Wall-E [DVD] [2008]

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In "WALL-E: from environmental adaption to sentimental nostalgia," Robin Murray and Joseph Heumann explain the important theme of nostalgia in this film. John and Mary are two of the humans living on the Axiom, where they have settled into a life of pampered luxury.

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It has won the award, or the equivalent of it, from the Boston Society of Film Critics (tied with Slumdog Millionaire), [131] the Chicago Film Critics Association, [132] the Central Ohio Film Critics awards, [133] the Online Film Critics Society, [134] and most notably the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, where it became the first animated feature to win the prestigious award. BURBANK, California, November, 2008—The year's most acclaimed and original film, an intergalactic story of the lovable robot WALL•E, comes home to Blu-ray hi-def and DVD — November 18, 2008, courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, just in time for the holidays.

WALL•E is an out-of-this-world action-adventure filled with heart and humor that follows an extraordinary cast of characters on a fantastic journey across the universe. Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from The Sound Up – Ben Burtt, the acclaimed Oscar-winning sound designer, introduces viewers to the art of sound design using examples from WALL•E and historic footage of the early Disney sound effects masters at work. Once again, there is the option to have these preceded and followed by Stanton's on-camera comments, the only way you should watch them.

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You know if your kid has ever come home and said, 'Dad, how come we use so much styrofoam,' oh, this is the movie for you.When McCrea inspects EVE's storage compartment, the plant is missing, with EVE blaming WALL·E for its disappearance.

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As a gesture to honor the film's themes, WALL•E's Special Edition comes in compact, environment-friendly packaging unlike any DVD I've previously encountered. IndieWire named WALL-E the third-best film of the year based on their annual survey of 100 film critics, while Movie City News shows that WALL-E appeared in 162 different top 10 lists, out of 286 different critics lists surveyed, the most mentions on a top 10 list of any film released in 2008. There is the setting of outer space, which since Toy Story 2's emphatic opening has seemed like one vast canvas begging the studio to tell more stories there. Stanton noted many commentators placed emphasis on the environmental aspect of humanity's complacency in the film, because "that disconnection is going to be the cause, indirectly, of anything that happens in life that's bad for humanity or the planet".We wanted it to feel really romantic,” explains Danielle Feinberg, director of photography for lighting. The Ancient Greek tradition associates the birth of art with a Corinthian maiden who longing to preserve her lover's shadow traces it on the wall before he departed for war. Eggleston added that if the historical humans had been animated and slightly caricaturized, the audience then would not have been able to recognize how serious their devolution was. Production designer Ralph Eggleston wanted the lighting of the first act on Earth to be romantic, and that of the second act on the Axiom to be cold and sterile.