The Pixar Story

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The Pixar Story

"Documentary about the history of Pixar animation"

2007

1h 27m

7.6(234 votes)

Documentary

Overview

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.

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149 members

Acting

Stacy Keach

Narrator (voice)

Production

Edwin Catmull

Self

Acting

Steve Jobs

Self

Production

John Lasseter

Self

Crew

William Reeves

Self

No Image

Writing

Joe Ranft

Self - Heimlich/ Lenny

Directing

George Lucas

Self

Directing

Pete Docter

Self

Writing

Andrew Stanton

Self - Seagulls

Directing

Lee Unkrich

Self

Production

Darla K. Anderson

Self

No Image

Acting

Peter Schneider

Self

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Directing

Alexander Schure

Self

No Image

Production

Thomas Schumacher

Self

Directing

Brad Bird

Self

Acting

Roy Edward Disney

Self

Acting

Tom Hanks

Self - Woody / Scott Turner

Acting

Tim Allen

Self - Buzz Lightyear

Writing

Ron Clements

Self

Writing

John Musker

Self

Visual Effects

Ollie Johnston

Self

Visual Effects

Frank Thomas

Self

Visual Effects

Glen Keane

Self

Production

Don Hahn

Self

Acting

Randy Nelson

Self

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Production

Thomas Porter

Self

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Writing

Alvy Ray Smith

Self

Crew

Rob Cook

Self

No Image

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Billy Crystal

Self - Mike Wazowski

Crew

Loren Carpenter

Self

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Visual Effects

Dennis Muren

Self

Acting

Alan Kay

Self

No Image

Visual Effects

Deirdre Warin

Self

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Acting

Michael Eisner

Self

Acting

Robert A. Iger

Self

Acting

Leonard Maltin

Self

Acting

Mike McCaffrey

Self

No Image

Acting

Nancy Lasseter

Self

No Image

Sound

Randy Newman

Self

Visual Effects

James Ford Murphy

Self

No Image

Acting

Diane Disney

Self

Writing

Joe Grant

Self

Acting

Christopher Sawyer

Self

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Visual Effects

Tom K. Gurney

Self

No Image

Visual Effects

Doug Sweetland

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Joe Lanzisero

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Directing

Darrell Van Citters

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Brett Thompson

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Leslie Margolin

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Mike Cedeno

Self (archive foootage)

No Image

Acting

Paul Nowak

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Visual Effects

Nancy Beiman

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Directing

Jerry Rees

Self (archive footage)

Writing

Bruce Morris

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Writing

Elmer Plummer

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Visual Effects

Harry Sabin

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Directing

Doug Lefler

Self (archive footage)

Writing

T. Hee

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Don Honicky

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

John Davidson

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Crew

Randy Cartwright

Self (archival footage)

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Ron Miller

Self (archive footage)

Acting

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Buzz Aldrin

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Neil Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Visual Effects

Eben Ostby

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Production

Bonnie Arnold

Self (archive footage)

Production

Ralph Guggenheim

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Crew

Glenn McQueen

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Visual Effects

Angus MacLane

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Kate Cronin

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Rebecca Quick

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Production

Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Robin Williams

Self (archive footage)

Production

Barry Diller

Self (archive footage)

Visual Effects

Marc Davis

Self (archive footage)

Visual Effects

Les Clark

Self (archive footage)

Visual Effects

Milt Kahl

Self (archive footage)

Visual Effects

Eric Larson

Self (archive footage)

Visual Effects

John Lounsbery

Self (archive footage)

Visual Effects

Wolfgang Reitherman

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Jewell Mae Risley

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Directing

Bennett Lasseter

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Paul James Lasseter

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Joey Lasseter

Self (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Sam Lasseter

Self - Kid (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

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Alexander Gould

Self - Nemo (voice) (archive footage)

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Joan Cusack

Jessie (voice) (archive footage)

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John Goodman

James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Mary Gibbs

Mary 'Boo' Gibbs (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Albert Brooks

Marlin (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Jennifer Tilly

Celia Mae (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Craig T. Nelson

Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Jason Lee

Syndrome (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Ellen DeGeneres

Dory (voice) (archive footage)

Directing

Jack Hannah

Lamp Shop Owner (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

James MacDonald

The Bear (voice) (archive footage)

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Bruce Boxleitner

Tron (archive footage)

Acting

Jeff Bridges

Clu (archive footage)

Acting

Dan Shor

Ram (archive footage)

Acting

Craig Chudy

Warrior #1 (archive footage)

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Crew

Vince Deadrick Jr.

Warrior #2 (archive footage)

Acting

John P. Ryan

Dr. Schneider (archive footage)

Acting

Donald Eccles

Reverend Duncan Nesbitt (archive footage)

Acting

DeForest Kelley

Leonard McCoy (archive footage)

Acting

William Shatner

James T. Kirk (archive footage)

Acting

Leonard Nimoy

Spock (archive footage)

Acting

Anthony Daniels

C-3PO (archive footage)

Acting

Kenny Baker

R2-D2 (archive footage)

Acting

Sárközi Olivér

Tinny / Billy (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Sam Neill

Alan Grant (archive footage)

Acting

Ariana Richards

Lex Murphy (archive footage)

Acting

Joseph Mazzello

Tim Murphy (archive footage)

Acting

Laurie Metcalf

Mrs. Davis (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Lisa Bradley

Kid (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Kendall Cunningham

Kid (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

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Gregory Grudt

Kid (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

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Cody Dorkin

Kid (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

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Brittany Levenbrown

Kid (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

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Scott McAfee

Kid (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Ryan O'Donohue

Kid (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Shane Sweet

Kid (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Anthony Burch

Kid (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Spencer Aste

Wounded Soldier (voice) (archive footage)

No Image

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R. Lee Ermey

Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)

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Wallace Shawn

Rex (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Dave Foley

Flik (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Hayden Panettiere

Dot (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Madeline Kahn

Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Jonathan Harris

Manny (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Atta (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Carlos Alazraqui

Loco (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Kevin Spacey

Hopper (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

John Ratzenberger

Yeti (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Bob Peterson

Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Erica Beck

Pearl (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Jan Rabson

Seagulls (archive footage)

Acting

Jess Harnell

Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Aaron Fors

Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Geoffrey Rush

Nigel (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Spencer Fox

Dash (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley (archive footage)

Visual Effects

Ward Kimball

Ward Kimball (archive footage)

No Image

Acting

Owen Wilson

Lightning McQueen (voice) (archive footage)

Acting

Larry the Cable Guy

Mater (voice) (archive footage)

Writing

Adam Lamas

Scratch Track Narration (voice)

No Image

Acting

Teddy Newton

Sci-Fi Announcer (voice)

Acting

Rino Romano

Scratch Track Narration (voice)

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