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Belle (Disney)

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Belle
Princess Belle.jpg
Belle in her golden ball gown, in which she dances with the Beast
First appearance Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Last appearance Sing Me a Story with Belle (1999)
Created by Linda Woolverton
Portrayed by Linsey McLeod (Belle's Tales of Friendship and Sing Me a Story with Belle)
Voiced by Paige O'Hara (1991-2011)
Julie Nathanson (currently)
Information
Aliases Princess Belle
Species Human
Gender Female
Occupation Princess
Peasant (formerly)
Family Maurice (father)
Spouse(s) Prince Adam
Nationality French
Belle is a fictional character and the female protagonist of Walt Disney Pictures' thirtieth animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). She subsequently appears in the film's two direct-to-video midquels, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) and Belle's Magical World (1998), as well as a live-action/animated direct-to-video spin-off, Belle's Tales of Friendship (1999). A live-action version of the character appears in Sing Me a Story with Belle, a spin-off television series based on the film. From 1991 to 2011, Belle was voiced by American actress Paige O'Hara in all film appearances and merchandise. Since 2011, O'Hara has been replaced by American actress Julie Nathanson.
Belle is the fifth member of the Disney Princess line-up. The only daughter of an inventor named Maurice, with whom she lives in a small town in France, Belle, though perceived by her fellow villagers as the most beautiful girl in town, is simultaneously considered "strange" because of her love of reading and non-conformity. In the first film Belle dreams of leaving her provincial village life and having adventures "in the great wide somewhere", like the ones she reads about in her books. Intelligent, strong-willed, outspoken and brave, Belle is a feminist who refuses to submit to her community's primeval view on the role of women in society.
Belle was based on the female protagonist of Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont's abridged version of the French fairy tale La Belle et la BĂȘte, but was developed into a more multidimensional character for the Disney film adaptation. Belle has enjoyed a mostly positive reception, many critics praising her intelligence, bravery and independence.

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Development

Story

Belle was based on the heroine of the French fairy tale La Belle et la BĂȘte by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont. In the original fairy tale, Belle is somewhat forced to take her father's place as the Beast's prisoner.[1] Screenwriter Linda Woolverton felt it important to change this so that the sacrifice was Belle's idea, making her a stronger character.[1] "Belle...without hesitating—sacrifices her life for her father," Paige O'Hara reflected. "That is just such a courageous moment in the film and I think it's not talked about enough."[1]

Voice

The filmmakers wanted Belle, described as "a woman that was ahead of her time", to sound more like a woman than a girl; to have a womanly quality to her despite her young age, and sound "mature beyond her years".[2]
"I'd been a Disney freak my whole life and was a huge fan of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, so I auditioned, along with about 500 other people. I was a working Broadway actor and, after the second audition, I felt positive. I just knew this was my part. Then, on my birthday, after the fifth audition, I got a call. 'You've got the job', they said. My husband had proposed to me the night before. What a week that was!'"[3]
— Paige O'Hara, the voice of Belle
30-year-old[2] actress Paige O'Hara read about Disney's then-upcoming animated film Beauty and the Beast in an article in The New York Times.[4] Upon hearing that the studio was holding auditions for the film's female lead and specifically looking for Broadway performers, O'Hara, a Broadway actress who was working in New York at the time, contacted her agent, who got her her first audition.[4] Simply instructed to "sing something that you love",[5] O'Hara impressed the judges with her performance of "Heaven Help My Heart", a song from the musical Chess. Soon after her fifth and final audition, which was viewed by Beauty and the Beast producer Don Hahn, directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, songwriters Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, and Disney CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg,[5] O'Hara received a phone call from Disney on her birthday, informing her that she had got the part. "It was one of those auditions where I felt like it was my part and I was going to get it", O'Hara commented.[6]
Co-director Kirk Wise likened O'Hara and her character to American actress Judy Garland, who O'Hara claims to have idolized growing up.[7] "I actually used my own voice but softened it," O'Hara said in comparison of Belle's voice to her own.[7] "At my first audition I thought that they might want to raise my voice and make me sound more like Snow White, and they said, 'We love your voice. We want you to do it just like you.'"[2]

