Disney Lies » nuclear gardner http://www.disneylies.com/blog 100% Disney-related baloney Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 WALL*E trivia http://www.disneylies.com/blog/2008/06/26-walle-trivia/ http://www.disneylies.com/blog/2008/06/26-walle-trivia/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:21:14 +0000 Liar http://www.disneylies.com/blog/?p=357 You may be interested to know that Pixar’s new film Wall*E isn’t a standalone feature. Although it is not widely known, this feature is actually a sequel of sorts to 1972’s Silent Running, which starred Bruce Dern as a space-faring gardener armed with nuclear weapons.

Silent Running is largely about three robots who are taking care of what is left of Earth’s plant life while certain other robots — not mentioned in the film — are trying to clean up the planet so that the plants can be reintroduced. The Disney connection is made clear by the robots’ names — Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

There are parallels in the films’ dialog as well. Silent Running: “Take good care of the forest, Dewey.” WALL*E: “Take good care of the planet, WALL*E.”

Tomorrow, we’ll look at a few more classic films that served as inspiration for WALL*E.

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