BNP Staff Celebrates Over 20 Years of Toy Story

[dropcap1]O[/dropcap1]ver twenty years ago Pixar Studios did the unthinkable, bringing toys to life in not only the studio’s first ever theatrical release, but also the first ever feature-length CGI animated film. The film proceeded to change the course of animated film making forever. Directed by John Lasseter and backed by an all-star voice cast including Tom Hanks (Woody), Tim Allen (Buzz) and John Ratzenberger (Hamm) the film quickly rose to stratospheric success grossing over $361 million worldwide and received three Oscar nominations including Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song for Randy Newman’s “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.” Today a few of BNP’s finest millennials reminisce and pay their respects to one of the most innovative, game-changing and classic animated films of all time. To infinity and beyond…

Anissa Hanley Toy Story has always been a movie that I’ll never forget. I believe my favorite aspect of it was how creepy it was and the life lessons it taught us. I love the scene where Woody and Buzz find themselves in Andy’s troublesome neighbor Sid’s house. Sid wore t-shirts with skulls on them and liked to blow things up. His bedroom, creepiest place in the movie, was a chop shop of hybrid toys. You had Roller Bob, who was half driver and half skateboard. Legs is a decapitated doll with a fishing rod body. A “hooker” if you will *clears throat*. Baby Face, my favorite toy in the movie, was an erector set spider with a baby head!…