Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) | 
| Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Macintalk
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 5
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 98
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
UPC: 786936775389
EAN: 0786936775389
ASIN: B001EOQWEO
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 18, 2008 (New: This Week)
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Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy, which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film. As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is one small robot--with a big, big heart--who holds the future of earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand. He's outlasted all the "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" robots that were assigned some 700 years ago to clean up the environmental mess that man made of earth while man vacationed aboard the luxury spaceship Axiom. Wall-E has dutifully gone about his job compacting trash, the extreme solitude broken only by his pet cockroach, but he's developed some oddly human habits and ideas. When the Axiom sends its regularly scheduled robotic EVE probe (Elissa Knight) to earth, Wall-E is instantly smitten and proceeds to try to impress EVE with his collection of human memorabilia. EVE's directive compels her to bring Wall-E's newly collected plant sprout to the captain of the Axiom and Wall-E follows in hot pursuit. Suddenly, the human world is turned upside down and the Captain (Jeff Garlin) joins forces with Wall-E and a cast of other misfit robots to lead the now lethargic people back home to earth. Wall-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot--a machine typically considered devoid of emotion, but made so absolutely touching by the magic of Pixar animation. Also well-worth admiring are the sweeping views from space, the creative yet disturbing vision of what strange luxuries a future space vacation might offer, and the innovative use of trash in a future cityscape. Underneath the slapstick comedy and touching love story is a poignant message about the folly of human greed and its potential effects on earth and the entire human race. Wall-E is preceded in theaters by the comical short Presto in which a magician's rabbit, unfed one too many times takes his revenge against the egotistical magician. (Ages 3 and older) --Tami Horiuchi>
Stills from Wall-E (Click for larger image)
Product Description
The highly acclaimed director of FINDING NEMO and the creative storytellers behind CARS and RATATOUILLE transport you to a galaxy not so far away for a new cosmic comedy adventure about a determined robot named WALL-E. After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable WALL-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. Join them and a hilarious cast of characters on a fantastic journey across the universe. Transport yourself to a fascinating new world with Disney-Pixar's latest adventure, now even more astonishing on DVD and loaded with bonus features, including the exclusive animated short film BURN-E. WALL-E is a film your family will want to enjoy over and over again.
1. BURN-E Hilarious, All-New Animated Short Bringing Light To The Galaxy Eventual-E, 2. BnL Shorts An Amusing Peek Into The Inner Workings Of The Buy n Large Corporation, 3. Lots Of Bots Storybook This Imaginative Storybook Comes To Life Loaded With Fun Games, 4. Making Of Featurettes, 5. Bot Files Get To Know WALL-E's Robot Friends, 6. DisneyFile Digital Copy Watch Your DVD In The Living Room And Your DisneyFile Digital Copy On The Go, 7. Presto Amazing Animated Theatrical Short Film, 8. Deleted Scenes, 9. Sneak Peek WALL-E's Tour Of The Universe WALL-E Takes You On A Real Ride Through Space, 10. Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds From The Sound Up Legendary Sound Designer Ben Burtt Shares Secrets Of Creating The Sounds Of WALL-E, 11. Audio Commentary With Director Andrew Stanton, 12. The Pixar Story By Leslie Iwerks An Award-Winning Filmmaker Tells The Riveting Story Of The Innovative Company That Revolutionized Hollywood, 13. Additional Deleted Scenes, 14. WALL-E's Treasures And Trinkets Hilarious Moments
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 Good movie bad packaging November 20, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I Love this movie to death, but every copy i bought(i have bought seven of them. NO JOKE!)simply would not play! i beleve that the paper mix they are useing is some how hurting the disc. I am going to rent it from netflix to see if there is a diferance.
