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Toy Story

Fortunately enough, “it’s over” didn’t have the same meaning in Hollywood as it did in Silicon Valley. John Lasseter and other Pixar employees worked very hard at the script, and in February 1994, they turned out a new, improved version that won Jeffrey Katzenberg’s approval: production could resume. Steve was not overwhelmed, as he kept trying to sell Pixar to outside investors until late fall 1994. At the time he came very close to selling the animation studios to...