Somewhere between July of 1988 and September of 1991, Disney acquired the film and distributed it on home video. Toaster adorned big screens briefly, here and there, over the next couple of years two weeks at New York's Film Forum in May of 1989, shortly in Washington D.C. Somehow, though, the honors and warm reception weren't enough to earn the film an orthodox theatrical run. (It remained the only one until 2001's Waking Life.) The acclaim was echoed in accolades: the movie was considered for Sundance's Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic), nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Animated Program category, and recognized with a Parents' Choice Award. The following January, it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, where it generated buzz and made history as the first animated film ever exhibited at the annual Utah shindig. It debuted on television in the summer of 1987 on The Disney Channel, then a young subscription cable network. Disch's novella of the same name, The Brave Little Toaster had a most unusual release process.
This feature-length cartoon represented the first completed project to arrive from Hyperion Pictures, an independent studio founded in 1984 by Tom Wilhite, who just four years earlier had become the youngest production chief in Hollywood.ĭisney was where Wilhite quickly climbed the corporate ladder, moving from its marketing department to head of the film division at age 27, a role which had him greenlighting works like Tron and the Touchstone-launching hit comedy Splash, before resigning in 1983.Īdapted from sci-fi writer Thomas M. Twenty years ago, while Disney Feature Animation was in the process of escaping the creative doldrums that plagued them through the 1970s and '80s, The Brave Little Toaster was made. Songs: Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti", "City of Light", "It's a B-Movie", "Cutting Edge", "Worthless", "Hidden Meadow", Al Jolson - "My Mammy", "April Showers" Peters), Judy Toll (Mish-Mash, Two Face Sewing Machine), Wayne Kaatz (Rob), Colette Savage (Chris), Mindy Stern (Mother, Two Face Sewing Machine), Jim Jackman (Plugsy), Jonathan Benair (Black and White TV), Randy Bennett (Computer) Day (Blanky, Young Master), Thurl Ravenscroft (Kirby), Deanna Oliver (Toaster), Phil Hartman (Air Conditioner, Hanging Lamp), Joe Ranft (Elmo St.
Voice Cast: Jon Lovitz (Radio), Tim Stack (Lampy, Zeke), Timothy E. Original Air Date: J/ Running Time: 90 Minutes / Rating: Not Rated
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