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WALL-E (2008)
 
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Directed
by:
Andrew Stanton |
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COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Animated/Drama/
Romance/Comedy/
Science Fiction |
NORWEGIAN
TITLE
WALL-E |
RUNNING
TIME
98
minutes |
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Produced
by:
Jim Morris |
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Written by:
Andrew Stanton
Jim Reardon |
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Cast includes:
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| CHARACTER |
ACTOR/ACTRESS |
RATING |
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WALL-E (voice) |
Ben Burrt |
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EVE (voice) |
Elissa Knight |
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Captain (voice) |
Jeff Garlin |
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Shelby (voice) |
Fred Willard |
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AUTO (voice) |
MacInTalk |
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John (voice) |
John Ratzenberger |
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Mary (voice) |
Kathy Najimy |
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Ship's Computer (voice) |
Sigourney Weaver |
Review
It seems that some of
the
most creative and thematically subtle writers today work in the animation
business. And this becomes even more apparent when Andrew Stanton with his new creation WALL-E
turns to sci-fi – a genre that often has suffered from such a lack of creativity lately. What
is even more pleasing with WALL-E is that it also represents a
big step forward for
the animation genre. Here, there are no annoying, overly
talkative sidekicks added for comic effect, the narrative build-up is
comfortably slow and unconventionally structured, and the humour is kind
and understanding in that the comedic source is the cute
clumsiness of the title character and the satirisation of human
development over the next few hundred years. As expected, the theme is our modern consumer society, but
the film also reveals a basic belief in human goodness. In Stanton's
view, we are naïve and inconsiderate, but inherently good. The Pixar
universe has developed into a standard of its own, and in WALL-E the animations are
astounding – in detail, colour and creativity.
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