
Hanks was seen with Ron Howard in his next roleas the Commander and Astronaut Jim Lovell in Apollo 13 (1995). The performances in the film and Kevin Bacon's performance in general were well-received by reviewers. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won two. In the following year, Hanks starred in Disney/Pixar's computer-animated film Toy Story (1995), as the voice of Sheriff Woody. A year later Hanks made his directorial debut with the musical comedy That Thing You Do! (1996) which chronicles the decline and rise of a popular 1960s group. He also played the role as a music producer. Richard Schickel of Time magazine said that his performance was "charming", and most people who reviewed it agreed that Hanks role in the film earned him a place in the premier romantic-comedy stars of his generation.
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