The Pixar Story

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.

Contents

• The pixar story trailer
• The pixar story intro mov
• Synopsis
• Notable interviewees
• Reception
• References

The film was released, outside North America, on DVD in summer 2008 as part of the "Ultimate Pixar Collection", 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 – Former 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

James Ford Murphy – Head of animation & director of Lava

Reception

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