Release Year: 1999 Rating: G Duration: 92 minutes Other Title: Toy Story 2: Collector's Item Director: Ash Brannon, John Lasseter Producer: Ralph Guggenheim, Steve Jobs, John Lasseter Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
"Toy Story 2" is the exciting, all-new sequel to the landmark 1995 computer-animated blockbuster from Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. This time around, the fun and adventure continue when Andy goes off to summer camp and the toys are left to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody -- who hasn't the slightest clue that he is a greatly valued collectible. It's now up to Buzz Lightyear and the gang from Andy's room -- Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex, and Hamm -- to spring into action and save their pal from winding up a museum piece. There are plenty of thrills as the toys get into one predicament after another in their daring race to get home before Andy does.
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Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head (voice) Joan Cusack as Jessie Kelsey Grammer as Stinky Pete the Prospector Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody (voice)
Toy Story 2 is the perfect film to carry the Disney torch into the next century. Good old Walt's studio became synonymous with heartwarming and purely innocent children's fare during the last 75 years. Branches from the Mouse House like Touchstone and Miramax adapted to adult genres as well, making stirring and suspenseful dramas. This product of the Magic Kingdom isn't too lowbrow for adults nor highbrow for children; Toy Story 2 is the perfect family film and the happiest of all compromises.