Trailers
UP: Trailer 1
Run Time: 1:06
UP: Trailer 2
Run Time: 1:27
UP: Trailer 3
Run Time: 2:32
Making Of
Up: Married
Run Time: 9:20
Up:Endings
Run Time: 5:04
Up: Geriatric
Run Time: 6:31
Up: Russell
Run Time: 9:04
Up: Kevin
Run Time: 5:11
Up: Adventure
Run Time: 22:23
Up: Balloons
Run Time: 6:32
Up: Homemakers
Run Time: 4:43
Up: The Egg
Run Time: 2:01

  • About the Film

    Carl Fredricksen,

    a 78-year-old curmudgeonly balloon salesman, is not your average hero. When he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America, he finally fulfills his lifelong dream of adventure. But after Carl discovers an 8-year-old stowaway named Russell, this unlikely duo soon find themselves on a hilarious journey in a lost world filled with danger and surprises.

  • The Story Process

    There would be no adventure

    in Up without the love story between Carl and Ellie. Because the romance spanned a lifetime, the challenge was condensing the story. The filmmakers chose to look back at life the way we often do, in silent snippets of home movies, including the seemingly mundane moments that speak volumes. The filmmakers believed audiences had to love Ellie in order to understand Carl. And only then would they go along for the ride.

  • The Characters

    The characters in Up

    literally took shape on the page. Believing that basic visual cues convey much about personality, the filmmakers boiled the characters down to their physical essence. Carl was shaped a brick, weighed down and resistant to change. Russell was shaped like an upside-down egg, innocent, unfinished, and optimistic.

    Explore the Characters

  • The World

    The world of Up

    began with the thought of escape. From the claustrophobic shapes of an encroaching cityscape to the uncharted wilds of South America, from Muntz's half-mile long dirigible to Carl's uniquely mobile home, the Pixar team employed its newly invented concept of "simplexity" to push the visual envelope while keeping the world believable.

    Explore the World

  • The Music

    In composing the music

    of Up, Michael Giacchino found himself writing to the character rather than the plot, from "Muntz's Theme," which opens the film with the heroic strains of a 1930s newsreel, to "Ellie's Theme," a simple piano motif that grows dramatically over the film. Giacchino and Up won the 2010 Academy Award® for Best Original Score.

  • Festival de Cannes

    When Up was selected

    to open the 2010 Festival de Cannes, it became the first animated film to earn the coveted slot. The Pixar team found the moment on the Promenade de la Croisette to be surreal. “When we think of Cannes, I always think Alfred Hitchcock and all of these terrific directors,” said director Pete Docter. “What are we doing here?”

  • Awards

    3D Society
    Winner of the Stereoscopic 3D Lumiere Award for Animated 3D Feature

    Academy Awards
    Winner for Animated Feature Film: Pete Docter
    Winner for Music (Original Score): Michael Giacchino
    Nominated for Best Picture: Jonas Rivera
    Nominated for Writing (Original Screenplay): Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter. Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

    American Film Institute
    American Film Institute (AFI) Top Ten Movie of the Year

    Annie Awards
    Winner for Best Animated Feature
    Winner for Directing in a Feature Production: Pete Docter
    Winner, Ub Iwerks Award: Bill Reeves
    Nominated for Animated Effects: Eric Froemling
    Nominated for Character Animation in a Feature Production: Daniel Nguyen
    Nominated for Character Design in a Feature Production: Daniel Lopez Muñoz
    Nominated for Music in a Feature Production: Michael Giacchino
    Nominated for Storyboarding in a Feature Production: Ronnie del Carmen
    Nominated for Storyboarding in a Feature Production: Peter Sohn
    Nominated for Writing in a Feature Production: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

    Casting Society of America
    Winner of Artios Award for Animation Feature

    UK Regional Journalists Award
    Winner of Attenborough Award for Best Film

    Austin Film Critics Association
    Winner for Best Animated Feature
    Winner for Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino

    British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    Winner for Animated Film: Pete Docter
    Winner of EA British Academy Children's Award for Best Feature Film:
    Jonas Rivera, Pete Docter
    Nominated for Music: Michael Giacchino
    Nominated for Original Screenplay: Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
    Nominated for Sound: Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick

    Chicago Film Critics Association
    Winner for Best Animated Feature
    Winner for Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino

    Broadcast Film Critics Association
    Winner of Critics Choice Award for Best Animated Feature
    Nominated for Critics Choice Award for Best Picture

