Lifted (2006)

A teenage alien is trying to abduct a sleeping human, but doesn't know which switch to use.

Director:

Gary Rydstrom

Writers:

Gary Rydstrom, Jeff Pidgeon (story)

Star:

Sheb Wooley

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sheb Wooley	...	Ernie (voice) (archive footage)

Storyline

It's night; crickets chirp outside an isolated farmhouse. A bright light from a spacecraft shines through a bedroom window and lifts a sleeping man. However, the light and the small alien controlling it from the ship are unable to pull the man through the window: first it's the glass that impedes them. The alien frets; its supervisor - large, laconic, and green - watches. As the human keeps sleeping, the alien's tries every lever. Just as it looks as if the alien abduction will succeed, something goes wrong. The supervisor steps in.

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Plot Keywords:

intrusion | alien spacecraft | crying | unidentified flying object | light | 

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Taglines:

Failure is an option.

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Trivia

As Mister B nimbly corrects his student's muddle, his two arms appear to become six as they fly over the console. The action of each arm was the work of a different Pixar animator.

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Quotes

Ernie: [Ernie is on a bed on a pile of earth in a crater]
Ernie: [falls off the bed] AAH!

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the opening Pixar credit, the shining face of Luxo Jr. dissolves into a full moon in the night sky of the establishing shot.

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Connections

Featured in The Pixar Shorts: A Short History (2007)

User Reviews

it's funny

This story is about a little alien which takes an operating test. There are only three characters, the alien, other alien which judges the exam and a human who sleeps deeply. The thing the little alien must do is to choose the right switch from a lot of switches and brings the man to the UFO. However, the little alien can't chooses correct switch because he didn't study hard. The more the little alien fail, he feels more pressure from the examiner, and the end he pushes many switches randomly. Finally, he succeeds in bringing the man to the UFO, but unexpected deployment is waiting. When I was a high school student, I first watched this film. At then, I was very excited by the movie, because it was a movie which I can't expect the story. Especially, I was amazed at the last scene. I have never seen such an interesting movie. Although this film is short and no sound, content is very easy to understand and funny, so I suppose that every generation of people can enjoy the film.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

None

Release Date:

29 June 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lifted

Filming Locations:

Walt Disney Feature Animation - 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pixar Animation Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

5 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1