Toy Story 3 - Production

Toy Story 3
Director - Lee Unkrich
Writers -

• John Lasseter (story)
• Andrew Stanton (story)
• Lee Unkrich (story)
• Michael Arndt (screenplay)

Cast overview - first billed only:

• Tom Hanks - Woody (voice)
• Tim Allen - Buzz Lightyear (voice)
• Joan Cusack - Jessie (voice)
• Ned Beatty - Lotso (voice)
• Don Rickles - Mr. Potato Head (voice)
• Michael Keaton - Ken (voice)
• Wallace Shawn - Rex (voice)
• John Ratzenberger - Hamm (voice)
• Estelle Harris - Mrs. Potato Head (voice)
• John Morris - Andy (voice)
• Jodi Benson - Barbie (voice)
• Emily Hahn - Bonnie (voice)
• Laurie Metcalf - Andy's Mom (voice)
• Blake Clark - Slinky dog (voice)
• Teddy Newton - Chatter Telephone (voice)

The characters that have been used within Toy Story 3 are effective throughout the movie as these are the same characters that have been used through the years following on the sequel of Toy Story. Therefore the voices of the characters are very well known within the teenage generation as they are already familiar with the voices that have been used in the previous Toy Story movies. Although due to the death of Jim Varney in 2000 who originally played the voice of Slinky dog, Blake Clark who was very good friends with Jim Varney prior to his death took over the voice of Slinky for the third movie. New characters have been added to Toy Story 3 making it more effective as a new movie and now to all generations.
Having Tom Hanks as the main characters voice of Woody, will bring a wider range of audiences to watching the film as his other films are from completely different genres to Toy Story. He is a well known respected actor, and has been on the screens since 1980.

Details
Official sites for Toy Story 3-

1. Disney [jp]
2. Disney [uk]
3. Disney [us]

Country - USA
Language - English / Spanish

Technical Specs
Runtime - 103 mins
Soundmix -

• DTS
• Dolby Digital EX
• SDDS
• Sonics - DDP (IMAX version)
• Dolby - (Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound)

Toy Story 3 was the first movie to be shown shown in Dolby Surround 7.1, which uses eight discrete soundtrack channels to create a more enveloping sound and better localisation, as well as expanding the 'sweet spot' in which the best surround experience is available.


Toy Story 3 was said to be the first Pixar film to be released in IMAX.
An IMAX cinema is well known for its size. The screen is more than 20 meters high (which is equivalent to 5 double Decker buses) and 26 meters wide. With 11,600 - watts of digital surround-sound and the most sophisticated motion picture projection system in the world. The biggest screen in Britain is a 500 seat luxury large format cinema on London's bustling south bank. This would increase sales within Toy Story 3 as the publicity of this cinema would be extremely high.