TOY STORY 2: The $245 Million Box Office Smash Hit Makes Its Home Video and DVD Debut October 17

The Ultimate DVD Collection Premieres Just In Time for This Holiday Season

Bringing back two of the world's greatest stars, Toy Story 2 reunites the voice talents of Academy Award®-winning actor Tom Hanks ("The Green Mile") as Woody and comedian Tim Allen ("Galaxy Quest," TV's "Home Improvement") as Buzz Lightyear. Toy Story 2 also marks the return of the original voice cast of Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, Laurie Metcalf and the late Jim Varney. Joining the original cast is a stellar line-up of new voice talent including Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Wayne Knight, Estelle Harris and Jodi Benson.

The video release of Toy Story 2 includes exciting bonus materials featuring outrageously funny outtakes; Pixar's Academy Award®-nominated animated short "Luxo Jr." (1986, Best Animated Short Film); and a sneak peek at Disney/Pixar's upcoming holiday 2001 theatrical release, Monsters, Inc. The VHS is priced at a collectible $26.99 (S.R.P.).

As a celebration for Toy Story fans everywhere, Toy Story 2 and the original Toy Story will make their simultaneous DVD debut with the Toy Story 2 VHS release on October 17. These highly anticipated DVDs will premiere in two special boxed sets, each featuring pristine, THX-Certified presentations of both films, created directly from the digital source.

A specially priced Toy Story and Toy Story 2 DVD two pack (S.R.P. $39.99) will feature both movies and exciting bonus materials. The Toy Story 2 DVD will contain two versions of the film:

1. A standard television full frame 1.33:1 aspect ratio presentation digitally reframed from the theatrical presentation and
   
2. Widescreen 1.77:1 aspect ratio enhanced for 16x9 televisions.

It will include Pixar's Academy-Award® nominated animated short, "Luxo Jr." (1986), outtakes and a sneak peak of Monsters, Inc., Disney and Pixar's next animated film.

The original Toy Story DVD will be presented in 1.77:1 aspect ratio enhanced for 16x9 televisions and will include Pixar's Academy Award®-winning animated short "Tin Toy" (1988, Best Animated Short Film).

Also debuting October 17 is a special Collector's Edition Ultimate Toy Box DVD 3 Disc box set (S.R.P. $69.99), featuring materials from the two DVD pack plus an abundance of supplemental materials including extensive audio commentaries from the film's creators; movie-making secrets; on-set interviews; 360° rotational tours of 11 different film sets and 15 characters; never-before-seen animation and much more.

Toy Story 2 picks up as Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggin (owner of Al's Toy Barn) kidnaps Woody. At Al's apartment, Woody discovers that he is a highly valued collectible from a 1950's TV show called "Woody's Roundup," and he meets the other prized toys from that show - Jessie the cowgirl, Bullseye the horse and Stinky Pete the prospector. Back at the scene of the crime, Buzz Lightyear and the other toys from Andy's room - Mr. Potato Head, "Slinky" Dog, Rex and Hamm - spring into action to rescue their pal from winding up as a museum piece. The toys get into one predicament after another in their daring race to get Woody home before Andy returns.

Toy Story 2 marks the return of the twelve-time Academy Award®-nominated songwriter/composer Randy Newman (1998 A Bug's Life, Best Original Comedy Score nominee) who wrote the colorful score and two original songs. Also adding her musical talent to the film is multi-platinum and Grammy Award®-winning recording artist Sarah McLachlan who sings "When She Loved Me," (music and lyrics by Randy Newman) which was nominated in 1999 for an Academy Award® for Best Original Song. The hit western group Riders in the Sky sings the theme song from the "Woody's Roundup" TV show, and legendary singer Robert Goulet lends his vocal style to a lively big band rendition of "You've Got a Friend in Me."

Toy Story 2 has an approximate running time of 94 minutes, is rated "G" by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and is closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. The VHS is available in English and Spanish.

Walt Disney Home Video is distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.

