The Pixar Story | |
Director: | Leslie Iwerks |
Producer: | Leslie Iwerks |
Starring: | John Lasseter Brad Bird Ed Catmull Steve Jobs |
Narrator: | Stacy Keach |
Music: | Jeff Beal |
Cinematography: | Suki Medencevic |
Editing: | Leslie Iwerks Stephen Myers, A.C.E |
Studio: | Leslie Iwerks Productions Pixar Animation Studios |
Distributor: | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
Runtime: | 87 minutes |
Language: | English |
The Pixar Story, directed by Leslie Iwerks, is a documentary of the history of Pixar Animation Studios. An early version of the film premiered at the Sonoma Film Festival in 2007, and it had a limited theatrical run later that year before it was picked up by the Starz cable network in the United States.
The film was released, outside North America, on DVD in summer 2008 as part of the "Ultimate Pixar Collection",[1] a box set of Pixar films. It was then included as a special feature on the WALL-E special edition DVD and Blu-ray releases, which were launched on November 18, 2008, and again on its Criterion edition.[2]
The film premiered on BBC Two in the United Kingdom.[3]
The success story of Pixar Animation Studios from the ground up.
The film was given generally positive reviews, receiving an aggregated score of 86% from Rotten Tomatoes, based on seven reviews.[4]