See The Classic Movie References Found In Pixar's Greatest Films

By this point we’re all well aware of just how clever Pixar movies are. These aren’t just simple cartoons designed to be aesthetically appealing to the eye. Sure, these films are visual marvels, but they’re also intricate stories, emotionally engagingnarratives, and full to overflowing with Easter eggs and references to movies from throughout the history of cinema. A new video collects many of the references to classic films that can be found in the works of Pixar. Some will be obvious, while still other reference and nods may be more surprising.
This five-minute-long video compiled by Jorge Luengo Ruiz runs through the entire Pixar catalog, providing side-by-side evidence of the various nods, homages, and references that can be found in their films. There is one notable absence, however, as A Bug’s Life is not included since, as Ruiz points out, the entire plot is a tribute to Akira Kurosawa’s epic The Seven Samurai. It would be difficult to include an entire movie, to be sure.
These references run the gamut from modern movies like a Mission: Impossible gag that can be found in the Toy Story franchise, to allusions to classics like Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and even Billy Wilder’s Jack Lemmon-starring drama The Apartment. You’ve even got references to various entries from the Star Wars saga,Total Recall, and even Kramer Versus Kramer. Alfred Hitchcock shows up a few times, like with a nod to Vertigo and an almost shot for shot recreation of one of the swarming scenes from The Birds that can be found in Finding Nemo..... Read More »