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Toy Story(1995)

Director:John Lasseter

Voiceovers: Tom Hanks,Tim Allen,Don Rickles.

Toy Story is an animated adventure film which follows a group of living toys who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present.It was the first ever film to be entirely computer-animation based, and also the first production from Pixar.

Cowboy doll Woody(Tom Hanks), the leader of the group of toys owned by a boy named Andy, feels resentful after new arrival Buzz Lightyear(Tim Allen), a space ranger displaces Woody as Andy’s favourite toy. After he accidentally knocks Buzz out of the window, the other toys shun Woody,who unwittingly follows Buzz and ends up being abandoned by Andy. It now up to Woody and Buzz to team up and return home before Andy moves out.

The film’s witty dialogue and brilliantly executed computer graphics made it one of the best animated movies of all time.Toy Story won a Special Achievement Academy Award, and is regarded as one of the landmarks in technical innovation.

Pirates of Silicon Valley(1999)

Director:Martyn Burke

Starring:Anthony Michael Hall,Noah Wyle,Joey Slotnick,John DiMaggio,Josh Hopkins. Pirates of Silicon Valley is a drama film which chronicles the rise of two of the biggest software companies in the world-Microsoft and Apple. The film is narrated by the characters of Steve Wozniak(Joey Slotnick),co-founder of Apple,and Steve Balmer(John DiMaggio), who was CEO of Microsoft from 2000-2014 and the first business manager hired by Bill Gates.

The story is one filled with ambition,drama and betrayal as we follow Steve Jobs(Noah Wyle) and Bill Gates(Anthony Michael Hall) on their way to becoming the pioneers in the field of Computer Science.

The real-life Steve Wozniak praised the movie, describing it as “Intriguing, interesting. I loved watching it. Every one of those incidences occurred and it occurred with the meaning that was shown in the film.” Bill Gates stated that his portrayal was “reasonably accurate.”