<P> After directing Finding Nemo, Stanton felt Pixar had created believable simulations of underwater physics and was willing to direct a film set largely in space . WALL - E has minimal dialogue in its early sequences; many of the characters do not have voices, but instead communicate with body language and robotic sounds designed by Burtt . The film criticizes consumerism, corporatism, nostalgia, waste management, human environmental impact and concerns, obesity, and global catastrophic risk . It is also Pixar's first animated film with segments featuring live - action characters . Following Pixar tradition, WALL - E was paired with a short film titled Presto for its theatrical release . </P> <P> WALL - E was released in the United States on June 27, 2008 . The film was an instant blockbuster, grossing $533.3 million worldwide over a $180 million budget, and winning the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Long Form Dramatic Presentation, the final Nebula Award for Best Script, the Saturn Award for Best Animated Film and the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature with five nominations . The film also topped Time's list of the "Best Movies of the Decade", and in 2016 was voted 29th among 100 films considered the best of the 21st century by 117 film critics from around the world . </P> <P> In 2805, Earth is an abandoned, dystopian planet covered in garbage, with its people evacuated by megacorporation Buy - N - Large on giant starliners . BnL has left behind WALL - E robot trash compactors to clean up; however, all have since stopped functioning, except one unit who has gained sentience and is able to stay active using spare parts from other units . One day, WALL - E discovers a healthy seedling, which he returns to his home . Later, an unmanned spaceship lands and deploys an EVE probe to scan the planet . WALL - E is infatuated with EVE, who is initially hostile but gradually befriends him . When WALL - E brings EVE to his trailer and shows her the plant, however, she suddenly takes the plant and goes into standby mode . WALL - E, confused, unsuccessfully tries to reactivate her . The ship then returns to collect EVE, and with WALL - E clinging on, returns to its mothership, the starliner Axiom . </P> <P> The Axiom's passengers have become obese and feeble due to microgravity and reliance on an automated lifestyle, including the ship's current captain, McCrea, who leaves the ship under the control of the robotic autopilot, Auto . EVE is taken to the bridge, with WALL - E tagging along . McCrea is unprepared for a positive probe response, but learns that placing EVE's plant in the ship's Holo - Detector for verification will trigger a hyperjump back to Earth so humanity can recolonize it . However, Auto orders his robotic assistant GO - 4 to steal the plant to prevent this from happening . EVE initially believes WALL - E is responsible for the plant's disappearance . </P>

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