Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? RT Australia talks to Andrew Stanton and Ben Burtt about that very question and the creation of the robot phenomenon, WALL-E.
nichtszusagen (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
****½ WALL-E . Animated science fiction comedy. Directed by: Andrew Stanton. Starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver We saw this at the Embassy theater during our month in San Antonio this summer. I didn't know anything about it, but Dagny, who works in a child care center, had been hearing buzz for a while, and convinced...
IGN (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
... to each Jedi. Also adding to the iconic appeal of the saber is the sound effects (designed by Ben Burtt)… the electronic hum, the thunder-like clap when two sabers clash, and so on.There have been many great lightsabers not just in the films but also in the Expanded Universe of Star Wars, and perhaps we'll focus on other sabers in future installments of Weapons Locker. But today we're highlighting...
IGN (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
... film is an ideal showcase for this kind of technology. With sound effects provided by audio wizard Ben Burtt and that familiar, soaring score by John Williams, you want to hear every single element with clarity, and you do. There's a lot of movement in the field from all sides, so gunshots seem to zoom right past you and explosions erupt from all around. The essential car chases and fights...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Luke Skywalker, on the Death Star, fighting off Storm Troopers, comes to a vertiginous abyss. A Trooper falls, and there's a strangulated, high-pitched cry – the Wilhelm scream, used in more than 130 films. Ben Burtt put it into Star Wars; he was looking through the archives when he came across a 3D film called Distant Drums (1951), featuring its first use as a soldier is savaged by an alligator....
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
... and Harry Cohen (Soundelux) & Christopher Jenkins and Frank A. Montano (Universal Studios)"Wall-E"Ben Burtt (Pixar Animation Studios), Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Matthew Wood (Skywalker Sound)"Into the Wild"Michael Minkler (Todd AO), Lora Hirschberg (Skywalker Sound) and Martin Hernandez (Ztrackz)Outstanding Audio Post- Television "CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION" 'Cockroaches'Mace Matiosian,...
http://www.dolbajao.com/rss.php (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Directed by Andrew Stanton. With Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin. In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks o 2 Vote(s)
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
Voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Sigourney Weaver Director: Andrew Stanton It's an idea, Stanton says, that came up while they were throwing around some, one day in Pixar Studios: the story of a lone robot left behind on Earth that someone forgot to switch off. Stanton has developed it into a love story that is one of the most touching to have ever made it to the big screen. Walla.E has no...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
... film, become a sophisticated interweaving of 2,600 sounds. The orchestrator of this symphony is Ben Burtt, who, with his team, found everyday sounds they could alter to create each mood. Making a robot "come alive" on screen takes clarity on the part of both animators and sound designers. "It's about understanding if the sound should be happy or sad, sympathetic or mechanical," says Mr....
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
... are supposed to make does not take away from this truly heart-warming story. Sound designer, Ben Burtt, was the man hired to come up with the voices for Wall·E and all the other robots in the film, a task to which he brought considerable experience, having created the voice of R2-D2 in the Star Wars series and winning an Academy Award for his work on E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. He talks...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
One of the summer's smash hits is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray this November. will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 18. The film will be released in a single-disc edition ($29.99 SRP), three-disc special edition ($39.99 SRP) and the Blu-Ray edition ($35.99 SRP). The film stars the voices of Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger and Kathy Najimy.What...
