Composer · Voice actor

John Morris

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13:00: average
52 min: in total

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The Elephant Man

David Lynch · 1980

David Lynch’s 1980 film tells the story of John Merrick, a severely deformed man in Victorian London, not as tragedy or curiosity but as a sustained inquiry into perception, care, and the quiet violence of being perpetually seen. Shot in stark black-and-white by Freddie Francis, with John Hurt delivering a performance of extraordinary stillness and vocal control, the film resists sentimentality, avoids exposition, and trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity. Its power lies in restraint: in what it shows, how long it holds it, and what it refuses to explain.

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The In-Laws

Arthur Hiller · 1979

The In-Laws (1979) pairs Alan Arkin and Peter Falk as fathers-in-law drawn into international intrigue when a mild-mannered dentist is swept up by his future son-in-law’s seemingly unhinged CIA operative father. Written by Andrew Bergman and directed by Arthur Hiller, it sustains a high-wire act of farcical escalation grounded entirely in character logic — not plot mechanics — and remains a benchmark for odd-couple comedy built on timing, contrast, and unwavering commitment to its central conceit.

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Toy Story

John Lasseter · 1995

Toy Story follows Woody, a cowboy doll who becomes territorial once space ranger toy Buzz Lightyear replaces him as a boy's favourite. John Lasseter directed the first entirely computer-animated feature and the first film produced by the newly founded Pixar, working from a script substantially rewritten after Disney rejected early story reels as too flat. Made on a $30 million budget under a deal that gave Disney full ownership of the characters, the film earned $373.6 million and became the first animated feature nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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Toy Story 2

John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon · 1999

Toy Story 2 has Woody stolen by a toy collector who plans to sell him to a Tokyo museum, forcing Andy's other toys into a rescue mission while Woody weighs eternal preservation against a childhood that will end. Originally planned as a direct-to-video cash-in, it was rebuilt into a theatrical Pixar film on a compressed nine-month schedule, going on to gross $497 million against a $90 million budget and a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.