Pixar Animation Studios Presents: Up! (5/29/09)
08-05-08, 02:12 PM
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Pixar Animation Studios Presents: Up! (5/29/09)
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Director: Pete Doctor ("Monster's Inc.")
Writers: Pete Doctor & Bob Peterson ("Finding Nemo," "Ratatouille")
Cast: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo, John Ratzenberger
Plot Synopsis
from FirstShowing.net
7/29/08
Up is about a 78-year-old grumpy old man named Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner), a short and square little man who walks with a cane. He is joined by an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell who needs one last merit badge - assisting the elderly. When Carl was young, he met a girl named Ellie and eventually married her; it was her dream to visit Paradise Falls in Venezuela, but that dream never came true before she passed away. Now Carl is a widower and former balloon salesman and he decides to leave his home using balloons to travel to Venezuela to live out that dream.
from scifi.com
7/26/08
Docter told the audience of more than 6,500 that his initial inspiration for the film's setting came when he saw a video of the Lost World region in Venezuela--a land of flat-topped mountains, "weird" rock shapes and "plants that are out of this world." "In Up, we're taking you to a world you've never seen before," he said. "A completely fantastic, weird place that I didn't even know existed until we started this movie. This place felt like the perfect setting for this story."
The film features the voice talent of Ed Asner in the role of Carl, with other characters voiced by Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo and John Ratzenberger. Docter hinted at casting surprises: "We have a great cast of characters that we didn't even unveil all of today, so there's more to come," he said.
The director also told the audience about connections between Up and other Pixar films, both past and future. "One of the characters from our film appeared in Ratatouille," he said. "I won't say more, but if you listen to the director's commentary you can find out more about that, and we will have an advance sneak towards another film coming down the pike."
The film features the voice talent of Ed Asner in the role of Carl, with other characters voiced by Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo and John Ratzenberger. Docter hinted at casting surprises: "We have a great cast of characters that we didn't even unveil all of today, so there's more to come," he said.
The director also told the audience about connections between Up and other Pixar films, both past and future. "One of the characters from our film appeared in Ratatouille," he said. "I won't say more, but if you listen to the director's commentary you can find out more about that, and we will have an advance sneak towards another film coming down the pike."
from /film.com
3/10/08
Disney has officially announced at Showest that UP, Pixar’s 2009 film will also be released in Digital Disney 3D.
from /film.com
12/23/07
Rumor has it that the upcoming 2009 Pixar animated film Up is somewhat a re-telling of the classic Don Quixote fable. For almost 60 years now the Walt Disney Company has been trying to turn Don Quixote into an animated feature film, but without success. The episodic nature of the fable is often cited as the major sticking point.
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Trailer #2
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Trailer #3
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Interview with Pete Doctor
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Last edited by Michael Corvin; 12-30-08 at 07:07 AM.
08-05-08, 02:20 PM
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From reading the plot synopsis, I'd think this will be the least commercially successful Pixar movie yet (I'm sure it'll still make a killing though). However, Pixar has yet to let me down so I'm looking forward to it.
That second screenshot looks 2D. Is that from the actual film or just some sort of conceptual drawing?
That second screenshot looks 2D. Is that from the actual film or just some sort of conceptual drawing?
08-05-08, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
That second screenshot looks 2D. Is that from the actual film or just some sort of conceptual drawing?
Originally Posted by RyoHazuki
Nice thread formatting.
08-05-08, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by devilshalo
I wasn't overly thrilled at Comic Con when I was at the panel. I was more enthusiastic about Bolt. 
08-05-08, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
i'll admit, Bolt looks like it could be harmless fun. They showed the trailer before Wall E (and i was at a real late showing), when the Miley Cyrus credit came up, there were these little girls (or early teens) that did a 'yay, Hannah', or something like that, and from the way back, i did i mildly loud 'boooo', which kind of got a small laugh. And when it played before the dark knight (midnight showing), there was kind of a 'what the fuck is this doing here', which i found amusing.
This one and Bolt look like fun. I haven't seen Wall-E yet, but I have yet to be disappointed by a Pixar film, Disney on the other hand....
08-06-08, 12:07 AM
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Watching the first few balloons go up reminded me of the Dreamworks openings for their animated films with the little boy lifted up by balloons to the crescent moon.
Anyone else notice a similarity?
Anyone else notice a similarity?
11-10-08, 12:56 PM
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Up (Docter & Peterson, 2009) — Next movie by Pixar
HD Trailer | IMDB | May 29, 2009
In this "coming of old age" story, a seventysomething hero, alongside his clueless wilderness ranger sidekick, travels the globe, fighting beasts and villains, and eating dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon.
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11-10-08, 01:38 PM
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http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...5-29-09-a.html
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Pixar ain't failed me yet and I'm not expecting them to now either.
Trailer worked just fine for me at apple.com (standard - large).
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Pixar ain't failed me yet and I'm not expecting them to now either.
Trailer worked just fine for me at apple.com (standard - large).
11-10-08, 02:28 PM
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[one word: 'Cars']
11-10-08, 02:34 PM
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My three year old nephew is going to kick your ass. I mean, if he knew who you were. And could access the internet. And read.
For me, Cars is my least favorite of all the forays into the animation genre by Pixar. I simply could not connect to any of the characters, or truly feel their plight. However, they are, for the most part, infallible.
For me, Cars is my least favorite of all the forays into the animation genre by Pixar. I simply could not connect to any of the characters, or truly feel their plight. However, they are, for the most part, infallible.
11-10-08, 02:50 PM
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My three year old nephew is going to kick your ass. I mean, if he knew who you were. And could access the internet. And read.
For me, Cars is my least favorite of all the forays into the animation genre by Pixar. I simply could not connect to any of the characters, or truly feel their plight. However, they are, for the most part, infallible.
For me, Cars is my least favorite of all the forays into the animation genre by Pixar. I simply could not connect to any of the characters, or truly feel their plight. However, they are, for the most part, infallible.
'Up' looks impressive, I hope it's lives up to it's premise.