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Wall-E Loves 'Hello Dolly'!

posted 17 years ago by OneNightOnly
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Disney/Pixar's "Wall-E" loves "Hello Dolly"!

HD clip with brief view of Wall-E watching his favorite film (at the 42 second mark)

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mC86heBo0d4&feature=related

Early reports reveal that Wall-E's love for "Hello Dolly" is integral to his story.

Article on advance preview (with Spoilers).

http://mag.awn.com/index.php?article_no=3601

Wall-E opens in theaters on June 27th.

The Soundtrack CD will feature 2 songs from "Hello Dolly":

1. Put On Your Sunday Clothes
2. It Only Takes A Moment

http://www.amazon.com/Wall-e-Original-Soundtrack/dp/tracks/B0017LFKMY/ ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1

"Hello Dolly" is back on the Big Screen this Summer!

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[–] OneNightOnly 17 years ago

:-) Funny.

*Advance Reviews are now mentioning the "Dolly" connection:

"Then, just as a VHS copy of "Hello Dolly" (a film which manages to be more magical in this movie than it ever did on its own) is making Wall-E feel his loneliness more acutely than ever, a robot goddess comes down from the heavens."

Full Review below (Very Positive!)

http://www.collider.com/entertainment/reviews/article.asp/aid/8099/tci d/1

[–] AwesomeDood 17 years ago

COOLNESS!

[–] OneNightOnly 17 years ago

NEW ARTICLE!

Director Andrew Stanton talks about using sci-fi elements and "Hello Dolly" for Wall-E;

http://hollywood-animated-films.suite101.com/article.cfm/scifi_hello_d olly_in_walle

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Excerpt:

"How did you get the film Hello, Dolly in there?

“Isn’t that just the oddest choice ever? I’m going to get asked about that for the rest of my life (laughs).

“I originally used 1930’s French Swing music; I wanted old against the new. And then The Triplets of Belleville came out and I went, ‘I don’t want to look like I’m copying.’ I’m kinda glad that happened because it forced me to look harder and it broadened my scope.

“And so I looked at Broadway musicals, and I stumbled across Hello Dolly. I had done musical theatre in high school, and one of the standards is Hello Dolly. And I heard that phrase ‘out there’ in the song "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" and it was a complete gutteral (sic) aesthetic choice: ‘Out there!’ and then you cut to stars, and it just worked.

"And then I realized why it was working for me: because it’s about these two young guys, stuck in a small town, who just want to sneak away for a day, and have a life, and kiss a girl. And I thought, ‘That’s WALL-E!’ So, you’re going to meet WALL-E’s hopes, dreams, and soul in Frame One before you ever meet him.

“And then I found the song "It Only Takes a Moment" and then I looked at the movie footage, and I saw the two lovers holding hands. That was a big ‘Ah-ha!’ moment for me, because I have a character who can’t actually say ‘I love you’ but he can express it by holding hands. And when you get a gift like that from an initial inspiration, you take it as fate. So I ran with it (laughs).”

[–] AwesomeDood 17 years ago

you and your walle -_-

[–] OneNightOnly 16 years ago

New film clip of Wall-E dancing to "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" in attempt to impress Eve!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69tX-vMn9-M&fmt=18

[–] AwesomeDood 16 years ago

COOL!

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[–] OneNightOnly 16 years ago

You're welcome:)

Today's New York Times Article on "Wall-E" begins...

"HE is rusty, lipless, sub-literate and keeps company with garbage. Worse he's a "Hello Dolly!" fan".

That's worse? Well. I've never. (hehe)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/movies/22onst.html?_r=1&ref=movi es&oref=slogin

[–] OneNightOnly 16 years ago

New Reviews praising the "Hello Dolly" element in "Wall-E":

"The key to Wall-E's "humanity" is his prized piece of junk: a VHS tape of 1969's Hello Dolly! Over and over again, the little robot studies the emotions and gestures of its human characters, who stroll, dance, hold hands, and sing about a place that's "Out there, full of shine and sparkle" where there's "adventure in the evening air/Girls in white in a perfumed night/Where the lights are bright as the stars." The recycled musical yearning cleverly lends the film conventional wistfulness in an unconventional way."

http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3121

"He ends each day in his home, watching an old video tape of Hello Dolly! - an important motif throughout the film." (5 star Review)

http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/WALL-E-3211.html

At the Movies Video: Positive review with "Dolly" clips and comments:

http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html ?sec=1&subsec=5789

[–] OneNightOnly 16 years ago

Just arrived home from seeing "Wall-E". Wow, another Pixar masterpiece!! I was spellbound.

The Best Reviewed Film of the Year!

