Up

Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated comedy drama-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Pete Docter. The film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Edward Asner) and an earnest young Wilderness Explorer named Russell (Jordan Nagai). 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 lifelong love. The film was co-directed by Bob Peterson, with music composed by Michael Giacchino.

Docter began working on the story in 2004, which was based on fantasies of escaping from life when it becomes too irritating. He and eleven other Pixar artists spent three days inVenezuela gathering research and inspiration. The designs of the characters were caricatured and stylized considerably, and animators were challenged with creating realistic cloth. The floating house is attached by a varying number between 10,000 and 20,000 balloons in the film's sequences. Up was Pixar's first film to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D.[3]

Up was released on May 29, 2009 and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film to do so.[4]  The film became a great financial success, accumulating over $731 million in its theatrical release. Up received critical acclaim, with most reviewers commending the humor and heart of the film. Edward Asner was praised for his portrayal of Carl, and a montage of Carl and his wife Ellie aging together was widely lauded. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, making it the second animated film in history to receive such a nomination (and Pixar's first Best Picture nomination), following Beauty and the Beast (1991).[5]

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[hide]  *1 Plot ==Plot[edit] == In the late 1930s, young Carl Fredricksen is a shy, quiet boy who idolizes renowned explorer Charles F. Muntz. Muntz has been accused of fabricating the skeleton of a giant bird he claimed to have discovered in Paradise Falls in Venezuela, and vows to return there to capture one alive. One day, Carl befriends Ellie, who is also a Muntz fan. She confides to Carl her desire to move her "clubhouse" — an abandoned house in the neighborhood — to a cliff overlooking Paradise Falls, and makes him promise to help her. Carl and Ellie eventually get married and grow old together in the restored house, working as a toy balloon vendor and a zookeeper respectively. Unable to have children, they repeatedly pool their savings for a trip to Paradise Falls, but end up spending it on more pressing needs. An elderly Carl finally arranges for the trip, but Ellie suddenly becomes ill and dies, leaving him alone.
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Production
 * 3.1 Animation
 * 3.2 Music
 * 4 Release
 * 4.1 UPisodes
 * 4.2 Home media
 * 5 Reception
 * 5.1 Critical response
 * 5.2 Box office
 * 5.3 Accolades
 * 6 Video games
 * 7 See also
 * 8 References
 * 9 External links

Some time later, Carl still lives in the house, now surrounded by urban development. Carl has refused to sell the house to the developers. He accidentally injures a construction worker over damage to his mailbox, and a court orders him to move to a retirement home. However, Carl comes up with a scheme to keep his promise to Ellie: he turns his house into a makeshiftairship, using thousands of helium balloons to lift it off its foundation. Russell, a young Wilderness Explorer (a fictional scouting organization), becomes an accidental passenger in his effort to earn his final merit badge for assisting the elderly.

After surviving a thunderstorm, the house lands near a ravine facing Paradise Falls. Carl and Russell harness themselves to the still-buoyant house and begin to walk it around the ravine, hoping to reach the falls before the balloons deflate. They later befriend a tall, colorful flightless bird (whom Russell names "Kevin") trying to reach her chicks, and a dog named Dug, who wears a special collar that allows him to speak.

Carl and Russell encounter a pack of dogs led by Alpha, and are taken to Dug's master, who turns out to be an elderly Charles Muntz. Muntz invites Carl and Russell aboard his dirigible, where he explains that he has spent the years since his disgrace searching Paradise Falls for the giant bird. His decades-long isolation from the rest of the world and his obsession to catch the bird has made him paranoid, psychotic and dangerous, killing off any wanderer he sees, thinking they wanted the bird. When Russell notes the bird's similarity to Kevin, Muntz then becomes hostile, prompting the pair to flee with Kevin and Dug. Muntz eventually catches up with them and starts a fire beneath Carl's house, forcing Carl to choose between saving it or Kevin. Carl rushes to put out the fire, allowing Muntz to take the bird. Carl and Russell eventually reach the falls, but Russell is angry with Carl over his decision to abandon Kevin.

