My goodness,
this is a thing of wonder and whimsy and a buttload of perseverance. The Live
Action Toy Story Project, is finally completed. What a wonderful thing to exist in the world.
Jonason Pauley
and Jesse Perrotta started the project, a shot-for-shot recreation of the
original Toy Story using live actors and toys, back in June of 2010,
when they were just 17 and 18 respectively. They began by making clips without
any intention of making the remaking the whole film. Eventually, their clips
became popular enough—and their technique improved enough—that they committed
to doing the whole entire movie in September of 2011. And now, a full two and a
half years after they started, the finished product is here.
Now, the first
thing in everyone's mind upon hearing this is probably, "Awesome. But
Pixar is going to SUE THEM INTO THE GROUND." Which would
probably/definitely be within its right. But Pauley and Perrotta actually made
their way out to Pixar HQ last week and apparently got the OK to go ahead with
the project. They also got to hand out DVDs of the completed remake in front of the studio.
Which, you know, pretty freaking awesome.
The movie has
actually been completed since August (there was a "World Premiere" at the time), but has
just now been uploaded for the public to see, following the presumed go-ahead
from Pixar. It's the culmination of a long process, with Pauley having turned two rooms in his parents' house into makeshift sets
resembling Andy and Sid's rooms, and the pair of directors literally making
some models, like Sid's mutant toys, from scratch.
This is
obviously a labor of love. So go watch the whole blessed thing, and try not to
choke on how freaking awesome it is. [Gizmodo]
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