 A charming Disney/Pixar film November 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this to be a charming film
I liked the Wall-E & Eve characters
If you do NOT like messages you may not like the environmental one used here
Good to see real actors in a Disney/Pixar film for a change. Only 1 of note is Fred Willard He did his job but they could have tried to have gotten a bigger named actor for the small part
Music was OK Nothing bad about it but it did not jump out at you Older songs used so I doubt the film will get an Oscar nomination for the score
I caught The Little Mermaid reference-Wall-E keeping all the interesting items he finds to Ariel's collection
Great looking animation
NOW, A BIG POINT OF WHO THOUGHT THIS UP?
The DVD package. Instead of a useable to store or stack plastic DVD package we get this thin card board, 1 side you get out disc 1, the other side you pull out the other 2 discs
NOT ANY PRINTED INFORMATION ON THE FILM, no brochure or anything I am very upset about this package
FOR THE EXPENSIVE PRICE BUYERS DESERVE SOMETHING BETTER
for all those who are wondering: "what exactly is in this beefed up editon?" November 19, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I want to start by saying i'm a HUGE pixar fan. I was there when they began and i grew up with their films, seeing every one of them in theaters and owning more than a normal amount of their merchandise. I was excited to see andrew stanton's sophmore directorial work at pixar and i was not dissapointed. this film is literally a masterpiece, you forget you're watching an animated family film after a while. it's dark, honest, and so absolutely beautiful, your jaw will be dropped and you will laugh alot. this film is funny and smart and is steering pixar in a whole new direction, now with that being said, i immediatley anticipated the dvd release of the film. after some lousy dvd releases for the last couple years (the incredibles being their last release to recieve a special edition), it was time for them to finaly go back to their hefty special edition packages, and once again i was not dissapointed. Literally up to the very day this dvd came out, i still was not sure what exactly i was getting. all the different versions and what not, it was hard to distinguish what came on what. so i finally cracked it open to see for myself and i was very pleased.
for a standard dvd, the picture, sound and film itself is like i said, incredible. so, considering i already went off about the film itself i'll just say i give it
10/10
now for all of you who are still confused exactly what these features include on the 3 disc standard release, i;m going to tell you once and for all.
first off, the packaging is way different from pixar's past releases. no slip case, no plastic case, none of that. instead, going along with the film's moral, the dvd comes in an eco friendly cardboard type case. for the 3 disc relase you pull open one side which reveals the first disc and the list of scenes and bonus features, you pull open the other side and that reveals the 2nd and 3rd disc along with a list of features. the case idea is kind of cool but can be frustrating to remove the discs and what not.
now for the actual content....
i didn't have a chance to actually explore everything but i gota good idea of it all and the length and layout for everything. the first disc has the feature film, the short film, "presto" and the new to dvd short, burn-e(which is pretty funny but has alot of filler moments with actual clips from the movie to develop the story). there is also a featurette that talks with ben burt, the man behind the voice of wall-e. and wall-e's tour of the universe. there is also 2 deleted scenes that total in at around 10 minutes. the second disc has two pathways, kind of like the monsters inc dvd...."humans" and "robots" humans section is more adult oriented and includes all the insight and goodies....the robots section is more for the kids and includes the animated storybook, and a couple other minescule features. the humans section is where it's all at. for the longest time it said there would be "making of" featurettes and i thought, "what making of featurettes, it doesn't say" wellthere are a handful of featurettes about different aspects of the film and the total time for all these is almost an hour long! the bnl shorts consist of 5, 2 minute long "instructional" films. another big feature is the full legnth documentary entitled 'the pixar sory" (86 minutes long)this disc also includes 2 more deleted scenes that are a total of about 14 minutes long.
It'salways great to see a digital copy of any of your favorite films. i'm kind of new to this whole digital copy thing and i only have 2 other films in digital copy form. i was excited to get this onto my ipod but noticed that, unlike the other movies i have, this isnt meant to fit to screen. to only truly fit everything in the movie on the secreen, you have to play it in widescreen which if you have a regular video ipod like me, is kind of straining for the eyes.
