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UP (2009)

VISUAL AIDS
POSTERS AND COVER ART



THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    From the revolutionary minds of Pixar Animation Studios and the acclaimed director of Monsters, Inc. comes a hilariously uplifting adventure where the sky is no longer the limit.
    Carl Fredricksen, a retired balloon salesman, is part rascal, part dreamer who is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. Unbeknownst to Carl, Russell, an overeager eight-year-old Wilderness Explorer who has never ventured beyond his backyard, is in the wrong place at the wrong time - Carl's front porch! The world's most unlikely duo reach new heights and meet fantastic friends like Dug, a dog with a special collar that allows him to speak. and Kevin, a rare 13-foot-tall flightless bird. Stuck together in the wilds of the jungle, Carl realizes that sometimes life's biggest adventures aren't the ones you set out looking for.

STARRING THE VOICE TALENTS OF:

Ed Asner: Carl Fredrickson
Christopher Plummer: Charles Muntz
Jordan Nagai: Russell
Bob Peterson: Dug/Alpha
Delroy Lindo: Beta

SCREENWRITER: Bob Peterson and Pete Docter

DIRECTOR: Pete Docter and Bob Peterson

RUNNING TIME: 96 minutes

STUDIO: Disney/Pixar

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B +

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(5 nominations and 2 wins)

Best Picture
(nominated)

Best Animated Film
(winner)

Best Original Screenplay - Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy
(nominated)

Best Original Score - Michael Giacchino
(winner)

Best Sound Editing - Michael Silvers and Tom Meyers
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Picture (Comedy/Animation)
(nominated)

Best Screenplay - Bob Peterson and Pete Docter
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(2 nominations and 2 wins)

Best Animated Film
(winner)

Best Original Score - Michael Giacchino
(winner)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This was both the first animated film and the first 3-D film to over open the world famous Cannes Film Festival.
• If Carl's house was approximately 1600 square feet, and the average house weighs between 60-100 pounds per square foot, it weighs 120,000 pounds. If the average helium balloon can carry .009 pounds (or 4.63 grams), it would take 12,658,392 balloons to lift his house off the ground. (20,622 balloons appear on the house when it first lifts off.)
• The character's personality and design were supposedly based on ta combination of Walter Matthau and Spencer Tracy.
• The story about Charles Muntz and the large bird is an obvious reference to the book The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle.
• In June of 2009 a sick girl dying of cancer's only wish was to see Up before she died, however there was no way for her to leave her hospital and it was not thought that she would live long enough to see the movie premiere. A family friend contacted Pixar and they sent over an employee with a rough copy of the film on DVD for the girl to watch, however she was in so much pain that she couldn't keep her eyes open to actually view the film. So the girl's mother described everything that was happening to the girl, and a mere six hours after viewing the film she passed away.
• When the dogs are flying in the fighters, they are spoofing the final X-Wing scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. One of the changes made is changing the name "Red Squadron" to "Gray Squadron", this was done because dog's are colorblind.

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