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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

It’s 1985 and Steve Jobs is fuming after being fired from Apple. He wants a second act, and he thinks he’s found one in Lucasfilm’s unwanted computer division.

But when Jobs buys it and founds Pixar, it soon becomes clear that visions aren't aligned. Jobs wants to create the next-generation of personal computers. But Pixar’s leaders Ed Catmull and John Lasseter have different plans. They want Pixar to make animated movies using computers.

But to make that happen, they need to persuade Jobs to burn through his fortune, and convince Hollywood that a computer animated film can hold its own against the hand-drawn creations of Disney.

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0:17.0	November 1993, Disney Animation Studios, Burbank, California.
0:22.0	In a darkened screening room, Disney Animation Chief Peter Schneider sits with his arms crossed
0:27.0	as hand-drawn images flash on the screen before him.
0:31.0	He's watching the latest story reels for Toy Story, a film that's set to become
0:35.0	the world's first computer animated feature film.
0:38.0	Disney's funding Toy Story, but it's not a Disney production.
0:42.0	It's the work of an animation studio called Pixar.
0:45.0	But Pixar's never made a movie before, and it shows.
0:50.0	Toy Story follows the rivalry of a cowboy doll named Woody
0:54.0	in an astronaut action figure named Buzz Lightyear.
0:57.0	Woody and Buzz are vying for the attention of Andy, the kid that owns them.
1:01.0	But right now, the tale fizzles rather than sizzles.
1:06.0	Schneider watches as sketches of proposed scenes flick past.
1:10.0	Woody shoves Buzz out of the bedroom window, and his other toys are horrified.
1:16.0	Woody, you deliberately threw Buzz out the window!
1:19.0	Hey, it's a Toy Story world.
1:22.0	As Woody claims Buzz's spot on Andy's bed, Mr. Potato Head and other angry toys give chase.
1:29.0	Hey, Spuds for brains.
1:31.0	What do you think you're doing?
1:33.0	Off the bed.
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