• Wall-E is a Disney animated film featuring the voices of Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, Fred Willard, Kathy Najimy and Jeff Garlin. The film won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature in 2009.

  Wall-E was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Animated Film and Best Original Screenplay.Oscar.com: 2009 Oscar Nominees

  Wall-E won Best Animated Film at the 81st Annual Academy Awards on February 22, 2009.

• Academy Award Nominations

  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Best Animated Film - Won
  • Best Song
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Sound Editing
  • Best Sound Mixing

• 1. DVD release date: November 18, 2008
  2. Film release date: June 27, 2008
  3. Writer/director: Andrew Stanton
  4. Writer: Jim Capobianco
  5. Initial concept conceived in 1994 before Pixar's first feature, Toy Story, was released
  6. WALL-E stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifters - Earth Class
  7. Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures

• Plot

  WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifters - Earth Class) revolves around an interplanetary trash-hauling robot who was placed on Earth to help clean up the planet after years of rampant waste has rendered it inhabitable. Wall-E meets another robot probe named EVE, who comes to Earth to check for signs of life. Wall-E immediately falls in love with her. EVE races back to tell the humans that it is safe to return home, and Wall-E sets out across the galaxy to profess his devotion for her.

• Review Quotes

  • "Who would guess that a movie with minimal dialogue and a love story between robots could emerge as one of the best films of the summer? And who would think a tale could be both post-apocalyptic and charming?"—USA TodayUSA Today: Review: WALL-E Plugs into Human Emotion (June 25, 2008)

• Cast

  • Ben Burtt as WALL-E / M-O (voice)
  • Elissa Knight as EVE (voice)
  • Jeff Garlin as Captain (voice)
  • Fred Willard as Shelby Forthright - BnL CEO
  • John Ratzenberger as John (voice)
  • Kathy Najimy as Mary (voice)
  • Sigourney Weaver as Ship's Computer (voice)

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