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Up (2009) -- UP – UK Trailer
Up (2009) -- Watch as Carl, Russell, and Kevin try to escape the dog pack with the help of Dug.
Up (2009) -- Up director Pete Docter introduces viewers to the dog pack, a group of talking dogs that make Carl and Russell's adventure even more exciting.
Up (2009) -- Interview: Christopher Plummer "On the dogs in the movie"
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Directors:
Pete Docter
Bob Peterson (co-director)
Writers:
Pete Docter (story) and
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Release Date:
29 May 2009 (USA) more
Plot:
By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins more
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Pixar hits it out of the park, again more (396 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Edward Asner ... Carl Fredricksen (voice) (as Ed Asner)

Christopher Plummer ... Charles Muntz (voice)
Jordan Nagai ... Russell (voice)

Bob Peterson ... Dug / Alpha (voice)

Delroy Lindo ... Beta (voice)
Jerome Ranft ... Gamma (voice)

John Ratzenberger ... Construction Foreman Tom (voice)

David Kaye ... Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Elie Docter ... Young Ellie (voice)
Jeremy Leary ... Young Carl (voice)
Mickie McGowan ... Police Officer Edith (voice)
Danny Mann ... Construction Worker Steve (voice)
Donald Fullilove ... Nurse George (voice)
Jess Harnell ... Nurse AJ (voice)
Josh Cooley ... Omega (voice)
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Also Known As:
Helium (Philippines: English title) (review title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some peril and action.
Runtime:
96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #45254) | South Korea:All | UK:U | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:PG | Ireland:G | Mexico:AA | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Finland:K-7 | Hong Kong:I | South Africa:PG | Japan:G | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (subtitled version) | Norway:7 | Australia:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Taiwan:GP | Germany:o.Al. | Brazil:Livre | Sweden:7

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Carl Fredricksen's face and gruff personality are based on Spencer Tracy and Walter Matthau. more
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Revealing mistakes: When the house first rises, breaking free of its foundation, the front porch is clearly empty. Yet Russell appears later in the far right corner. This is explained by Russell later when he says he crawled under the porch chasing a "snipe". Apparently he hung on to something underneath the porch and crawled up later. In the short film "George & A.J." it is revealed that Russell braced himself underneath Carl's house when it took off in the same way that Woody held onto Sid's milk crate when Sid picked it up in Toy Story (1995). However, in the Up movie several shots show the complete underside of the house as if flies off and Russell is clearly not there (or on the porch). more
Quotes:
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Newsreel Announcer: Movietown News presents, "Spotlight on Adventure." What you are now witnessing is footage never before seen by civilized humanity: a lost world in South America. Lurking in the shadow of majestic Paradise Falls, it sports plants and animals undiscovered by science. Who would dare set foot on this inhospitable summit? Why, our subject today, Charles Muntz!
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Featured in 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV) more
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Habanera more

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204 out of 253 people found the following comment useful.
Pixar hits it out of the park, again, 12 May 2009
10/10
Author: choco_taco from United States

I was lucky enough to get a ticket to a special pre-release screening of Up at Pixar studios in Emeryville, organized by the San Francisco Film Society. After a hour-long reception in the atrium of their beautiful main building we went through some rigorous security (metal detectors!) and were treated to an hilarious short (Partly Cloudy) and Pixar's new high water mark, Up.

My favorites to date have definitely been Wall-E and the Incredibles, and Up is another slightly-left-of-center masterpiece. The emotional impact of the beautiful, wordless summation of Carl's life that opens the movie is the bass note that resonates through the whole film and is at least as affecting as the scene in Wall-E when he holds his own hands while watching Hello Dolly. The rest of the movie, of course, is breathtaking on just about every level, especially the tactile quality of all the characters and textures and the completely realized weather effects and action scenes. With no "new" technical milestones (fur in Monsters, Inc., water in Finding Nemo, realistic camera effects in Wall- E), the design is the main focus, from the hilariously stylized characters to the amazing setting of the tepui.

As the associate producer who participated in the Q&A following the movie pointed out, the past three Pixar movies have not been easy sells to their parent company Disney (they'll be back in familiar territory with Toy Story 3 and Cars 2), but Pixar's commitment to inventive, story-driven films continues to pay off here. All of the good press is true, and I can't wait to see it again. Thanks for staying true to yourselves Pixar!

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