Up in the Air

20092009
RR
1h 49m

George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air (2009)

Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.

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Comedy Drama Romance

Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a... Read allRyan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire presenting a new business model.Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire presenting a new business model.

Director
- Jason Reitman
Writers
- Walter Kirn(novel)
- Jason Reitman(screenplay)
- Sheldon Turner(screenplay)
Stars

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Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 75 wins & 171 nominations total

George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey, and Danny McBride in Up in the Air (2009)

Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (2009)

George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (2009)

Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air (2009)

George Clooney and Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air (2009)

George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (2009)

George Clooney and Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air (2009)

Melanie Lynskey and Danny McBride in Up in the Air (2009)

George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (2009)

George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey, and Amy Morton in Up in the Air (2009)

George Clooney and Jason Reitman in Up in the Air (2009)

George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (2009)

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Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles, and just after he's met the frequent-traveller woman of his dreams.

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Taglines
- The story of a man ready to make a connection.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language and some sexual content
Parents guide

Trivia
A large number of the people we see fired in the film are not actors, but people who were recently laid off. The filmmakers put out ads in St. Louis and Detroit posing as a documentary crew looking to document the effect of the recession. When people showed up, they were instructed to treat the camera like the person who fired them and respond as they did, or use the opportunity to say what they wished they had. A way to discern who are the actors, and who are the real people, is that the real people do not have dialogue with George Clooney or Anna Kendrick, as they were shot separately. Jason Reitman did this intentionally, feeling that the real people would freak out Clooney and Kendrick.

Goofs
When Ryan asks how many miles a round-the-world flight would cost, he's told it's 500,000 miles. However, on American a first class round-the-world flight costs 300,000 miles (and even less for lower classes).

Quotes
Ryan Bingham: [on the docks in Miami] You know that moment when you look into somebody's eyes and you can feel them staring into your soul and the whole world goes quiet just for a second?
Natalie Keener: Yes.
Ryan Bingham: [shrugs] Right. Well, I don't.
Natalie Keener: you're an asshole.

Crazy credits
Over the end credits, the camera glides over the clouds. Much like the view from a plane.

Connections
Edited into De wereld draait door: Episode #5.84 (2010)

Soundtracks
This Land Is Your Land
(1940)
Written by Woody Guthrie
Performed by Performed by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (as The Dap-Kings)
Courtesy of Daptone Records

Top review

7/10

My 304th Review: Modern Parables - But Only A Partial Success

Up In The Air is a nice movie - a good satire about work and a comedy about the price of modern business.

It looks like its going to mop up at the awards and I'm just not convinced it really deserves to.

Why? Well, it has a good performance from Clooney as the confident consultant and good directorship, but it lacks true honesty - it sacrifices real integrity for Hollywood feelings and I'm not sure i want to see the top awards going on a film-flam type of film.

Others will say this is honest and strong and entertaining (A tough act to pull off) but even though it is a nice film, well made, strong performances etc; it just somehow is a little trite. Even Clooney, who really can make anything work, ends up a little bemused. I think its a shame that films like $5 a day, which we loved, will be chiefly ignored and this will be lauded to the skies.

Fun to watch and it does have heart; but for out money it is too shallow to really deserve all the accolades coming its way.

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Release date
- December 23, 2009 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official Facebook
Language
- English
Also known as
- Bay Lên Trời Cao
Filming locations
- Cheshire Inn, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $83,823,381
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,181,450
- Dec 6, 2009
Gross worldwide
- $166,842,739

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Runtime
1 hour 49 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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