Pixar’s first-ever threequel reconvenes most of the voice actors from the earlier films and adds two new cadres: the toys at Sunnydale Day Care, who teach Woody, Buzz and the gang the grim meaning of child’s play, and another, smaller troupe owned by Bonnie, an imaginative child in Andy’s neighborhood. The star actor here is Mr. Pricklepants, a hedgehog in green Swiss fedora and lederhosen. Mr. P. sees himself as a distinguished thespian forced to do improv for a four-year-old but carrying on gallantly nonetheless. Timothy Dalton voices him in a plummy Brit accent, as if the hedgehog were Sir John Gielgud making the best of a bad gig. And that, ladies and gents, is Acting.
The Voices of Pixar
Pixar's Toy Story 3 hits theaters June 18, the latest project from the studio to arrive stocked with unusual vocal talent. TIME surveys Pixar's 11 feature films, and the peculiar voices that have helped these unforgettable stories take flight
Timothy Dalton, Toy Story 3 (2010)
Full List
Mastering the Art of Vocals
- Tom Hanks, Toy Story (1995)
- John Ratzenberger, A Bug’s Life (1998)
- Tim Allen, Toy Story II (1999)
- Mary Gibbs, Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Ellen DeGeneres, Finding Nemo (2003)
- Brad Bird, The Incredibles (2004)
- Paul Newman, Cars (2006)
- Patton Oswalt, Ratatouille (2007)
- Ben Burtt, WALL-E (2008)
- Bob Peterson, Up (2009)
- Timothy Dalton, Toy Story 3 (2010)