MPAA Rating: PG, for some peril and action
Genre: Animated/Family/Comedy
Runtime: Approx. 102 minutes
Starring: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Delroy Lindo, Jordan Nagai
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Pete Docter
Release Date: May 29, 2009
Up Movie Trailer
Up - Official Synopsis
From Disney/Pixar comes Up, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. From the Academy Award-nominated director Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.), Disney/Pixar’s Up invites you on a hilarious journey into a lost world, with the least likely duo on Earth. Up will be presented in Disney Digital 3D in select theaters.
Up - Fun Facts
Have you ever wondered if helium filled balloons could take you up, up and away? Who hasn't, right? Well, it turns out that at least a couple of people have actually tried it.
A man now known as "Lawnchair Larry" took flight in 1982 on a lawn chair tied to 45 weather balloons. He soared to a height of about 3 miles, but when he landed he was arrested and had to pay a fine. More recently in 2007, Fox News reported about a man who wanted to fly on a balloon and lawn chair contraption from Oregon to Idaho. He didn't quite make it to Idaho, but he did fly 193 miles on his chair tied to 105 large helium-filled balloons.