Design and personality

Belle's supervising animators were James Baxter and Mark Henn.[8] According to Baxter, the animators tried to make Belle more "European looking" than Ariel from The Little Mermaid (1989) by drawing her with fuller lips, darker eyebrows, and smaller eyes.[9] Comparing the two characters, Baxter described Belle as "a few years older than Ariel and a lot more worldly because she's always reading."[10] One of the animators' goals was to make Belle as beautiful a character personality-wise as she was appearance-wise.[11] Actress and model Sherri Stoner served as the live-action model for Belle, providing reference for the animators as they drew the character.[12] Belle's tendency to push her hair away from her face was a mannerism borrowed from both Stoner[13] and voice actress Paige O'Hara.[3]
O'Hara described Belle's original design as "too perfect. She looked [like] a cross between a young [Elizabeth] Taylor and Angelina Jolie." O'Hara continued, "they decided...to keep her beautiful but quirkier and more identifiable."[14] Additionally, O'Hara and Woolverton further encouraged and "pushed" the bookworm aspect of Belle's personality.[15]
Woolverton has described Belle as strong, smart, and courageous.[16] "She trades her freedom, the very thing she's been wanting from the start of the film, in order to save her father." Woolverton continued, "[because] she is an avid reader, she has a point of view of her life and that doesn't necessarily involve a man getting her there."[17] Charles Solomon, author of the behind the scenes book The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast, described Belle in her early development stages as a bland character who was constantly being "upstaged" by more interesting characters.[18] Paige O'Hara likened herself to her character, stating, "I was always a bit of an oddball like Belle...I loved the fact that she wasn't searching for a man for her dream life—she was searching for knowledge and adventure and a better life for her father and herself."[7]

Appearances

Beauty and the Beast

Belle has grown tired of her provincial village life and dreams of leaving it in favor of a life of adventure. When her father Maurice, an inventor, doesn't return home from the county fair, Belle sets out to find him. Her pet horse, Phillipe, leads her to a dark, foreboding castle, where she finds Maurice has been locked in the dungeon by a hideous beast. Belle begs the Beast to let him go, and when he refuses, offers her own freedom in return. On the condition that she stay with him forever, the Beast frees Maurice.
Moved by her kindness, the Beast treats Belle more like a guest than a prisoner, giving her permission to roam freely around the castle as long as she stays clear of the West Wing. However, Belle's curiosity gets the best of her and she ventures into the West Wing, where she is spotted by the Beast. Infuriated, the Beast orders her to get out, and a frightened Belle flees the castle. While racing through the woods, Belle is attacked by a pack of wolves. The Beast arrives just in time to fend them off, but collapses from his wounds. Unable to bring herself to leave him, Belle takes the Beast back to the castle and tends to his wounds. Belle's generosity touches the Beast, and he begins to develop a more civil manner. Slowly, Belle and the Beast become friends.
The Beast falls deeply in love with Belle, but doesn't believe that she will ever love him in return. With the Beast's permission, Belle leaves the castle to tend to her ailing father, who has gotten lost in the woods trying to rescue her. Back home in the village, Belle's vain suitor, Gaston, threatens to put Maurice in the insane asylum for ranting about the Beast if Belle refuses to marry him, which she does. After Belle proves the Beast's existence, Gaston leads a mob of angry villagers to storm the castle and kill the Beast. The majority of the mob is fended off by the enchanted objects upon arrival, but Gaston manages to find and attack the Beast. A battle ensues on the rooftop between Gaston and the Beast, but the Beast, heartbroken by Belle's departure, doesn't have the will to fight back. When Belle returns, the Beast's strength is revived and he fights back. However, realizing how Belle has changed him, the Beast refuses to kill Gaston and simply orders him to leave. When Belle and the Beast reunite, Gaston sneaks up and stabs the Beast in the back, but soon loses his balance and falls to his death. Belle helps the Beast to safety, where he succumbs to his wounds and dies in her arms. Just before the last petal falls from the enchanted rose, Belle confesses her love for the Beast, which breaks the spell. The Beast, now a handsome prince, is revived; his enchanted servants transform back into human beings, and they live happily ever after.[19]

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

A midquel taking place during the winter segment of Beauty and the Beast, this is the story of Belle's attempt to bring back to the castle the one ritual Beast hates most: Christmas, because it is the very day that the Enchantress cast a spell on him.
Unfortunately, a pipe organ called Forte is determined to do anything necessary to keep the spell from breaking, because he thinks that if the curse is broken then the Beast won't be nice to him anymore. Thus, he proves to be an obstacle in Belle's plans. After several attempts to get Beast to agree, Beast finally approves of the idea of Christmas and allows Belle to prepare festivities, though he still harbors resentment for the day.
With advice from Forte, Belle goes out into the woods to get a suitable tree for Christmas, but she falls into thin ice and almost drowns. Fortunately, she is rescued by Beast, but he is angry at her because of a lie that Forte told him: that she was trying to desert him. Belle is thrown into the dungeon as punishment, but Beast then finds a book in the West Wing that Belle had written for him earlier, and decides to set her free. They both continue to prepare for Christmas.
Persistent Forte attempts to bring the whole castle down with Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in order to prevent the spell from ending, trying to end everyone's lives. Fortunately, Beast stops him in time by crashing his keyboard to pieces. Christmas finally comes, and the story goes back to the actual party, which is one year after these events. Belle is presented with a gift from the Prince: a rose.

Belle's Magical World

In this movie, Belle is the only human. She meets her new three enchanted object friends Webster, Crane and LePlume and is set out to solve problems in all four segments before Belle's Tales of Friendship.

