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TIL about "The Works", a 3D computer animated film in production from 1979-1986 by Computer Graphics Lab. It was planned to be released as the first entirely 3D CGI film in the early 80s (predating Pixar's Toy Story a decade) and run for 90 minutes, though only 10 minutes are known to exist.

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