Up (2009)

78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.

Directors:

Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (co-director)

Writers:

Pete Docter (story by), Bob Peterson (story by)

Stars:

Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger

Top Rated Movies #121 | Won 2 Oscars. Another 78 wins & 82 nominations.

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) (as Mickie T. McGowan)
Danny Mann	...	Construction Worker Steve (voice)
Donald Fullilove	...	Nurse George (voice) (as Don Fullilove)
Jess Harnell	...	Nurse AJ (voice)
Josh Cooley	...	Omega (voice)

Storyline

As a boy, Carl Fredricksen wanted to explore South America and find the forbidden Paradise Falls. About 64 years later he gets to begin his journey along with Boy Scout Russell by lifting his house with thousands of balloons. On their journey, they make many new friends including a talking dog, and figure out that someone has evil plans. Carl soon realizes that this evildoer is his childhood idol.

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Plot Keywords:

child in jeopardy | heartfelt | original story | balloon | south america | 

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Taglines:

Fly Up to Venezuela

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some peril and action

Did You Know?

Trivia

Co-Director Bob Peterson based Dug's voice on how he'd tend to speak to his own dogs.

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Goofs

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 and 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. However, in the Up movie several shots show the complete underside of the house as it flies off and Russell is clearly not there (or on the porch).

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Quotes

[first lines]
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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Crazy Credits

The closing credits are presented as text typed in a scrapbook, with photographs and mementos taped onto the pages.

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Another Top 10 Cutest Disney Couples (2017)

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Soundtracks

The Spirit of Adventure
(uncredited) (2009)
Written by Michael Giacchino

User Reviews

I felt like a completely new person, truly moving

Honestly, I found the DVD of this film in my house and decided to give it a watch as I had nothing better to do. Truth is I really should have made the time before.

Although I enjoy all the other Disney/pixar movies, I am at that teenage age where I mainly seek Violence, sex and gore. Thankfully my teenage boredom did me a big favour in helping what this fantastic masterpiece. This film was so fantastically deep, meaningful and moving beyond relief, as soon as I switched it off I rang my grandparents to tell them I love them.

It should be made necessary that everyone everywhere should see this film and I think the world would be a much better place - it really is that good.

100/10

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 May 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Up

Filming Locations:

Pixar Animation Studios - 1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$175,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$68,108,790, 31 May 2009

Gross USA:

$293,004,164

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$735,099,102

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS (Digital DTS Sound) Sonics-DDP (3-D version) Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1