The Pixar Story

The Pixar Story

Directed by	Leslie Iwerks
Produced by	Leslie Iwerks
Written by	Leslie Iwerks
Narrated by	Stacy Keach
Music by	Jeff Beal
Edited by	Leslie Iwerks Stephen Myers, A.C.E
Production company	Leslie Iwerks Productions
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates	August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28)
Running time	87 minutes
Language	English

The Pixar Story, directed by Leslie Iwerks, is a documentary of the history of Pixar Animation Studios. An early version of the film premiered at the Sonoma Film Festival in 2007, and it had a limited theatrical run later that year before it was picked up by the Starz cable network in the United States.

The film was released, outside North America, on DVD in summer 2008 as part of the "Ultimate Pixar Collection,"^[1] a box set of Pixar films. It was then included as a special feature on the WALL-E special edition DVD and Blu-ray releases, which were launched on November 18, 2008.

The film premiered on BBC in the United Kingdom on August 24.

Synopsis

The success story of Pixar Animation Studios from the ground up.

Notable interviewees

Tim Allen – Actor, voiced Buzz Lightyear
Brad Bird – Director
Edwin Catmull – First Chief Technical Officer
Billy Crystal – Actor, voiced Mike in Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University
Michael Eisner – ex-CEO of The Walt Disney Company
Tom Hanks – Actor, voiced Sheriff Woody
Bob Iger – CEO of The Walt Disney Company
Steve Jobs – Principal Investor & co-founder of Pixar
John Lasseter – Pixar co-founder & visionary
George Lucas – Owner of Lucasfilm, Pixar's original foundation

Reception

The film was given generally positive reviews, receiving an aggregated score of 86% from Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews.^[2]

References

↑ "'Pixar Story' coming soon to DVD: Iwerks. PixarBlog.com. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
↑ "The Pixar Story". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 7, 2010.

External links

Pixar

Feature films

Released	Toy Story (1995) A Bug's Life (1998) Toy Story 2 (1999) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Finding Nemo (2003) The Incredibles (2004) Cars (2006) Ratatouille (2007) WALL-E (2008) Up (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Cars 2 (2011) Brave (2012) Monsters University (2013)

Forthcoming	Inside Out (2015) The Good Dinosaur (2015) Finding Dory (2016) Toy Story 4 (2017)

Short films

Luxo Jr. (1986) Red's Dream (1987) Tin Toy (1988) Knick Knack (1989) Geri's Game (1997) For the Birds (2000) Mike's New Car (2002) Boundin' (2003) One Man Band (2005) Jack-Jack Attack (2005) Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005) Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) Lifted (2006) Your Friend the Rat (2007) Presto (2008) Rescue Squad Mater (2008) Mater the Greater (2008) El Materdor (2008) BURN-E (2008) Tokyo Mater (2008) Partly Cloudy (2009) Dug's Special Mission (2009) George & A.J. (2009) Day & Night (2010) La Luna (2011) Hawaiian Vacation (2011) Small Fry (2011) Partysaurus Rex (2012) The Legend of Mor'du (2012) The Blue Umbrella (2013) Party Central (2013) Lava (2014) Sanjay's Super Team (2015)

Short series	Cars Toons (2008–) Toy Story Toons (2011–)

Compilations	Tiny Toy Stories (1996) Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 (2007) Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2 (2012)

Other work	Beach Chair (1986) Light & Heavy (1990) Surprise (1991)

Television specials

Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)

Franchises

Toy Story (1995–)
Monsters, Inc. (2001–)
Finding Nemo (2003–)
The Incredibles (2004–)
Cars (2006–)

Associated
productions

The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984)
It's Tough to Be a Bug! (1998)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–01)
Exploring the Reef (2003)
Turtle Talk with Crush (2004)

Documentaries

The Pixar Story (2007)

Products