Belle's Tales of Friendship

In Belle's narration, Belle owns and works at her music and bookstore in France. A group of children walk into the store eager to hear Belle's stories, as she is noted to be a great storyteller. Belle agrees to tell a story, but the gang also play games and learn some simple lessons about life. Belle narrates two classic Disney cartoons, The Three Little Pigs and Babes in the Woods, while the children help Belle clean the bookstore. She also reads The Wise Little Hen and Morris the Midget Moose, but Shawn and Harmony will not help make chili for the group. Along the way, Belle adds music and interacts with the children.
Paige O'Hara reprises her voice cast as Belle, while Lyndsey McLeod portrays the character in the live-action sequences.

Sing Me a Story with Belle

A live-action Belle, portrayed by Lyndsey McLeod, lives in France and owns her own music and bookshop. Helping her at the bookstore are Lewis and Carol, two magical bookworms. Also at the bookstore is Harmony the Cat. The bookstore is visited by local children to whom Belle will tell (and sing) stories, usually with a moral that fit a situation happening in the shop or with the children.

In other media

Belle is an official member of the Disney Princess line-up, a marketing franchise aimed at young girls. The franchise covers a wide variety of merchandise, including magazines, toys, music and video compilations, video games, and clothes.[20]
Belle appears at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. She had her own meet and greet attraction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom called Storytime with Belle, which ran from 1999 to2010, where Belle and the park's guests would act out a popular story. She will soon have a new special location at the Magic Kingdom called Be Our Guest Restaurant, which will include the castle from the film as well as her cottage, village, and Gaston's Tavern.[21][22]
Belle appears in the now-closed Broadway adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, which opened at the Palace Theatre on April 18, 1994 and closed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on July 19, 2007.[23] The role was originated by American actress Susan Egan, who would later go on to voice Megara in Disney's 1997 animated feature film Hercules.[24] A total of seventeen actresses have portrayed Belle on Broadway, including recording artists Debbie Gibson and Toni Braxton, The Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and former Disney Channel actresses Christy Carlson Romano and Anneliese van der Pol.[23]
Aside from appearing as an animated character in various Disney media such as the television series Disney's House of Mouse, its direct-to-video films Snowed in at the House of Mouse and Mickey's House of Villains, and the Kingdom Hearts video game series as one of the seven Princesses of Heart,[25] a live-action version of Belle appears as a main character in the ABC television series Once Upon a Time, portrayed by Australian actress Emilie de Ravin.[26]

Reception and legacy

Belle has received mostly positive reception from critics. Hal Hinson of The Washington Post wrote positively of Belle, calling her "more compelling" than previous Disney characters. "[Belle] isn't insipid and Barbie-doll cute the way the Little Mermaid was," Hinson wrote. "She's a more worldly girl...a bookworm with gumption and a mind of her own." Hinson also called the character "more mature, more womanly and less blandly asexual".[27] Jennie Punter of The Globe and Mail praised Belle, calling her a "smart, courageous heroine" and the "main attraction of Beauty and the Beast".[28] Stephen Whitty of The Star-Ledger gave a fairly mixed review of the character, stating, "Cut out the score and Belle’s vaguely feminist spunk and you could be watching any of the forgettable Disney cartoons that clogged theaters". He did, however, compliment Paige O'Hara's singing voice.[29]
James Berardinelli of ReelViews praised the character, describing Belle as "strong-willed, independent and smart". He went on to compliment the animators on their drawing of her facial expressions, saying they "have taken pains to make her features more flexible than those of any previous Disney heroine".[30] Common Sense Media complemented Belle, calling her one of Disney's smartest and most independent heroines.[31] Steven D. Greyandus of Decent Films Guide praised the character, labeling her "the most sympathetic and endearing Disney heroine of the 20th century." Greyandus also praised O'Hara's voice acting, which he described as "winningly expressive".[32]

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Toy Story 3

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Toy Story 3
Many toys all close together, with Buzz Lightyear and Woody holding the top of number 3.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lee Unkrich
Produced by Darla K. Anderson
Screenplay by Michael Arndt
Story by John Lasseter
Andrew Stanton
Lee Unkrich
Starring Tom Hanks
Tim Allen
Joan Cusack
Ned Beatty
Don Rickles
Michael Keaton
Wallace Shawn
John Ratzenberger
Blake Clark
Estelle Harris
Jodi Benson
Music by Randy Newman
Cinematography Jeremy Lasky
Kim White
Editing by Ken Schretzmann
Studio Pixar
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)
Running time 103 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $200 million[1]
Box office $1,063,171,911[1]
Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer animated comedy film, and the third film in the Toy Story series.[2] It was produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich. The film was released worldwide from June through October[3] in Disney Digital 3-D, RealD and IMAX 3D. Toy Story 3 was also the first film to be released theatrically with 7.1 surround sound.
The plot focuses on the toys Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and their friends dealing with an uncertain future as their owner, Andy, prepares to leave for college. Actors Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jeff Pidgeon, Jodi Benson, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris and Laurie Metcalf reprised their voice-over roles from the previous films. Jim Varney, who played Slinky Dog in the first two films, and Joe Ranft, who portrayed Lenny and Wheezy, both died before production began on Toy Story 3. The role of Slinky Dog was taken over by Blake Clark (a friend of Varney), while Ranft's characters and various others were written out of the story. New characters include performances by Ned Beatty, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal, Bonnie Hunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Garlin, Richard Kind, and Michael Keaton.
The feature broke Shrek the Third's record as the biggest opening day North American gross for an animated film unadjusted for inflation[4] and a big opening with an unadjusted gross of $110,307,189. It is also the highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar film,[5] as well as the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film to have opened in the month of June.[6] The film is the highest-grossing film of 2010, both in the United States and Canada, and worldwide. In early August, it surpassed Finding Nemo to become Pixar's highest-grossing film ever at the North American box office, and Shrek 2 as the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide;[7] later that month, Toy Story 3 became the first ever animated film in history to make over $1 billion worldwide.[8] It is currently the 9th highest-grossing film of all time.
Toy Story 3 was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Sound Editing.[9] It was the third animated film (after Beauty and the Beast and Up) to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It won the awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.

