Up (2009 film)

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Up
Directit biPete Docter
Produced biJonas Rivera
Screenplay biBob Peterson
Pete Docter
Story biPete Docter
Bob Peterson
Thomas McCarthy
StarninEd Asner
Christopher Plummer
Jordan Nagai
Bob Peterson
Muisic biMichael Giacchino
CinematographyPatrick Lin
Jean-Claudie Kalache
Eeditit biKevin Nolting
Production
company
Distributit biWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 29 Mey 2009 (2009-05-29)
Rinnin time
96 meenits
KintraUnitit States
LeidInglis
Budget$175 million[1]
Box office$731,342,744[2]

Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animatit comedy drama-adventur film produced bi Pixar Animation Studios an directit bi Pete Docter. The film centres on an elderly widower cried Carl Fredricksen (vyced bi Edward Asner) an an earnest young Wilderness Explorer cried Russell (Jordan Nagai). Bi tyin thoosands o balloons tae his home, 78-year-auld Carl sets oot tae fulfil his lifelang dream tae see the wilds o Sooth Americae an tae complete a promise made tae his lifelang luve. The film wis co-directit bi Bob Peterson, wi muisic componed bi Michael Giacchino.

Docter began wirkin on the story in 2004, that wis based on fantasies o escaping frae life whan it becomes ower irritatin. He an eleeven ither Pixar airtists spent three day in Venezuela gaitherin resairch an inspiration. The designs o the chairacters wis cairicaturt an stylisit conseederably, an animators wis challenged wi creatin realistic cloth. The floatin hoose is attached bi a varyin nummer atween 10,000 an 20,000 balloons in the film's sequences. Up wis Pixar's first film tae be presentit in Disney Digital 3-D.[3]

Up wis lowsed on 29 Mey 2009 an appent the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becomin the first animatit an 3D film tae dae sae.[4] The film became a muckle financial success, accumulatin ower $731 million in its theatrical release. Up received creetical acclaim, wi maist reviewers commendin the humour an hert o the film. Edward Asner wis praisit for his portrayal o Carl, an a montage o Carl an his wife Ellie agin thegither wis widely lauded. The film received five Academy Awaird nominations, includin Baist Picture, makin it the seicont animatit film in history tae receive sic a nomination (an Pixar's first Baist Picture nomination), follaein Beauty and the Beast (1991).[5]

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  1. Barnes, Brooks (Aprile 5, 2009). "Pixar's Art Leaves Profit Watchers Edgy". The New York Times. Retrieved Aprile 6, 2009. Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  2. "Up (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  3. Wloszczyna, Susan (21 Mey 2009). "Pixar moves on 'Up' with its 10th movie". USA Today. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  4. Horn, John (19 Mairch 2009). "Pixar's 'Up' to open Cannes Film Festival". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  5. Hazlett, Courtney (2 Februar 2010). "Things looking 'Up' for best picture race". Today.com. Retrieved 22 November 2013.

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