In Space No One Can Hear You Clean
No one can hear you clean -- in space. Well, given that the laws of gravity are what they are, I imagine as much is true. So went the tagline for incredibly successful WALL-E. This touching story of a robot who manages to teach humanity about what it means to be human become one of the most acclaimed films ever produced by Pixar and Disney.
From the acclaimed director of FINDING NEMO, WALL-E was written and directed by Andrew Stanton. Keen on pushing the limits of what Pixar was capable of producing, the film became a technological achievement in and of itself. Stanton insisted the film replicate the visual depth of focus and detail of 70mm film -- a task previously never attempted. Consequently, this required exhaustive layering and rendering man-hours.
Unlike most films today, dialogue is not the meat of the story. In fact, it is more like a silent film in that the dialogue is almost irrelevant -- you can feel with the expressions of the characters alone. Stanton intentionally kept the dialogue to a minimum, often only scripting emotional states and gestures. This allowed the animators to have a broader range of motion and placed the onus of communicating the emotions of the characters on legendary sound designer Ben Burtt.
The evocative sound design and sumptuous visual helped propel WALL-E to the top of the box office. In fact, it managed to earn $23 million on its opening day. By the close of its opening weekend, it had made over $63 million. By the end of the year, the worldwide take was well over $534 million. This was a tremendous hit for Pixar, marking the film as the highest grossing animated feature to date.
Almost to a critic, the film was hailed as a success. In fact, WALL-E not only won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film, but it also took home the Hugo Award for best Dramatic Presentation. The cap off its impressive awards run, it also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. - 23815
From the acclaimed director of FINDING NEMO, WALL-E was written and directed by Andrew Stanton. Keen on pushing the limits of what Pixar was capable of producing, the film became a technological achievement in and of itself. Stanton insisted the film replicate the visual depth of focus and detail of 70mm film -- a task previously never attempted. Consequently, this required exhaustive layering and rendering man-hours.
Unlike most films today, dialogue is not the meat of the story. In fact, it is more like a silent film in that the dialogue is almost irrelevant -- you can feel with the expressions of the characters alone. Stanton intentionally kept the dialogue to a minimum, often only scripting emotional states and gestures. This allowed the animators to have a broader range of motion and placed the onus of communicating the emotions of the characters on legendary sound designer Ben Burtt.
The evocative sound design and sumptuous visual helped propel WALL-E to the top of the box office. In fact, it managed to earn $23 million on its opening day. By the close of its opening weekend, it had made over $63 million. By the end of the year, the worldwide take was well over $534 million. This was a tremendous hit for Pixar, marking the film as the highest grossing animated feature to date.
Almost to a critic, the film was hailed as a success. In fact, WALL-E not only won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film, but it also took home the Hugo Award for best Dramatic Presentation. The cap off its impressive awards run, it also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. - 23815
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Few films in recent history have elicited as much positive emotion as WALL-E. If you are eager to add it to your collection, you would be well advised to opt for the lush Blu-ray edition.
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