The Brave Little Toaster - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "The Brave Little Toaster"

The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

Timing: 1:30 (90 min)

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Actors and characters

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Approximately midway through production, producer Donald Kushner decided to remove the nightmare scene entirely from the film because children might be frightened by the clown. He made the same decision regarding the scene at the junkyard, where one of the cars voluntarily drives towards the crushing machine, which could be interpreted as a reference to suicide. For unknown reasons, these scenes remained in the film.
Initially, the film was being developed by "Disney," with John Lasseter as director. Lasseter intended to be the first to combine traditional hand-drawn animation with computer imagery. However, studio management was interested in using computer animation solely to save financial resources. Upon learning that its use would have little impact on the project’s cost, management immediately lost interest and shut down the ambitious project. Lasseter was fired from "Disney" and became one of the founders of "Pixar," where he made the film independently (without computer animation). Eventually, "Disney" bought the finished film, showed it on "Disney Channel," and it became a hit.
The lamp, voiced by Phil Hartman (1948-1998), resembles Austrian and American actor, director, and screenwriter Peter Lorre (1904-1964) in both voice and appearance. The air conditioner, also voiced by Hartman, is modeled after Jack Nicholson.

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