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| Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) | 
 enlarge | Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Macintalk
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $19.37
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (237 reviews)
Sales Rank: 23
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 98 minutes
Number Of Items: 3
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: DISD58440D
UPC: 786936775389
EAN: 0786936775389
ASIN: B001EOQWEO
Release Date: November 18, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The highly acclaimed director of Finding Nemo and the creative storytellers behind Cars and Ratatouille transport you to a galaxy not so far away for a new cosmic comedy adventure about a determined robot named Wall-E.
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable Wall-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named Eve. Join them and a hilarious cast of characters on a fantastic journey across the universe. Transport yourself to a fascinating new world with Disney-Pixar's latest adventure, now even more astonishing on DVD and loaded with bonus features, including the exclusive animated short film Burn-E. Wall-E is a film your family will want to enjoy over and over again.
1. Burn-E Hilarious, All-New Animated Short Bringing Light To The Galaxy Eventual-E, 2. BnL Shorts An Amusing Peek Into The Inner Workings Of The Buy n Large Corporation, 3. Lots Of Bots Storybook This Imaginative Storybook Comes To Life Loaded With Fun Games, 4. Making Of Featurettes, 5. Bot Files Get To Know Wall-E's Robot Friends, 6. DisneyFile Digital Copy Watch Your DVD In The Living Room And Your DisneyFile Digital Copy On The Go, 7. Presto Amazing Animated Theatrical Short Film, 8. Deleted Scenes, 9. Sneak Peek Wall-E's Tour Of The Universe Wall-E Takes You On A Real Ride Through Space, 10. Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds From The Sound Up Legendary Sound Designer Ben Burtt Shares Secrets Of Creating The Sounds Of WALL-E, 11. Audio Commentary With Director Andrew Stanton, 12. The Pixar Story By Leslie Iwerks An Award-Winning Filmmaker Tells The Riveting Story Of The Innovative Company That Revolutionized Hollywood, 13. Additional Deleted Scenes, 14. Wall-E's Treasures And Trinkets Hilarious Moments
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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)
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 Score One More For Pixar December 3, 2008
Pixar has done it again, the love able Robot Wall-E can now be yours on DVD. I highly recommend this DVD, if you're a movie, disney, or pixar fan I definitely say buy the three disc DVD. The second disc of this edition contains some great special features not included on the single disc. "The Pixar Story" is an incredible documentary on the development and creation of this incredible animation studio. This is a great DVD for all ages.
Best Film Oscar for 2009? December 3, 2008
Wow. I was lucky enough to see this at a screening in Pixar studios, and now I've just bought the DVD and watched it again. Wall-E harks back to the days of the silent movie, when dialog was not used as a substitute for story unfolding visually, and it succeeds triumphantly in reeling in the audience. Not only is the central relationship both touching and funny at the same time, it's founded in a very dark future where humans have trashed the earth and live lazily on an off-planet ship. To succeed in combining these plotlines shows how mature Pixar has become in creating compelling stories, and making movies that both kids and adults both enjoy.
This is Pixar's best film to date (not that any of their previous movies have been anything less than outstanding), and it speaks to their remarkable talents that the 5-minute Presto short before the film is more entertaining that most live-action films have been this year. I think this is also Pixar's most technically advanced animation to date, in terms of simulating camera moves, lighting and art direction from live action science fiction.
If you haven't see Wall-e already, this may be the best $15 you spend this year!
(PS - As an aside, Ben Burtt is a very nice guy - the BURN-E noise is an electric shaver and the laser gun effects were made using a Slinky. :-))
THE MOVIE IS BETTER THAN THE FLIMSY CARDBOARD BOX IT CAME IN December 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wall-E is as good as anything Pixar has done to date, even if it lacks the subtlety of previous pictures. The characters are memorable and adorable and the story is appealing to tots and parents alike. The only drawback is the flimsy cardboard case that makes you long for the old cheap Warner Brothers cardboard cases.
