Did you know that shortly after completing ‘Toy Story’, the chief creative staff for Pixar got together for a lunch meeting in 1994 that would become one of the most defining moments in the studio’s history. The Pixar team came up with 4 movies in a single hour-long lunch.
1995’s ‘Toy Story’ wasn’t just an epic success because it was the first feature length animated film done entirely with computer graphics and one of the highest grossing films of the year. It was also a film that put the name “Pixar” on everyone’s lips.
From ‘Toy Story’ on through this year’s ‘Brave,’ Pixar established a level of quality by never talking down to kids or resorting to cheap gags and goofy characters. Their 13 films feature stories that can speak to kids and adults who used to be kids by entertaining them both on a very deep level while also making them laugh and cry. (Well, except for ‘Cars 2.’) With the release of ‘Finding Nemo 3D,’ we’ve decided to offer up a few fun facts about the house that Woody and Buzz helped to build.
1. Pixar was started under George Lucas, not Steve Jobs
2. The toy from the short film ‘Tin Toy’ was supposed to be the star of ‘Toy Story’
3. The Pixar team came up with four movies in a single lunch
4. ‘Toy Story 2’ almost went direct-to-video, ‘Toy Story 3′ was almost made by another animation studio
5. The Pixar staff are allowed to design their own work spaces
6. Pixar has its own “cereal bar”
7. The “Pizza Planet Truck” has a cameo in every Pixar movie except one
8. The voice of Boo in ‘Monsters Inc.’ wouldn’t sit still long enough to be recorded
9. Tom Hanks’ brother Jim is also the voice of Woody
10. The water they made for ‘Finding Nemo’ was too real
Shortly after completing 'Toy Story', the chief creative staff for Pixar got together for a lunch meeting in 1994 that would become one of the most defining moments in the studio's history. The Pixar team came up with 4 movies in a single hour-long lunch
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