Product Description
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, Wall-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named Eve. Eve comes to realize that Wall-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who ha
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Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy, which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film. As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is one small robot--with a big, big heart--who holds the future of earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand. He's outlasted all the "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" robots that were assigned some 700 years ago to clean up the environmental mess that man made of earth while man vacationed aboard the luxury spaceship Axiom. Wall-E has dutifully gone about his job compacting trash, the extreme solitude broken only by his pet cockroach, but he's developed some oddly human habits and ideas. When the Axiom sends its regularly scheduled robotic EVE probe (Elissa Knight) to earth, Wall-E is instantly smitten and proceeds to try to impress EVE with his collection of human memorabilia. EVE's directive compels her to bring Wall-E's newly collected plant sprout to the captain of the Axiom and Wall-E follows in hot pursuit. Suddenly, the human world is turned upside down and the Captain (Jeff Garlin) joins forces with Wall-E and a cast of other misfit robots to lead the now lethargic people back home to earth. Wall-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot--a machine typically considered devoid of emotion, but made so absolutely touching by the magic of Pixar animation. Also well-worth admiring are the sweeping views from space, the creative yet disturbing vision of what strange luxuries a future space vacation might offer, and the innovative use of trash in a future cityscape. Underneath the slapstick comedy and touching love story is a poignant message about the folly of human greed and its potential effects on earth and the entire human race. Wall-E is preceded in theaters by the comical short Presto in which a magician's rabbit, unfed one too many times takes his revenge against the egotistical magician. (Ages 3 and older) --Tami Horiuchi>
Stills from Wall-E (Click for larger image)
Review
Golden Globes 2009 Winner Best Animated Feature Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2008 Winner Best Animated Film
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008 Winner Best Animated Feature
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008
Winner Best Original Score
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008 Winner Best Picture
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008 Winner Best Screenplay, Original
Hollywood Film Festival 2008 Winner Animation of the Year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2008 Winner Best Picture
National Board of Review, USA 2008 Winner Best Animated Feature
National Movie Awards, UK 2008 Winner Best Family Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 Winner Best Animated Film
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2008 Winner Best Animated Film
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2008 Winner Best Animated Feature
World Soundtrack Awards 2008 Winner Best Original Song Written Directly for Film
Music by Thomas Newman, Music by, lyrics by, performed by Peter Gabriel
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.39:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : G (General Audience)
- Product Dimensions : 0.6 x 5.5 x 7.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Director : Andrew Stanton
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, AC-3, Widescreen, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 38 minutes
- Release date : November 18, 2008
- Actors : Fred Willard
- Producers : Jim Morris
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Number of discs : 1
