The DVD was released in September 2003, to tie in with the film's 15th anniversary. The VHS was re-issued in March 1994 and in May 1998. Throughout the '90s onward, it enjoyed popularity as a rental amongst children as well as a Parent's Choice Award win. In July 1991, Disney released the film to home video format and LaserDisc.
The buzz it generated at Sundance dissipated, and it only received limited theatrical airings through Hyperion, mainly at arthouse facilities across the U.S., and most notably at the Film Forum in New York City, in May 1989. The film premiered on The Disney Channel on February 27, 1988. Disney, who held the video and television rights, withdrew its official theatrical distribution, and elected to showcase it on their new premium cable service instead. Though the prize went to Rob Nilsson's Heat and Sunlight, before the awards ceremony, Rees claims he was told by some of the judges that they considered Toaster the best film but they could not give the award to a cartoon as they considered people would not take the festival seriously afterwards. The following year, it was shown at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival. The Brave Little Toaster premiered in 1987 at the Los Angeles International Animation Celebration. (The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars and The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue) While the film received a limited theatrical release, The Brave Little Toaster was popular on home video and was followed by two sequels a decade later. Many of the original members of Pixar Animation Studios were involved with this film, including John Lasseter and Joe Ranft. The film was produced by Hyperion Pictures along with The Kushner-Locke Company. The story focuses on five appliances- a toaster, a lamp, an electric blanket, an antique radio and a vacuum cleaner-who go on a quest to search for their original owner.
The film is set in a world where household appliances and other electronics have the ability to speak and move, pretending to be lifeless in the presence of humans. The Brave Little Toaster is a 1987 American animated musical comedy-adventure film adapted from the 1980 novel, The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story For Small Appliances by Thomas Disch. The film is based on a children's tale by science-fiction author Thomas M. Along the way they must face many dangers and obstacles, including figuring out how to get juice in a wilderness containing no electrical outlets. Imagine if Your Toaster Went on a Journey of its Own!Ī fast-paced and funny twist on the Homeward Bound saga in which devoted pets traverse the wilderness in search of their owners, Brave Little Toaster is an animated family treat that tells the delightful story of a gang of household appliances who set off for the big city to find their young master after he thoughtlessly leaves them in his summer cabin.
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