    American Cinema Editors
    Winner of Eddie for Best Edited Animated Feature Film: Kevin Nolting

    Motion Picture Sound Editors Winner of Golden Reel for Best Sound Editing:
    Sound Effects, Foley, Music Dialogue and ADR Animation in a Feature Film

    Golden Globe Awards
    Winner for Best Animated Feature Film
    Winner for Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Michael Giacchino

    Golden Tomato Awards
    Winner for Best-Reviewed Wide Release Film

    Grammy Awards
    Winner for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Michael Giacchino, composer
    Winner for Best Instrumental Composition: Married Life from Up: Michael Giacchino, composer
    Winner for Best Instrumental Arrangement: Michael Giacchino, arranger

    Houston Film Critics Award
    Winner for Best Animated Feature
    Winner for Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino

    Hollywood Film Festival
    Winner for Animation

    Hollywood Post Alliance Awards
    Nominated for Outstanding Audio Post - Feature Film: EJ Holowicki and Tom Myers, Michael Silvers and Michael Semanick from Skywalker Sound

    IGN.com
    Winner for Best Animated Movie of the Summer: Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera

    Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    Nominated for Animation

    Movieguide
    Winner of Faith & Values Award for Best Movie for Families

    National Board of Review
    Winner for Best Animated Feature
    NBR Ten Best Films

    Norwegian International Film Festival
    Winner of The Audience Award: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

    People's Choice Award
    Winner for Favorite Family Movie

    Phoenix Film Critics Society
    Winner for Best Screenplay Written Directly for Film
    Winner for Best Animated Film
    Winner for Best Original Score

    Producers Guild of America
    Winner of PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Jonas Rivera
    Nominated for Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in the Theatrical Motion Pictures: Jonas Rivera

    Spike TV Scream Awards
    Nominated for The Ultimate Scream
    Nominated for Best Fantasy Actor: Ed Asner
    Nominated for Best Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
    Nominated for Best Scream-Play

    Visual Effects Society
    Winner for Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: Gary Bruins, Effects Supervisor, Pete Docter, Director, Steve May, Supervising Technical Director, Jonas Rivera, Producer
    Winner for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: Carl - "No Dad Scene," Ed Asner, Voice of Carl, Carmen Ngai, Charater Cloth Artist, Brian Tindall, Character Modeling and Articulation Artist, Ron Zorman, Animator
    Winner of George Meiles Award: Ed Catmull

    Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association
    Winner for Best Animated Film

  • Credits

    DIRECTED BY
    Pete Docter

    CO-DIRECTED BY
    Bob Peterson 

    PRODUCED BY
    Jonas Rivera  

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
    John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton   

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
    Denise Ream 

    STORY BY
    Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

    SCREENPLAY BY
    Bob Peterson, Pete Docter  

    MUSIC BY
    Michael Giacchino

    STORY SUPERVISOR
    Ronnie del Carmen

    FILM EDITOR
    Kevin Nolting

    PRODUCTION DESIGNER
    Ricky Nierva

    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    Mark Nielsen

    SUPERVISING ANIMATOR
    Scott Clark

    DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - CAMERA
    Patrick Lin

    DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - LIGHTING
    Jean-Claude Kalache

    CHARACTER SUPERVISOR
    Thomas Jordan

    SETS SUPERVISOR
    John Halstead

    EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
    Gary Bruins

    SIMULATION & CROWDS SUPERVISOR
    John Pottebaum

    SHADING ART DIRECTION
    Bryn Imagire

    RENDERING SUPERVISOR
    Humera Yasmin Khan

    SOUND DESIGNER
    Tom Myers

    PRE PRODUCTION PRODUCER
    Kori Rae

    POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
    Paul Cichocki

    CASTING BY
    Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon

    CAST

    Carl Fredricksen
    Ed Asner

    Charles Muntz
    Christopher Plummer

    Russell
    Jordan Nagai

    Dug
    Bob Peterson

    Beta
    Delroy Lindo

    Gamma
    Jerome Ranft

    Alpha
    Bob Peterson

    Construction Foreman Tom
    John Ratzenberger

    Newsreel Announcer
    David Kaye

    Young Ellie
    Elie Docter

    Young Carl
    Jeremy Leary

    Police Officer Edith
    Mickie T. McGowan

    Worker Steve
    Danny Mann

    Construction Worker Steve
    Danny Mann

    Nurse George
    Don Fullilove

    Omega
    Josh Cooley

    Camp Master Strauch
    Pete Docter