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"Tom Hanks has revealed that he campaigned to get Toy Story 2 released in cinemas instead of going straight to video and DVD. Disney&amp;#039;s initial plan for the 1999 sequel was to send the Pixar sequel direct to a home release, however Hanks has said that he and co-star Tim Allen felt the movie was strong enough to succeed on the big screen. &amp;quot;Tim and I and everybody else connected with it wanted to know why,&amp;quot; The Mirror quotes Hanks as saying. &amp;quot;We said it should be released as a film because it was magnificent and as good as the first one. Usually sequels are pale imitations and are slapped on video but this was really great. Eventually they bowed to some brand of common sense so now we have a Toy Story 3...&amp;quot; On the prospect of further adventures for toys Woody and Buzz Lightyear, he added: &amp;quot;Will there be a fourth Toy Story? Why not?&amp;quot; Toy Story 3 opens in the UK on July 19. &amp;gt; Click here to read our &amp;#039;Toy Story 3&amp;#039; review "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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