The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

Director:

Jerry Rees

Writers:

Thomas M. Disch (book)
Thomas M. Disch (story)
(more)

Release Date:

10 July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

Imagine if Your Toaster Went on a Journey of its Own!

Plot:

A group of dated appliances that find themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold...

Plot Keywords:

Toaster | Television Set | Friendship | Reflection | Vacuum Cleaner

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Jon Lovitz	...	The Radio (voice)
Timothy Stack	...	Lampy / Zeke (voice) (as Tim Stack)
Timothy E. Day	...	Blanky / Young Rob (The Master) (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	Kirby (voice)
Deanna Oliver	...	Toaster (voice)
Phil Hartman	...	Air Conditioner / Hanging Lamp (voice)
Joe Ranft	...	Elmo St. Peters (voice)
Judy Toll	...	Mish-Mash / Two-Face Sewing Machine (voice)
Wayne Kaatz	...	Rob (The Master) (voice)
Colette Savage	...	Chris (voice)
Mindy Stern	...	Mother / Two-Face Sewing Machine (voice)
Jim Jackman	...	Plugsy (voice)
Randall William Cook	...	Entertainment Center (voice)
Randy Bennett	...	Computer (voice)
Jonathan Benair	...	Black and White TV (voice)
Louis Conti	...	Spanish Announcer (voice)
Beth Anderson	...	Chorus (voice)
Pat Ericson	...	Chorus (voice)
Gary Falcone	...	Chorus (voice)
Roger Freeland	...	Chorus (voice)
Janice Leibhart	...	Chorus (voice)
Darryl Phinnessee	...	Chorus (voice)
Joe Pizzulo	...	Chorus (voice)

Directed by
Jerry Rees

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Thomas M. Disch		book "The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances"
Thomas M. Disch		story
Brian McEntee		story (as Brian P. McEntee)
Joe Ranft		screenplay
Joe Ranft		story
Jerry Rees		screenplay
Jerry Rees		story

Produced by
Willard Carroll	....	executive producer
Donald Kushner	....	producer
Peter Locke	....	executive producer
Cleve Reinhard	....	co-producer
James Wang	....	associate producer
Thomas L. Wilhite	....	producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Film Editing by
Donald W. Ernst

Art Direction by
Brian McEntee

Production Management
Charles Leland Richardson	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Alex Mann	....	storyboard artist
Joe Ranft	....	storyboard artist
Jerry Rees	....	storyboard artist
Darrell Rooney	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jim Cypherd	....	special sound designer
Donald W. Ernst	....	supervising sound editor (as Donald Ernst)
Andrea Horta	....	sound editor
Eileen Horta	....	adr editor
Sam Horta	....	sound editor
Rick Johnston	....	special sound designer
Andrew Morris	....	dialogue recording engineer
Aseley Otten	....	special sound designer
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mary Louise Rodgers	....	foley artist
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gregg C. Rudloff)
Michael Salvetta	....	foley artist (as Michael Anthony Salvetta)
Kevin Spears	....	sound editor
Randal S. Thomas	....	foley editor (as Randal Scott Thomas)
Terence Thomas	....	sound editor
George Thompson	....	dialogue recording engineer
Bob Walter	....	special sound designer
David John West	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Mark Dindal	....	effects animation consultant
John Scheele	....	visual effects consultant

Camera and Electrical Department
Lin Chinyi	....	camera operator: overseas crew
Lin Chinyi	....	camera supervisor: overseas crew
Tang Hsiangyi	....	camera operator: overseas crew
Liu Hsingyuan	....	camera operator: overseas crew

Animation Department
James Beihold	....	layout artist
Chris Buck	....	character designer
Randy Cartwright	....	directing animator
Chen Shyh Chang	....	animator: overseas crew (as Chen Hsiahsiang)
Chia-Liang Chen	....	background artist: overseas crew (as Chen Chialiang)
Chiung-Tzu Chen	....	inbetween artist: overseas crew (as Chen Chiungtzu)
Kao Chienhua	....	background artist: overseas crew
Yan Shuenn Fa	....	animator: overseas crew (as Yen Shunfa)
Liu Fengchiao	....	ink artist: overseas crew
Yang Yuan Fran	....	scene checker: overseas crew (as Yang Yuanfang)
Michael Giaimo	....	character designer (as Mike Giaimo)
Kirk Hanson	....	layout artist
Dan Haskett	....	character designer
Tim Hauser	....	layout artist
Glenn M. Higa	....	scene planner (as Glen Higa)
Hu Pei Hoi	....	final checker: overseas crew (as Hu Peihui)
Yueh-Lan Ho	....	animator: overseas crew (as Ho Yuehlan)
Szu-Ko Hsaio	....	background artist: overseas crew (as Hsiao Shihko)
M.Y. Hsieh	....	animator: overseas crew (as Hsieh Mingyang)
Sung Hsinhung	....	inbetween artist: overseas crew
Skip Jones	....	character designer
Yae-Te Kao	....	background artist: overseas crew (as Kao Yaote)
Kevin Lima	....	animator
Kevin Lima	....	character designer
Kevin Lima	....	developmental animator
Alex Mann	....	layout artist
Brian McEntee	....	layout supervisor
Kao Meiching	....	xerox: overseas crew
Rob Minkoff	....	character designer
Steve Moore	....	animator
Steve Moore	....	developmental animator
John Norton	....	character designer
John Norton	....	layout artist
Kendall O'Connor	....	color stylist (as A. Kendall O'Connor)
Joe Ranft	....	directing animator
Rebecca Rees	....	assistant animation supervisor
Rebecca Rees	....	developmental animator
Rebecca Rees	....	directing animator
Kevin Richardson	....	layout artist
Darrell Rooney	....	layout artist
Steve Segal	....	scene planner
Brigitte Strother	....	color modeler
Ann Telnaes	....	animator
Ann Telnaes	....	layout artist
Chris Wahl	....	animator
Chris Wahl	....	layout artist
Stevan Wahl	....	layout artist (as Steve Wahl)
Wang Wenchong	....	inbetween artist: overseas crew
Tanya T. Wilson	....	animator (as Tanya Wilson)
Tanya T. Wilson	....	layout artist (as Tanya Wilson)
Kirk Wise	....	animator
Kirk Wise	....	developmental animator
Wei-Chang Wu	....	animator: overseas crew (as Wu Wei-Chang)
Bunis Yang	....	animator: overseas crew (as Yang Chichang)
Peng Yuchih	....	final checker: overseas crew
Chiu Yueheh	....	ink artist: overseas crew

