Toys

1966 0h 8m EN

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 4

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Synopsis

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Window shopping children watch as toy soldiers come to life and fight a war with all its unvarnished ferocity and horror.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Grant Munro
Writers: Margaret Wescott
Countries: Canada

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RUNTIME

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Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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60 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Roy Ayton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0206357 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Grant Munro directs. Roy Ayton cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
260 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Roy Ayton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5IMDB entry: tt0206357 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Roy Ayton
Runtime: 8 min · 0h 8m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Toys (1966)

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-06-15
★ 7/10
This reminded me that when I was young, I had a toy submarine. You’d put a tablet - like an Alka Selzer - into it and it would sink to the bottom of the bath. As the tablet dissolved, the thing was supposed to rise to the surface but mine leaked so it was destined never to get to periscope depth! The toys here all start off similarly benign enough, but gradually they turn into playthings altogether more menacing as uniforms start to creep onto their frames, then they acquire guns, rockets, tanks and missiles before we remember that melted plastic is not pretty and looks distinctly akin to the after-effects of napalm. What’s probably most incongruous here is the jolly music that suggests a sort of enthusiastic television advertising campaign for something harmless rather than something that could just be seen as glorifying or celebrating violence, and even - to an extent - sexism, too. Maybe I’m overthinking the intention of the film here, but the gullible young eyes watching their potential Christmas gifts through the shop window did rather rankle a bit as this quickly paced and actually quite graphic short feature made it’s point.

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