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Plot

Andy, now nearly 18 years old,[10] is leaving for college, and his toys feel like they have been abandoned as they have not been played with for years. Andy decides to take Woody with him to college and puts Buzz and the rest of the toys in a trash bag for storage in the attic. However, the toys are accidentally thrown out when Andy's mom finds the bag and puts it out on the curb, causing the toys to think that they are no longer wanted. They escape and decide to climb in a donation box for Sunnyside Daycare. Woody, the only toy who saw what actually happened, follows the other toys and tries to explain they were thrown out by mistake, but they refuse to believe him.
Andy's toys are welcomed by the many toys at Sunnyside and given a tour of the seemingly perfect play-setting by Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear (simply known as Lotso), Big Baby and Ken, whom Barbie falls for. All of the toys love their new home, leaving a steadfast Woody alone in an attempt to return to Andy. Woody's escape attempt falls short and he is found outside by Bonnie, an imaginative little girl. She takes him home and plays with him along with her other toys, who are well-treated, happy, and readily welcome Woody. At the daycare, Andy's toys get beaten up by the rambuctious youngest toddlers.
Buzz goes to ask Lotso to transport him and the other toys to a better room, only to be caught by Lotso's henchmen and restored back to his original space ranger persona. At the same time, Andy's toys realize that Woody was right about Andy when Mrs. Potato Head sees Andy searching for them through her missing eye, which was left behind in Andy's room. Before they could leave, they are imprisoned by Lotso and his gang, including a reset Buzz. Back at Bonnie's, Woody learns from one of the toys, named Chuckles the Clown, that Lotso was once a good toy and had an owner named Daisy who also owned Chuckles the Clown and Big Baby. One day, Daisy left them behind on a picnic. The three eventually find their way back to Daisy's house, only to find that she replaced Lotso with an identical teddy bear. When he found Sunnyside, he and Big Baby took it over and ran it like a prison.
The following morning, Woody returns to Sunnyside through Bonnie's backpack. He sneakily reaches his friends and tells them he is sorry for leaving them. They quickly formulate an escape plan. That night, Woody and Slinky sneak through Sunnyside to the main office, where Chatter informed them that a cymbal-banging monkey monitors the CCTV system to prevent toys escaping. A brief fight ensues, ending with the Monkey wrapped in sticky tape and locked in a filing cabinet by Slinky. Slinky signals to the other toys while Mr. Potato head provides a diversion, they make their escape. In the process, Buzz is accidentally reset into a Spanish mode, in which he becomes very flamboyantly chivalrous and his memory is wiped; despite this, Buzz allies himself with Woody's friends, and immediately falls in love with Jessie. The toys reach a dumpster, but are caught by Lotso and his gang. As a garbage truck approaches, Woody reveals what he heard about Lotso, and Big Baby throws Lotso into the dumpster. Seeking revenge, Lotso pulls Woody in the dumpster just as the truck collects the trash. Woody's friends jump into the back of the truck, trying to rescue him and a falling television hits Buzz when he tries to save Jessie, returning him to his normal self. The toys find themselves at the dump and are pushed onto a conveyor belt leading to a garbage shredder. Woody and Buzz save Lotso just in time as he is about to be shredded and Woody and the other toys end up on another conveyor belt, leading to an incinerator. The toys help Lotso reach an emergency stop button, but he leaves them to their deaths. Thinking that this is the end, the toys join hands and accept their fate but are rescued by the Aliens using a giant claw. Lotso makes his way outside, but a passing truck driver finds him and, recognizing he had the toy as a kid, straps him to the radiator grill of his truck. Meanwhile, Woody and his friends board another trash truck driven by an older Sid Phillips back to Andy's house.
In Andy's room, Woody climbs back into the box with Andy's college supplies while the other toys ready themselves for the attic. Remembering his time with Bonnie and her toys, Woody has an idea and leaves a note for Andy on the toys' box. Andy, thinking the note is from his mother, takes them to Bonnie's house and introduces her to his old toy and Bonnie recognizes Woody, who, to Andy's surprise, is lying at the bottom of the box. Andy is initially reluctant to give him up but eventually does so and spends some time playing with her. After Andy leaves, Woody introduces the gang to Bonnie's toys as the camera pans up to the sky.
During the credits, Woody and the other toys learn through notes passed in Bonnie's backpack that Barbie, Ken and Big Baby have improved the lives of the toys (now including an Emperor Zurg action figure) at Sunnyside. Buzz uncontrollably dances with Jessie to a Spanish version of "You've Got a Friend in Me".

