The Pixar Story
Directed byLeslie Iwerks
Written byLeslie Iwerks
Produced byLeslie Iwerks
StarringJohn Lasseter
Brad Bird
Ed Catmull
Steve Jobs
Narrated byStacy Keach
CinematographySuki Medencevic
Edited byLeslie Iwerks
Stephen Myers, A.C.E
Music byJeff Beal
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28)
Running time
87 minutes
LanguageEnglish

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.

The film was released, outside North America, on DVD in summer 2008 as part of the "Ultimate Pixar Collection",[1] 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, and again on its Criterion edition.[2]

The film premiered on BBC Two in the United Kingdom.[3]

Synopsis

The success story of Pixar Animation Studios from the ground up.

Voice cast

Reception

The film was given generally positive reviews, receiving an aggregated score of 86% from Rotten Tomatoes, based on seven reviews.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "'Pixar Story' coming soon to DVD: Iwerks. PixarBlog.com. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  2. ^ "Criterion Collection Picks Pixar’s ‘Wall-E’ As First Disney Collaboration" by Jamie Lang. Cartoon Brew. September 8, 2022. Accessed September 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "BBC Two - the Pixar Story".
  4. ^ "The Pixar Story". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 7, 2010.

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