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Tin Toy

1988 · 5 min

A playful, slightly chaotic chase between a tiny toy and a destructive baby, full of visual charm and gentle humor.

Directed by: John Lasseter
Genres: Animation, Family
Starring: Sárközi Olivér

Tagline: A scared, Tin Toy realizes he really wants to play.
Overview: Babies are hardly monster-like, unless you're a toy. After escaping a drooling baby, Tinny realizes that he wants to be played with after all. But in the amount of time it takes him to discover this, the baby's attention moves on to other things only an infant could find interesting.

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Directed by: John Lasseter
Genres: Animation, Family
Starring: Sárközi Olivér

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
parenthood
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: animation, family
Directed by: John Lasseter
Written by: John Lasseter
Starring: Sárközi Olivér
Runtime: 5 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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