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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.

273 Toy Story (1995)

- First fully computer generated full-length feature film. The images
required 800,000 hours generation time on a RenderFarm consisting of 87
2-CPU SparcStation 20's, 30 4-CPU Sparc-Station 20's and a SparcServer 1000.
- When Woody is holding the staff meeting, several books are visible behind
him. The names of the books refer to previous Pixar films:
"Red's Dream (1987)" (qv), and Knickknack (1989).
- The desk lamp and yellow ball with a blue stripe and a red star are
references to the previous Pixar film "Luxo Jr. (1986)" (qv).
- Syd Phillips is said to be inspired by a former Pixar employee of the same
last name who was known to disassemble toys and use the parts to build
bizarre creations.
- Syd's sister serves Buzz tea from a Utah Teapot, a famous data model seen
in countless computer animations.
- The toolbox that Buzz Lightyear ('Tim Allen' (qv)) pushes off the milk crate
bears the name ``Binford Tools'', the name of the company which sponsors
Allen's character's show in ""Home Improvements" (1991)" (qv).
- One of the cars' license plate is ``HTT1195'', which references the
company ``Hi Tech Tunes'', which produced the film.
- Rendered for an aspect ratio of 1.66 : 1 and it was supposed to be matted in
theatres to 1.85 : 1 (the aspect ratio for which the team tried to compose).
For reasons too complex to go into here, they aimed for 1.85 : 1 and missed,
but only by a little. After careful consideration, and consultation with
director 'John Lasseter' (qv) they nudged the window open a tiny bit to
1.78 : 1.

 

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