WALL-Es favorite movie is "Hello, Dolly!". The movie is a 1969 musical film adaptation of the 1964 Broadway production of the same name. WALL-E watches the movie repeatedly on a VHS tape. The director of WALL-E, Andrew Stanton, chose "Hello, Dolly!" as WALL-Es favorite musical because he played the character Barnaby in it during high school. The movie teaches WALL-E about love and inspires him to follow EVE to infinity and beyond.