Up Resources

Websites

The Official Up Website

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.

Pixar.com

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.

Disney-Pixar’s Twitter

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.

One-Stop Shopping

IMDb has the lowdown on Up.

Love is All Around

The critics loved the film. Here’s a roundup of their reviews.

Book or TV Adaptations

The Art of Up

A rad collection of over 250 storyboards, character studies, and sketches from the movie’s production.

Articles and Interviews

New York Comic Con Interview with Pete Docter (February 8, 2009)

Cinema Blend’s Katey Rich gets all the deets on Up from the movie’s director, as well as producer Jonas Rivera.

Roger Ebert’s Up Review (May 11, 2009)

Couldn’t make it to France for Up’s groundbreaking premiere at the Cannes Film Festival? Don’t worry; Ebert has you covered.

Q&A: Pete Docter (May 12, 2009)

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.

A Talk with Pixar’s Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (November 10, 2009)

PopMatters’ Bill Gibron goes straight to the source, sitting down with Up’s dynamic writing and directing duo.

Video

Adventure is out there!

Carl and Ellie have a classic movie meet-cute—you know, aside from the fact that it takes place in a decaying abandoned house.

Carl and Ellie’s Marriage Montage

One commenter claims that Up tells a greater love story in four minutes than Twilight does in four books. But what do you think?

Meet Russell

Russell’s willing to help Carl cross just about anything in order to earn his Assisting the Elderly badge.

The Dog Pack Picks Up the Scent

They may be excellent trackers, but their grasp of English syntax leaves a tad to be desired, don’t you think?

Old Man Fight

Carl and Muntz duke it out onboard Muntz’s airship, and nobody breaks a hip.

The Official Up Trailer

See what got film fans stoked for their next great adventure way back in 2009.

Disney UK Interview with Pete Docter

In which Docter wears a Wilderness Explorer sash. We’d expect nothing less.

Film School Rejects Interview: Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera

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

The Up Soundtrack

Michael Giacchino’s score is awesome music to do your Calculus homework by.

Images

Concept Art for Carl

We don’t know about you, but we’re relieved they scrapped the idea for word balloons.

Concept Art for Russell

Every detail’s explained, from the top of his cap to the soles of his shoes. Literally.

Kevin’s Color Palette

Print this on a T-shirt, and we’d wear it right now.

“He Likes You, Sir”

A watercolor concept sketch of Kevin, Carl, and Russell in which Russell sounds like Marcy from The Peanuts, sir.

Up Movie Poster

The real deal from Disney-Pixar, suitable for framing.