Settling into his home, Carl looks through Ellie's childhood scrapbook; finding photos of their happy marriage added into it, along with a note from Ellie thanking him for the "adventure" and encouraging him to go on a new one. Reinvigorated, he goes to find Russell, only to see him sailing off on some balloons to save Kevin. Carl empties the house of furniture and possessions, lightening it, and pursues him.

Russell is captured by Muntz, but Carl manages to board the dirigible in flight and free both Russell and Kevin. Dug manages to defeat Alpha and become the dogs' new leader. Muntz pursues them around the airship, finally cornering Dug, Kevin, and Russell inside Carl's tethered house. Carl lures Kevin out through a window and back onto the airship with Dug and Russell clinging to her back, just as Muntz is about to close in; Muntz leaps after them, only to snag his foot on some balloon lines and fall to his death. Snapped from its tether, the house descends out of sight through the clouds, which Carl accepts as being for the best.

Carl and Russell reunite Kevin with her chicks, then fly the dirigible back to the city. When Russell's father misses his son's Senior Explorer ceremony, Carl presents Russell with his final badge: a grape soda cap that Ellie gave to Carl when they first met and made their promise. The two then enjoy some ice cream together, sitting on the curb outside the shop as Russell and his father used to do, with the dirigible parked nearby. Meanwhile, Carl's house is shown to have landed on the cliff beside Paradise Falls, as promised to Ellie.

In scenes shown during the credits, Carl becomes a surrogate father to Russell and keeps Dug as his pet. ==Cast[edit] ==
 * Edward Asner as Carl Fredricksen (Jeremy Leary voiced Carl as a younger child). Docter and Rivera noted Asner's television alter ego, Lou Grant, had been helpful in writing for Carl, because it guided them in balancing likable and unlikable aspects of the curmudgeonly character.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-slashvid_6-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  When they met Asner and presented him with a model of his character, he joked, "I don't look anything like that." (The appearance of Carl is meant to resemble Spencer Tracy as he appeared in his final film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-exclaim_7-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] ) They tailored his dialogue for him, with short sentences and more consonants, which "cemented the notion that Carl, post-Ellie, is a disgruntled bear that's been poked awake during hibernation".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-time_8-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  In Colombia, unexpected publicity for the film was generated due to the uncanny similarity of Carl with Colombian ex-president Julio César Turbay Ayala.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]
 * Christopher Plummer as Charles F. Muntz. Muntz is an old explorer looking for the Beast of Paradise Falls; he vowed not to return to North America until he had captured the creature. He uses a group of dogs to aid him in his hunt. The name of his airship, the Spirit of Adventure, may have been inspired by Charles Lindbergh's airplane, Spirit of St. Louis.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  In various interviews, Pete Docter has mentioned Howard Hughes and real life adventurers Charles Lindbergh and Percy Fawcett as inspirations for Muntz.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-empire_12-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]
 * Jordan Nagai as Russell. On their journey, Russell makes several comments to Carl that suggest that Russell's father and mother are no longer together.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-giacchino_13-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  Russell's design was based on Pixar animator Peter Sohn.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  Docter auditioned 400 boys in a nationwide casting call for the part.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-scifiwirewondercon_15-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  Nagai, who is Japanese American,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  showed up to an audition with his brother, who was actually the one auditioning. Docter realized Nagai behaved and spoke non-stop like Russell and chose him for the part.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-moviehole_17-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  Nagai was 8 years old when cast.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-scifiwirewondercon_15-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  Docter encouraged Nagai to act physically as well as vocally when recording the role, lifting him upside down and tickling him for the scene where Russell encounters Kevin.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-time_8-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  Asian Americans have positively noted Pixar's first casting of an Asian lead character,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  in contrast to the common practice of casting non-Asians in Asian parts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-APA_19-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]
 * Bob Peterson as Dug, a Golden Retriever who can communicate with humans through a device on his collar.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  He is the misfit of a pack of talking dogs owned by Muntz. Peterson knew he would voice Dug when he wrote his line "I have just met you, and I love you," which was based on what a child told him when he was a camp counselor in the 1980s. The DVD release of the film features a short called Dug's Special Mission, which follows Dug just prior to his first meeting with Carl and Russell. Dug previously appeared in Ratatouille as a shadow on a wall that barks at Remy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]

