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Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 is a computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation film and the sequel to Toy Story, which featured the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when no one is around to see them. Like the first film, Toy Story 2 was produced by Pixar Animation Studios, directed by John Lasseter, and released to theatres on November 18, 1999 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution.

Voice Cast

  • Sheriff Woody - Tom Hanks
  • Buzz Lightyear - Tim Allen
  • Jessie ("the yodlin' cowgirl") - Joan Cusack
  • The Prospector (Stinky Pete) - Kelsey Grammer
  • Al - Wayne Knight
  • Rex - Wallace Shawn
  • Hamm - John Ratzenberger
  • Mr. Potato Head - Don Rickles
  • Slinky Dog - Jim Varney
  • Tour Guide Barbie - Jodi Benson
  • Bo Peep - Annie Potts
  • Wheezy the Penguin - Joe Ranft
  • Evil Emperor Zurg - Andrew Stanton
  • Geri the Cleaner - Jonathan Harris

Plot Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

Some time after the events of Toy Story, presumably the following summer, Andy rips his Woody doll while playing with him and Buzz. Woody is placed on the shelf, where he finds another broken toy, the penguin Wheezy, and begins to fear he'll soon be thrown away. When Wheezy is set out for a yard sale, Woody tries to rescue him, but ends up in the yard sale himself, where he is stolen by Al, an obsessive toy collector and proprietor of "Al's Toy Barn". Buzz and several other toys set out to rescue Woody.

Woody is taken to Al's apartment, where he is greeted by Jessie, Bullseye, and the Prospector (an unsold toy still in its original box). They reveal to him that they are toys based on a forgotten children's TV show, Woody's Roundup. Now that Al has a Woody doll, he has a complete collection and intends to sell the toys to a museum in Japan. Woody initially insists that he has to get back to Andy, but Jessie reveals how she was forgotten and eventually abandoned by her owner as she grew up, and the prospector warns Woody that he faces the same fate as Andy ages. Woody agrees to go with the "Roundup Gang" to the museum.

Buzz and his friends search for Al at Al's Toy Barn, where Buzz gets into a scuffle with another Buzz Lightyear doll (who, like Buzz in the first movie, doesn't realize he's a toy), and the new Buzz sets off with the other toys for Al's apartment, believing it to be a genuine rescue mission. The original Buzz frees himself and follows them to the apartment.

When they get there, Woody tells them he doesn't want to be rescued and intends to go with his new friends to Japan, since he's now a "collector's item". Buzz reminds him "you are a child's plaything... you are a toy!" (ironically, Woody says exactly the same thing to Buzz in the first film) Woody is unconvinced and Buzz's group leaves without him. But Woody then has a change of heart and invites Jessie, Bullseye, and the Prospector to come home to Andy with him. The first two agree, but the Prospector locks them in the room, saying that the museum trip is his first chance (since he was never sold) and won't have Woody messing it up for him.

Al takes the toys to the airport, where Buzz and his group manage to free Woody and Bullseye from the suitcase, and stick the Prospector in a little girl's backpack so he can "learn the true meaning of play-time". Jessie remains trapped in the suitcase, and Buzz and Woody ride Bullseye to rescue her from the plane's cargo hold.

At home, the toys are greeted by a fixed Wheezy, who regales them with a concert. Buzz asks Woody if he's still worried about his eventual fate. Woody replies "it'll be fun while it lasts. And when it's all over, I'll have Buzz Lightyear to keep me company... for infinity and beyond."

The events of the airplane's cargo hold have a terrible (and hilarious) price for Al. After Hamm fails at the Buzz Lightyear video game, he flips through the channels and sees Al in an Al's Toy Barn commercial, crying since he lost his precious luggage.

Songs

Randy Newman wrote two new songs for Toy Story 2

  • "When She Loved Me" - performed by Sarah McLachlan - used for the flashback montage in which Jessie experiences being loved, forgotten, and ultimately abandoned by her owner, Emily.
  • "Woody's Roundup" - performed by Riders in the Sky - theme song for the "Woody's Roundup" TV show. Also end-credit music.

The film also includes two new versions of "You've Got A Friend In Me", the theme from the first film. The first is sung by the puppet Woody on the television as part of the "Woody's Roundup" show. The second is a Vegas-style finale production number sung by Wheezy (singing voice provided by Robert Goulet)

Commentary & Trivia

Critical response to Toy Story 2 was overwhelmingly positive. The Rotten Tomatoes site lists 130 reviews for the film, all of them positive. Many even claim the film is superior to the original, a rare feat for a sequel.

