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About 2008 animated film directed by Andrew Stanton
Genres comedy, adventure, science fiction, science fiction comedy, romance, post-apocalyptic, children's, adventure science fiction, dystopian, flashback, romantic comedy
Directed by Andrew Stanton
Written by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon
Music Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman
Runtime 98 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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