==Production<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == The main character Carl Fredricksen is partially based on Spencer Tracy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-exclaim_7-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Writing for Up first began in 2004 by director Pete Docter. The fantasy of a flying house was developed on the idea of escaping from life when it becomes too irritating,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-empire_12-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-scifiwirewondercon_15-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  which stemmed from his difficulty with social situations growing up.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-zone_22-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22]  Actor and writer Thomas McCarthy aided Docter and Bob Peterson in shaping the story for about three months.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-moviehole_17-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  Docter selected an old man for the main character after drawing a picture of a grumpy old man with smiling balloons.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-moviehole_17-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  The two men thought an old man was a good idea for a protagonist because they felt their experiences and the way they affect their view of the world was a rich source of humor. Docter was not concerned with an elderly protagonist, stating children would relate to Carl in the way they relate to their grandparents.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-empire_12-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]
 * Peterson also voices Alpha, a talking Doberman Pinscher<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  and the leader of Muntz's pack of dogs. Pete Docter has stated that Alpha "thinks of himself as Clint Eastwood". Despite his menacing appearance, a frequent malfunction in Alpha's translating collar causes his voice to sound comically high-pitched and squeaky, as if he had been breathing helium. The normal voice for his translator is a resonant, intimidating bass. With both voices, Alpha has a roundabout speech pattern that causes his sentences to be longer than necessary.
 * Pete Docter as Kevin, the "Beast of Paradise Falls", which is actually just a large, colorful prehistoric bird. Other than voicing Kevin, Docter also voices Campmaster Strauch, Russell's camp master, seen at the end of the film.
 * Elizabeth Docter as Ellie Fredricksen as a younger child. The voice actor is the director's daughter,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ambitious_20-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  who also provided some of the drawings shown by Ellie.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-slashup_21-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]
 * Delroy Lindo as Beta, a Rottweiler<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  and one of Muntz's dogs.
 * Jerome Ranft as Gamma, a Bulldog<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  and one of Muntz's dogs.
 * John Ratzenberger as Tom, a construction worker who asks if Carl is ready to sell his house.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]
 * David Kaye as the newsreel announcer.
 * Danny Mann as Steve, a construction worker who Carl injures because he accidentally wrecked his mailbox.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Docter noted the film reflects his friendships with Disney veterans Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and Joe Grant (who all died before the film's release and thus the film was dedicated to them). Grant gave the script his approval as well as some advice before his death in 2005.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awn_23-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  Docter recalled Grant would remind him the audience needed an "emotional bedrock" because of how wacky the adventure would become; in this case it is Carl mourning for his wife.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-moviehole_17-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  Docter felt Grant's personality influenced Carl's deceased wife Ellie more than the grouchy main character,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awn_23-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23] and Carl was primarily based on Spencer Tracy, Walter Matthau, James Whitmore, and their own grandparents, because there was "something sweet about these grumpy old guys".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-exclaim_7-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  Docter and Jonas Rivera noted Carl's charming nature in spite of his grumpiness derives from the elderly "hav[ing] this charm and almost this 'old man license' to say things that other people couldn't get away with [...] It's like how we would go to eat with Joe Grant and he would call the waitresses 'honey'. I wish I could call a waitress 'honey'."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Docter revealed that the filmmakers' first story outline had Carl "just want[ing] to join his wife up in the sky. It was almost a kind of strange suicide mission or something. And obviously that's [a problem]. Once he gets airborne, then what? So we had to have some goal for him to achieve that he had not yet gotten."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ambitious_20-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  As a result, they added the plot of going to South America. The location was chosen due to both Docter's love of tropical locations, but also in wanting a location that Carl could be stuck with a kid due to the inability to leave him with an authority such as a police officer or social worker. They implemented a child character as a way to help Carl stop being "stuck in his ways".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Docter created Dug as he felt it would be refreshing to show what a dog thinks, rather than what people assume it thinks.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-dogthoughts_26-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26]  Knowledge of canine communication, body language and pack behaviors for the artists and animators to portray such thoughts came from consultant Dr. Ian Dunbar, veterinarian, dog behaviorist and trainer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-dogcommunications_27-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27]  The idea for Alpha's voice derived from thinking about what would happen if someone broke a record player and it always played at a high pitch.