Up Resources
Websites
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Snag a copy of the movie and try your hand at Balloon Blow-Up’s survival mode. Our best score is 84,000. We really worked that Dug multiplier.
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Bone up on Pixar’s history, check out all its films—both short and long, and bookmark it so you can come back and apply for a job just like Pete Docter.
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It’ll be a lot easier to RT all the latest haps at Pixar—and all of their super-cute GIFs—if you follow this feed.
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IMDb has the lowdown on Up.
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The critics loved the film. Here’s a roundup of their reviews.
Book or TV Adaptations
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A rad collection of over 250 storyboards, character studies, and sketches from the movie’s production.
Articles and Interviews
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Cinema Blend’s Katey Rich gets all the deets on Up from the movie’s director, as well as producer Jonas Rivera.
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Couldn’t make it to France for Up’s groundbreaking premiere at the Cannes Film Festival? Don’t worry; Ebert has you covered.
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Up’s director opens, well, up to The Hollywood Reporter about the movie’s road to the multiplex, and how screenwriter and Meet the Parents co-star Tom McCarthy left a big mark on the script.
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PopMatters’ Bill Gibron goes straight to the source, sitting down with Up’s dynamic writing and directing duo.
Video
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Carl and Ellie have a classic movie meet-cute—you know, aside from the fact that it takes place in a decaying abandoned house.
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One commenter claims that Up tells a greater love story in four minutes than Twilight does in four books. But what do you think?
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Russell’s willing to help Carl cross just about anything in order to earn his Assisting the Elderly badge.
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They may be excellent trackers, but their grasp of English syntax leaves a tad to be desired, don’t you think?
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Carl and Muntz duke it out onboard Muntz’s airship, and nobody breaks a hip.
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See what got film fans stoked for their next great adventure way back in 2009.
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In which Docter wears a Wilderness Explorer sash. We’d expect nothing less.
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Docter and Rivera dish on the idea behind Up and how they got a house to fly. Spoiler alert: they asked NASA for an assist.
Audio
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Michael Giacchino’s score is awesome music to do your Calculus homework by.
Images
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We don’t know about you, but we’re relieved they scrapped the idea for word balloons.
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Every detail’s explained, from the top of his cap to the soles of his shoes. Literally.
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Print this on a T-shirt, and we’d wear it right now.
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A watercolor concept sketch of Kevin, Carl, and Russell in which Russell sounds like Marcy from The Peanuts, sir.
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The real deal from Disney-Pixar, suitable for framing.