Editorial Department
Shelley Rae Hinton	....	assistant film editor (as Shelley Hinton)
John Nicolard	....	color timer

Music Department
Susie Allanson	....	vocal coach
Michael Dittrick	....	music editor
Brian F. Mars	....	music editor
Shawn Murphy	....	orchestra recording producer
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
David Newman	....	music arranger: songs
Krystyna Newman	....	assistant to conductor (as Krys Newman)
Van Dyke Parks	....	original songs

Other crew
Wan-Ling Chiu	....	translator: overseas crew (as Chiu Wanling)
Fang Ding	....	production coordinator: overseas crew (as Fang Ting)
Brian McEntee	....	title designer

Production Companies

• Hyperion Pictures
• Kushner-Locke Company, The
• Wang Film Productions Company (in association with)
• Global (in association with) (as Global Communications Corp.)
• Walt Disney Pictures (support) (uncredited)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
• Hyperion Pictures (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
• Premier Releasing (1990) (UK) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1995) (Netherlands) (VHS) (dubbed) (as "Het Dappere Broodroostertje")
• Cartoon Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS) (as "A Torradeira Valente")
• Divisa Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (dubbed) (as "Het Dappere Broodroostertje")
• Prism Leisure Corporation (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• VTI Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS) (as "A Torradeirinha Valente")
• Walt Disney Home Video

Other Companies

• Percepto Records  score album released by

Also Known As:

The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:Livre | West Germany:o.Al. | USA:Not Rated | UK:U

Company:

Hyperion Pictures

Trivia:

Rob (The Master) and his mother's apartment number is A113, which is also the a room number of a classroom used by animation students at CalArt, the Alma mater of John Lasseter'. A113 also shows up in Toy Story (1995) and A Bug's Life (1998), which he directed.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: "Available" is misspelled in "Cutting Edge"; in a parody of commercial techniques, a balloon appears that says "NOW AVALIABLE!"

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Radio: Good morning, good morning, gooooood morning!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Will & Grace: Secrets and Lays (#1.17)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Mammy

I'm aching with joy.

What happened to amazing movies like The Brave Little Toaster? And I am not being sarcastic at all. This movie came out the year I was born and I've still not seen a better children's movie. And when I speak of good children's movies I don't mean things like Teletubbies which can mesmerize a two-year old; I mean movies that I can still watch today and adore. For example, I loved Finding Nemo, as well as Shrek (not Shrek 2) and a few others. But not since Toy Story have I really loved a kid's movie as much as BLT. Yes, I'm stealing the sandwich's abbreviation and giving it to the movie.

The thing about BLT that amazes me the most is just how adult it is. I mean, sure, it's not very adult to have a toaster, a vacuum, a lamp, a blanket, and a radio (JON LOVITZ!!) going on an adventure to find their old "Master," and it may even be considered a little childish to be caught up on your old things-- but forget about the overtones! What about that nightmare? I won't spoil anything but see this movie and remember that question: WHAT ABOUT THAT NIGHTMARE?! It is...intense.

Listen to the words of the songs (other than their little "going on an adventure" theme). The song all the cars sing is devastating; the broken appliances are creepy as hell and the modern ones are so mean! And that little fat guy! Oh man, you just have to see this movie for yourself. There is nothing quite as wonderful as the cuteness of Blanky, the hypocrisy of Toaster, the courage of Lampy, the pride of Kirby, and of course, the wit of the Radio, all rolled into one film-- plus songs, squirrels and frogs etc, a giant angry magnet, an awesome TV personality, and enough colors and fun to warrant a sugar high.

See this movie if there is any love inside of you.