It is considered by many fans and critics as the best film of 2008.
The film was an instant blockbuster, grossing $533.3 million worldwide over a $180 million budget, and winning the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Long Form Dramatic Presentation, the final Nebula Award for Best Script, the Saturn Award for Best Animated Film and the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature with five nominations. Following Pixar tradition, WALL-E was paired with a short film titled Presto for its theatrical release.WALL-E was released in the United States on June 27, 2008. It is also Pixar's first animated film with segments featuring live-action characters. The film criticizes consumerism, corporatism, nostalgia, waste management, human environmental impact and concerns, obesity, and global catastrophic risk. WALL-E has minimal dialogue in its early sequences many of the characters do not have voices, but instead communicate with body language and robotic sounds designed by Burtt. However, he is visited by a probe sent by the starship Axiom, whom he falls in love with and pursues across the galaxy.After directing Finding Nemo, Stanton felt Pixar had created believable simulations of underwater physics and was willing to direct a film set largely in space. It follows a solitary trash compactor robot on a future, uninhabitable, deserted Earth, left to clean up garbage. It stars the voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy and Sigourney Weaver, and was the overall ninth feature film produced by the company.
It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, produced by Jim Morris, and co-written by Jim Reardon. For the video game, see WALL-E (video game).WALL-ETheatrical release posterDirected byAndrew StantonProduced byJim MorrisScreenplay byAndrew StantonJim ReardonStory byAndrew StantonPete DocterStarringBen BurttElissa KnightJeff GarlinFred WillardJohn RatzenbergerKathy NajimySigourney WeaverMusic byThomas NewmanCinematographyJeremy LaskyDanielle FeinbergEdited byStephen SchafferProductioncompany Walt Disney PicturesPixar Animation Studios Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion PicturesRelease dateJune 23, 2008 () (Los Angeles)June 27, 2008 () (North America)Running time97 minutes CountryUnited StatesBudget$180 millionBox office$533.3 millionWALL-E (stylized with an interpunct as WALL♾) is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. For the soundtrack, see WALL-E (soundtrack).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the film.