Voice cast

Several other characters (such as Bo Peep, RC, Etch and Wheezy) are only seen in flashbacks. The character of Slinky Dog appeared to be in limbo after the death of his original voice actor Jim Varney on February 10, 2000, three months after Toy Story 2 was released. Varney was replaced by Blake Clark. After Clark was cast to play Slinky Dog, the producers later realized that Blake Clark and Jim Varney had coincidentally been close friends since they appeared in the 1989 movie Fast Food, making the transition a lot easier.[13]

Production

According to the terms of Pixar's revised deal with Disney, all characters created by Pixar for their films were owned by Disney. Furthermore, Disney retains the rights to make sequels to any Pixar film, though Pixar retained the right of first refusal to work on these sequels. But in 2004, when the contentious negotiations between the two companies made a split appear likely, Disney Chairman at the time Michael Eisner put in motion plans to produce Toy Story 3 at a new Disney studio, Circle 7 Animation. Tim Allen, the voice of Buzz Lightyear, indicated a willingness to return even if Pixar was not on board.[14]
Promotional art for Circle 7's Toy Story 3, displaying the storyline of the Buzz Lightyears being recalled.
Jim Herzfeld wrote a script for Circle 7's version of the film. It focused on the other toys shipping a malfunctioning Buzz to Taiwan, where he was built, believing that he will be fixed there. While searching on the Internet, they find out that many more Buzz Lightyear toys are malfunctioning around the world and the company has issued a massive recall. Fearing Buzz's destruction, a group of Andy's toys (Woody, Rex, Slinky, Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, Jessie, and Bullseye) venture to rescue Buzz. At the same time Buzz meets other toys from around the world that were once loved but have now been recalled.[14]
Lee Unkrich, pictured at the Toy Story 3 panel at WonderCon 2010 in April 2010, was the full-time director for the film.
In January 2006, Disney bought Pixar in a deal that put Pixar chiefs Edwin Catmull and John Lasseter in charge of all Disney Animation. Shortly thereafter, Circle 7 Animation was shut down and its version of Toy Story 3 was cancelled.[14] The character designs went into the Disney archives.[15] The following month, Disney CEO Robert Iger confirmed that Disney was in the process of transferring the production to Pixar.[16] John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Lee Unkrich visited the house where they first pitched Toy Story and came up with the story for the film over a weekend. Stanton then wrote a treatment.[17] On February 8, 2007, Catmull announced Toy Story 2's co-director, Lee Unkrich, as the sole director of the film instead of John Lasseter (who was busy directing Cars 2), and Michael Arndt as screenwriter.[18] The release date was moved to 2010.[19] Unkrich said that he felt pressure to avoid creating "the first dud" for Pixar, since as of 2010 all of Pixar's films had been commercial and critical successes.[20]
During the initial development stages of the film, Pixar revisited their work from the original Toy Story and found that although they could open the old computer files for the animated 3D models, error messages prevented them from editing the files. This necessitated recreating the models from scratch.[21] To create the chaotic and complex junkyard scene near the film's end, more than a year and a half was invested on research and development to create the simulation systems required for the sequence.[22]
Instead of sending Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and John Ratzenberger scripts for their consideration in reprising their roles, a complete story reel of the film was shown to the actors in a theater. The reel was made up of moving storyboards with pre-recorded voices, sound effects, and music. At the conclusion of the preview, the actors signed on to the film.[23]
Dolby Laboratories announced that Toy Story 3 would be the first film that will feature theatrical 7.1 surround audio.[24] Thus, even the Blu-ray version will feature original 7.1 audio, unlike other movies which were remixed into 7.1 for Blu-ray.

