Up (2009 film)

Up
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pete Docter
Screenplay by	Bob Peterson Pete Docter
Story by	Pete Docter Bob Peterson Tom McCarthy
Produced by	Jonas Rivera
Starring	Ed Asner Christopher Plummer Jordan Nagai Bob Peterson
Cinematography	Patrick Lin Jean-Claude Kalache
Edited by	Kevin Nolting
Music by	Michael Giacchino
Production company	Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[a]
Release dates	May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13) (Cannes) May 29, 2009 (2009-05-29) (United States)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$175 million
Box office	$735.1 million[1]

Up is a 2009 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Bob Peterson, and produced by Jonas Rivera. Docter and Peterson also wrote the film's screenplay and story, with Tom McCarthy co-writing the latter. The film stars the voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, and Bob Peterson. The film centers on Carl Fredricksen (Asner), an elderly widower who travels to South America with youngster Russell (Nagai) in order to fulfill a promise that he made to his late wife Ellie. Along the way, they meet a talking dog named Dug (Peterson) and encounter a giant bird named Kevin, and figures out someone has sinister plans to capture Kevin, who is later revealed to be Fredricksen's childhood hero, Charles Muntz (Plummer).

Originally titled Heliums, Docter conceived the outline for Up in 2004 based on fantasies of escaping from life when it became too irritating. He and eleven other Pixar artists spent three days in Venezuela for research and inspiration. The designs of the characters were caricatured and stylized considerably, and animators were challenged with creating realistic cloth. Composer Michael Giacchino composed the film's score. It was Pixar's first film to be presented in 3D format.

Up debuted at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2009, and was released in the United States on May 29. It received acclaim for its screenplay, animation, characters, themes, narrative, emotional depth, humor, Asner's vocal performance, Giacchino's musical score, and the opening sequence. The National Board of Review and the American Film Institute named Up one of the top-ten films of 2009. Up earned $735.1 million worldwide, finishing its theatrical run as the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2009. It was nominated for five awards at the 82nd Academy Awards, winning two, and received numerous other accolades. Among its Academy Award nominations, it became the second of three animated films ever to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture (after 1991's Beauty and the Beast and before 2010's Toy Story 3), ultimately losing to The Hurt Locker. A short-form sequel series, Dug Days, premiered on Disney+ on September 1, 2021.

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