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See how ''Sky Captain'''s fantasy world fits into the continuum of digital filmmaking, along with ''Terminator,'' ''Lord of the Rings,'' and other movies
| Sep 21, 2004
''Sky Captain'' -- and nine other CGI milestones | 131222__toystory_l
Toy Story: Pixar

Toy Story

(1995)

INNOVATION The first all-CGI full-length feature. Pixar's first movie for Disney consists of a whopping 114,240 frames, 600 billion bytes (1,000 CD-ROMs held the film's data), 160 billion pixels, and 800,000 machine hours.

MEMORABLE MOMENT Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) argue on their owner Andy's bed.

POSITIVE IMPACT Pixar's genius factor raised the bar for other studios to jump into the CGI animation with such successes as Ice Age and the Shrek movies.

NEGATIVE IMPACT It all but killed off traditional hand-drawn animated movies.

EW GRADE A

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