Release

Marketing

The film's first teaser trailer was released with the Disney Digital 3-D version of the film Up on May 29, 2009.[25] On October 2, 2009, Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were re-released as a double feature in Disney Digital 3-D.[26] The first full-length trailer was attached as an exclusive sneak peek and a first footage to the Toy Story double feature, on October 12, 2009. A second teaser was released on February 10, 2010, followed by a second full-length trailer on February 11 and appeared in 3D showings of Alice in Wonderland and How to Train Your Dragon. On March 23, 2010, Toy Story was released on Blu-ray/DVD combo pack which included a small feature of "The Story of Toy Story 3". Also, Toy Story 2 was released on that day in the same format which had a small feature on the "Characters of Toy Story 3". On May 11, 2010, both films had a DVD-only re-release which contained the features.
Mattel, Thinkway Toys, and Lego are among those who produced toys to promote the film. Fisher Price, a Mattel Company, has released Toy Story 3 with 21 3D images for viewing with the View-Master viewer.[27][28] Disney Interactive Studios also produced a video game based on the film, Toy Story 3: The Video Game, which was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and PSP on June 15, 2010.[29] A PlayStation 2 version was released on October 30, 2010 as part of a PS2 Bundle and separately on November 2, 2010 (The same day Toy Story 3 got released on DVD and Blu-ray). It was also the last Disney/Pixar game to be released on PlayStation 2.
Toy Story 3 was featured in Apple's iPhone OS 4 Event on April 8, 2010, with Steve Jobs demonstrating a Toy Story 3 themed iAd written in HTML5.[30]
Pixar designed a commercial for the toy, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, and formatted it to look like it came from an old VCR recording. The recording was altered with distorted sound, noise along the bottom of the screen, and flickering video, all designed to make it look like a converted recording from around 1983.[31] A Japanese version of the commercial was also released online, with the name Lots-o'-Huggin Bear being replaced by Little Hug-Hug Bear (Japanese:ハグハグベケちゃん/Hagu Hagu Beya-Chan).[32]
On Dancing with the Stars' May 11, 2010, episode, the Gipsy Kings performed a Spanish-language version of the song "You've Got a Friend in Me". It also featured a paso doble dance which was choreographed by Cheryl Burke and Tony Dovolani.[33][34] Both the song and dance are featured in the film.
Toy Story 3 was also promoted with airings of the first and second films on several channels in the upcoming weeks of the film's release, including Disney Channel, Disney XD, and ABC Family. Sneak peeks of Toy Story 3 were also revealed, primarily on Disney Channel.

Oscar campaign

A poster from Toy Story 3's Oscar campaign, describing Midnight Cowboy.
Unlike most recent Oscar campaigns, Toy Story 3's "Not since..." campaign drew a lot of attention during the holiday period, emphasizing on the film's uniqueness and universal critical acclaim.[35]

Short film

The theatrical release of Toy Story 3 included the short film Day & Night, which focuses on what happens when an animated personification of Day meets his opposite, Night and the resulting growth for both.[36][37] It was also included in the Blu-ray and DVD release of Toy Story 3.

Home media

Toy Story 3 was released in North America on November 2, 2010 in a standard DVD edition, two-disc Blu-ray and in a four-disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. Behind the scenes are featured including a sneak peek teaser for the upcoming Cars 2, the sequel to the 2006 film, Cars.[38] A 10-disc Toy Story trilogy Blu-ray box set also arrived on store shelves on the same day.[39] A 3D version of the Blu-ray was released in North America on November 1, 2011.
On its first week of release (November 2–7, 2010) it sold 3,859,736 units (equal to $73,096,452) ranking No.1 for the week and immediately becoming the best-selling animated film of 2010 in terms of units sold (surpassing How to Train Your Dragon). As of July 18, 2012, it has sold 10,911,701 units ($185,924,247).[40] It has become the best-selling DVD of 2010 in terms of units sold, but it lacks in terms of sales revenue and therefore ranks second behind Avatar on that list.[41] It also sold about 4.0 million Blu-ray units, ranking as the fourth best-selling movie of 2010.[42]
In the UK, it broke the record for the largest first day ever for animated feature both on DVD and Blu-ray in terms of sales revenue. Additionally, on its first day of release on iTunes it immediately became the most downloaded Disney film ever.[43]

Reception

Critical response

Toy Story 3 has received very positive reviews from film critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 99% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 253 reviews, with an average score of 8.8/10.[44] On the all-time Best of Rotten Tomatoes list it ranks fourth[45], behind both its predecessors, and was the best reviewed film of 2010.[46] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 92 based on 39 reviews.[47] TIME named Toy Story 3 the best movie of 2010,[48] as did Quentin Tarantino.[49] In 2011, TIME named it one of "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films".[50]
A. O. Scott of The New York Times stated, "This film—this whole three-part, 15-year epic—about the adventures of a bunch of silly plastic junk turns out also to be a long, melancholy meditation on loss, impermanence and that noble, stubborn, foolish thing called love."[51] Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, saying, "Even with the bar raised high, Toy Story 3 enchanted and moved me so deeply I was flabbergasted that a digitally animated comedy about plastic playthings could have this effect."[52] Gleiberman also wrote in the next issue that he, along with many other grown men, cried at the end of the film.[53] Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review, saying, "Woody, Buzz and playmates make a thoroughly engaging, emotionally satisfying return."[54] Mark Kermode of the BBC gave the film, and the series, a glowing review, calling it "the best movie trilogy of all time".[55] In USA Today, Claudia Puig gave the film a complete 4 star rating, writing, "This installment, the best of the three, is everything a movie should be: hilarious, touching, exciting and clever."[56] Lou Lumenick of the New York Post wrote, "Toy Story 3 (which is pointlessly being shown in 3-D at most locations) may not be a masterpiece, but it still had me in tears at the end."[57] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, writing that, "Compared with the riches of all kinds in recent Pixar masterworks such as Ratatouille, WALL-E and Up, Toy Story 3 looks and plays like an exceptionally slick and confident product, as opposed to a magical blend of commerce and popular art."[58] Orlando Sentinel film critic Roger Moore, who gave the film 3½ out of 4 stars, wrote, "Dazzling, scary and sentimental, Toy Story 3 is a dark and emotional conclusion to the film series that made Pixar famous."[59]

