| WALL-E |
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Theatrical release poster |
| Directed by | Andrew Stanton |
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| Produced by | Jim Morris |
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| Written by | Screenplay:
Andrew Stanton
Jim Reardon
Story:
Andrew Stanton
Pete Docter |
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| Starring | Ben Burtt
Elissa Knight
Jeff Garlin
Fred Willard
John Ratzenberger
Kathy Najimy
Sigourney Weaver |
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| Music by | Thomas Newman
Peter Gabriel (song) |
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| Editing by | Stephen Schaffer |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
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| Release date(s) | June 27, 2008 (USA)
July 18, 2008 (UK)
September 18, 2008 (AUS), (NZ) |
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| Running time | 98 min |
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| Country | United States |
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| Language | English |
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| Budget | $180 million |
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| Gross revenue | $502,690,709 (worldwide) |
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WALL-E (promoted with an interpunct as WALL·E) is a 2008 computer-animated-science fiction-romance film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton. It follows the story of a robot named WALL-E who is designed to clean up a polluted Earth. He eventually falls in love with another robot named EVE, and follows her into outer space on an adventure.
After directing Finding Nemo, Stanton felt Pixar had created believable simulations of underwater physics and was willing to direct a film set in space. Most of the characters do not have actual human voices, but instead communicate with body language and robotic sounds, designed by Ben Burtt, that resemble voices. In addition, it is the first animated feature by Pixar to have segments featuring live-action characters.
Walt Disney Pictures released it in the United States and Canada on June 27, 2008. The film grossed $23.1 million on its opening day, and $63 million during its opening weekend in 3,992 theaters, ranking #1 at the box office. This ranks the third highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar film as of July 2008. Following Pixar tradition, WALL-E was paired with a short film, Presto, for its theatrical release. The Blu-ray and DVD included a second short titled BURN-E. WALL-E has achieved highly positive reviews with an approval rating of 96% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
