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It didn’t matter if they were good (they aren’t) or even finished ( I mean…), as long as they could fill a display near the checkout stand of your local supermarket, they were deemed good enough to release. Throughout the remainder of the ‘90s and well into the 2000s, Disney commissioned dozens of these direct-to-video knockoffs of their feature animated canon made on television budgets (if even that). This frugal sequel to Disney’s 1992 hit Aladdin was made for roughly one-tenth of the original film’s budget and released straight to video where it proceeded to turn a profit of more than $100 million. Let the record show that I am being profoundly generous by referring to this as a “film.” The “film” in question is The Return of Jafar.
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The fact, then, that it turned out to be perfect is nothing short of a miracle.īut before we can talk about Toy Story 2, we have to go back to 1994 – a full year before the original Toy Story was released – and look at another film. After all, a return visit to a familiar setting and well-loved characters seems like a no-brainer, especially when compared to pitches like “ what if a rat wanted to be a gourmet chef?” or “ what if an elderly man came to terms with his wife’s death by flying his house to South America using thousands of balloons?” The reality, though, is that, from the beginning Pixar’s first sequel was plagued with problems and the film as we now know it was effectively made in just nine months. Of Pixar’s initial ten films, one could understandably accuse Toy Story 2 of being the safest bet of the bunch.
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What’s more, these films sprung to life from original, often unusual stories…save for one.
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No other movie studio in history has a track record that can compare to Pixar’s golden age, and some filmmakers spend their entire careers hoping to curate a similarly spotless filmography (here’s looking at you, Quentin). Ten terrific films – critically lauded, commercially successful, instantly iconic. Between the years of 19, Pixar created an unprecedented and unmatched string of successes.