Box office

Worldwide

Toy Story 3 earned $415,004,880 in North America and $648,167,031 in other countries, totaling $1,063,171,911 worldwide, earning more revenue than the previous two films combined.[8] It is the highest-grossing film in the series,[60] the 9th highest-grossing film,[61] the highest-grossing film of 2010,[62] the third highest-grossing Disney film,[63] the highest-grossing Pixar film,[64] and the highest-grossing animated film of all time.[65] In terms of estimated attendance, though, it still ranks fourth on the list of modern animated films, behind Shrek 2, Finding Nemo and The Lion King.[65] On its first weekend, Toy Story 3 topped the worldwide box office with $145.3 million ($153.7 million with weekday previews), which stands as the third-largest opening weekend worldwide for an animated feature.[66] On August 27, 2010, its 71st day of release, it surpassed the $1-billion mark, becoming the second Disney film in 2010 (after Alice in Wonderland), the third Disney film overall (the other being Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest), and the only animated film to achieve this.[65]

North America

In North America, Toy Story 3 is the 12th highest-grossing film unadjusted for inflation. Adjusted for ticket price inflation, though, it ranks 90th on the all-time chart.[67] The film is also the highest-grossing film of 2010,[68] the highest-grossing Pixar film,[64] the second highest-grossing G-rated film,[69] the 3rd highest-grossing animated film,[70] and the fourth highest-grossing Disney film.[71] It grossed $41,148,961 on its opening day (Friday, June 18, 2010) from 4,028 theaters, setting an opening-day record for an animated film.[72] During its opening weekend, the film grossed $110,307,189, topping the weekend chart and marking the highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar film.[73] It averaged $27,385 per venue, marking the second highest for a G-rated film, and the second highest for an animated feature.[74] The film had the second-highest opening weekend for an animated film[75] and also had the fourth best opening weekend for a 2010 film.[76] It set an opening-weekend record for films opening in June[77] and for G-rated films.[78] In its first week (Friday-through-Thursday), Toy Story 3 grossed $167.6 million marking the biggest opening week for an animated film and the tenth largest opening week of all time.[79] It also had the largest opening-week and 10-day gross among 2010 films.[80] It topped the box office for two consecutive weekends.[81]

Outside North America

It is the 14th highest-grossing film,[82] the 3rd highest-grossing animated film, the third highest-grossing film of 2010[83] the highest-grossing Pixar film, and the fifth highest-grossing Disney film.[82] It topped the box office outside North America three times, on its first ($35.0 million),[84] second,[85] and sixth weekend (which was its largest).[86]
Its highest-grossing market after North America is Japan ($126.7 million),[87] where it is the highest-grossing U.S. animated feature,[65] followed by the UK, Ireland and Malta (£73.8 million - $116.6 million), where it is the 3rd highest-grossing film of all time behind Avatar and Titanic,[88] and Mexico ($59.4 million), where it is the second highest-grossing film of all time, behind Marvel's The Avengers.[89] It set opening weekend records for animated films in Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, China, Argentina,[90] Hong Kong,[91] Spain and the UK.[92] As of August 2012, it is the highest-grossing animated film of all time in the UK, Ireland and Malta, in Mexico,[89] in Hong Kong,[93] and in Egypt. It is the highest-grossing 2010 film in Argentina,[94] Bolivia,[95] Chile,[96] Colombia,[97] Hong Kong,[98] Mexico,[99] Spain[100] and the UK, Ireland and Malta.[101]