Hanks' salary for portraying Woody in the original Toy Story was USD$50,000. His fee for Toy Story 2 was $5,000,000.

Before the toys are due to cross the road to Al's Toy Barn, Slinky Dog says "I may not be a smart dog, but I know what roadkill is". This may be a reference to a phrase in another Tom Hanks film, Forrest Gump, "I may not be a smart man, Jenny, but I know what love is".

A Life magazine in Al's apartment features Woody riding Bullseye on its cover. It is dated January 12, 1957 (which is John Lasseter's birth date). Its price is 25 cents and the headlines on the cover read:

  • "Children television. Saturday's favorite cowboy 'Woody'"
  • "Sputnik - First photos revealed" (note that the surprise Sputnik 1 launch occurred on October 4, 1957)
  • "Doctors say 'Americans don't eat enough fat'"

The dust in the scene where Woody meets Wheezy set a record for number of particles animated for a movie by computer.

In the opening sequence, when Buzz is on an alien planet, and ultimately battles the evil Emperor Zurg, many of the sound effects are directly from the original Star Wars trilogy, including lightsaber sound effects, the torture droid's hum, and the scraping metal noise the AT-AT's make as they lumber across the plains of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back.

The scene where Zurg identifies himself as Buzz's father is, of course, a reference to The Empire Strikes Back. John Ratzenberger, who plays Hamm, had a small part in The Empire Strikes Back, as Major Derlin.

The floating platforms Buzz Lightyear hops on play "Thus Spake Zarasthustra", the theme to the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

When Buzz says goodbye to the second Buzz he gives him the Vulcan salute, a Star Trek reference.

Box Office and Business Issues

Toy Story 2 made over $245,000,000 in its initial US theatrical run, far surpassing the original, and in fact, every other animated movie to that date except for The Lion King, though both were later eclipsed by another Pixar movie, Finding Nemo.

Toy Story 2 almost didn't make it to the theaters, however. Disney asked Pixar to make a direct-to-video sequel for the original Toy Story (like most Disney sequels). When Disney executives saw how impressive the in-work imagery for the sequel was, they decided to release it theatrically.

Pixar and Disney had a five-film co-production deal and with Pixar's string of successes, the company looked to renegotiate a new deal that would give it a bigger cut of the box-office take. However, Disney argued that as a sequel Toy Story 2 should not count as one of the five films in the deal. This issue became a particularly sore spot for Pixar, leading to a fallout between Pixar CEO Steve Jobs and Disney CEO Michael Eisner, concluding in Pixar's 2004 announcement that it would not extend its deal with Disney and would instead seek other distribution partners.


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This issue became a particularly sore spot for Pixar, leading to a fallout between Pixar CEO Steve Jobs and Disney CEO Michael Eisner, concluding in Pixar's 2004 announcement that it would not extend its deal with Disney and would instead seek other distribution partners.
. However, Disney argued that as a sequel Toy Story 2 should not count as one of the five films in the deal.
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Its price is 25 cents and the headlines on the cover read:. Many of the latter ending up in Umayyad Spain and Moorish lands, converting and taking high positions in the state. It is dated January 12, 1957 (which is John Lasseter's birth date). William is said to have deported large numbers of the old landed classes into slavery through Bristol. A Life magazine in Al's apartment features Woody riding Bullseye on its cover. His conquest also led to Norman French replacing English as the language of the ruling classes, for nearly 300 years. This may be a reference to a phrase in another Tom Hanks film, Forrest Gump, "I may not be a smart man, Jenny, but I know what love is". He also ordered the building of a number of castles, among them the Tower of London.

Before the toys are due to cross the road to Al's Toy Barn, Slinky Dog says "I may not be a smart dog, but I know what roadkill is". In 1085, in order to ascertain the extent of his dominion, William commissioned the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey of England's productive capacity similar to a modern census. His fee for Toy Story 2 was $5,000,000. William initiated many major changes. Hanks' salary for portraying Woody in the original Toy Story was USD$50,000. The last serious resistance came with the Revolt of the Earls in 1075. Many even claim the film is superior to the original, a rare feat for a sequel. William's defeat of these led to what became known as The Harrying of the North (Sometimes called Harrowing) in which Northumbria was laid waste to deny his enemies its resources.

