEIM: And Bonnie and I produced Toy Story.
 * ANDREW STANTON: And I'm Andrew Stanton. I'm one of the screenwriters and storyboard artists for the film.
 * PETE DOCTER: My name's Pete Docter. I worked on the story and was supervising animator.
 * RALPH EGGLESTON: My name's Ralph Eggleston. I was the art director on Toy Story.
 * BILL REEVES: And I'm Bill Reeves, supervising technical director on Toy Story.
 * LASSETER: And we're here to give you an audio commentary for the wonderful Toy Story.
 * Andy: Now empty that safe.
 * LASSETER: When we started this whole idea, it seemed to be very doable in the sense that, computer graphics tend to make things look kinda plastic-y anyway, so we might as well do a story about toys. And you and I, Bill, we did Tin Toy, that short film, which kind of introduced the whole notion about toys being alive and stuff.
 * DOCTER: The first time we see Woody is a classic Western introduction.
 * LASSETER: We wanted to have it sort of a child's version of a Western movie, and as he starts playing, it gets into the sort of kid-like non-sequitur...
 * STANTON: Right.
 * LASSETER: ...sort of thing.
 * STANTON: Kid's logic. I mean, in a weird way, it's logical for the kid, but...
 * LASSETER: Right.
 * STANTON: ...that one was true...
 * DOCTER: He would have the playtime...
 * STANTON: Playtime.
 * DOCTER: ...the force field.
 * LASSETER: The force field, and then the...
 * GUGGENHEIM, DOCTER: The dinosaurs, and...