While cleaning the house, Carl notices the picture of their house perched at the top of Paradise Falls after tucking the savings jar away and leaving the trip out of mind. They go through many stages of their life together, and after Ellie suffers a miscarriage, and they are told they can't have a child, the couple remembers their childhood dream of visiting Paradise Falls, so they decide to save up some money, but unforeseen events (a tire blows out, Carl breaks his leg, a tree crashes into the house and breaks the roof during a storm) force them to use the money they had been saving.Ĭarl and Ellie grow old together, working at the zoo selling balloons and giving tours, respectively. Ellie becomes a tour guide for a zoo, and Carl becomes a balloon salesman, working side-by-side. Years later, Carl marries Ellie, and they begin rebuilding the old house, making it their home. She also tells Carl of her plans to go to Paradise Falls, the same place Muntz had visited on his recent expedition to capture an exotic creature. Ellie visits him at his bedroom later that night (returning his balloon to him) and shows Carl her secret Adventure Book. However, the wooden plank breaks and Carl ends up breaking his arm. With Ellie's encouragement, he tries to get it back by crossing a single wooden plank across the second floor of the house. Ellie's startling introduction causes Carl to release his balloon, which gets stuck in the attic. One day, while running down a sidewalk, pretending to pilot his balloon (a regular blue balloon with the words "Spirit of Adventure" written on the side), Carl hears a voice coming from a dilapidated house.Ĭurious, Carl enters the house and meets Ellie, a young girl and fellow fan of Muntz, and they become close friends almost instantly. Muntz, who piloted his own self-made dirigible, " Spirit of Adventure". The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, making it the second animated film in history to receive such a nomination, following Beauty and the Beast.Īt eight years old, Carl Fredricksen was a fan of Charles F. Edward Asner was praised for his portrayal of Carl, and a montage of Carl and his wife Ellie aging together was widely lauded.
Up received critical acclaim, with most reviewers commending the humor and heart of the film. This made it at the time of its release the 33rd highest-grossing film of all time and the sixth highest-grossing animated film of all time (behind Shrek 2, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Finding Nemo, Shrek the Third, and The Lion King). The film became a great financial success, accumulating over $731,342,744 in its theatrical release. Up was released on and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film to do so. Up was Pixar's first film to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The floating house is attached by a varying number between 10-20,000 balloons in the film's sequences. The designs of the characters were caricatured and stylized considerably, and animators were challenged with creating realistic cloth. He and eleven other Pixar artists spent three days in Venezuela gathering research and inspiration. It was the second film, after Finding Nemo, to be released in May.ĭocter began working on the story in 2004, which was based on fantasies of escaping from life when it becomes too irritating. The film was co-directed by Bob Peterson, with music composed by Michael Giacchino. By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America and to complete a promise made to his childhood sweetheart and beloved wife, Ellie. The film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Edward Asner) and an earnest young Wilderness Explorer named Russell ( Jordan Nagai). It is the tenth animated feature film produced by Pixar. Up is a 2009 American 3-D computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Pete Docter. “ The greatest adventure is just getting back home.” ―Tagline
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