The Rotten Tomatoes site lists 130 reviews for the film, all of them positive. Most seriously William faced separate attempts at invasion by the Danes and the Scots. Critical response to Toy Story 2 was overwhelmingly positive. Risings occurred in the Welsh Marches and at Stafford. The second is a Vegas-style finale production number sung by Wheezy (singing voice provided by Robert Goulet). Harold's sons attempted an invasion of the south-west peninsula. The first is sung by the puppet Woody on the television as part of the "Woody's Roundup" show. Although the south of England submitted quickly to Norman rule, resistance continued, especially in the North for six more years until 1072.

The film also includes two new versions of "You've Got A Friend In Me", the theme from the first film. William was then crowned on December 25, 1066 in Westminster Abbey. Randy Newman wrote two new songs for Toy Story 2. The remaining Saxon noblemen surrendered to William at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire and he was acclaimed King of England there. After Hamm fails at the Buzz Lightyear video game, he flips through the channels and sees Al in an Al's Toy Barn commercial, crying since he lost his precious luggage. This was the defining moment of what is now known as the Norman Conquest. The events of the airplane's cargo hold have a terrible (and hilarious) price for Al. According to some accounts, perhaps based on an interpretation of the Bayeux Tapestry commemorating the Norman victory, Harold was killed by an arrow through the eye, and the Anglo Saxon forces fled giving William victory.

for infinity and beyond.". This took place on October 14, 1066. And when it's all over, I'll have Buzz Lightyear to keep me company.. He marched an army of similar size to William's 250 miles in 9 days to challenge him at the crucial battle of Senla, which later became known as the Battle of Hastings. Woody replies "it'll be fun while it lasts. King Harold Godwinson was in the north of England and had just defeated another rival, King Hardrada of Norway supported by his own brother Tostig. Buzz asks Woody if he's still worried about his eventual fate. It may have prompted Harold to respond immediately and in haste rather than await reinforcements in London.

At home, the toys are greeted by a fixed Wheezy, who regales them with a concert. This was a direct provocation to Harold Godwinson as this area of Sussex was Harold's own personal estate, and William began immediately to lay waste to the land. Jessie remains trapped in the suitcase, and Buzz and Woody ride Bullseye to rescue her from the plane's cargo hold. He landed at Pevensey in Sussex on September 28, 1066 and assembled a prefabricated wooden castle near Hastings as a base. Al takes the toys to the airport, where Buzz and his group manage to free Woody and Bullseye from the suitcase, and stick the Prospector in a little girl's backpack so he can "learn the true meaning of play-time". He assembled an invasion fleet of around 600 ships and an army of 7000 men. The first two agree, but the Prospector locks them in the room, saying that the museum trip is his first chance (since he was never sold) and won't have Woody messing it up for him. In order to pursue his own claim, William obtained the Pope's support for his cause.

But Woody then has a change of heart and invites Jessie, Bullseye, and the Prospector to come home to Andy with him. The assembly of England's leading notables known as the Witenagemot approved Harold Godwinson’s coronation which took place on January 5, 1066 making him King Harold II of England. you are a toy!" (ironically, Woody says exactly the same thing to Buzz in the first film) Woody is unconvinced and Buzz's group leaves without him. Even if this story is true, however, Harold made the promise under duress and so may have felt free to break it. Buzz reminds him "you are a child's plaything.. Harold made this pledge while in captivity and was reportedly tricked into swearing on a saint's bones that he would give the throne to William. When they get there, Woody tells them he doesn't want to be rescued and intends to go with his new friends to Japan, since he's now a "collector's item". 1064).

The original Buzz frees himself and follows them to the apartment. Upon the death of William's cousin King Edward the Confessor of England (January 1066), William claimed the throne of England, asserting that the childless and purportedly celibate Edward had named him his heir during a visit by William (probably in 1052) and that Harold Godwinson, England's foremost magnate, had reportedly pledged his support while shipwrecked in Normandy (c. Buzz and his friends search for Al at Al's Toy Barn, where Buzz gets into a scuffle with another Buzz Lightyear doll (who, like Buzz in the first movie, doesn't realize he's a toy), and the new Buzz sets off with the other toys for Al's apartment, believing it to be a genuine rescue mission. See main article Norman Conquest.. Woody agrees to go with the "Roundup Gang" to the museum. His half-brothers Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain played significant roles in his life. Woody initially insists that he has to get back to Andy, but Jessie reveals how she was forgotten and eventually abandoned by her owner as she grew up, and the prospector warns Woody that he faces the same fate as Andy ages. Their marriage produced four sons and six daughters (see list below).

