Toy Story (1995) was the first-ever animated feature film whose imagery was computer-generated. Previously, animated films were made up of a series of drawings that were photographed, frame by frame, creating the illusion of motion. The revolutionary computer animation in Toy Story was the result of years of experimentation by the technical wizards at the Pixar studio. With the release of Toy Story, animated films took on an entirely fresh look, a three-dimensional reality in which characters were endowed with a previously unseen freedom of movement and facial expression. But Toy Story was not just a new type of animated film, it was also a clever, funny, and entertaining story.

Toy Story is the tale of a group of toys that are the playthings of a boy named Andy. The toys come to life when humans are not around. The two central toys are rivals: Woody, an...