WALL-E PLUS the always excellent "Making of..." December 2, 2008
Writer/director Andrew Stanton goes boldly where men and women have been longing for Pixar to go: space, the promising frontier. I can just imagine all of the beloved geeks at Pixar scrambling to get their audio/visual reference to their favorite sci-fi novel or flick onto the desktop of this film. Sitting in the theater opening night, we note that when Jim Reekes' infamous Mac start up C chord played as Wall-E recharged, the room broke into cheers and applause.
Reason # 1 to buy Wall-E: Watching this DVD gives allows us to fulfill the geek challenge -- counting the variations on a theme by Straus (Also Sprach Zarathustra) and finding the additional film cross references i.e. Star Wars, 2001, Star Trek, and even One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest gets a nod!
Reason # 2 to buy Wall-E: For those who are not sci-fi fans, Wall-E will still hold your heart with it's endearing story lines, ever present excellent Pixar character development. Each supporting robot still serves a purpose and has a personality as well as a specific sound.
Which leads us to Reason # 3 to buy Wall-E: Sound Design. This is an Oscar category Wall-E can't lose, and is the BEST additional feature of the DVD: animation sound design. This juicy presentation is where the average film viewer gets to meet Ben Burtt, the sound design creative genius behind, not only Wall-E, but the sound FX on ET, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and The Dark Crystal!
Reason # 4 to buy Wall-E: It's an excellent family film. Once again Pixar gives us an animation classic that the entire family can enjoy. An interesting note is how for the first 40 minutes everyone is entertained without verbal dialogue therefore reemphasizing what a visual society we have become.
Reason # 5 to buy Wall-E: The third disc includes a bonus digital copy of the film to drop onto your iPod for those spontaneous feel good moment needs anywhere. Oh, yes -- there is that subtle cross reference to Apple's iPod as Wall-E watches Michael Crawford, before he became the Phantom of the Opera, sing "It Only Takes a Moment" from Hello Dolly.
And finally, Wall-E reminds us how the simple gesture of holding someone's hand can make us feel more secure in an ever changing world...or how to propel yourself across the universe with a fire extinguisher.
This movie gives me reason to (temporarily) end my boycott of Disney. December 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
WARNING, CONTAINS SPOILERS!
I was amazed at Cars. After boycotting Disney movies and toys for well over a decade I broke off my boycott after reading the Cars book before the movie came out. I took the kids to see it over and over. Cars really tested audiences to see if they could be more than entertained. Cars was a think peace but not so open and in your face about it as Wall-e is.
Keep in mind I have boycotted Disney for close to fifteen years but after reading the Wall-e book can you imagine me in line for the first screening on opening day of Wall-e! There I was with my family and we were almost the first people in line. The movie was even better than the book because of the visual depictions of the polluted earth, the characters, and the settings. The Cars movie's creators warned us of forgetting our past, not stopping to smell the roses, blindly embracing the future, and the American life style of just moving around and going places for the sake of just moving and going. Wall-e's creators warn (more strongly) about blindly embracing the future and not stopping to smell the roses. They warn about our impending destruction of our mother (Earth) but offer hope in the form of the Axiom's Captain. Although he realizes that there are no dances, farms, music or anything left on earth he chooses to return people to earth to care for it. The closing credits give us a glimpse of how this will possibly be accomplished.
There is a use of live action actors in this move that isn't really well like by some people but I think it's use is brilliant. It is used to separate the human beings of present day (in the movie the people of 700 years ago) from the people of the future, or the time the movie is to take place. They don't look the same, so kids can understand there is a difference. A secondary use is that it shows the damage done to earth was caused by people, not cartoons, and helps deliver the message more affectively to children.
I have to agree with early reviewers of the book and movie: As an adult with a degree in electronics I was disappointed to see Wall-e could be repaired to "himself" after having every part of him replaced. He would have been a hero dead or alive, but it is a Disney movie so it has to have that "Disney movie ending".
Watch it over and over. And for the record, Mo presses the self destruct button, not Wall-e as indicated in some of the printed book versions. Watch that scene closely for those of you who have read only the books.
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