Toy Story 2 is a 1999 CGI family film, the third Disney/Pixar feature film, and the sequel to Toy Story, which features the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them. Like the first film, Toy Story 2 was produced by Pixar Animation Studios, Directed by John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon, and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 19, 1999,[2] in some parts of Australia on December 2, 1999 and the United Kingdom on 11 February 2000. Toy Story 2 was re-released in a double feature with Toy Story in Disney Digital 3-D on October 2, 2009.
The movie keeps most of the original characters and voices from the first movie, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Joe Ranft, John Morris, and Laurie Metcalf. They are joined by new characters voiced by Jodi Benson, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Estelle Harris, and Wayne Knight.
Woody (Tom Hanks) prepares to go to cowboy camp with Andy, but his arm is ripped, forcing him to stay on the shelf. There Woody finds a broken squeeze toy penguin toy named Wheezy, who is to be sold at a yard sale. With help from Andy's dog, Buster, Woody sneaks out and saves Wheezy, but is stolen by an enthusiastic toy collector. Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the other toys recognize the thief as Al McWhiggin, the owner of Al's Toy Barn, and set out to rescue him.
In Al's apartment, Woody discovers he is a valuable collectable based on an old, popular TV show called Woody's Roundup, and is set to be sold to a toy museum in Tokyo, Japan. The other toys from the franchise—Jessie the yodeling cowgirl, Woody's horse Bullseye, and Stinky Pete the Prospector, who is in mint condition inside his unopened box—are excited about the trip, but Woody intends to return home because he is still Andy's toy. That night, Al accidentally rips off Woody's broken arm and Woody attempts to recover his arm and return to Andy. However, his attempt gets sabotaged when the TV turns on, waking Al up and ruining his later attempts to return to Andy. Woody suspects Jessie because the TV remote was near her and he plans to return to Andy when his arm is repaired. However, he changes his mind once he learns that Jessie was outgrown by her old owner and realizes Andy will eventually do the same to him.
Buzz and the other toys—Rex, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, and Hamm—reach the Al's Toy Barn store across from Al's apartment. Buzz encounters a newer Buzz Lightyear action figure who believes himself to be a space ranger much like the old Buzz had before. The new Buzz is mistaken by the other toys as Andy's Buzz and joins them to Al's apartment. The real Buzz chases them, accidentally releasing an action figure of Emperor Zurg.
Buzz rejoins the others as soon as they find Woody, but Woody refuses to return to Andy. However, he changes his mind once Buzz reminds him that toys are meant to be played with. Woody convinces Jessie and Bullseye to come with him, but Stinky Pete, out of his box, locks up the air vent the toys used to get to Al's apartment. It is revealed that Stinky Pete was the one who sabotaged Woody's attempt in recovering his broken arm during the night to prevent him returning to Andy. The two Buzzes and the rest of Andy's toys encounter Zurg in an elevator shaft while chasing Al, but the new Buzz remains behind to play with Zurg once he discovers that Zurg is his father.
Buzz and the others follow Al to the airport and enter the baggage claim area to save Woody. Stinky Pete tries to stop them, ripping Woody's arm again, but he is defeated and stuffed in the bag of a girl who draws on the faces of her toys; this gives him a chance to see what it likes to be played with (what Woody calls "the true meaning of 'playtime'"). Jessie ends up being boarded on the airplane to Japan, but Woody, Buzz and Bullseye save her just before the plane lifts off and the toys return home to await Andy's arrival. Later, Andy takes Jessie and Bullseye in as his new toys and fixes Woody's arm. The toys also learn that Al's business and mood have sharply declined after his failure to sell his merchandise. As the new toys become accustomed to having a new owner, Woody tells Buzz that he isn't worried about Andy growing up, because when he does, Woody and Buzz will always have each other.
- Tom Hanks as Woody
- Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear/Deluded Buzz
- Joan Cusack as Jessie
- Kelsey Grammer as Stinky Pete
- Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head
- Jim Varney as Slinky Dog
- Wallace Shawn as Rex
- John Ratzenberger as Hamm
- Annie Potts as Bo Peep
- Wayne Knight as Al McWhiggin
- John Morris as Andy
- Laurie Metcalf as Andy's Mom
- Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head
- R. Lee Ermey as Sarge
- Jodi Benson as Tour Guide Barbie and other Barbies
- Jonathan Harris as Geri
- Joe Ranft as Wheezy
- Andrew Stanton as Emperor Zurg
- Jeff Pidgeon as Squeeze Toy Aliens
- Andi Peters as Luggage Handler/Male Baggage Handler 2
- Mary Kay Bergman as Jessie (yodelling voice)
- Directed by John Lasseter
- Co-Directed by Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon
- Produced by Helene Plotkin and Karen Robert Jackson
- Executive Producer Sarah McArthur
- Story by Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter and Ash Brannon
- Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlain and Chris Webb
- Music by Randy Newman
- Story Supervisors Dan Jeup and Joe Ranft
- Edited by Lee Unkrich, Edie Bleiman and David Ian Salter
- Sound Designer Gary Rydstrom
Toy Story 2 was not originally intended for release in theaters. Disney asked Pixar to make a direct-to-video sequel for the original Toy Story with a 60 minute running time. The task was turned over to a secondary production team at Pixar while the primary team focused on the production of A Bug's Life. When Disney executives saw how impressive the in-work imagery for the sequel was, and due to pressure from the main characters' voice actors Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, they decided to convert Toy Story 2 into a theatrical movie.
However, many of the creative staff at Pixar were not happy with how the sequel was turning out. John Lasseter, upon returning from European promotion of A Bug's Life, watched the development reels and agreed that it wasn't working. Pixar met with Disney, telling them that the film would have to be redone. Disney, however, disagreed, and noted that Pixar didn't have enough time to remake the film before its established release date. Pixar decided that they simply could not allow the film to be released in its existing state, and asked Lasseter to take over the production. Lasseter agreed, and recruited the creative team behind the first film to redevelop the story. Over the course of a weekend, the script was completely rewritten. To meet Disney's deadline, Pixar had to complete the entire film in nine months.[3] Some animators got repetitive strain injuries rushing to complete the film, which taught the Pixar managers to arrange breaks between each project from then on.
Pixar and Disney had a five-film co-production deal and Pixar felt that with its change in status, Toy Story 2 should count as one of the pictures in the deal. Disney felt that since the production of Toy Story 2 was negotiated outside of the five-picture deal, it should not count. This issue became a particularly sore spot for Pixar, leading to a falling out 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. The problems were eventually resolved following Eisner's departure from Disney, with new CEO Bob Iger negotiating Disney's purchase of Pixar in 2006.
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