WALL-E (promoted with an interpunct as WALL•E ) is a 2008 computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Andrew Stanton. It follows the story of a robot named WALL-E who is designed to clean up a waste-covered Earth far in the future. He eventually falls in love with another robot named EVE, and follows her into outer space on an adventure that changes the destiny of both his kind and humanity.
After directing Finding Nemo , Stanton felt Pixar had created believable simulations of underwater physics and was willing to direct a film largely 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 US$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 as the fourth highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar film as of May 31, 2009. Following Pixar tradition, WALL-E was paired with a short film, Presto , for its theatrical release. WALL-E has been met with overwhelmingly positive reviews among critics, scoring an approval rating of 96% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed $534 million worldwide, won the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as well as being nominated for five other Academy Awards at the 81st Academy Awards.
Plot
Throughout the 21st century, Earth was governed by the Buy n Large megacorporation (BnL), causing mass consumerism and covering the planet in trash by 2105. In an attempt to resolve the situation, Earth's population was evacuated on fully automated luxury BnL starliners for five years while an army of trash compactor robots called WALL-E's were left behind to clean up the planet. The plan largely failed, however, forcing humanity to remain in space indefinitely. Seven hundred years later, in 2805, only one WALL-E unit functions, having survived by salvaging parts for himself from other defunct WALL-E units. This unit has developed sentience and a sense of emotion, particularly curiosity, as shown by his quirky habits of collecting knickknacks from the mountains of trash.
One day, WALL-E finds a seedling plant growing among the trash and returns it to his 'home' inside an old transport truck. Later, a spaceship lands and deploys an advanced probe robot named EVE. WALL-E immediately falls in love with EVE as she carries out her directive of searching for signs of plant life. Initially aloof and hostile, EVE begins to warm up to WALL-E and takes a liking to him. During a dust storm, WALL-E takes EVE to his truck and shows her the plant, causing her automated systems to store the plant inside her, activate a homing beacon, and deactivate her. WALL-E goes to great lengths to try to revive and take care of her, even going on a date with the inactive robot. When her ship returns to collect her, WALL-E desperately clings to the hull of the ship as it returns to the Axiom , the flagship of the BnL fleet.
Upon docking, WALL-E follows EVE as she is taken to the bridge of the ship. As he progresses through the Axiom it becomes apparent that after centuries of living in microgravity and relying on the ship's automated systems, the human passengers have suffered severe bone loss and become extremely obese. The Captain himself does little, leaving control of the ship to the autopilot, Auto. When EVE is brought to the bridge, the Captain learns that by placing her plant sample inside the ship's holo-detector as a sign of Earth being habitable again, the Axiom will enter hyperspace and return to Earth to allow its passengers to repopulate the planet. However, when they open EVE, the plant is missing. EVE is considered defective and taken to the robot repair ward along with WALL-E, though the Captain's curiosity is piqued and he begins researching Earth history.
At the repair ward, WALL-E causes chaos and accidentally releases a horde of malfunctioning robots to roam the ship, resulting in the ship's security designating him and EVE as "rogue robots." Annoyed with WALL-E's disruptive influence, EVE attempts to send him back to Earth on an escape pod. However, they see Auto's assistant GO-4 deposit the missing plant into the escape pod and set it to self-destruct. WALL-E manages to save the plant, and EVE gives him a "kiss" in the form of an electric spark. The two robots celebrate on a spacewalk around the Axiom before returning the plant to the Captain. The Captain reviews EVE's visual records of the devastated Earth, and vows to return there to restore the planet. EVE, meanwhile, sees WALL-E's commitment to her well-being while she was inactive and falls in love with him. However, Auto states that they cannot return to Earth, as Auto reveals that he was given a final directive, only a few years after the Earth clean-up project began, to remain in space as Earth had been deemed inhabitable. The Captain argues the plant is proof that life is once again sustainable on Earth, but Auto stages a mutiny, locking the Captain in his quarters, electrocuting WALL-E and sending him down a trash chute with EVE and the plant.
With WALL-E severely damaged, EVE realizes the only parts to repair him with are on Earth, which they can reach quickly if they can activate the hyperjump. With the help of the other rogue robots and the human passengers, WALL-E and EVE attempt to place the plant in the holo-detector, but Auto's control of the ship prevents them from doing so, and WALL-E is further damaged in the process. The Captain breaks free of his quarters and deactivates Auto, allowing the holo-detector to activate, sending the ship back to Earth. EVE quickly takes WALL-E back to his truck and attempts to repair him from his spare parts, but WALL-E's memory and personality appear to have been erased as he reverts to his original trash-compacting duties. Heartbroken, EVE gives him a farewell "kiss", which causes another spark that inadvertently restores WALL-E to his unique personality, happily reuniting the two robots. WALL-E and EVE rejoin the humans and robots as they begin working together to restore Earth, taking care to plant the seedling that brought them back home.
During the ending credits, a montage is shown of the humans and robots working together. Gradually over time, the trash is cleaned up and the cities are rebuilt. Humans and robots live side-by-side to create a paradise on the planet. The final scene is of WALL-E and EVE, holding hands, looking up at a huge tree. As the scene scrolls up, it is revealed that the tree was the small seedling that WALL-E originally found.
Cast and characters
- Ben Burtt produced the voice of WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth Class), the titular character and protagonist of the film. WALL-E is a sentient, 700 year old solar-powered mobile trash compactor robot, and is presumably the only functional robot on Earth. He is designed as a small compactor box with all-terrain treads, three-fingered shovel hands, and binocular eyes. He is equipped with a cutting laser between his eyes and a recording device which he uses to record and play his Hello Dolly music which later makes the malfunctioning robots feel better as he escapes. He is very curious, lonely and endearing, and always puts others, namely EVE, before himself on his journey to earn her love. He also collects objects that have been left on Earth, like a Rubik's cube for example, has a pet cockroach named Hal, and is very interested in music. The truck is his only home.
- Burtt also created the voice of M-O (Microbe Obliterator), as well as most other robots in the film. M-O is a tiny, obsessive compulsive maintenance robot who cleans the ship and inspects incoming shipments for foreign contaminants. Meeting WALL-E turns his life upside-down, however, when he sees not only how much filth is on his body, but how much he leaves behind. M-O spends a portion of the film following and cleaning WALL-E's tracks throughout the Axiom , leading him to the garbage depot where he unintentionally saves WALL-E and EVE from being jettisoned into the vacuum of space through the airlock and befriends them.
- Elissa Knight as EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator), a sleek, state-of-the-art robotic probe whose main function is to locate vegetation on Earth to verify its habitability. She is designed with a white, egg-shaped body with levitating pivot points (fingers, arms, and head) and blue LED eyes. EVE moves around by a form of antigravity technology, and is equipped with scanners, a specimen storage compartment with a tractor beam, and a plasma cannon in her right arm (which she is quick to use, and harshly, at even the slightest provocation). She is initially a cold and hostile robot who is only concerned with her mission but does display basic emotions. However, when she opens up to WALL-E she learns to convey her emotions and eventually to understand his deep feelings for her, becoming more humane and considerate and finally reciprocating WALL-E's love.
- Jeff Garlin as Captain B. McCrea , the sole commander of the Axiom . Throughout his duties as Captain, he is bogged down by daily routines and boredom. Meeting WALL-E, however, has sparked his inter
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