Toy Story 3

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Toy Story 3

film by Unkrich [2010]

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In Toy Story 3, Andy is preparing to leave for college. His toys are mistakenly sent to a day-care center, where they encounter challenges. The film follows their efforts to overcome these obstacles and find their way back home. This installment of the Toy Story franchise was directed by Lee Unkrich and released in 2010. It was the first animated film to gross over $1 billion worldwide and won two Academy Awards.12

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Toy Story (franchise)
The movies
…full-length film in the franchise, Toy Story 3, was directed by Lee Unkrich and released in 2010. The story begins with Andy preparing to go to college and the toys being packed away in the attic. In a twist of plot, they mistakenly land in a day-care center, where unruly…
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…full-length film in the franchise, Toy Story 3, was directed by Lee Unkrich and released in 2010. The story begins with Andy preparing to go to college and the toys being packed away in the attic. In a twist of plot, they mistakenly land in a day-care center, where unruly…
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Tom Hanks
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Michael Keaton
Batman movies
…the animated films Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Minions (2015).
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John Lasseter
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Randy Newman
…for the instrumental score for Toy Story 3 (2010) and a second Oscar, for the song “We Belong Together” from the latter film. He also scored Cars 3 (2017) and Toy Story 4 (2019). His song (“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away”) for the latter film and his score…
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Pixar
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Don Rickles
…animated films (1995, 1999, and 2010), in which he voiced the character of Mr. Potato Head; archival sound of Rickles’s voice was used for Toy Story 4, which was released in 2019, two years after his death.
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…animated films (1995, 1999, and 2010), in which he voiced the character of Mr. Potato Head; archival sound of Rickles’s voice was used for Toy Story 4, which was released in 2019, two years after his death.
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Wallace Shawn
Toy Story films (1995, 1999, 2010, and 2019), The Incredibles (2004), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010), and Penguin Monster Beach Party (2015) and its sequels.
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