When lieutenant general leland zevo sir michael gambon inherits a toymaking company and begins making war toys, his employees band together to. Barry levinson directed this cautionary fantasy fablea triumph of production designconcerning the clash between benevolent, funny toys and malevolent, violent war toys and video games. Barry levinson on the newfound popularity of his robin williamsstarrer toys. December 18th, 1992 when a military general inherits a toy making company and begins making war toys, his employees band together to stop him before he ruins the name of zevo. Grinning, friendly alligators are blown up by guided missiles, and so forth.
Released 1992, toys stars robin williams, michael gambon, joan cusack, robin wright the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 1 min, and received a score of 40 out of 100 on metacritic. In columbia pictures family adventurecomedy rv an overworked executive, bob munro robin williams, persuades his wife and children to give up their hawaiian vacation for some family bonding on a crosscountry rv trip. Robots vhs 2005 video tape halle berry ewan mcgregor robin williams movie rare. At one point, robin williams and cleavant derricks were telling their troubles to each other and they began to laugh oh my god was it wonderful.
Toys 1992 or robin williams and my dad jeremy herbert. The last toy shop in san francisco, where robin williams. Doubtfire, robin williams made the weirdest movie of his entire career with toys. Robin mclaurin williams july 21, 1951 august 11, 2014 was an american actor and comedian. Looking back at his performances, i wonder if robin williams was trying to tell us something. The dying president of the familyowned windup toy and novelty business thinks his manchild son leslie robin williams isnt ready to head the company, and he instead wills it to his estranged brother leland zevo michael gambon, a general in the us army. When a military general inherits a toy making company and begins making war toys, his employees band. He rose to fame with his spectacular acting and perfect comic timing. When lieutenant general leland zevo sir michael gambon inherits a toymaking company and begins making war toys, his employees band together to stop him before he ruins the name of zevo toys forever. I picked it up on a whim one night simply because williams and harrelson were in it. Robin williams and joan cusack do a great job as does ll cool j. The fun loving leslie, played by robin williams, inherits a large toy company upon his fathers passing.
The workers love him and the love they feel for zevo comes through in the lovingly cute toys they produce. Wild improvised streamofconsciousness comedy dialogue where he would do cultural references, impersonations and oneliners with rapid switching. Its full of dark humor and light humanistic moments that are sure to make you laugh. Sarah michelle gellar celebrated friend robin williams by. Robin williams celebrity profile check out the latest robin williams photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Get the best deals on robin williams comedy vhs tapes when you shop the largest online selection at. Moscow on the hudson shows how several people have to cram into one little apartment in russia in order to. Robin williams shines as a happy go lucky heir to millionaire father who passes away and leaves the toy company to his son. The closing of the year song from the film, toys in 1992. American actor and comedian robin williams 19512014 starred in films, television and video games throughout his career williams studied acting at the college of marin in california and later at the juilliard school in new york. In fact, its a movie that ive hardly heard anyone else talk about and the only reason i know about it is because long ago my parents picked up the vhs of it just because robins face was proudly on the cover.
Robin williams was on this planet for too short a time. Robin williams was an american actor and standup comedian. Toys 1992 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. There is an apocalyptic battle scene toward the end of the movie between good and bad toys. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. Bob has other, more careeroriented reasons on his mind than sending quality time with his family in the rocky mountains. Robin williams and company being attacked by a crossword puzzle. You feel for robins character and you want him to succeed. Since robin improvised during most of his films, when you read these quotes you will feel a chill run through you. After struggling with depression in a mental hospital, hunter patch adams robin williams decides he wants to become a doctor. Wedged between the rousing successes of hook and mrs.
My kids enjoy this movie along with everything else that robin williams has done. The theme is loosely based on christmas toys and the value of childhood meaning happiness in simplicity. Barry levinson on new popularity of robin williamsstarrer. The film also features christopher walken, laura linney, lewis black, and jeff goldblum. Man of the year is a 2006 american political satire film directed and written by barry levinson, produced by james g. Toys movie soundtrack the closing of the year youtube. The family dramedy about a clan of toymakers and soldiers was a 12year passion project of director barry levinson, but despite its imaginative tale and a starstudded cast, toys tanked at the box office and received mostly scorn from critics. This is one of my all time favorite movies for christmas. Music from the original motion picture soundtrack music. Get the best deals on robin williams vhs tapes when you shop the largest online selection at. This sequence opens with a brilliant piece of improvisation by robin williams, who addresses his toy troops in a speech borrowed from patton and henry v, among others. Toys is set in a surreal landscape where the amazing zevo toys factory stands isolated in endless, green, rolling hills. As much as we miss him, he didnt leave us completely. Donald oconnor is the kindly, gentle kenneth zevo, founder of zevo toys.
With robin williams, laura linney, lewis black, christopher walken. He was known for his improvisation skills and the wide variety of memorable voices he created. Hans zimmer, thomas dolby, enya, tori amos, pat metheny, robin williams, frankie goes to hollywood, grace jones toys. Williams crossdressed his way into the secondhighestgrossing movie that year. Robin williams vhs tapes movie lot of 4 comedy family walter matthau.
His most memorable movies have been dead poets society 1989, aladdin 1992, jumanji 1995, and night at the museum 2006. A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected. The uncle, a retired military commander wants to make war toys, and vies for possession of the company. Released in december 1992 in the united states, and march and april 1993 in the united kingdom and australia, respectively, the film was produced by. The green field scenes were filmed outside pullman, wa and they actually painted the wheat and grass green for the movie.
Add to watchlist this move has an all star cast including robin williams, joan cusack, ll cool j, and jamie fox. His son leslie robin williams is an eccentric inventor who concentrates on coming up. Robin williams toys, watches and movie memorabilia are going up for auction. In the film williams portrays tom dobbs, the host of a comedypolitical talk show, based loosely on the reallife persona of jon stewart. Robin williams toys original trailer 4or the film toys staring robin william. Robin kwok and robin williams pose with a custom model from the man who laughs. Toys is a 1992 american fantasy comedy film directed by barry levinson, cowritten by levinson and valerie curtin, and starring robin williams, michael gambon, joan cusack, robin wright, ll cool j, and jamie foxx in his feature film debut. Robin kwok the last toy shop in san francisco, where robin williams was a regular. With robin williams, michael gambon, joan cusack, robin wright.
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