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-moviehole_17-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  Russell was added to the story at a later date than Dug and Kevin;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-moviehole_17-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  his presence, as well as the construction workers, helped to make the story feel less "episodic".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ambitious_20-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Carl's relationship with Russell reflects how "he's not really ready for the whirlwind that a kid is, as few of us are".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awn_23-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  Docter added he saw Up as a "coming of age" tale and an "unfinished love story", with Carl still dealing with the loss of his wife.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]  He cited inspiration from Casablanca and A Christmas Carol, which are both "resurrection" stories about men who lose something, and regain purpose during their journey.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awnhalf_29-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29]  Docter and Rivera cited inspiration from the Muppets, Hayao Miyazaki, Dumbo, and Peter Pan. They also saw parallels to The Wizard of Oz and tried to make Up not feel too similar.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cinematicalnycc_30-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[30]  There is a scene where Carl and Russell haul the floating house through the jungle. A Pixar employee compared the scene to Fitzcarraldo, and Docter watched that film and The Mission for further inspiration.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  The character Charles Muntz comes from Howard Hughes and Errol Flynn.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[32] ===Animation<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Docter and eleven other Pixar artists visited Tepuis in Venezuelain 2004 for research<p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Docter made Venezuela the film's setting after Ralph Eggleston gave him a video of the tepui mountains;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-empire_12-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awn_23-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  Venezuela and tepuis were already featured in a previous Disney film, Dinosaur. In 2004, Docter and eleven other Pixar artists spent three days reaching Monte Roraima by airplane, jeep, and helicopter.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  They spent three nights there painting and sketching,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[33]  and encountering ants, mosquitoes, scorpions, frogs, and snakes. They also flew to Matawi Tepui and climbed to Angel Falls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  Docter felt "we couldn't use [the rocks and plants we saw]. Reality is so far out, if we put it in the movie you wouldn't believe it."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-exclaim_7-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  The film's creatures were also challenging to design because they had to fit in the surreal environment of the tepuis, but also be realistic because those mountains exist in real life.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awn_23-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  The filmmakers visited Sacramento Zoo to observe a Himalayan Monal for Kevin's animation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-wallstreet_1-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]  The animators designed Russell as an Asian-American, and modeled Russell after similar looking Peter Sohn, a Pixar storyboarder who voiced Emile in Ratatouille and directed the short Partly Cloudy, because of his energetic nature.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-scifiwirewondercon_15-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[34]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">While Pixar usually designs their characters to be caricatured, Carl was even more so, being only three heads high.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-interview1_35-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[35]  He was not given elderly features such as liver spots or hair in his ears to keep him appealing, yet giving him wrinkles, pockmarks on his nose, a hearing aid, and a cane to make him appear elderly. Docter wanted to push a stylized feel, particularly the way Carl's head is proportioned: he has a squarish appearance to symbolize his containment within his house, while Russell is rounded like a balloon.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-time_8-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  The challenge on Up was making these stylized characters feel natural,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-empire_12-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  although Docter remarked the effect came across better than animating the realistic humans from Toy Story, who suffered from the "uncanny valley".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awn_23-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  Cartoonists Al Hirschfeld, Hank Ketcham, and George Booth influenced the human designs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-moviehole_17-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awnhalf_29-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cssneak_36-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[36]  Simulating realistic cloth on caricatured humans was harder than creating the 10,000 balloons flying the house.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-zone_22-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22]  New programs were made to simulate the cloth and for Kevin's iridescent feathers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-female_37-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[37]  To animate old people, Pixar animators would study their own parents or grandparents and also watched footage of the Senior Olympics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-slashvid_6-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  The directors had various rules for Carl's movements: he could not turn his head more than 15–20 degrees without turning his torso as well, nor could he raise his arms very high. However, they also wanted him to grow more flexible near the end of the film, transforming into an "action hero".