Accolades

On January 25, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Toy Story 3 was not only nominated for Best Animated Feature, but also for Best Picture. This makes Toy Story 3 not only the first only animated sequel in history to be nominated for Best Picture, but also the third animated film to be nominated for Best Picture (following Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Pixar's Up). Toy Story 3 becoming the second Pixar film to be nominated for both awards.[102] Toy Story 3 also became the first ever Pixar film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, though six of Pixar's previous films were nominated for the Best Original Screenplay – (Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Up). In 2011, it was nominated for a Kids' Choice Award for favorite animated movie, but lost to Despicable Me.
Award Category/Recipient(s) Result Reference
Teen Choice Awards 2010 Choice Movie: Animated Film Won [103]
Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2010 Fave Movie Nominated [104]
Hollywood Movie Awards 2010 Hollywood Animation Award (Lee Unkrich) Won [105]
Digital Spy Movie Awards Best Movie [106]
2010 Scream Awards Best Fantasy Movie Nominated [107]
Best Screen-Play
Best Fantasy Actor (Tom Hanks)
3-D Top Three
37th People's Choice Awards Favorite Movie [108]
Favorite Family Movie Won
Satellite Awards 2010 Motion Picture (Animated or Mixed) [109]
Best Original Screenplay (Michael Ardnt) Nominated
2011 Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Won [110]
2011 Annie Awards Best Animated Feature Nominated [111]
Best Directing in a Feature Production (Lee Unkrich)
Best Writing in a Feature Production (Michael Arndt)
82nd National Board of Review Awards Best Animated Film Won [112]
Top Ten Films
9th Washington Area Film Critics Association Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated [113]
Best Film
Best Animated Feature Won
16th Annual BFCA Critics Choice Awards Best Picture Nominated [114]
Best Adapted Screenplay (Michael Arndt)
Best Animated Feature (Lee Unkrich) Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Sound Nominated
Best Original Song "We Belong Together" (Randy Newman)
2010 Golden Tomato Awards Best Rating Feature in 2010 (Wide Release) Won [115]
Best Reviewed Animated Film (Animation) [116]
68th Golden Globe Awards Best Animated Feature Film [117]
64th BAFTA Awards Best Adapted Screenplay (Michael Arndt) Nominated [118]
Best Animated Feature Won
Best Visual Effects Nominated
83rd Academy Awards Best Picture [119]
Best Adapted Screenplay (Michael Arndt)
Best Animated Feature Won
Best Sound Editing Nominated
Best Original Song ("We Belong Together" by Randy Newman) Won
2011 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Animated Film Nominated
[120]
Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie (Tom Hanks)
Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie (Tim Allen)
37th Saturn Awards Best Animated Film Won
[121]
Best Writing (Michael Arndt) Nominated
2011 MTV Movie Awards Best Villain (Ned Beatty)
[122]

Music

Toy Story 3
Soundtrack album by Randy Newman
Released June 15, 2010
Genre Score
Length 56:18
Label Walt Disney
Randy Newman chronology
The Princess and the Frog Toy Story 3

Pixar soundtrack chronology
Up Toy Story 3 Cars 2
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Empire 4/5 stars
Filmtracks 3/5 stars
Movie Music UK 3.5/5 stars
Movie Wave 4/5 stars
The film score of Toy Story 3 was composed and conducted by Randy Newman, his sixth for Pixar after Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. and Cars. Disney did not release the soundtrack album for Toy Story 3 on Compact Disc (CD). It was only available, initially, as a music download in lossy formats such as MP3 and AAC. This was the second instance where Disney did not release the award-winning soundtrack of a Pixar film on CD. The first Pixar film not to have its soundtrack released on CD by Disney was Up. In January 2012 Intrada released the Toy Story 3 soundtrack on Compact Disc.[123]
All songs written and composed by Randy Newman.
No. Title Length
1. "We Belong Together" (performed by Newman) 4:03
2. "You've Got a Friend in Me (para Buzz Español) (Hay Un Amigo en Mi)" (performed by The Gipsy Kings) 2:15
3. "Cowboy!"   4:11
4. "Garbage?"   2:41
5. "Sunnyside"   2:20
6. "Woody Bails"   4:40
7. "Come to Papa"   2:06
8. "Go See Lotso"   3:37
9. "Bad Buzz"   2:22
10. "You Got Lucky"   5:59
11. "Spanish Buzz"   3:31
12. "What About Daisy?"   2:07
13. "To the Dump"   3:51
14. "The Claw"   3:57
15. "Going Home"   3:22
16. "So Long"   4:55
17. "Zu-Zu (Ken's Theme)"   0:35
Total length:
56:18
In addition to the tracks included in the soundtrack album, the film also uses "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright, "Le Freak" by Chic, and Randy Newman's original version of "You've Got a Friend in Me".
Also, tracks "Cowboy!" and "Come to Papa" included material from Newman's rejected score to Air Force One.[124] The song "Losing You" from Newman's own album Harps and Angels was also used in the first trailer for the film.[125]
The Judas Priest song "Electric Eye" was used in the temp score for the opening scene of Toy Story 3.[126] The aliens are playing the tune in their sports car. But the song was ultimately replaced by another piece of music.

Music awards

Award Category/Recipient(s) Result Reference
16th Annual BFCA Critics Choice Awards Best Original Song "We Belong Together" (Randy Newman) Nominated [114]
2011 Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Won [127]
83rd Academy Awards Best Original Song – “We Belong Together” [128]

Possible sequel

In June 2011, Tom Hanks, the voice of Woody in the films, was asked while promoting Larry Crowne whether or not there would be a sequel for his grandchildren to see. "I think there will be, yeah. I think they're working on it now," he said, referring to Pixar.[129] However, no such sequel has been announced.

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