The Brave Little Toaster
Plug into the adventure!
Country
Budget
$2 300 000
Box office
$2 300 000
Director
Jerry Rees
Actors
Deanna Oliver, Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Phil Hartman, Timothy E. Day, Thurl Ravenscroft, Joe Ranft, Judy Toll, Wayne Kaatz, Colette Savage
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Donald Kushner, Thomas L. Wilhite, Willard Carroll, Peter Locke
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Kevin Lima, Tanya T. Wilson, Chris Wahl
Audition
Editing
Donald W. Ernst, Charles Leland Richardson
Whole Team (92)
Whole Team (92)
Short description
A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.
What's left behind the scenes
- Approximately midway through production, producer Donald Kushner decided to remove the nightmare scene entirely from the film because children might be frightened by the clown. He made the same decision regarding the scene at the junkyard, where one of the cars voluntarily drives towards the crushing machine, which could be interpreted as a reference to suicide. For unknown reasons, these scenes remained in the film.
- Initially, the film was being developed by "Disney," with John Lasseter as director. Lasseter intended to be the first to combine traditional hand-drawn animation with computer imagery. However, studio management was interested in using computer animation solely to save financial resources. Upon learning that its use would have little impact on the project’s cost, management immediately lost interest and shut down the ambitious project. Lasseter was fired from "Disney" and became one of the founders of "Pixar," where he made the film independently (without computer animation). Eventually, "Disney" bought the finished film, showed it on "Disney Channel," and it became a hit.
- The lamp, voiced by Phil Hartman (1948-1998), resembles Austrian and American actor, director, and screenwriter Peter Lorre (1904-1964) in both voice and appearance. The air conditioner, also voiced by Hartman, is modeled after Jack Nicholson.
- Roughly halfway through production, producer Donald Kushner decided that the nightmare scene should be removed from the film entirely because children would be frightened by the clown. He made the same decision regarding the junkyard scene, where one of the cars voluntarily drives into a crusher and shredder, which could be perceived as a reference to suicide. For unknown reasons, these scenes remained in the film.
- Initially, the film was being developed by Disney, and John Lasseter was the director. Lasseter intended to combine traditional hand-drawn animation with computer-generated imagery for the first time. However, it turned out that the studio management was interested in using computer animation solely to save financial resources. Upon learning that its use would have virtually no effect on the project's cost, management immediately lost interest and shut down the ambitious project. Lasseter was fired from Disney; he became one of the founders of Pixar and made the film independently (without computer animation). In time, Disney bought the resulting film and aired it on the Disney Channel, where it became a hit.
- The Lamp, voiced by Phil Hartman (1948-1998), resembles the Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter Peter Lorre (1904-1964) in voice and appearance. The Air Conditioner, also voiced by Hartman, is modeled after Jack Nicholson.
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