The Disney/Pixar film about a lonely robot earned six Oscar nominations, winning for best animated feature.
When the film was pitched, we “all knew ‘nobody would ever let us make a movie like that,’ ” Stanton toldin November 2008. But after the story and characters were fleshed out, it was greenlit. “I tried hard not to follow any convention. I just tried to let the film be as true to itself as it could be,” he said. “If that broke people’s conventional thinking about what an animated or sci-fi film is, then great. That’s why I go to the movies: to be surprised and entertained in a whole new way.
“For me, it’s the complete innocence of how much it thrilled me as a kid to be moved by a movie, and the opportunity to do that for somebody else is such a privilege,” Stanton said. “It only takes the right movie and I’m 10 again and want to be a part of it.” This story first appeared in a Jan. stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,
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