That night, the appliances enact the first of many fights, having found themselves slightly off-course. Using an office chair pulled by Kirby, the vacuum cleaner, the group sets out into the world, heading for the "City of Light". When the others confront him, he becomes furious and blows a fuse, apparently dying.Īfter the five appliances find out that the cabin is for sale, implying the coming of a new master, Toaster announces that they must go out to find their own master. This is to the great amusement of the Air Conditioner, who was always jealous that the master played more with the others than himself. Every time a car passes, they swarm to an overlooking window, hoping that he has returned. Viewers learn that they have been left in the woods for many years by their master, a young child. A radio activates and begins to give the news as the other appliances (a lamp, an electric blanket, a vacuum cleaner, an air conditioner, and a toaster) wake up. The film opens with a slow pan into a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods. Many members of Pixar Animation Studios were involved with this film, including John Lasseter, whose trademark A113 appears on Master's door, and Joe Ranft. Another, Thurl Ravenscroft (Kirby), was best remembered as the voice of Tony the Tiger. Two of the voice actors, Jon Lovitz (Radio) and Phil Hartman (Air Conditioner/Hanging Lamp), were then-current cast members of " Saturday Night Live" and guest stars for " The Simpsons" later on. In 1988, it was the first animated film to be exhibited at the Sundance Film Festival, and the only one for 10 years until 1998's " I Married a Strange Person". The film was based on the novel of the same name, written by Disch, which first appeared in " The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" in 1980. The story follows five household appliances-Lampy (a lamp), Blanky (an electric blanket), Radio (a radio), Kirby (a Kirby vacuum cleaner), and the Toaster (a toaster)-on their quest to find their owner, Rob (also referred to as "The Master"). Disch, produced by Hyperion Pictures along with The Kushner-Locke Company and released by Walt Disney Pictures. "The Brave Little Toaster" is an animated film from 1987, directed by Jerry Rees, written by Thomas M. Disch (book and story)īudget = US$2.3 million įollowed_by = " The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars" ( 1998)
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