Wall-E (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition) | 
| Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  414 reviews
Sales Rank: 6
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 98
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: DISD54361D
UPC: 786936734911
EAN: 0786936734911
ASIN: B0013FSL3E
Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 2008
Release Date: November 18, 2008
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Product Description
As the last robot left on earth wall-e is one small robot wh holds the future of earth and mankind squarely in the palm of hismetal hand. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/18/2008 Starring: Ben Burtt Run time: 98 minutes Rating: G Director: Andrew Stanton
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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>
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Well done but kitschy January 5, 2009
This freaktastically over-rated film had middle aged movie critics tripping all over themselves adding it to their "best of 2008" lists. It's well done; and the first largely silent half-hour is animation art at its best. But maybe viewers who don't like sugar highs will wonder what all the fuss is about.
I wonder.
The sentimental "robots in love" story and the sappy conclusion made me want to evoke the spirit of Dorothy Parker, who supposedly once declared that "Winnie the Pooh" made her want to "fwow up."
 Deservingly a classic January 5, 2009
Deservingly a classic, for its vision, its artfulness and its clever storytelling. Embrace this movie and let it take you into a dreamlike world where a mystery unravels, a love story blossoms, and just like the pudgy people are starting to notice - there's a whole bunch of stuff happening if you just stop and take a look. Enjoy the movie.
Interesting movie about obesity and the environment January 4, 2009
I first loaned this movie to my brother who loved it; when I finally started watching it, I knew it was about love and the robot who found it. Watching deeper in the movie one realizes why and how obesity has become such a major problem. The lazier people get in their own lives (witness how all of the "supplemental" foods that they are now catering to children is to drink everything, rather that eat. This is very much as message on the throwaway society -- if you don't care about yourself, why would you care about your world? Very interesting the way the movie was put together, but it is already happening. Look at the coupons that come in the Sunday paper and look at how many products are professed to the consumer to be a "miracle" cure in a bottle. Pretty sad, but a very important message relevant today. Also, the movie is packed in an environmentally made package.
 Good? Maybe. A masterpiece? I don't think so. January 4, 2009
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yes, like everybody else in the civilized world, I like Pixar. They are the most consistent movie studio and they have been setting the bar high above everybody else's head for a long time. But, come on people, this movie was NOT a "masterpiece." It was "okay," if that.
Let's not forget the lessons learned from Cars and Ratatouille: Cars was a terrible movie that was conceived and written to sell merchandise and it has worked beautifully for them. Ratatouille sold merchandise about as well as a real rat could sell soup. So it's no surprise that this movie about a bunch of action figures floating around and doing cool stuff came next. They're artists up there at Pixar, but they're running a business.
An Incredible Movie January 4, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this movie... absolutely adored it. I am not a fan of animated films so I didn't have high expectations, but this movie took my breath away. It's so beautifully made, and the characters are so charming. Wall-e is a little star. I was captivated. One of my favourite films of 2008, if not my favourite.
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