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">A technical director worked out that in order to make Carl's house fly, he would require 23 million balloons, but Docter realized that number made the balloons look like small dots. Instead, the balloons created were made to be twice Carl's size. There are 10,927 balloons for shots of the house just flying, 20,622 balloons for the lift-off sequence, and a varying number in other scenes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-notes_11-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11] ===Music<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Main article: Up (film score)<p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Up is the third Pixar film to be scored by Michael Giacchino, after The Incredibles and Ratatouille. What Pete Docter wanted more importantly out of the music was the emotion, so Giacchino wrote a character theme-based score that producer Jonas Rivera thought enhanced the story. At the beginning of the movie, when young Carl is in the movie theater watching a newsreel about Muntz, the first piece of music heard is "Muntz's Theme", which starts out as a celebratory theme, and echoes through the film when Muntz reappears 70 years later. "Ellie's Theme" is first heard when she is introduced as a little kid and plays several times during the film in different versions; for instance, during the sequence where Carl lifts his house with the balloons, the theme is changed from a simple piano melody to a full orchestral arrangement. Giacchino has compared the film to opera since each character has a unique theme that changesduring a particular moment in the story.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allm_38-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[38]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The score was released as a digital download on May 26, 2009, three days before the film opened in theaters. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Score,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-academy_awards_n.26w_39-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39]  the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gram1_40-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[40]  the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ew1_41-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[41]  and the 2010 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bafta_42-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[42]  It is the first score for a Pixar film to win the Oscar (Randy Newman also won for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters,_Inc. Monsters, Inc.] and Toy Story 3, but in the category of Best Original Song). ==Release<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == Pete Docter (left), Jonas Rivera (right) in 2009 with KUSI-TV's Phil Konstantin<p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">When the film screened at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California from May 29 to July 23, 2009, it was accompanied by Lighten Up!, a live show featuring Disney characters.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[43]  Other tie-ins included children's books such as My Name is Dug, illustrated by screenwriter Ronnie del Carmen.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[44]  Despite Pixar's track record, Target Corporation and Walmart stocked few Up''items, while Pixar's regular collaborator Thinkway Toys did not produce merchandise, claiming its story is unusual and would be hard to promote. Disney acknowledged not every Pixar film would have to become a franchise.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-wallstreet_1-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]  Promotional partners include Aflac,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[45]  NASCAR, and Airship Ventures,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[46] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[47]  while Cluster Balloons promoted the film with a replica of Carl's couch lifted by hot air balloons for journalists to sit in.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[48]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Before the film's worldwide release date, Pixar granted a wish from 10 year old Colby Curtin to see the film before she died. Colby had been diagnosed with cancer and was too sick to go to a theater. A Pixar employee flew to the Curtin's house with a DVD of the finished film and screened it for her and her family. Curtin died seven hours later, after seeing the film.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[49]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Director Pete Docter intended for audiences to take a specific point from the film, saying: <p style="line-height:1.5em;">Basically, the message of the film is that the real adventure of life is the relationship we have with other people, and it's so easy to lose sight of the things we have and the people that are around us until they are gone. More often than not, I don't really realize how lucky I was to have known someone until they're either moved or passed away. So, if you can kind of wake up a little bit and go, "Wow, I've got some really cool stuff around me every day", then that's what the movie's about.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[50] ===UPisodes<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Prior to its theatrical release, Disney Pixar created three small animated vignettes called UPisodes to promote its film UP on the internet.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[51]  These UPisodes chronicled Carl Fredricksen and Russell's journey through the jungle, not seen in the movie. Fans were able to view the vignettes on Apple iTunes movie trailer site and YouTube.

