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Article: FILM REVIEW: LIGHTYEARS AHEAD -Toy Story 2; Buzz is back as THOMAS QUINN lifts the lid on Toy Story 2.(Features)

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The Mirror (London, England)
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February 4, 2000
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Toy Story 2 - the further adventures of Woody and Buzz Lightyear - has at last made it to the UK. An obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody to add to his valuable collection. Spaceman Buzz Lightyear organises an army of assorted toys to rescue Woody before the toys' owner, Andy, gets back from cowboy camp. Here are some behind-the-scenes facts and figures on one of the most successful film franchises of all time...

The most successful Hollywood director in the last five years is not George Lucas, Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino, but Toy Story's John Lasseter, who ...

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