The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Jerry Rees

Writers:

Thomas M. Disch (book)
Thomas M. Disch (story)

Release Date:

10 July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

Imagine if Your Toaster Went on a Journey of its Own!

Plot:

A group of dated appliances that find themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold...

Plot Keywords:

Toaster | Television Set | Friendship | Reflection | Vacuum Cleaner

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Jon Lovitz	...	The Radio (voice)
Timothy Stack	...	Lampy / Zeke (voice) (as Tim Stack)
Timothy E. Day	...	Blanky / Young Rob (The Master) (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	Kirby (voice)
Deanna Oliver	...	Toaster (voice)
Phil Hartman	...	Air Conditioner / Hanging Lamp (voice)
Joe Ranft	...	Elmo St. Peters (voice)
Judy Toll	...	Mish-Mash / Two-Face Sewing Machine (voice)
Wayne Kaatz	...	Rob (The Master) (voice)
Colette Savage	...	Chris (voice)
Mindy Stern	...	Mother / Two-Face Sewing Machine (voice)
Jim Jackman	...	Plugsy (voice)
Randall William Cook	...	Entertainment Center (voice)
Randy Bennett	...	Computer (voice)
Jonathan Benair	...	Black and White TV (voice)

Also Known As:

The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:Livre | West Germany:o.Al. | USA:Not Rated | UK:U

Company:

Hyperion Pictures

Trivia:

The German dubbed version of the film swaps the genders of two main characters: Toaster is voiced by a man, and Lampy is voiced by a woman.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the very end of the film as we see an overhead shot of Chris's car driving down the road, an animation glitch occurs where the car merges back and forth erratically on the left and right lanes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Radio: Good morning, good morning, gooooood morning!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Pixar Story (2007)

Soundtrack:

B-Movie Show

awesome

Get some friends together, smoke an L, watch this and be amazed... There is nothing more entertaining, heart gripping, and wondrous. Adults and children will agree that this is pure cinematic glory. You'll laugh and cry on this roller-coaster of emotion. You'll never look at your appliances the same nor take them for granted. Oh the places that toaster takes you! HANG ON FOR A WILD RIDE.

it will change your life and make you a better person. Don't believe me? see it for yourself!

Disclaimer: not responsible for unconscious thoughts of appliances magically gaining human like characteristics and getting together on adventures.