===Home media<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Up was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in North America on November 10, 2009,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[52]  and in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[53]  It features the film plus the theatrical short Partly Cloudy and the new short Dug's Special Mission, as well as an audio commentary by director Pete Docter, the documentary Adventure is Out There on the filmmakers' research journey to South America, The Many Endings of Muntz (an alternate ending of sorts), and a digital copy. The Blu-ray edition has a four-disc pack that adds Cine-Explore with BonusView, Global Guardian Badge and Geography games, eight documentaries, and BD-Live to the Deluxe DVD and digital copy platters. A Limited Edition is also available called the Luxo Jr. Premium Pack that includes a collectible lamp modeled after Pixar's bouncy short star that is designed to hold a complete Pixar Blu-ray collection.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[54]
 * UPisode One: Animal Calls - in the first episode, Russell demonstrates his ability to mimic animal calls.
 * UPisode Two: First Aid - in the second episode, Russell tries to relieve a minor injury that Carl received.
 * UPisode Three: Snipe Trap - in the third episode, Russell attempts to capture the elusive snipe.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In addition, Pixar also created a short film titled George & A.J., written and directed by Up storyboard artist Josh Cooley, that shows what the two Shady Oaks retirement home workers did after Carl left with his house. It was initially available for purchase at the iTunes Store, and then was later posted to Disney·Pixar's Facebook and YouTube pages.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[55] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[56]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In its first week it sold 3,969,792 units ($66,057,339). It eventually reached 10,811,453 units ($182,591,149),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[57]  becoming the best-selling DVD among those released in 2009, in terms of units sold. It also became the third in terms of sales revenue behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Twilight.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-58" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[58]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The rental release of the film to Netflix, Blockbuster, and Redbox was controversial since it failed to include closed captioning.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-59" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[59]  Disney faced a consumer backlash over this<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-60" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[60]  and quickly released a statement that this removal was an unfortunate error and that it was moving to correct the issue.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[61] ==Reception<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ===Critical response<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Up was met with near universal critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 98% of critics have given the film a "Certified Fresh" positive review, based on 280 reviews, with an 8.6/10 review average. The site's consensus states: "Another masterful work of art from Pixar, Up is an exciting, hilarious, and heartfelt adventure impeccably crafted and told with wit and depth."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[62]  The film also holds a score of 88 on the review aggregator website Metacritic.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[63] Audiences gave the film an "A+" CinemaScore.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-64" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[64]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and called it "a wonderful film."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[65] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-66" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[66]  The Hollywood Reporter lauded the film as "Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever, this gorgeously rendered, high-flying adventure is a tidy 90-minute distillation of all the signature touches that came before it."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-67" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[67]  Although the San Francisco Chronicle noted that the film "contains many boring stretches of mindless freneticism and bland character interaction," it also declared that there are scenes in Up of "such beauty, economy and poetic wisdom that they belong in any anthology of great movie moments...to watch Up with any attention is to be moved and astonished by the economy with which specific visuals are invested with emotion throughout [the film]..."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-68" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[68]  Variety enthused that "Up is an exceptionally refined picture; unlike so many animated films, it's not all about sensory bombardment and volume...Unsurprisingly, no one puts a foot wrong here. Vocal performances...exude a warm enthusiasm, and tech specifications could not be better. Michel Giacchino's full-bodied, traditional score is superlative..."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-variety-festivals_69-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[69]  The Globe claimed that Up is "the kind of movie that leaves you asking 'How do people come up [with] this stuff?'" along with an overall positive review on the film, despite it being predictable.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-70" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[70]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The character of Carl Fredricksen has received mostly positive reception. Bill Capodagli, author of Innovate the Pixar Way, praised Carl for his ability to be a jerk and likable at the same time.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-71" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[71]  Wall Street Journal editor Joe Morgenstern described Carl as gruff, comparing him to Buster Keaton, but adds that this begins to wear thin as the movie progresses.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-72" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[72]  He has been compared with Spencer Tracy, an influence on the character, by The Washington Post editor Ann Hornaday<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-washingtonpost_73-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[73]  and Empire Online editor Ian Freer, who describes him as similar to a "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner-era" Tracy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-74" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[74]  Entertainment Weekly editor Lisa Schwarzbaum described his appearance as a cross between Tracy and an eccentric out of a George Booth cartoon.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ew_75-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[75]  TIME editor Richard Corliss also makes the comparison, calling him a "trash compacted version" of Tracy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_76-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[76]  He has also been compared to Walter Matthau, another inspiration for the character's design, by LA Weekly editor Scott Foundas, suggesting that actor Ed Asner was channeling him while performing the role of Carl.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-77" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[77]  Variety editor Todd McCarthy described Carl as a combination of both Tracy and Matthau.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-variety-festivals_69-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[69]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The relationship between Carl and his wife Ellie has been praised in several media outlets. In his book Disney, Pixar, and the Hidden Message of Children's Films, author M. Keith Booker described the love between Carl and Ellie as touching. While also describing the scene of the two of them aging as a "masterpiece of its own kind," he was not sure how much children would appreciate the scene, commenting that his son was squirming in his seat during the scene.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-78" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[78]  Reelviews editor James Berardinelli praised their relationship, stating that it brought a tear to his eye in a way no animated film has done, including anything by famed anime director Hayao Miyazaki.