Now that Al has a Woody doll, he has a complete collection and intends to sell the toys to a museum in Japan. He was 26, she was 22. They reveal to him that they are toys based on a forgotten children's TV show, Woody's Roundup. He married his cousin Matilda of Flanders, against the wishes of the pope in 1053 at the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Eu, Normandy (now in Seine-Maritime). Woody is taken to Al's apartment, where he is greeted by Jessie, Bullseye, and the Prospector (an unsold toy still in its original box). With the assistance of King Henry, William finally secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at Caen in the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes in 1047. Buzz and several other toys set out to rescue Woody. By the time he turned 19 he was himself successfully dealing with threats of rebellion and invasion.

When Wheezy is set out for a yard sale, Woody tries to rescue him, but ends up in the yard sale himself, where he is stolen by Al, an obsessive toy collector and proprietor of "Al's Toy Barn". King Henry I of France knighted him at the age of 15. Woody is placed on the shelf, where he finds another broken toy, the penguin Wheezy, and begins to fear he'll soon be thrown away. Count Alan of Brittany was a later guardian. Some time after the events of Toy Story, presumably the following summer, Andy rips his Woody doll while playing with him and Buzz. He lost three guardians to plots to usurp his place. Like the first film, Toy Story 2 was produced by Pixar Animation Studios, directed by John Lasseter, and released to theatres on November 18, 1999 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. Guillaume II, duc de Normandie).

Toy Story 2 is a computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation film and the sequel to Toy Story, which featured the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when no one is around to see them. William succeeded to his father's Duchy of Normandy at the young age of 7 in 1035 and was known as Duke William II of Normandy (Fr. "Doctors say 'Americans don't eat enough fat'". William was born the grandnephew of Queen Emma, wife of King Ethelred the Unready and later of King Canute. "Sputnik - First photos revealed" (note that the surprise Sputnik 1 launch occurred on October 4, 1957). . Saturday's favorite cowboy 'Woody'". He was described as a big burly man, strong in every sense of the word, balding in front, and of regal dignity.

"Children television. In the patriotic print he is wearing plate armour that was invented generations after his death. Also end-credit music. No authentic portrait of William has been found. "Woody's Roundup" - performed by Riders in the Sky - theme song for the "Woody's Roundup" TV show. Born in Falaise, Normandy, now in France, William succeeded to the throne of England by right of conquest by winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066 in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. "When She Loved Me" - performed by Sarah McLachlan - used for the flashback montage in which Jessie experiences being loved, forgotten, and ultimately abandoned by her owner, Emily. Guillaume le Bâtard), he was the illegitimate and only son of Robert the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy, and Herleva, the daughter of Fulbert, a tanner.

Geri the Cleaner - Jonathan Harris. Guillaume le Conquérant) and William the Bastard (Fr. Evil Emperor Zurg - Andrew Stanton. Guillaume de Normandie), William the Conqueror (Fr. Wheezy the Penguin - Joe Ranft. Known alternatively as William of Normandy (Fr. Bo Peep - Annie Potts. William I (c. 1028 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087, and as Guillaume II was Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087.

Tour Guide Barbie - Jodi Benson.
. Slinky Dog - Jim Varney. David Bates, William the Conqueror (1989) ISBN 0752419803. Potato Head - Don Rickles. Henry Beauclerc (1068–1135), King of England, married (1) Matilda (or Edith) of Scotland, daughter of Malcolm III, King of Scotland, (2) Adeliza of Louvain. Mr. Matilda (very obscure, her existence is in some doubt).

Hamm - John Ratzenberger. 1066–1090), married Alan IV Fergent, Duke of Brittany; poisoned, possibly by her own servants. Rex - Wallace Shawn. Constance (c. Al - Wayne Knight. 1080), betrothed to (1) Harold of Wessex, (2) Alfonso VI of Castile. The Prospector (Stinky Pete) - Kelsey Grammer. 1064–c.

Jessie ("the yodlin' cowgirl") - Joan Cusack. Agatha (c. Buzz Lightyear - Tim Allen. 1062–1138), married Stephen, Count of Blois. Sheriff Woody - Tom Hanks. Adela (c. 1081), killed by a stag in New Forest.

Richard (1057-c. William Rufus (1056–1100), King of England. 1056–1126), Abbess of Holy Trinity, Caen. Cecilia (or Cecily) (c.

1055–?), reportedly betrothed to Harold II of England (Her existence is in some doubt.). Adeliza (or Alice) (c. 1054–1134), Duke of Normandy, married Sybil of Conversano, daughter of Geoffrey of Conversano. Robert Curthose (c.