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Toy Story (1995) meets The Shining (1980):
Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010), and a premier The Shining (1980) fan, could not refrain from alluding to the latter in Toy Story 2 and 3: the garbage truck purportedly crushing the toys sports the licence plate RM237 and the security camera at the Sunnyside Daycare Center (in Toy Story 3 (2010)) has a nameplate showing "Overlook R237", both alluding to the room no. in the Overlook Hotel in . For more, see ...
- "Pixar’s Lee Unkrich On His Love Of The Shining (1)" [link]http://goo.gl/aVNgeU[/link]
- "Pixar’s Lee Unkrich On His Love Of The Shining (2)" [link]http://goo.gl/84Vrni
The first Toy Story (1995) film also includes The Shining (1980) references, i.e. the carpet pattern in Sid's upstairs room exactly matching the carpet at the Overlook Hotel, but this can probably be attributed to another The Shining (1980) fan: Toy Story (1995) art director Ralph Eggleston.