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-79" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[79]  Ann Hornaday praised the prologue, describing it as "worthy of Chaplin in its heartbreaking poignancy."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-washingtonpost_73-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[73]  Chicago Tribune editor Michael Phillips praised the scene, describing it as an emotional and cinematic powerhouse, and that he also was nearly moved to tears. However, Salon.com editor Stephanie Zacharek criticized the love between Carl and Ellie, describing their marriage as resembling a dental adhesive commercial more than a real relationship.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-80" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[80]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Edward Asner was praised in several media outlets for his portrayal of Carl. San Francisco Chronicle editor Mick LaSalle praised Asner as a great choice due to having a grumpiness to his voice that is not truly grumpy, but rather coming from a protective stance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-81" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[81]  Entertainment Weekly editor Lisa Schwarzbaum praised Asner's acting, stating that he has a "Lou Grant authority" to his voice.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ew_75-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[75]  Time editor Richard Corliss stated that Asner had the "gruffness and deadpan comic timing to bring Carl to life."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-time_8-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  The Boston Globe editor Ty Burr concurred with this, stating that his Lou Grant-like voice had not diminished with time.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-82" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[82]  USA Today editor Claudia Puig praised Asner's delivery, describing it as superb.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-83" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[83]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The formulation of Russell as an Asian American character, along with the casting of an Asian American in the role was met positively as well. Both Nagai and the film were awarded by the East West Players for the depiction of Russell.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EWP_84-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[84]  EWP lauded Pixar for the creation of the character, stating, "We are proud to honor a very progressive film company like Pixar who cast an Asian American character alongside an elderly one to play the leads in a feature film."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EWP_84-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[84]  The character is noted as Pixar's first lead Asian character,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AW_85-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[85]  and was further positively received within the added context of historical non-Asian castings for Asian roles in entertainment.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-APA_19-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AW_85-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[85]  Asian American organizations and entertainment websites, such as media watchdog Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), Racebending.com, and Angry Asian Man praised the character and Pixar for its diverse character depictions, noting the general lack of Asian American lead characters and Asian actors cast in entertainment.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MANAA_86-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[86] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AAM_87-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[87]  In an interview with NPR in 2013, Angry Asian Man's Phil Yu reflected on the character's lack of typical Asian stereotyping, stating, "You know, he just happens to be Asian and he's, you know, really adorable character. But that kid could've been of any ethnicity but they made the effort to make him Asian - just a little color, you know, and it's really wonderful when that kind of thing happens where they don't have to play that up and make it like a thing or a joke, which happens a lot."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NPR_88-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[88] ===Box office<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Up earned $293,004,164 in the United States and Canada, and $438,338,580 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $731,342,744.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-reception_2-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  Worldwide, it is the sixth highest-grossing film of 2009,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-89" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[89]  the third highest-grossing Pixar film,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pixar_90-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[90] the 53rd highest-grossing film, and the 10th highest-grossing animated film.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In the United States and Canada, Up is the 49th highest-grossing film, the tenth highest-grossing Disney film,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-91" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[91]  the seventh highest-grossing 3-D film,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-92" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[92]  the sixth highest-grossing animated film,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-93" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[93]  the fifth highest-grossing film of 2009,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-94" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[94]  and the third highest-grossing Pixar film.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pixar_90-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[90]  On its opening weekend, it performed stronger than analysts had been expecting, ranking number one with $68,108,790.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-95" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[95]  This is the fourth highest-grossing opening for Pixar<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-96" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[96] and the third largest post-Memorial Day opening. It set a record for opening weekend grosses originating from 3-D showings with $35.4 million (first surpassed by Avatar).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-97" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[97]  The opening weekend audience was 53% female and 47% under 17 years old.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-98" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[98]  The film experienced small drop-offs on subsequent weekends, but lost first place to The Hangover.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-99" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[99] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-100" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[100]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Outside the US and Canada, it is the 43rd highest-grossing film,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-101" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[101]  the tenth highest-grossing animated film, the fifth highest-grossing film of 2009,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-102" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[102]  and the third highest-grossing Pixar film.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pixar_90-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[90]  It was on top of the overseas box office for three consecutive weekends and four in total.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-103" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[103]  Its highest-grossing opening weekends were recorded in France and the Maghreb region ($8.88 million), the UK, Ireland and Malta, ($8.44 million) and Japan ($7.24 million). These three were also its highest-grossing countries in total earnings.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-104" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[104]  Among major countries, it was the highest-grossing animated film of 2009 only in Spain ($37.1 million)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-105" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[105]  and Australia ($25.3 million).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-106" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[106] ===Accolades<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">

