A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
Stacy Keach Narrator (voice)
Edwin Catmull Himself
Steve Jobs Himself
John Lasseter Himself
William Reeves Himself
Joe Ranft Himself/Heimlich (voice)/Lenny (voice)
George Lucas Himself
Pete Docter Himself
Andrew Stanton Himself/Seagulls (voice)
Lee Unkrich Himself
Darla K. Anderson Herself
Peter Schneider Himself
Alexander Schure Himself
Thomas Schumacher Himself
Brad Bird Himself
Roy Edward Disney Himself
Tom Hanks Himself/Woody (voice)/Scott Turner
Tim Allen Himself/Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Ron Clements Self
John Musker Self
Ollie Johnston Self
Frank Thomas Self
Glen Keane Self
Don Hahn Self
Randy Nelson Self
Thomas Porter Self
Alvy Ray Smith Self
Rob Cook Self
Billy Crystal Self / Mike Wazowski (voice)
Loren Carpenter Self
Dennis Muren Self
Alan Kay Self
Deirdre Warin Self
Michael Eisner Self
Robert A. Iger Self
Leonard Maltin Self
Mike McCaffrey Self
Nancy Lasseter Self
Randy Newman Self
James Ford Murphy Self
Diane Disney Self
Joe Grant Self
Christopher Sawyer Self
Tom K. Gurney Self
Doug Sweetland Self (archive footage)
Joe Lanzisero Self (archive footage)
Darrell Van Citters Self (archive footage)
Brett Thompson Self (archive footage)
Leslie Margolin Self (archive footage)
Mike Cedeno Self (archive foootage)
Paul Nowak Self (archive footage)
Nancy Beiman Self (archive footage)
Jerry Rees Self (archive footage)
Bruce Morris Self (archive footage)
Elmer Plummer Self (archive footage)
Harry Sabin Self (archive footage)
Doug Lefler Self (archive footage)
T. Hee Self (archive footage)
Don Honicky Self (archive footage)
John Davidson Self (voice) (archive footage)
Randy Cartwright Self (archival footage)
Ron Miller Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite Self (archive footage)
Buzz Aldrin Self (archive footage)
Neil Armstrong Self (archive footage)
Eben Ostby Self (archive footage)
Bonnie Arnold Self (archive footage)
Ralph Guggenheim Self (archive footage)
Glenn McQueen Self (archive footage)
Angus MacLane Self (archive footage)
Kate Cronin Self (archive footage)
Rebecca Quick Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney Self (archive footage)
Robin Williams Self (archive footage)
Barry Diller Self (archive footage)
Marc Davis Self (archive footage)
Les Clark Self (archive footage)
Milt Kahl Self (archive footage)
Eric Larson Self (archive footage)
John Lounsbery Self (archive footage)
Wolfgang Reitherman Self (archive footage)
Jewell Mae Risley Self (archive footage)
Bennett Lasseter Self (archive footage)
Paul James Lasseter Self (archive footage)
Joey Lasseter Self (archive footage)
Sam Lasseter Self / Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Alexander Gould Self / Nemo (voice) (archive footage)
Joan Cusack Jessie (voice) (archive footage)
John Goodman James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Mary Gibbs Mary 'Boo' Gibbs (voice) (archive footage)
Albert Brooks Marlin (voice) (archive footage)
Jennifer Tilly Celia Mae (voice) (archive footage)
Craig T. Nelson Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice) (archive footage)
Jason Lee Syndrome (voice) (archive footage)
Ellen DeGeneres Dory (voice) (archive footage)
Jack Hannah Lamp Shop Owner (voice) (archive footage)
James MacDonald The Bear (voice) (archive footage)
Bruce Boxleitner Tron (archive footage)
Jeff Bridges Clu (archive footage)
Dan Shor Ram (archive footage)
Craig Chudy Warrior #1 (archive footage)
Vince Deadrick Jr. Warrior #2 (archive footage)
John P. Ryan Dr. Schneider (archive footage)
Donald Eccles Reverend Duncan Nesbitt (archive footage)
DeForest Kelley Leonard McCoy (archive footage)
William Shatner James T. Kirk (archive footage)
Leonard Nimoy Spock (archive footage)
Anthony Daniels C-3PO (archive footage)
Kenny Baker R2-D2 (archive footage)
Sárközi Olivér Tinny / Billy (voice) (archive footage)
Sam Neill Alan Grant (archive footage)
Ariana Richards Lex Murphy (archive footage)
Joseph Mazzello Tim Murphy (archive footage)
Laurie Metcalf Mrs. Davis (voice) (archive footage)
Lisa Bradley Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Kendall Cunningham Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Gregory Grudt Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Cody Dorkin Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Brittany Levenbrown Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Scott McAfee Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Ryan O'Donohue Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Shane Sweet Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Anthony Burch Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Spencer Aste Wounded Soldier (voice) (archive footage)
R. Lee Ermey Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
Wallace Shawn Rex (voice) (archive footage)
Dave Foley Flik (voice) (archive footage)
Hayden Panettiere Dot (voice) (archive footage)
Madeline Kahn Gypsy (voice) (archive footage)
Jonathan Harris Manny (voice) (archive footage)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Atta (voice) (archive footage)
Carlos Alazraqui Loco (voice) (archive footage)
Kevin Spacey Hopper (voice) (archive footage)
John Ratzenberger Yeti (voice) (archive footage)
Bob Peterson Mr. Ray / Dolphins / Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)
Erica Beck Pearl (voice) (archive footage)
Jan Rabson Seagulls (archive footage)
Jess Harnell Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)
Aaron Fors Seagulls (voice) (archive footage)
Geoffrey Rush Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Spencer Fox Dash (voice) (archive footage)
Robert Benchley Robert Benchley (archive footage)
Ward Kimball Ward Kimball (archive footage)
Owen Wilson Lightning McQueen (voice) (archive footage)
Larry the Cable Guy Mater (voice) (archive footage)
Adam Lamas Scratch Track Narration (voice)
Teddy Newton Sci-Fi Announcer (voice)
Rino Romano Scratch Track Narration (voice)