Ok, so i rambled on about the dvd and other stuff for too long, but i have to say i'm glad to see pixar is really caring about the dvd again. i'm still bummed blu ray owners still get slightly more features on their version. i'll have to put that on my x-mas list :)
Great Movie! Horrible customer support! November 19, 2008
17 out of 32 found this review helpful
I saw this movie in the theatre and LOVED it! I thought it was brilliant. I couldn't wait for it to come out on dvd.
The day of its release I went to Wal-Mart and purchased the special edition as I really wanted the digital copy for my iPod and computer. I get home, insert the digital copy into my computer, only to realize there is no authorization code. I take it back to wal-mart and exchange it. The lady opens it there and again, no code. She explains that 10 other people have been in complaining about no codes and how none of the copies seem to have them. She says I should call disney as they can't be opening every dvd.
I get home and get on the phone with Disney "customer support". What it boils down to is they admitted it was their fault. The girl offers me a sincere apology. So I figure, great the problem will be rectified. Nope. Instead what I am sent via email is a process where by I, the paying customer, must now jump through hoops to get a copy of this code. I have to print out a form, fill it out, go make copies of my receipt and my proof of purchase and then either scan it, fax it or mail them the forms. After Disney receives it, they will mail me a code and I should get it in the mail (7-10 business days later). O_o
Now, while it may not seem to be too much hassle to scan and copy and print; there is no reason why I should have to do ANYTHING after I spent my money and Disney clearly admitted fault. Forgive me if I missed the whole concept of customer service, but shouldn't it be Disney who should be jumping through hoops to rectify the wrong? I paid extra money to have the product when I purchased it; not to take have to do some legging around and then wait almost 2 weeks later.
My advice; if you really want the digital copy buy the regular version for $15 and then hop on iTunes and download Wall-E there. You'll spend about the same amount of money and you'll save yourself a whole lot of time and aggravation.
I hate to give this product a low score as I think this is one of the best movies of all time with a terrific story and great message. But Disney screwed up big time with their customer service on this one. Way to not provide for your customers and then treat them like pirating criminals when they want what they should have had at purchase. It's perplexing. How can people successfully run a business this way?
 An Out of This World Famil-E Adventure November 18, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The opening shot is of downtown New York City. Only these aren't normal buildings but towers of blocks of trash. WALL-E (voiced by beeps and Ben Burtt), our hero, is a glorified trash compactor who has made the mountains. As we follow him across the vast landscape, we learn that he is the last of his kind and that he is indeed on earth. Humans fled years ago because they bought into the commercialism of the Buy-n-Large stores that ruled the earth. The resulting garbage overran the planet.
But WALL-E is not a mindless robot. He is curious and collects bits and pieces of things that are still intact. At night, he takes these to his bunker where they are on display a la Ariel. His only companions are a cockroach and a video tape of Hello Dolly.
Into this world comes Eve (voiced by beeps and Elissa Knight). Eve is another robot but much more high tech. She is on a classified mission. WALL-E immediately falls for her. So much so, in fact, that when the spaceship returns to collect Eve, WALL-E tags along. Suddenly, the two find themselves caught up in an adventure with the future of mankind at stake. Can they save humanity?
This isn't quite Pixar's best, but it is very good. I mean, we've got robots who hardly speak as our main characters, yet we are completely rooting for them. And even though the dialogue is limited, these robots have personality. But it was the limited dialogue that got to me. I got tire of long stretches where the only words we heard were Wall-E and EVE calling each others' names, especially during the climax.
There are few characters here. Frankly, that makes sense due to the extra effort it takes to develop character and story without dialogue. And the story was a tad slow in spots, but it usually picked up about the time I was ready to move on.
There are some many cute and funny moments in the film. While most of these will appeal to the whole family, even those that kids wouldn't get are appropriate for all ages.
The animation is spectacular throughout, but this is especially true once we leave earth. There are some space shots that took my breath away.
There are several morals lurking just below the surface of the film. And you know what I appreciated abut them? They lurked just below the surface. Oh, they're hard to miss, but the story never stopped to lecture us.
While slow at times, I had a smile on my face by the time the film was over. And really, that's what it is all about.
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