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Despite having that Disney deal in place, the company was still hemorrhaging money, and Jobs debated whether he should sell his Pixar shares and devote his time and money to other pursuits. However, he ended up putting any drastic action on hold once he got the all-important confirmation from Disney executives that they would distribute Toy Story during the 1995 holiday season, a choice that certainly turned out to be wise, successful, and profitable.

John Lasseter and his team of animators are the ones who brought Woody and Buzz Lightyear to life.

WOODY COMES TO LIFE Making an animated film like Toy Story is a lot of work and takes many people. Twenty-seven animators worked on the film, using 400 computer models to animate the characters. Every shot in the film eventually passed through the hands of eight different teams. To sync the characters’ mouths and facial expressions to the actors’ voices, animators spent one week per eight seconds of animation. In total, the film required 800,000 machine hours, countless human work hours, and 114,240 frames of animation.

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