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Pixar Short Films Collection - Volume 1 | 
| Directors: Bud Luckey, Alvy Ray Smith, Andrew Jimenez, Brad Bird, Dan Scanlon
Actors: Larry The Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Wallis, Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 1058
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 54 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: DISD53331D
UPC: 786936723489
EAN: 0786936723489
ASIN: B000V1Y44G
Theatrical Release Date: November 5, 2004
Release Date: November 6, 2007
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Pixar's unprecedented string of hit animated features was built on the short films in this collection. John Lasseter and Ed Catmull used these cartoons the way Walt Disney used the "Silly Symphonies" during the 1930s: as a training ground for artists and a way to explore the potential of a new medium. Although it's only 90 seconds long, "Luxo, Jr." (1986) ranks as the "Steamboat Willie" of computer animation: For the first time, audiences believed CG characters could think and feel. (It was also the first CG film to make audiences laugh.) When the artists began work on Toy Story, they had learned so much from the shorts, they were ready to undertake that landmark creation. In the later shorts, the viewer can see the artists continuing to experiment: with a more realistic human figure in "Geri's Game" and with new ways of suggesting atmospheric effects in "Boundin'." Some of the more recent shorts continue the adventures of the characters from the features. "Jack-Jack Attack" reveals what happened to the hapless baby-sitter while the Incredibles were off fighting Syndrome, while "Mater and the Ghost Light" shows that life goes on for the inhabitants of Radiator Springs. When Sully from Monsters, Inc. tries to adjust his seat in "Mike's New Car," the animators prolong the moment to wring every drop of humor from the situation--just as an earlier generation of animators milked Wile E. Coyote's antics for all they were worth. The long-unseen films for Sesame Street are an unexpected bonus. A delightful collection of entertaining shorts, and a significant chronicle of the growth of computer animation. (Rated G: suitable for all ages: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon
Product Description
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/06/2007 Run time: 54 minutes
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| Customer Reviews: Read 66 more reviews...
 Pixar ais a cut above the rest December 21, 2008
Andrew Swingle (Portland, Oregon)
This DVD is really great. It has all of the shorts from Pixar. It has lots of replay value as it can be shown to kids as well as adults who might not have seen them before.
Pixar is the best animation studio around and these shorts are just a sneak peek into their great storytelling ability.
Cartoons are Art December 16, 2008
Lynda Gail Campbell (Fayetteville, AR USA)
I bought this DVD after watching a couple of the clips from it. It is to be a gift for my daughter-in-law/baby granddaughter...because I want to watch it again and again.
Geri' s GAme is GREAT December 6, 2008
H. S. Vishniac (Stillwater, Oklahoma United States)
This Pixar is a selection of indifferent to wonderful shorts, of which the best is the fantastic Geri's Game. It makes a great gift for any adult on your list!
Visual Feast August 25, 2008
Yvette (Clearwater, FL)
My daughter received this for her birthday and loves it. She wants to watch it every day and it has quickly eclipsed her favorite movies. She is so tickled by all the shorts. While we own all of them with each Pixar movie, it really is a treat to have them all lined up together in one package.
I am really in awe of how good the early pieces are from the 80's. It certainly goes to show that it is the story that drives the films, even the earlier work with less finesse by today's standards still is amazing and endearing.
Brilliant. Simply brilliant August 12, 2008
wiredweird (Earth, or somewhere nearby)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If a feature-length animation corresponds in some way to a novel, then a cartoon like one of these corresponds to a short story - you know, five or ten pages, and you're done before the coffee gets cold.
In this case, you'll just forget the flippin' coffee. Each little featurette is a gem unto itself. "Luxo Junior" showed the absolute mastery of characterization over body - those two show more personality in that little interlude than Keanu Reeves has shown in his whole life. "Red's Dream" - well, words just don't do it justice. I saw it back on the Siggraph circuit, and its emotional impact has lost nothing in the decades since. "Jack Jack's Attack" just reminded me that being really funny means being real. Kari came across as real and more than real, down to her sprawling gestures in telling her story. And, it laces in nicely with "The Incredibles."
In terms of absolute volume, there's not a lot here. But it's dense, and that gives it the mass to warrant attention. Pixar has always been on the out-there edge of animation, and this shows the edge at its sharpest.
-- wiredweird
PS: I remember the original beach babe too. That was a nice bit of humor, but a different kind of humor. It's not worth getting upset over.
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