Trivia for
The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984) More at IMDbPro »

• First use of motion blur in computer animation.
  
  
• First use of squash-and-stretch motion in computer animation.
  
  
• The modeling program used at the time could only produce simple geometric designs (cones, cubes, spheres). John Lasseter wanted a flexible pear shape for the characters' bodies, as is found in most cartoon characters. Eventually a teardrop shape was achieved by stretching the point of a sphere to infinity.
  
  
• John Lasseter made this film to entertain his children; ironically, it frightened them instead.
  
  
• The title is a tribute to Louis Malle's film My Dinner with Andre (1981), referencing actors Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn.
  
  
• The original title was "My Breakfast with Andre", and it was about waking up with an android.
  
  
• This was made in the days before Pixar existed in its own right when John Lasseter and his crew were working for Lucasfilm. Despite their successes there, the animation department was in line to be axed, so they put together a business plan. It was sufficiently well thought through to attract Steve Jobs of Apple who bought Pixar for $5 million cash and $5 million in bankroll funding.
  
  

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