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Disney/Pixar
Toy Story 2
DVD 2-PACK
Bonus Programming

The Toy Story 2 DVD 2-Pack (S.R.P. $39.99) includes the Toy Story 2 disc and the original Toy Story disc featuring the following:

Toy Story 2 DVD disc Special Features:

• Choice of viewing presentation which includes:
  • Widescreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio) enhanced for 16x9 televisions
  • Full frame (1.33:1 aspect ratio) digitally reframed for standard televisions
• Dolby Digital Surround EX
• THX-Certified, includes THX Optimode
• 1986's Academy Award®-nominated animated short "Luxo Jr." (newly remastered)
• Outtakes
• A sneak peek at Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc.
• French language track

• Widescreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio) enhanced for 16x9 televisions
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
• THX-Certified, includes THX Optimode
• 1988's Academy Award®-winning animated short "Tin Toy" (newly remastered)
• French and Spanish language tracks (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)

Disney/Pixar
3-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION SET
Bonus Programming

The 3-Disc Collector's Edition Set ($69.99 S.R.P.) showcases the Toy Story 2 disc, the original Toy Story disc and a third Supplemental Features disc.

Disc 1: Toy Story features include:

• Widscreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio) enhanced for 16x9 televisions
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
• Isolated 5.1 sound effects-only track
• Audio commentary by the filmmakers
• THX-Certified, includes THX Optimode
• The Making of Toy Story
• Multi-language clip reel
• On-set interviews with Woody and Buzz Lightyear
• "Toy Story Treats"
• French language track
• 1988's Academy Award®-winning animated short "Tin Toy" (newly remastered)
• Buzz Lightyear commercial (as seen in the movie) in its entirety

• Widescreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio) enhanced for 16x9 televisions
• Dolby Digital Surround EX
• Isolated 5.1 sound effects-only track
• Audio commentary by the filmmakers
• Outtakes
• THX-Certified, includes THX Optimode
• 1986's Academy Award®-nominated animated short "Luxo Jr." (newly remastered)
• A sneak peek at Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc.
• French language track

• Introductions by the filmmakers and movie-making secrets:
  Director John Lasseter and the rest of the Toy Story and Toy Story 2 film crew take us on a spectacular ride showing how the first ever computer animated film and its sequel were created. Behind-the-scenes look at the wizardry involved in creating the believable world and characters of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 using computer imagery techniques. Reveals the tricks of the trade of computer animation.
• The History of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 - The Story behind the Story:
  Features filmmakers John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon, Disney executives Peter Schneider and Thomas Schumacher and others discussing the inspiration behind the creation of toys coming to life in both Toy Story and Toy Story 2.
• Character design:
  Follows the process of the visual development of the "look" of each character, from drawings on paper to maquette sculptures to 3D models in the computer.
• Location design:
  Features concept art and designs used to create environments of Andy's room, Sid's room and others.
• Music and sound design:
  Academy Award®-winning Sound Designer, Gary Rystrom explains how visuals and sound are matched and the process by which these sounds are made. Includes a Mixing Demonstration that allows the viewer to select any combination of music, dialogue and effects. Plus, original demo versions of Randy Newman's Academy-Award® nominated songs.
• Abandoned concepts:
  Showcases abandoned sequences for the concept of a 2D "Buzz Lightyear" cartoon originally planned to open Toy Story, another alternative opening for Toy Story, "Woody's Nightmare," "Shakes the Rattle" as well as others.
• Deleted animation:
  Sequences that were animated, but did not make it into the final film. Includes "Crossing the Road" and "Godzilla Rex."
• Early tests:
  Shows the beginning stages of Woody and Buzz Lightyear and how their original "proof of concept" test and other pieces created to experiment with different challenges of animation.
• Original treatments:
  Showcases the original pitch of Toy Story and how un-used elements from that film were used in Toy Story 2.
• Storyboard-to-final film comparison:
  Head of Story, Joe Ranft, explains the progression of how the "written words" from a script are put into drawings to create a storyboard, as well as how these pictures help to convey the entire look of the film.
• Storyboard pitch:
  Joe Ranft shows the "Green Army Men" pitch - the very first sequence ever storyboarded for Toy Story and pitches his storyboard concept through pictures to the director John Lasseter and crew.
• Animation production progression demonstration:
  Shows a step by step presentation of the stages of computer animation. The DVD angle feature allows you to move from stage to stage as you watch the sequence.
• 3D fly-around virtual tours of 11 different sets from the film:
  Including Andy's room, Sid's room, Zurg's Planet and much more.