The Pixar Story is a 2007 documentary film directed by Leslie Iwerks, about 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", 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.
The film premiered on BBC Two in the United Kingdom.
Contents
Synopsis
The success story of Pixar Animation Studios from the ground up.
Cast
Steve Jobs – Principal Investor & co-founder of Pixar
John Lasseter – Pixar co-founder & visionary
Tim Allen – Actor, voiced Buzz Lightyear
Brad Bird – Director
Edwin Catmull – First Chief Technical Officer
Billy Crystal – Actor, voiced Mike in Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University
Michael Eisner – Former CEO of The Walt Disney Company
Tom Hanks – Actor, voiced Sheriff Woody
Bob Iger – CEO of The Walt Disney Company
George Lucas – Founder of Lucasfilm, Pixar's original foundation
James Ford Murphy – Head of animation & director of Lava
Diane Disney Miller – Daughter of Walt Disney and wife of former Disney CEO Ron Miller
Marc Davis – animator
Stacy Keach – Narrator
Reception
The film was given generally positive reviews, receiving an aggregated score of 86% from Rotten Tomatoes, based on seven reviews.