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wall_e/

As for the "Hello Dolly" element - if you are a fan of this movie musical - you will instantly fall in love with Wall-E. Scenes and songs from "Hello Dolly" are used throughout the film to brilliant effect - from the opening credits to the final shot!!!

"It only takes a moment
For your eyes to meet and then
Your heart knows in a moment
You will never be alone again
I held her for an instant
But my arms felt sure and strong
It only takes a moment
To be loved a whole life long..."

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[–] patrick_bateman_90056 16 years ago

Because people want to forget that Beta exists.

Hopelessly in love with Uma Thurman, Ziyi Zhang, Marion Cotillard and Vanessa Ferlito

[–] therealVioletParr 16 years ago

Funny story...earlier today I popped in Hello Dolly! after not having seen it in a while. Then I had to stop it right in the middle of "It Only Takes A Moment" because I was going to the theater to see Wall-E. I'd read a review that said something about his videotape, but kind of forgot about it. Lo and behold, I get to the theater and there's a very familiar voice singing "Close your eyes and see it glisten, Barnaby, listen, Barnaby..." I was pretty much in love with Wall-E from that point on. :)

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."

[–] SilverCreedWolf 16 years ago

I saw "WALL-E" last night... did anyone else notice that it seems that the producers of the film mixed out Streisand's voice in places where you'd expect to hear it (when they let the song play to that point.)

It stuck out to me...

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[–] bryguypope 16 years ago

The font used on the "Dolly" cassette label in WALL-E is an exact match of the VHS tape I used to own. Little details like that go a long way for me. Clearly, the Pixar people did their homework.

[–] rafael.clark 16 years ago

I noticed that. Why doesn't Dolly (Streisand) appear?

[–] Miro101 16 years ago

I, too, noticed the conspicuous absence of Barbra. Probably the producers couldn't get Streisand's permission to use her voice and image--just a guess, though.

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[–] OneNightOnly 16 years ago

Yes Cocoa.

Great New Article on CNN:

'Hello Dolly' Inspires 'Wall-E' Romance

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/03/walle.herman.ap/index.htm l

[–] Fellini-esque 16 years ago

One of the best song uses I've seen in a new movie in many years.

[–] overseer-3 16 years ago

The only good parts of Wall-e to me and my daughter were the Hello Dolly scenes. And the scene where Louis Armstrong sings La Vie en Rose.

Everything old is new again. :)

[–] OneNightOnly 16 years ago

Terrific NEW Article and Interview with director Andrew Stanton and composer Jerry Herman.

'WALL-E' Meets 'Dolly!'

"Thanks to WALL-E, we now know two things that will survive the apocalypse: cockroaches...and Hello, Dolly! In the Pixar hit, a videocassette of the 1969 movie musical survives centuries of decay and trash compacting to become the title robot's introduction to human emotion, if not a guide for living. Two fairly obscure songs from Jerry Herman's Dolly score, ''Put On Your Sunday Clothes'' and ''It Only Takes a Moment,'' not only bookend the animated blockbuster but reoccur at key thematic intervals throughout.

We can understand why WALL-E director Andrew Stanton might have felt that the success of his movie depended on bringing in the all-important show-tunes demographic. But why that movie and those songs, of all the seemingly arbitrary things? EW.com spoke with Stanton to get the real story behind this unlikely revival...and we also talked, separately, with Jerry Herman, to get the original composer's thoughts on how Hello, Dolly! has weathered the years. Here are our conversations with both maestros....."

Click below.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20211943,00.html

[–] Shearer_Goddard_Russell 16 years ago

I never particularly loved "Hello Dolly!" but I do think a lot of the songs are great. When Wall-E opened with "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" I was so excited because it was so cool to recognize a song in a place you wouldn't expect. The music worked so well with the movie. So adorable.

"Just close your eyes...but keep your mind wide open."

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[–] nichole-23 16 years ago

Same here. Well I haven't seen it yet but I really want to! I think it will give me a deeper appreciation of Wall-E. I LOVE Wall-E, it was one of the best movies I saw this year, if not THE best.

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[–] pianochick63 16 years ago

I watched "WALL-E" last night (my son has the DVD), and I loved how parts of "Hello Dolly" were used in it. That was very cute!

:) Laura

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[–] singjohn 12 years ago

A perfect use of music in a film to reveal a character's feelings. Initially, WALL-E is a cute, clunky, little robot who is endearing to us on a surface level. But as soon we see his reaction to the overly-sentimental songs in "Hello Dolly!", his heart is revealed to us. Suddenly, he is more than just wires and metal. He has a heart and a soul that yearns for love in the corniest way possible. He is now vulnerable and more human.

[–] Blueghost 12 years ago

WALLE incorporating "Hello Dolly" was a stroke of genius. Both are great films.