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Directors: Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Writers: Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy
Voices by: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson
Distributor: Disney/Pixar
Genre: Animation
Rating: PG
Running Time: 96 Minutes
SYNOPSIS
From the revolutionary minds of Pixar Animation Studios and the acclaimed director of MONSTERS, INC. comes a hilarious uplifting adventure where the sky is no longer the limit.
Carl Fredicksen, 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 8-year old Wildnerness 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 meets fantastic friends like Dug, a dog with a special collar that allows him to speak, and Kevin, the 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 for.
UP flies high with a pristine picture, theater-quality sound and hours of never-before-seen bonus features available only on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def. It's an adventure that will send your spirits soaring!
BONUS FEATURES
- Global Guardian Badge Game: Players try to locate countries and states around the globe in a multi-layered Blu-ray Disc® Exclusive and geography game enhanced by BD-Live
- Cine-Explore: The making of by director Pete Docter and co-director Bob Peterson
- Dug's Special Mission: An all new film original short that follows the hilarious misadventures of Dug as he attempts to complete his "special mission"
- The Many Endings of Muntz: Many ideas were hatched about how to dispose of the film's arch villain, Muntz and now viewers can see the many alternate endings proposed during story development
- Partly Cloudy: The hilarious short film that preceded screenings of Up. In it, a fanciful world where cherubic clouds jovially create the earth's cuddly animal newborns, one depressed cloud must find the silver lining in his assignment: fashioning the less-loved critters like crocodiles and porcupines
- Adventure is Out There: This documentary tells the story of the filmmakers' visit to the Tepuis Mountains of South America to research the design and story of the film
- Geriatric Hero: A character study of Carl and Muntz, from research to realization including art and design, rigging, animation and story. It focuses on the issues of aging, "simplexity", shape-language and compelling character arcs
- Canine Companions: For anyone who ever wondered where CG puppies come from, an introduction to the design, behavior and language of dogs
- Russell: Wilderness Explorer -- A character study of Russell from inspiration and design to finding the character arc and authentic voice for this wilderness ranger
- Our Giant Flightless Friend, Kevin: Find out how Avian Research & Development at Pixar helped bring a mythical, 11-foot tall iridescent bird to life
- Homemakers of Pixar: Carl and Ellie's house is an important "character" in the film. Fans follow the development of the house from story to art to its ultimate realization in the computer
- Balloons and Flight: Carl's house and Muntz's dirigible presented the filmmakers with two different problems -- how could they make a physical impossibility possible? And, in the case of the dirigible, how would they unearth a fallen giant and let it soar?
- Composing for Characters: The collaboration between the Pixar filmmakers and Up composer Michael Giacchino
- Married Life: An alternate scene - Expanded Character Backstory
- Up Promo montage Theatrical Trailers
From the Home Entertainment Exclusive Short: Dug's Special Mission Dug in the Hole (Bonus)
Talking Dogs (Bonus)
Voice of Russell (Bonus)
BALLOON SCIENCE FUN
Have you ever wondered how many helium balloons it would take to lift different objects Up into the air?
It's a tricky question and an even trickier answer because there are so many variables to consider. For instance:
- How big are the balloons?
- How heavy is the object?
- How quickly to do you want the object to rise Up?
We have come Up with a general formula you can use to figure out how many balloons it would take to lift... well, just about anything!
- Helium has a lifting force of about 1 gram per liter.
- An average size party balloon is approximately 30cm (one foot) in diameter.
- It can hold approximately 14 liters.
- That's 14 grams of lift power per balloon.
- Estimate and subtract the weight of the string and the latex balloon.
- Formula: 1 balloon = 10 grams of lift power.
How Many Balloons Would It Take To Lift:
Disney/Pixar's Up Blu-ray Combo Pack?
At approximately 227 grams (or 0.5 lbs) in weight, it requires
approximately 22 balloons to send the movie Up, up and away!
A Blu-ray Disc Player?
Most models weigh just over 2 kg (4.5 lbs.) which requires 200 balloons to
add a whole new meaning to Blu-ray "high definition."
Your Neighbor/s Dog?
A happy Labrador Retriever dog weighs in at about 32 kg (70 lbs). It would
take approximately 3200 balloons to lift this furry friend off the ground.
Fun Fact: The voice of Dug (the Dog) in the movie Up is actually the voice
of Co-Director / Screenwriter, Bob Peterson.
A Bicycle?
The average bicycle weighs approximately 19 kilograms (or 42 lbs). You will
need approximately 1,900 balloons to turn a 2-wheeler into an air-bike.
Fun Fact: Before the Wright Brothers built their first flying airplane in
1903, they operated a small bicycle repair shop.
A Sumo Wrestler?
The average weight of a Sumo wrestler is approximately 148 kg (or 326 lbs).
That means it would take about 148,000 balloons to send this guy Up.
Fun Fact: Sumo wrestling was established as a national sport in 1909.
A Small House?
This figure can vary in terms of quantity of balloons given the size and
scale of the house. Let¹s say the house in Disney/Pixar ¹s movie Up weighed
about 46,000 kg (that¹s 101,413 lbs). That means it takes approximately
4,600,000 balloons to send Carl's home Up and away! Fun Fact: Nearly 70 animators worked on the movie Up during peak production.
Sweepstakes
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