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List of accolades received by Up<p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Up won two awards at the 82nd Academy Awards, for "Best Animated Feature" and "Academy Award for Best Original Score".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_76-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[76]  It is the second of three animated features to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Beauty and the Beast and Toy Story 3 were also nominated for Best Picture in their respective years. 'Up' also won "Best Original Score", and "Best Animated Feature Film" at the 67th Golden Globe Awards.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_107-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[107]  It was nominated for nine Annie Awards in eight categories, winning two awards for "Best Animated Feature" and "Best Directing in a Feature Production".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-108" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[108]  Up also received the Golden Tomato from Rotten Tomatoes for highest rating feature in 2009, and best reviewed animated film,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gold_tom_109-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[109]  with an approval of 98 percent from film critics, based on 259 reviews.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-110" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[110]  At the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards the film won "Favorite Animated Movie".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kids_111-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[111]  Jordan Nagai was awarded the Breakout Performance Award at the 44th East West Players 44th Anniversary Visionary Awards and Silent Auction for his role as Russell by the East West Players.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EWP_84-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[84]  The organization also awarded the film with the EWP Visionary Award for its progressive casting of an Asian American lead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EWP_84-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[84]  Dug, the talking canine, was awarded the Palm Dog Award by the British film critics as the best canine performance at Cannes Film Festival, winning over the fox fromAntichrist and the black poodle from Inglourious Basterds.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-112" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[112] ==Video games<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == Main article: Up (video game)<p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">On May 26, 2009, a video game by the same name themed around the movie was released for multiple platforms.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">A video game, Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure, was also released on March 20, 2012, for Xbox 360. It features characters from five of Pixar's films: Up, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, and Toy Story.